1. Which state seceded from the Union first?
(a) Virginia
(b) South Carolina
(c) Georgia
(d) Texas

2. What was the main cause of the Civil War?
(a) Economic differences between North and South
(b) British interference in American affairs
(c) Desire for westward expansion
(d) A strong federal government

3. The first major battle of the Civil War was fought at:
(a) Antietam
(b) Gettysburg
(c) Fort Sumter
(d) Bull Run

1. In which year did the storming of the Bastille prison, a key event of the French Revolution, occur?
(a) 1776
(b) 1789
(c) 1793
(d) 1804

2. What were the three social classes of France under theAncien Régime (Old Regime)?
(a) Clergy, Nobility, Peasantry
(b) Military, Aristocracy, Working Class
(c) Merchants, Landowners, Farmers
(d) Upper Class, Middle Class, Lower Class

3. What famous document outlined the “rights of man and of the citizen” during the French Revolution?
(a) The Declaration of Independence
(b) The Magna Carta
(c) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
(d) The Bill of Rights

1. Which of the following ideologies formed the basis of the Soviet Union’s system during the Cold War?
(a) Democracy
(b) Fascism
(c) Communism
(d) Capitalism

2. The Truman Doctrine aimed to:
(a) Develop nuclear weapons
(b) Contain the spread of communism
(c) Rebuild war-torn Europe
(d) Form a military alliance with the Soviet Union

3. The Marshall Plan provided economic aid to:
(a) The Soviet Union
(b) Western European nations
(c) Newly independent African colonies
(d) Countries defeated in World War II

1. In which year did the Battle of Trafalgar take place?
(a) 1798
(b) 1805
(c) 1812
(d) 1821

2. Who was the British commander at the Battle of Trafalgar?
(a) Admiral John Jervis
(b) Admiral Horatio Nelson
(c) Duke of Wellington
(d) King George III

3. Which two combined fleets did the British face at Trafalgar?
(a) French and Spanish
(b) French and Dutch
(c) Spanish and Portuguese
(d) Russian and Ottoman

1. Which two countries were the main combatants in the Hundred Years’ War?
(a) England and Spain
(b) France and Germany
(c) England and France
(d) Italy and Austria

2. What was the approximate duration of the Hundred Years’ War?
(a) 25 years
(b) 100 years
(c) 200 years
(d) 500 years

3. What year did the Hundred Years’ War begin?
(a) 1200
(b) 1337
(c) 1450
(d) 1500

1. The Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and Trojans over:
(a) Land rights
(b) The abduction of Helen
(c) A religious dispute
(d) Trade control

2. Helen of Troy was the wife of:
(a) Agamemnon
(b) Menelaus
(c) Odysseus
(d) Achilles

3. The leader of the Greek army during the Trojan War was:
(a) Achilles
(b) Agamemnon
(c) Odysseus
(d) Paris