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Treaties & Documents Quiz

Treaties & Documents · Medium

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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 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918) saw which nation exit World War I after losing significan't territory to the Central Powers?

    • A. Ottoman Empire
    • B. Italy
    • C. Russia
    • D. Austria-Hungary
  2. 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
  3. Which article of the Treaty of Versailles is famously known as the 'War Guilt Clause,' forcing Germany to accept total responsibility for WWI?

    • A. Article 42
    • B. Article 119
    • C. Article 231
    • D. Article 431
  4. 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)
  5. The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I), signed in 1972, were intended to limit the growth of what?

    • A. Chemical weapons
    • B. Nuclear missile launchers
    • C. Naval warships
    • D. Military aircraft
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. The 'Good Friday Agreement' of 1998 was a major milestone in ending the conflict in which region?

    • A. The Balkans
    • B. Northern Ireland
    • C. South Africa
    • D. Chechnya
  9. The Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) was negotiated to resolve territorial disputes between which two empires?

    • A. Britain and France
    • B. Spain and Portugal
    • C. The Netherlands and Spain
    • D. Portugal and Britain
  10. The 1959 Antarctic Treaty was unique because it designated the entire continent as what?

    • A. A military base
    • B. A scientific preserve
    • C. A sovereign nation
    • D. A commercial mining zone
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. The 'Reformation' was triggered by which document?

    • A. The Declaration of Independence
    • B. The 95 Theses
    • C. The Magna Carta
    • D. The Edict of Milan
  14. The 1917 Balfour Declaration was a public statement by the British government expressing support for the establishment of a 'national home' for which group?

    • A. The Kurdish people
    • B. The Palestinian Arabs
    • C. The Jewish people
    • D. The Armenian people
  15. 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
  16. The 1978 Camp David Accords led to a historic peace treaty between which two nations?

    • A. Israel and Jordan
    • B. Israel and Egypt
    • C. Israel and Syria
    • D. Israel and Lebanon
  17. 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
  18. The 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement established which two international financial institutions?

    • A. The World Bank and the IMF
    • B. The WTO and the UN
    • C. The Federal Reserve and the ECB
    • D. The African Development Bank and the OECD
  19. 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
  20. The 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye officially dissolved which empire?

    • A. The Ottoman Empire
    • B. The Austro-Hungarian Empire
    • C. The Russian Empire
    • D. The German Empire