World History II

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15 questions · Published July 25, 2022

Trivia questions (5 of 15)

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1. Germany's invasion of ___________ sparked the start of World War II.
On September 1, 1939, German forces, under the control of Adolf Hitler, bombarded Poland on land and from the air, effectively starting World War II.
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2. In what conflict did General Andrew Jackson lead U.S. troops prior to becoming president?
General Andrew Jackson led his troops to victory for the United States of America during the War of 1812.
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3. In the 1970s, the repressive Khmer Rouge regime murdered nearly a quarter of the population of _____________.
Under the regime of dictator Pol Pot, around twenty-five percent of Cambodia's population was murdered by the Khmer Rouge.
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4. What well-known Ancient Greek is known as the "Father of Mathematics?"
Born around 287 BC, Archimedes of Syracuse created dozens of mathematical concepts, including the approximation of pi, the area of a circle, and the volume of a sphere.
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5. What was the Bastille, the storming of which triggered the French Revolution on July 14, 1789?
Used as a state prison by the kings of France, the Bastille was stormed by a crowd on July 14, 1789, sparking the French Revolution.

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