1
What country, formed in 1918, dissolved in the early 1990s into several nations?
Panama
Trinidad and Tobago
Kazakhstan
Czechoslovakia
2
The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, leading to the independence of how many countries?
15
20
9
14
3
What was the official name of East Germany?
German People's State
Eastern Germany Federation
German Democratic Republic
People's Republic of Germany
4
What empire, known as “The Sick Man of Europe,” collapsed after World War I and was officially dissolved in 1922?
The Spanish Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Persian Empire
The British Empire
5
What was the name of the South American country that existed from 1819 to 1831 and included present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama?
Colombian Republic
Gran Columbia
Gran Colombia
New Granada
6
What Polynesian kingdom was annexed by the United States in 1898, later becoming the 50th U.S. state?
The Kingdom of Tahiti
The Kingdom of New Zealand
The Kingdom of Samoa
The Kingdom of Hawaii
7
he Kingdom of Sardinia played a major role in the unification of which modern country?
France
Spain
Italy
Germany
8
Which former Portuguese colony in Africa existed from 1975 to 1976 before being annexed by Indonesia?
West Papua
East Timor
Angola
Guinea-Bissau
9
What kingdom, located in the Pacific, was annexed by the British Empire in 1874 and later became an independent nation in 1970?
The Territory of Papua New Guinea
The Empire of Tonga
The Kingdom of Samoa
The Kingdom of Fiji
10
What was the name of the country that existed between 1867 and 1918 and was ruled by the Habsburg dynasty?
United Kingdom of Bohemia
Kingdom of Hungary and Prague
Austria-Hungary
Empire of Transylvania