Basic History Quiz

Here is the Bsic History Quiz. How did World War Start? Who did the USSR invade in 1979? Challenge your knowledge in the wrold events of the past, you may be surprised at how well you do!

Here is the Bsic History Quiz. How did World War Start? Who did the USSR invade in 1979? Here is the Bsic History Quiz. Challenge your knowledge in the wrold events of the past, you may be surprised at how well you do!

Created by: Andrew Beane
  1. Which war is otherwise known as the "Great War?"
  2. World War Two officially began in September, 1945 when Germany invaded what nation?
  3. Which US President was the only one to be elected to four terms in office?
  4. Which Asian country suffered a long war with the Soviet Union that started in 1979?
  5. What country fought the United Kingdom for control of the Falkland Islands in 1982?
  6. Which former communist nation in Europe split in a bloody civil war in the early nineties? (Not the USSR)
  7. What atoll in the Pacific Ocean was the site of extensive atomic tests in the 1950s?
  8. Upon the death of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin, who became the head of the USSR and world communism?
  9. When the Communists under Mao Zedong succeeded in their long civil war against the governemt, the Chinese Nationalists under Chiang Kai'shek were forced to what island, creating a still unrecognized nation?
  10. Che Guevara, one of the architects of the Cuban Revolution and one of Fidel Castro's closest loyalists, was murdered while fighting in an insurgancy in 1967 in what South American country.

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