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Which country was responsible for the colonization of Brazil?
Spain
Portugal
France
England
Netherlands
Correct answer is B
Portugal colonized Brazil in the early 1500s.
Alexander Fleming
Louis Pasteur
Marie Curie
Joseph Lister
Edward Jenner
Correct answer is A
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.
Which treaty ended the Thirty Years' War?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Tordesillas
Peace of Westphalia
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Utrecht
Correct answer is C
The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648.
Who was the first Emperor of Japan?
Meiji
Jimmu
Hirohito
Akihito
Naruhito
Correct answer is B
Emperor Jimmu is traditionally considered the first Emperor of Japan.
What event marked the end of the Cold War?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Vietnam War
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Correct answer is E
The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of the Cold War.