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1 What battle ended Napoleon's rule in 1815?

A) Waterloo

B) Austerlitz

C) Leipzig

D) Trafalgar

2 What ancient empire centered in Peru used a system of knotted strings for record-keeping?

A) Aztec Empire

B) Inca Empire

C) Maya Empire

D) Olmec Empire

3 What revolution began in 1917 in Russia?

A) French Revolution

B) Industrial Revolution

C) Glorious Revolution

D) Bolshevik Revolution

4 What people lived in longhouses?

A) Romans

B) Egyptians

C) Vikings/Iroquois

D) Greeks

5 What was the Silk Road for?

A) Religious pilgrimage

B) Military conquest

C) Trade between East

D) Slave trade

6 What empire was Suleiman the Magnificent the ruler of?

A) Roman Empire

B) Mughal Empire

C) Persian Empire

D) Ottoman Empire

7 What civilization built the Colosseum?

A) Greek

B) Egyptian

C) Roman

D) Persian

8 What was the name of the trade network connecting China to Rome?

A) Silk Road

B) Amber Road

C) Incense Route

D) Spice Route

9 What country dropped atomic bombs in WWII?

A) UK

B) Germany

C) USA

D) USSR

10 What document did Martin Luther nail to a church door in 1517?

A) Magna Carta

B) Declaration of Rights

C) 95 Theses

D) Edict of Nantes

11 Who commanded the Allied forces on D-Day?

A) Bernard Montgomery

B) Dwight D. Eisenhower

C) Douglas MacArthur

D) George Patton

12 Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?

A) Harriet Quimby

B) Jacqueline Cochran

C) Amelia Earhart

D) Bessie Coleman

13 What ancient wonder was in Rhodes?

A) Pyramid

B) Lighthouse

C) Colossus

D) Gardens

14 What was the civil rights movement in the United States primarily fighting for?

A) Labor union rights

B) Equal rights and an end to

C) Environmental protection

D) Women's voting rights

15 What did the ancient Romans speak?