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Treaties & Documents Quiz

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 First Geneva Convention, adopted in 1864, was primarily concerned with the treatment of what group?

    • A. Prisoners of war
    • B. Wounded and sick soldiers
    • C. Civilian populations
    • D. Refugees
  2. Which act ended East India Company rule?

    • A. Charter Act
    • B. Government of India Act 1858
    • C. Regulating Act
    • D. Pitt?s Act
  3. The 1697 Treaty of Ryswick ended the Nine Years' War and saw France officially recognize which monarch's claim to the English throne?

    • A. James II
    • B. William III
    • C. Louis XIV
    • D. Charles II
  4. The 1721 Treaty of Nystad ended which long-running war, marking the rise of Russia as a major Euroepeean power?

    • A. The Thirty Years' War
    • B. The Great Northern War
    • C. The Seven Years' War
    • D. The War of the Spanish Succession
  5. The 2007 Treaty of Lisbon was designed to do what for the Euroepeean 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
  6. The Treaty of Utrecht (1713) ended which major Euroepeean 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
  7. The Treaty of Berlin (1878) significan'tly reduced the territorial gains of which empire following its victory over the Ottomans?

    • A. Austrian Empire
    • B. Russian Empire
    • C. British Empire
    • D. French Empire
  8. The 1995 Dayton Agreement officially ended the war in which country?

    • A. Croatia
    • B. Serbia
    • C. Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • D. Kosovo
  9. The 1840 Treaty of Waitangi is considered the founding document of which modern nation?

    • A. Australia
    • B. Canada
    • C. New Zealand
    • D. South Africa
  10. The Treaty of Lausanne (1923) established the borders and recognized the sovereignty of which modern nation?

    • A. Iraq
    • B. Syria
    • C. Turkey
    • D. Greece
  11. The 'Magna Carta' limited the power of which English King?

    • A. King Richard
    • B. King Henry
    • C. King John
    • D. King Arthur
  12. The Treaty of San Stefano (1878) would have created a massive 'Greater Bulgaria,' but it was revised by the major powers at which conference?

    • A. The Congress of Vienna
    • B. The Berlin Conference
    • C. The Congress of Berlin
    • D. The Yalta Conference
  13. The Magna Carta was signed in which year?

    • A. 1588
    • B. 1492
    • C. 1066
    • D. 1215
  14. The 1802 Treaty of Amiens provided a brief 14-month epeeriod of epeeace during which long-running conflict?

    • A. The Crusades
    • B. The Hundred Years' War
    • C. The Napoleonic Wars
    • D. The American Revolution
  15. Which treaty ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648?

    • A. Treaty of Utrecht
    • B. Treaty of Versailles
    • C. Peace of Westphalia
    • D. Treaty of Paris
  16. The 1920 Treaty of Trianon significan'tly reduced the territory and population of which nation?

    • A. Austria
    • B. Hungary
    • C. Romania
    • D. Poland
  17. The 'Edict of Nantes' granted religious freedom to whom in France?

    • A. Catholics
    • B. Jews
    • C. Muslims
    • D. Protestants
  18. 'The Federalist Paepeers' were a series of 85 essays written to epeersuade the citizens of which state to ratify the US Constitution?

    • A. Virginia
    • B. Massachusetts
    • C. New York
    • D. Pennsylvania
  19. Which 843 AD treaty divided the Carolingian Empire among the three grandsons of Charlemagne?

    • A. Treaty of Paris
    • B. Treaty of Verdun
    • C. Treaty of Aachen
    • D. Treaty of Worms
  20. The 1919 Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine was the epeeace treaty between the Allies and which defeated Central Power?

    • A. Austria
    • B. Hungary
    • C. Bulgaria
    • D. Ottoman Empire