With the help of our global history quiz, go out on a historical voyage! Test your understanding of important historical occurrences, prominent people, and ancient civilizations. Discover intriguing information and solve historical puzzles in this engrossing quiz journey about anything from empires to revolutions.
1. Who was the first emperor of ancient Rome?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Augustus
C) Constantine
D) Nero
2. The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, limited the power of which English monarch?
A) Henry VIII
B) Edward III
C) Richard the Lionheart
D) King John
3. The French Revolution began in which year?
A) 1776
B) 1789
C) 1798
D) 1804
4. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Bessie Coleman
B) Amelia Earhart
C) Harriet Quimby
D) Katherine Stinson
5. The Industrial Revolution began in which country?
A) United States
B) France
C) Germany
D) United Kingdom
6. Which ancient civilization built the Great Pyramids of Giza?
A) Mesopotamia
B) Greece
C) Egypt
D) China
7. Who was the first president of the United States?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) George Washington
C) John Adams
D) James Madison
8. The Berlin Wall, which divided East and West Berlin, fell in which year?
A) 1985
B) 1989
C) 1991
D) 1993
9. Who wrote "The Communist Manifesto"?
A) Karl Marx
B) Friedrich Engels
C) Vladimir Lenin
D) Joseph Stalin
10. Which explorer is credited with circumnavigating the globe?
A) Ferdinand Magellan
B) Christopher Columbus
C) Vasco da Gama
D) Marco Polo
11. The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of which war?
A) World War I
B) World War II
C) Franco-Prussian War
D) Napoleonic Wars
12. The Renaissance began in which country?
A) Italy
B) France
C) England
D) Spain
