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    What caused the Trojan war?

    • Overpopulation in Greece
    • Trojans trying to expand their territory
    • Trojan prince running away with the queen of Sparta
    • None of the above
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    What was the Jamestown settlement?

    • The location of the first Thanksgiving
    • The first permanent English settlement in the Americas
    • The lost colony of British settlers
    • The summer-break accomodation of the US president
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    Who was the leader of military campaigns of the Mongol Empire at the turn of the 13th century?

    • Hitler
    • Genghis Khan
    • Ming
    • Bleda
  • Question of

    What ancient British queen led a revolt against occupying Romans?

    • Cleopatra
    • Hatshepsut
    • Nefertiti
    • Boudicca
  • Question of

    Which state was the first to secede from the Union before the start of the Civil War?

    • Kansas
    • Nebraska
    • Mississippi
    • South Carolina
  • Question of

    What year was the US Declaration of Independence signed?

    • 1802
    • 1750
    • 1776
    • 1812
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    Who was the US president during the war of 1812?

    • thomas Jefferson
    • John Adams
    • James Madison
    • George Washington
  • Question of

    Communists fought French colonists in the beginning of what war?

    • World War I
    • World War II
    • Vietnam War
    • French Revolution
  • Question of

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination was the catalyst for what war?

    • World War II
    • World War I
    • Vietnam War
    • French Revolution
  • Question of

    In what war did Napoleon lose Waterloo?

    • World War I
    • The Napoleonic War
    • The Hundred Years’ War
    • Battle of Trafalgar
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    Which of the following events led the United States to officially enter WWII?

    • Sinking of the Lusitania
    • Japan invading China
    • Hitler threatening US
    • Attack on Pearl Harbor
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    Which of the following was NOT a king of Sparta?

    • Leonidas
    • Cleomenes
    • Agesipolis
    • Midas
  • Question of

    Argentina and Great Britain fought against each other in what 10-week conflict?

    • World War II
    • Vietnam War
    • The Falklands War
    • The War of the South Atlantic
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    Who was Hitler’s main propaganda chief?

    • Joseph Goebbels
    • Max Amann
    • Herbert Backe
    • Hans Biebow
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    Where did the Battle of Thermopylae take place?

    • Spain
    • Greece
    • Mongolia
    • None of the above

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