How well do you know history?

If you dream of becoming a Major General, this is the quiz for you. From the Roman Empire to WWII, you can truly express yourself by seeing how you will go commanding your men in battle.

I am your Military Commander, Fuller Loney. I will ask you questions about historical wars, people and most of all, battles. Please try your best in this quiz.

Created by: Fuller Loney

When was the Greco-Persian Wars?
- 506 BC - 459 BC
- 496 BC - 449 BC
- 486 BC - 439 BC
Alexander the Great died in 323 BC of?
- Old age
- Assassinated
- Drunk
When was the Roman Empire established?
- Around 7 BC under Emperor Octavian(now Augustus)
- Around 44 BC under Emperor Hadrian
- Around 34 BC under Emperor Julius Caesar
Who divided the Roman Empire and when?
- Hadrian in 117
- Trajan in 107
- Domitian in 391
When did the Western Roman Empire collapse?
- 391
- 476
- 1453
Who conquered the last Byzantine land, Constantinople, in 1453?
- Mehmet II “the conqueror”
- Murad II
- Süleiman I “the magnificent”
Why did the Revolutionary War start?
- Slaves
- Slaves and Taxes
- Taxes
Why is Abraham Lincoln famous?
- Freeing Slaves
- Gettysburg Address
- Leading America to victory in the Civil War
- All of the Above
When did WWI start and end?
- 7-28-1914 to 11-11-1918
- 6-18-1914 to 9-11-1918
- 15-8-1866 to 28-6-1919
When did the Great Depression start?
- October 23 1929
- October 29 1929
- October 31 1929
Why did WWII start?
- Adolf Hitler was in power and he didn’t like the effects of the Treaty of Versailles
- Germany declared war on Poland
- The UK and France declared war on Poland
Who is famous for the speech “We shall never surrender” in WWII?
- Winston Churchill
- Joseph Stalin
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the first Axis country?
- Germany
- Italy
- Japan
True or False: Franklin D. Roosevelt was responsible for dropping the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, but not Nagasaki.
- True
- False
When were the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings?
- 15-8-1945 and 2-9-1945
- 6-8-1945 and 9-8-1945
- 6-8-1945 and 15-8-1945
Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender when?
- 6-8-1945
- 9-8-1945
- 15-8-1945
What happened in Europe after WWII?
- Stalin and Roosevelt agreed to split Europe between their power
- NATO and the Warsaw Pact were founded to make one half of Europe Communist and the other Democratic
- The USSR took control of Europe
When did the Cold War start?
- 15-8-1945
- 12-3-1947
- 1-1-1946
True or False: Mikhail Gorbachev sought to make peace with NATO but his power came to an end in 1991 when the USSR collapsed.
- True
- False
Who was the first human in space?
- Alan Walker from the USA
- Buzz Aldrin from the USA
- Neil Armstrong from the USA
- Yuri Gagarin from the USSR
- Valentina Tereshkova from the USSR
- Luigi Bariotti from the USSR(born in Italy)
When did the UK and the USA declare war on Iraq?
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
The Yemeni Civil War started in?
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
When did the Ukraine War start?
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023

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