How Well Do You Know Western History?

This ancient civilization is a strong basis for Western science, philosophy, and drama.

• Ancient Persia

• Ancient Greece

This leader was the first president of the United States of America ...

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

This leader ruled over the first successful unification of Western Europe since the Roman Empire ...

• Charles V

• Charlemagne

The doom of the city of Atlantis is first told to us by ...

• Aristotle

• Plato

This former Roman outpost has served as capital of all the Anglo-Saxons and Normans since 1066.

• Paris

• London

This man gave his name to a proposed alternative to laissez-faire capitalism in the mid 19th century.

• Karl Marx

• Immanuel Kant

France was given its name by the ...

• Franks

• Visigoths

This man changed the face of Europe after the terror of the French Revolution.

• King George IV

• Napoleon Bonaparte

This Empire ruled and unified Western Europe and the Mediterranean for over four centuries.

• The Persian Empire

• The Roman Empire

This Dutch explorer gave his name to a famous New York river.

• Henry Hudson

• Magellen

Who won the Seven Years war?

• Britain

• France

These Scandinavians had a golden age around 1000 CE and changed the face and culture of Europe.

• The Arabs

• The Vikings

From whom did President Thomas Jefferson buy the Louisiana Territory?

• King Louis XIV

• Napoleon Bonaparte

Which God rules over the Mount Olympus?

• Cronos

• Zeus