World History General Knowledge Quiz

1. When was the rubber balloon invented?

1. 1620
2. 1774
3. 1698
4. 1824

2. The Red Tails' squadron in World War II was the first to have __

1. Australian Aborigines
2. African Americans
3. American Indians
4. New Zealand Maoris

3. Which of these people spent years in exile in Siberia?

1. Joseph Stalin
2. Adolph Hitler
3. Vladimir Lenin
4. Karl Marx

4. Which country took Upper Silesia from Germany after World War I?

1. Belgium
2. France
3. Poland
4. Italy

5. Switzerland was founded in which year?

1. 1910
2. 1921
3. 1901
4. 1934

6. ____ was the world's first black republic.

1. Ethiopia
2. Ghana
3. Uganda
4. Haiti

7. _____ was the last European power to leave Africa.

1. Portugal
2. France
3. England
4. Spain

8. Which Ukrainian city was once the Russian capital?

1. Moscow
2. Minsk
3. Kiev
4. St Petersburg

9. In which year was Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombed?

1. 1918
2. 1941
3. 1939
4. 1945

10. Who was the President of USA in World War 2?

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. George Washington
4. None of these