Historical Document Analysis Quiz

Test your knowledge with questions about influential historical documents and their authors in political history.

#1

Who is considered the author of 'The Art of War'?

Sun Tzu
Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli
Julius Caesar
#2

Who wrote 'The Communist Manifesto'?

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
#3

Who is credited with the authorship of 'The Prince'?

Machiavelli
Lorenzo de' Medici
Leonardo da Vinci
Petrarch
#4

Who wrote the 'Gettysburg Address'?

Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John F. Kennedy
#5

Who authored 'The Wealth of Nations'?

Adam Smith
John Locke
Karl Marx
David Ricardo
#6

Who was the primary author of the 'Declaration of Independence'?

Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
#7

Which historical document is known as the foundation of modern democracy?

The Magna Carta
The Declaration of Independence
The United States Constitution
The Code of Hammurabi
#8

Which document served as the legal basis for the establishment of the United States?

The Mayflower Compact
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
#9

Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of writing?

Mesopotamia
Egypt
China
India
#10

Which document formally ended World War I?

The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Trianon
The Treaty of Portsmouth
#11

Which document is often referred to as the 'Great Charter'?

The Magna Carta
The Declaration of Independence
The United States Constitution
The Bill of Rights
#12

Which historical document established the principle of 'no taxation without representation'?

The Magna Carta
The Bill of Rights
The Mayflower Compact
The Stamp Act
#13

Which historical document led to the establishment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

The Treaty of Versailles
The Magna Carta
The Geneva Conventions
The Atlantic Charter
#14

Which document served as the basis for the English Bill of Rights in 1689?

The Magna Carta
The Petition of Right
The Glorious Revolution
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
#15

Who wrote 'The Federalist Papers' along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay?

James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
#16

Which document declared the thirteen American colonies independent from Great Britain?

The Articles of Confederation
The United States Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Mayflower Compact
#17

Which document established the principle of habeas corpus in England?

The Magna Carta
The Petition of Right
The English Bill of Rights
The Habeas Corpus Act of 1679
#18

Which historical document is known for establishing the principle of separation of powers?

The Magna Carta
The Code of Hammurabi
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The United States Constitution

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