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Treaties & Documents Quiz

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Treaties and historic documents have codified the agreements, rights, and boundaries that structure the modern world. The Magna Carta established limits on royal power; the Treaty...

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All 20 questions in this Treaties & Documents quiz
  1. The 1689 Bill of Rights, which limited the power of the monarchy and established parliamentary sovereignty, was enacted in which country?

    • A. United States
    • B. France
    • C. England
    • D. Netherlands
  2. The 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which forms the basis of international space law, prohibits nations from doing what?

    • A. Launching satellites
    • B. Sending humans to the Moon
    • C. Placing weapons of mass destruction in orbit
    • D. Conducting scientific research on Mars
  3. The 'Magna Carta' limited the power of which English King?

    • A. King Richard
    • B. King Henry
    • C. King John
    • D. King Arthur
  4. Which document, primary authored by Thomas Jefferson, declared the American colonies' independence from Great Britain in 1776?

    • A. The US Constitution
    • B. The Articles of Confederation
    • C. The Declaration of Independence
    • D. The Bill of Rights
  5. The 1823 Monroe Doctrine was a US policy statement that opposed what?

    • A. European colonization in the Americas
    • B. The slave trade
    • C. The expansion of the US West
    • D. British naval dominance
  6. The 1840 Treaty of Waitangi is considered the founding document of which modern nation?

    • A. Australia
    • B. Canada
    • C. New Zealand
    • D. South Africa
  7. 'The Communist Manifesto,' a document that reshaped 20th-century global politics, was written by Karl Marx and whom?

    • A. Vladimir Lenin
    • B. Friedrich Engels
    • C. Leon Trotsky
    • D. Mikhail Bakunin
  8. The Treaty of Portsmouth (1905), mediated by Theodore Roosevelt, ended which war?

    • A. The Spanish-American War
    • B. The Russo-Japanese War
    • C. The Sino-Japanese War
    • D. The Boer War
  9. Which 1789 document, influenced by the Enlightenment and the American Revolution, outlined the fundamental rights of all citizens of the French Republic?

    • A. The Tennis Court Oath
    • B. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
    • C. The Napoleonic Code
    • D. The Edict of Fraternity
  10. The 1995 Dayton Agreement officially ended the war in which country?

    • A. Croatia
    • B. Serbia
    • C. Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • D. Kosovo
  11. The 1993 Oslo Accords were a series of agreements between the government of Israel and which organization?

    • A. Hezbollah
    • B. Hamas
    • C. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
    • D. The Arab League
  12. The 1915 Treaty of London was a secret agreement that brought which nation into World War I on the side of the Allied Powers?

    • A. Italy
    • B. Bulgaria
    • C. Ottoman Empire
    • D. Romania
  13. The Treaty of Utrecht (1713) ended which major European conflict, leading to the rise of British maritime dominance?

    • A. The Thirty Years' War
    • B. The War of the Spanish Succession
    • C. The Seven Years' War
    • D. The Napoleonic Wars
  14. Which Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War and saw France cede almost all of its North American territories to Britain?

    • A. Treaty of Paris (1763)
    • B. Treaty of Paris (1783)
    • C. Treaty of Paris (1815)
    • D. Treaty of Paris (1898)
  15. The Magna Carta was signed in which country?

    • A. France
    • B. Germany
    • C. England
    • D. Italy
  16. The 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki ended the First Sino-Japanese War and saw China cede which territory to Japan?

    • A. Hong Kong
    • B. Macau
    • C. Taiwan
    • D. Tibet
  17. The 2007 Treaty of Lisbon was designed to do what for the European Union?

    • A. Create a single currency
    • B. Admit Turkey as a member
    • C. Streamline the EU's institutional framework and decision-making
    • D. Abolish all national borders
  18. The 1951 Treaty of San Francisco officially ended the legal state of war between the Allied Powers and which nation?

    • A. Germany
    • B. Japan
    • C. Italy
    • D. Finland
  19. Which 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years' War and established the modern concept of national sovereignty?

    • A. Treaty of Utrecht
    • B. Peace of Westphalia
    • C. Treaty of Paris
    • D. Treaty of Ghent
  20. The Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997, was an international treaty designed to address which global issue?

    • A. Ozone depletion
    • B. Nuclear proliferation
    • C. Climate change
    • D. Ocean pollution