History is one of the most interesting subjects to learn and test your knowledge on. What could be more riveting than all of the events and happenings that took place, leading up to this moment the world is in right now?
This history quiz is fairly basic but passing it may still be more difficult than you think. The thing about history is we're always creating more of it so you can never actually stop learning everything that there is to know. Even this moment that you're experiencing right now will eventually become history. See? It's already that.
Some of the events that took place in the past have turned out to be more impactful than others, changing the world and the lives of mankind as we know it. This quiz will test your knowledge on some of the more notable events that have made their mark on the world. Hopefully you will come out of this quiz learning something new.
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We'll Be Impressed If You Can Get 50% On This Basic History Quiz Questions
Cleopatra and Julius Caesar had a son together. What was his name?
Augustus
Octavian
Caesarion
Caligula
What European country colonized Angola from 1575 to 1975?
England
France
Portugal
Spain
What is the name of the Spanish conquistador believed to have conquered the Aztecs and claimed Mexico on behalf of Spain?
Hernán Cortés
Juan Ponce de León
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando de Soto
Who was the last Great Khan of the Mongol Empire?
Tolui Khan
Mongke Khan
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
In what century was the construction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy completed?
14th century
12th century
It was never really completed
15th century
What Soviet leader was born Ioseb Besarionis dzе Djugashvili but later changed his name to something which translates to "Man of Steel"?
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Georgy Malenkov
Nikita Khrushchev
The Zimmerman Telegram from 1917 proposed an alliance between Germany and what country should the United States enter into World War I?
Canada
Mexico
Italy
China
Who assassinated US president James Garfield in 1881?
Leon Czolgosz
Charles J. Guiteau
Gavrilo Princip
Nathuram Godse
What country offered Albert Einstein the role of president in 1952?
Israel
USA
Austria
Germany
Along with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who was the third astronaut aboard Apollo 11?
Alan Shepard
Roy McBride
John Glenn
Michael Collins
In what century did the Peasants' Revolt take place in England as rebels sought a reduction in taxes and an end to serfdom?
15th century
12th century
14th century
13th century
In what year did the Easter Rising take place in Ireland when Irish Republicans sought an end to British rule in the country?
1886
1908
1921
1916
In 1882, US president Chester A. Arthur signed into law an act that banned the immigration of laborers from what country into the United States?
China
Japan
Canada
Mexico
What famous privateer was knighted in 1674 and named the Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica in either 1674 or 1675 (accounts differ slightly)?
Sir Francis Drake
Joshua Barney
John Paul Jones
Henry Morgan
In what city did the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria take place?
Vienna, Austria
Graz, Austria
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pristina, Kosovo
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