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Multiple Choice History

Can you name answer these multiple choice history questions?
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1. Who was NOT a U.S President?
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
2. What was invented by Eli Whitney?
Flying Shuttle
Steam Engine
Telegraph
Cotton Gin
3. How many years did World War II last?
17 years
6 years
10 years
3 years
4. What monument's actual name is the "Flavian Amphitheater"?
Colosseum
Parthenon
O2 Arena
St. Peters Basilica
5. Which of these cities was never destroyed by a fire?
London
Beijing
Chicago
Rome
6. Which of these countries did NOT participate in the First World War?
Portugal
Spain
Italy
Bulgaria
7. What is the function of the Pyramids of Giza?
Triumphal Monuments
Temples
Tombs
Unknown
8. Which of these places did James Cook never reach?
Japan
New Zealand
Indonesia
Hawaii
9. Which of these cities did NOT contain one of the Wonders of the Ancient World?
Athens
Giza
Alexandria
Babylon
10. What country did Charles V rule?
Russian Empire
Spanish Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Holy Roman Empire
11. Who was King of France during the French Revolution?
Louis XIV
Henry IV
Richard III
Louis XVI
12. Which of the following events occurred first?
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Cuban Missile Crisis
First man lands on the Moon
Yugoslav Wars
13. Who did not rule as a dictator?
Joseph Stalin
Hirohito
Muammar Gaddafi
Simon Bolivar
14. What disease killed 50-100 million people in a single outbreak the early 20th century?
Polio
Tuberculosis
Influenza
Bubonic Plague
15. Who was the first ruler of the Islamic Caliphate?
Abu Bakr
Saladin
Al-Hadi
Muhammad
16. In what year did the Spanish Civil War begin?
1877
1936
1904
1840
17. What did Edmund Hillary do first?
Climb Mt. Everest
Fly around the world in a single trip
Reach the South Pole
Orbit the Moon
18. What was the second country to gain independence in the Americas?
Haiti
United States
Mexico
Brazil
19. Which of these was not one of the four great inventions of China?
Compass
Fireworks
Printing
Papermaking
20. What was the tallest building in the world in 1990?
Empire State Building
Taipei 101
Petronas Towers
Sears Tower
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