History Trivia Quiz 52

10 questions · 3 multiple choice · 7 number answers · scored out of 1000

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  1. Number answermedium
  2. Multiple choicehard
    What document, signed in 1648, ended the Thirty Years' War and established the concept of state sovereignty?
  3. Number answerhard

    Hint: A vital shipping route

  4. Number answerhard
  5. Multiple choicevery hard
    Who was the samurai who unified Japan at the end of the Sengoku period?
  6. Number answermedium

    Hint: Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

  7. Number answervery hard
  8. Multiple choiceeasy
    Which country was the first to use paper currency?
  9. Number answerhard

    Hint: British vs. Dutch settlers

  10. Number answerhard

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  1. In what year did the Storming of the Winter Palace occur in Russia?1,917
  2. What document, signed in 1648, ended the Thirty Years' War and established the concept of state sovereignty?Peace of Westphalia
  3. In what year was the Panama Canal completed?1,914
  4. In what year was the first transatlantic radio signal sent by Marconi?1,901
  5. Who was the samurai who unified Japan at the end of the Sengoku period?Tokugawa Ieyasu
  6. In what year was the first successful airplane flight by the Wright Brothers?1,903
  7. In what year was the Panama Canal Zone acquired by the United States?1,903
  8. Which country was the first to use paper currency?China
  9. In what year did the Second Boer War begin in South Africa?1,899
  10. In what year was the Magna Carta signed?1,215

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