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History of the World: IX Trivia Quiz

From 1700 to about 1850, I see this period as the Revolution Age, or the Enlightenment. This period started to pave the way to our modern world.

A multiple-choice quiz by 0c0c0c. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
0c0c0c

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
251,217

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
6 / 10

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3335

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. This city, founded by Peter the Great in 1703, became Russia's capital until 1918.

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 1718 this city, famous for Cajun food and Mardi Gras, was founded by the French. Hint

New Orleans

Quebec

St. Louis

Baton Rouge

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Question 3 of 10

3. In 1740, Frederich the Great was crowned king of Prussia. Prussia was made up of present day Germany and Austria.

True

False

4. From 1756-1763, a huge war between Prussia, England, and Portugal vs. Austria, France, Russia, and Spain was fought on three different continents. In the end Britain got New France, and Prussia kept Silesia, a region of the Austrian Empire now in Poland. In Canada, the war is known as the War of Conquest, in America it is called the French and Indian War. What do most historians call this war? Hint

The New France War

The Three Continent War

The Seven Years' War

The Prussian-Austrian War

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Question 5 of 10

5. What year did the American Revolutionary War start? Hint

1774

1775

1776

1773

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Question 6 of 10

6. From 1789 till about 1795 a revolution took place in which European country to dethrone (and later behead) the king?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 1801 what two countries join together, only to break apart 120 years later? Hint

France and Switzerland

Britain and Ireland

Spain and Portugal

Russia and Finland

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 1819, the East India Company founded the city of Singapore on the Malay Peninsula, which later became a key technological and port city.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the first Eastern European country to break away from the Ottoman Empire as the result of large-scale popular uprising? Hint

Macedonia

Greece

Romania

Bulgaria

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 1840, what island country in Oceania was founded?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This city, founded by Peter the Great in 1703, became Russia's capital until 1918.

Answer: St. Petersburg

In 1917 Lenin came to power, and moved the capital of Russia back to Moscow the capital of Russia. After his death Petrograd (as St Petersburg was called at the time) was renamed Leningrad, and stayed that way until 1991, when it was renamed once again, to St. Petersburg.

2. In 1718 this city, famous for Cajun food and Mardi Gras, was founded by the French.

Answer: New Orleans

In 1803, New Orleans, and the Louisiana Territory was transfered from France to the United States. In 2005 the area was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

3. In 1740, Frederich the Great was crowned king of Prussia. Prussia was made up of present day Germany and Austria.

Answer: False

Prussia was based on Brandenburg in Germany, and expanded from about 1670 onwards till it included about two-thirds of Germany after the Seven Weeks' War of 1866. (Already in 1815 it extended from the French border in the Rhineland to the Russian border). The German Empire that came into existence in 1871 was based on Prussia.

Answer: The Seven Years' War

Some historians, including Winston Churchill, called this the "first" world war. Some fighting was in Europe, India, the Philippines, Iberia, Pakistan, Canada, and the United States.

5. What year did the American Revolutionary War start?

Answer: 1775

Tensions had been increasing with the British since 1763, when King George III refused to allow any American pass the Appalachian Mountains. Twelve years later on April 19, 1775 in Lexington, Massachusetts, the first shots of the war were fired.

6. From 1789 till about 1795 a revolution took place in which European country to dethrone (and later behead) the king?

Answer: France

A large national debt, and high taxation caused the bourgeoisie (and others) to revolt. In 1793 they chopped off King Louis XVI's head, and a little later in the same year the queen, Marie Antoinette met the same fate. In 1795 the Directory took control of France, and in 1799 Napoleon made himself as the First Consul.

7. In 1801 what two countries join together, only to break apart 120 years later?

Answer: Britain and Ireland

For 121 years England and Ireland were one country, until most of Ireland broke away from Britain. However, Northern Ireland is still a part of the United Kingdom.

8. In 1819, the East India Company founded the city of Singapore on the Malay Peninsula, which later became a key technological and port city.

Answer: True

From 1819 to 1941 Singapore remained under British rule, until Japan took over Singapore. Four years later it returned to Britain, and then became independent in 1965.

9. What was the first Eastern European country to break away from the Ottoman Empire as the result of large-scale popular uprising?

Answer: Greece

It took nearly ten years but they did it! However they did have some help from the U.K., France, and Russia. This, along with World War I were the only modern wars the Greeks won.

10. In 1840, what island country in Oceania was founded?

Answer: New Zealand

After being discovered by Abel Tasman in 1642, the Treaty of Waitgani was signed 200 years later. Thanks for playing, coming soon History of the World: X, with the Industrial Revolution!

Source: Author 0c0c0c

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