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1.During the Fall of Constantinople who where the opposing commanders?
Mehmed II and Constantine X
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Mehmed I and Constantine X
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Mehmed II and Constantine XI
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Suliman the Magnificent and Constantine XI
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2.In what year did Suliman the Magnificent lay siege to Vienna?
1453
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1529
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1542
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1518
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3.The Thirty Years war saw Protestants and Catholics fight over large portions of the Holy Roman Empire, what was the name of the war that ended this conflict?
Peace of Prague
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Peace of Vienna
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Peace of Paris
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Peace of Westphalia
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4.There were Three Anglo-Dutch wars fought for control of the seas during the 17th century culminating in a joint Anglo-French effort to invade the Netherlands by sea. What famous Dutch Admiral defeated the allies before they could succeed?
Admiral De Ruyter
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Admiral Tromp
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Admiral Nelson
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Admiral Piett
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5.The War of Spanish Succession was fought to prevent Spain from merging with what other nation?
England
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Austria
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France
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Portugal
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6.Although called the French and Indian war in North America the Seven Years War was really the first World War. The main theatre of conflict was in Europe where Prussia fought a coalition of which nations?
France, Austria, Russia, Denmark
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France, Austria, Sweden, Russia
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France, Austria, Russia, Ottomans
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France, Austria, Sweden, Denmark
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7.The Great Northern War was fought between Charles XII of Sweden and which Russian Tsar?
Peter I
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Ivan IV
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Catherine I
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Peter II
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8.How long was the American Revolutionary war?
7 years, 11 months, 23 days
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8 years, 2 months, 11 days
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8 years, 4 months, 15 days
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9 years, 1 month, 3 days
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9.How many Coalitions were created against Revolutionary France?
Seven
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Three
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Six
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Two
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This is the number of coalitions against Revolutionary France not Napoleon.
10.What was Napoleon's Vietnam?
Spain
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Egypt
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Russia
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Austria
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Spain reverted to Guerilla warfare lengthening the conflict and increasing the violence.
11.Which four native American tribes sided with the United States during the War of 1812?
Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, Shawnee
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Choctaw, Creek, Shawnee, Lenape
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Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Seneca
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Creek, Seneca, Shawnee, Lenape
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12.What European Power did not participate in the Crimean War?
Austria
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Kingdom of Sardinia
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Ottoman Empire
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France
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13.How long did the French Intervention in Mexico last?
6 years
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3 years, 6 months
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4 years
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5 years, 6 months
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14.Which Union Civil War Commander presided over the humiliating Union defeat at 2nd Bull Run?
George B. McCellan
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Ulysses S. Grant
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John Pope
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Abraham Lincoln
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15.Which European Power joined Prussia in defeating Austria in the 1866 Austro-Prussian War?
Russia
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Italy
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France
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Ottoman Empire
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16.At which Battle in the Franco-Prussian War was Napoleon the III captured by the Prussian Army?
Paris
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Metz
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Sedan
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Worth
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17.The Boers of South Africa defeated the British in the First Boer War, what country did these people originate from?
Netherlands
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Germany
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France
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Spain
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18.Who was President of the United States at the start of the Spanish American War?
Theodore Roosevelt
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William McKinley
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William Howard Taft
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Grover Cleveland
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19.Which Four Empires ceased to exist as a result of World War 1?
Austrian, Ottoman, Russian, British
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Ottoman, Russian, German, French
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German, Austrian, Ottoman, French
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Russian, Ottoman, Austrian, German
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20.Both Germany and Italy supported the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil war as did this other minor European Power.
Bulgaria
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Romania
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Portugal
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Switzerland
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21.Which Allied General in World War 2 led the reconquest of the Phillipines
MacArthur
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Patton
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Nimitz
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Eisenhower
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22.This civil war was put on hold for the duration of World War 2 and after quickly came to an end due to the one side expending large amounts of resources to defeat an Axis Invasion.
Greek Civil War
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Paraguayan Civil War
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Chinese Civil War
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Albanian Civil War
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23.The 1948 Arab Israeli war saw Israel fight this many enemy nations.
Six
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Seven
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Five
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Eight
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24.This Cold War Era Conflict found itself the setting for the tv show M.A.S.H.