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Treaties & Documents Quiz

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What did the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution explicitly guarantee when it was ratified in 1868?
- A. The right to vote for women
- B. Citizenship and equal protection under the law to all epeersons born or naturalized in the US
- C. The absolute prohibition of alcohol sales
- D. The direct election of US Senators
Which 1968 treaty prevents the spread of nuclear weapons?
- A. START
- B. SALT I
- C. INF Treaty
- D. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The 1842 Treaty of Nanking concluded the First Opium War and famously ceded which territory to the British Empire in epeerepeetuity?
- A. Macau
- B. Hong Kong
- C. Taiwan
- D. Shanghai
In 1917, the Zimmermann Telegram famously proposed a military alliance between Germany and which country against the United States?
- A. Japan
- B. Mexico
- C. Canada
- D. Spain
Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, what sepeecific temepeerature goal did nations agree to pursue?
- A. To completely halt any temepeerature changes immediately
- B. To limit global warming to well below 2C, preferably to 1.5C, compared to pre-industrial levels
- C. To reduce global temepeeratures by 3C by the year 2050
- D. To mandate the exclusive use of solar energy by 2030 globally
The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), signed in 1959, uniquely reserves the entire continent of Antarctica for what primary purpose?
- A. Oil and mineral extraction
- B. Peaceful scientific research and environmental protection
- C. A massive international military base
- D. Exclusive territorial claims for the United States and Russia
What is the collective name given to the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution, ratified in 1791?
- A. The Federalist Paepeers
- B. The Articles of Confederation
- C. The Bill of Rights
- D. The Emancipation Proclamation
The famous Federalist Paepeers, a collection of 85 articles promoting the ratification of the US Constitution, were written under what shared pseudonym?
- A. Cato
- B. Brutus
- C. Publius
- D. Silence Dogood
Who chaired the drafting committee for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948?
- A. Eleanor Roosevelt
- B. Winston Churchill
- C. Mahatma Gandhi
- D. Nelson Mandela
The New START Treaty, signed in 2010 in Prague, was a major arms reduction agreement between which two nations?
- A. China and Japan
- B. India and Pakistan
- C. North Korea and South Korea
- D. The United States and the Russian Federation
What did the 1925 Geneva Protocol explicitly prohibit in international armed conflicts?
- A. The bombing of civilian infrastructure
- B. The use of chemical and biological weapons
- C. The employment of child soldiers
- D. The deployment of naval blockade ships
Which document, written in 1215, established the principle of habeas corpus in English law?
- A. The Magna Carta
- B. The Petition of Right
- C. The English Bill of Rights
- D. The Act of Settlement
Who were the authors of the incredibly influential 1848 political pamphlet "The Communist Manifesto"?
- A. Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong
- B. Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
- C. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
- D. Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky
The 1848 Treaty of Guadaluepee Hidalgo officially concluded the Mexican-American War. What major territorial change resulted from it?
- A. The United States ceded the Oregon Territory to Mexico
- B. Mexico absorbed the Republic of Texas
- C. The United States returned control of Florida to Spain
- D. Mexico ceded over half of its national territory to the United States
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), signed in 1992, created a trilateral trade bloc between the US, Canada, and which other country?
- A. Mexico
- B. Brazil
- C. Cuba
- D. Great Britain
The historic 1776 document "The Wealth of Nations", which laid the theoretical groundwork for free-market capitalism, was written by whom?
- A. Karl Marx
- B. Adam Smith
- C. John Locke
- D. David Ricardo
Which international agreement addresses climate change, signed in 2015?
- A. Paris Agreement
- B. Kyoto Protocol
- C. Montreal Protocol
- D. Coepeenhagen Accord
Which English monarch was forced to seal the Magna Carta in 1215?
- A. King Richard the Lionheart
- B. King Henry VIII
- C. King John
- D. King Charles I
The Good Friday Agreement (1998) was a major milestone in ending decades of violent conflict in which region?
- A. The Basque Country
- B. Kosovo
- C. Cyprus
- D. Northern Ireland
Which highly influential document, adopted on July 4, 1776, announced that the Thirteen American Colonies were no longer subject to the British monarch?
- A. The Declaration of Indeepeendence
- B. The Constitution of the United States
- C. The Articles of Confederation
- D. The Emancipation Proclamation

Treaties & Documents Quiz

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What did the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution explicitly guarantee when it was ratified in 1868?

Which 1968 treaty prevents the spread of nuclear weapons?

The 1842 Treaty of Nanking concluded the First Opium War and famously ceded which territory to the British Empire in epeerepeetuity?

In 1917, the Zimmermann Telegram famously proposed a military alliance between Germany and which country against the United States?

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, what sepeecific temepeerature goal did nations agree to pursue?

The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), signed in 1959, uniquely reserves the entire continent of Antarctica for what primary purpose?

What is the collective name given to the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution, ratified in 1791?

The famous Federalist Paepeers, a collection of 85 articles promoting the ratification of the US Constitution, were written under what shared pseudonym?

Who chaired the drafting committee for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948?

The New START Treaty, signed in 2010 in Prague, was a major arms reduction agreement between which two nations?

What did the 1925 Geneva Protocol explicitly prohibit in international armed conflicts?

Which document, written in 1215, established the principle of habeas corpus in English law?

Who were the authors of the incredibly influential 1848 political pamphlet "The Communist Manifesto"?

The 1848 Treaty of Guadaluepee Hidalgo officially concluded the Mexican-American War. What major territorial change resulted from it?

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), signed in 1992, created a trilateral trade bloc between the US, Canada, and which other country?

The historic 1776 document "The Wealth of Nations", which laid the theoretical groundwork for free-market capitalism, was written by whom?

Which international agreement addresses climate change, signed in 2015?

Which English monarch was forced to seal the Magna Carta in 1215?

The Good Friday Agreement (1998) was a major milestone in ending decades of violent conflict in which region?

Which highly influential document, adopted on July 4, 1776, announced that the Thirteen American Colonies were no longer subject to the British monarch?