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Who led the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Yuri Andropov
Correct answer is D
Nikita Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What treaty divided the New World between Spain and Portugal in 1494?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Utrecht
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Westphalia
Correct answer is B
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
Who was the longest-reigning monarch of France?
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Napoleon Bonaparte
Charlemagne
Philip II
Correct answer is A
Louis XIV, the "Sun King," was the longest-reigning monarch of France.
What year did World War I begin?
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
Correct answer is C
World War I began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Who was the first ruler of the Maurya Empire in India?
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
Samudragupta
Bindusara
Harsha
Correct answer is A
Chandragupta Maurya was the founder and first ruler of the Maurya Empire.