Peaceful Easy Feeling Trivia Quiz

Answer: War of 1812

The Treaty of Ghent, signed on December 24th, 1814, put an end to the War of 1812. The treaty was signed in Ghent, Belgium and ended the fighting between the United States and the United Kingdom. Neither side lost or gained territory by engaging in this war nor in the treaty. Because of how long it took for trans-Atlantic communication, it took a couple of months before some of the more western areas of the U.S. were aware the war had ended and had continued to battle onward.

Answer: Hong Kong

The Treaty of Nanking brought about an end to the First Opium War. China ceded the island of Hong Kong to the British in order to end this costly war. This treaty opened up free trade in multiple Chinese ports and China was forced to pay over 21 million dollars in reparations to the British to cover the cost of the war. China resumed sovereignty over the island in 1997.

Answer: Scotland

The Treaty of Perpetual Peace was an attempt between England and Scotland to end 200 years of intermittent warfare between the two countries. This treaty included the marriage of Margaret Tudor, the daughter of Henry VII, and James IV of Scotland. The treaty was broken in 1513 when James invaded England in support of the French who were also having intermittent wars with England.

The use of marriage in the furtherance of peace (and also alliances) was a common practice for centuries involving most of the royal houses of Europe.

Answer: Spain

The Treaty of Cordoba attempted to officially end the Mexican War of Independence and recognize Mexico as an independent country, free from the control of Spain. Signed on August 24, 1821, it derives its name from the location where it was signed - Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico. In the end, Spain refused to honor this treaty and did not recognize Mexico's independence until December of 1836.

Answer: South America

This treaty drew a straight line from north to south cutting South America into two parts. The Pope Alexander VI was a Spaniard by birth, declared that all undiscovered lands to the west of the line belonged to Spain, while all lands to the east belonged to Portugal.

At the time, the Portuguese were upset, believing that they had lost a lot of land. But longitude, latitude, geography and cartography were still in their infancy and Portugal ended up with more than they thought they had. In 1529, the Treaty of Zaragoza extended this demarcation line right round and globe and so to the Far East.

Answer: False

This is completely false. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was between the U.S. and Mexico. Signed in 1848, this treaty gave the U.S. the land that would later become Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, California, Arizona, and New Mexico. The U.S. paid Mexico over $15 million dollars while claiming most of the continental United States that is west of the Mississippi River.

This treaty, ending the Mexican-American War, also set the Rio Grande River as the border between the two countries dividing them forever into one English speaking country and one Spanish speaking country.

Answer: False

False. It was the 1973 Paris Peace Accords that helped establish peace in Vietnam and bring about an end to the involvement of the U.S. military in Vietnam. It was the work of Dr. Henry Kissinger and Vietnamese leader Le Duc Tho who were both awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts.

The Treaty of Knared was signed in 1613 and brought about an end to the Kalmar War between Denmark and Sweden.

Answer: The Panama Canal was built

Signed by Panama and the United States on November 18,1903, the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty established the Panama Canal Zone and the construction of the Panama Canal on the site. The treaty is named after U.S. Secretary of State John Hay and Phillipe Bunau-Varilla the representative of Panama, which had declared its independence from Colombia only two weeks prior to the signing of this treaty.

The treaty stipulated that the U.S. would have rights to the canal zone in perpetuity and that they would pay the country of Panama $10 million dollars for this land and would pay an annual rental payment of $250,000.

In 1977 this treaty was nullified by the Torrijos-Carter Treaties and the canal zone was returned to Panama.

Answer: Batman's Treaty

Batman's Treaty was a written agreement orchestrated by Australian explorer John Batman and the local Wurundjeri tribe, agreeing to the purchase of the land around which the city of Melbourne, Australia was built. It was the first and possibly only time in which the Aboriginal population was allowed to negotiate for their ancestral lands. On August 26, 1835, the treaty was declared null and void by the Governor of New South Wales who stated that the aboriginal people did not have standing to sell this land which already belonged to the English Crown.

Answer: Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919 and ended the state of war between the Allied Powers and Germany. The US did not ratify it and made its own peace treaty with Germany later. Separate treaties were established between the other Central Powers and the triumphant Allied Powers.

The conditions imposed on Germany, including monetary reparations of just over US$31 billion, were widely regarded as very harsh.