The Berlin Wall fell in which year, marking the end of the Cold War?
1985
1991
1979
1989
Which country was partitioned into North and South after World War II?
China
Vietnam
Korea
Germany
Who wrote the book "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
Harper Lee
John Steinbeck
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mark Twain
Which technological advancement revolutionized communication in the 20th century?
Television
Radio
Internet
Telephone
Who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule?
Mahatma Gandhi
Chandra Bose
Jawaharlal Nehru
Subhas
Who was the leader of Nazi Germany during World War II?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
The first successful human spaceflight was accomplished by:
John Glenn
Yuri Gagarin
Valentina Tereshkova
Neil Armstron
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Ruth Nichols
Amelia Earhart
Bessie Coleman
Which political ideology was a major opposing force to democracy during the 20th century?
Capitalism
Communism
Socialism
Fascism
In which year did World War I begin?
1914
1939
Which scientist developed the theory of relativity?
Isaac Newton
Niels Bohr
Albert Einstein
What was the name of the ship that sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912?
RMS Titanic
RMS Lusitania
RMS Mauretania
Which event prompted the United States to enter World War II?
Invasion of Poland
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Who was the first President of the United States in the twentieth century?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
What was the name of the first human-made satellite launched into space?
Explorer 1
Hubble Space Telescope
Sputnik 1
Apollo 11
Which war was known as the "Forgotten War"?
Korean War
Vietnam War
Gulf War
World War I
Who wrote the book "1984," which depicted a dystopian future?
Aldous Huxley
George Orwell
Ray Bradbury
H.G. Wells
What was the name of the treaty that officially ended World War I?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Versailles