Have you been interested about the history of countries around the world? Learning world history, whether in class or as a hobby, can get you immersed in different insights as well as broadens your horizons. Answer this quiz to know how well you know world history.

1. He was Aristotle's student and became king of Macedonia in 332 BC. He ruled almost all of Persia. Who is he?

A. Alexander the Great

B. Attila the Hun

C. Mark Anthony

D. William of Normandy

2. The civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York that ended at the 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field is known as the ________________.

A. Hundred Years' War

B. War of the Roses

C. The Yorkist Revolution

D. The Lancastrian War

3. This middle-eastern nation found itself at war with its neighboring countries as soon as its formation in 1948.

A. Jordan

B. Lebanon

C. Iraq

D. Israel

4. In the first years of the 15^th century, this very influential Florentine banking family started to gain great political power.

A. da Vinci

B. de Medici

C. Borgia

D. Visconti

5. In 622 AD, Mohammed, his family, friends, and followers went to Medina from ________.

A. Bangkok

B. Jakarta

C. Mecca

D. New Delhi

6. The Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted by ________ during Julius II's papacy (1503-1513).

A. Michelangelo

B. Raphael

C. Da Vinci

D. Botticelli

7. This explorer reached the Mexican coast in 1519 and conquered the Aztec civilization within two years.

A. Francisco Pizzaro

B. Vasco Da Gama

C. Bartholomeu Dias

D. Hernando Cortes

8. This queen ruled England from 1837 to 1901.

A. Elizabeth II

B. Elizabeth

C. Victoria

D. Mary

9. _________ reached in Brazil in 1500 A.D. and became the first European to land in this area. Who is this Portuguese explorer?

A. Pedro Cabral

B. Christopher Columbus

C. Vasco De Gama

D. Bartolomeu Diaz

10. in 1793, Charlotte Corday murdered this French revolutionist and member of the Convention 1793 by?

A. Georges Jacques Danton

B. Maximilien Robespierre

C. Camille Desmoulins

D. Jean Paul Marat

Answer Guide:

1. A. Alexander the Great

2. B. War of the Roses

3. D. Israel

4. B. de Medici

5. C. Mecca

6. A. Michelangelo

7. D. Hernando Cortes

8. C. Victoria

9. A. Pedro Cabral

10. D. Jean Paul Marat

10 A+ Geek alert!

9 A I'm very impressed.

8 B You cheated, didn't you?

7 C Your teacher would be very proud of you.

6 D Not bad.

5 F+ Bad.

4 - 3 F You need to review.

2 - 0 F- No wonder you nearly flunked your history class.