- 1. Which country emerged as a superpower after World War II?
A) United States
B) Italy
C) Germany
D) Japan
- 2. In which year did World War II officially end?
A) 1939
B) 1950
C) 1945
D) 1947
- 3. Which international organization was established in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation?
A) Warsaw Pact
B) United Nations
C) European Union
D) NATO
- 4. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in 1945?
A) Mikhail Gorbachev
B) Nikita Khrushchev
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Vladimir Putin
- 5. Which city was the site of the historic United Nations Conference in 1945?
A) London
B) San Francisco
C) Berlin
D) New York
- 6. What agreement was signed in 1945 that led to the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community?
A) NATO Charter
B) Yalta Agreement
C) Treaty of Paris
D) Versailles Treaty
- 7. What famous painting, depicting the horrors of war, was created by Pablo Picasso in 1945?
A) Guernica
B) The Starry Night
C) Mona Lisa
D) The Persistence of Memory
- 8. What organization was founded in 1945 to support and further the arts and humanities in the United States?
A) UNESCO
B) National Gallery of Art
C) National Endowment for the Arts
D) Smithsonian Institution
- 9. In 1945, who became the first Secretary-General of the United Nations?
A) Kofi Annan
B) Dag Hammarskjöld
C) Trygve Lie
D) Ban Ki-moon
- 10. Which country gained independence from the Netherlands in 1945?
A) Indonesia
B) Suriname
C) Malaysia
D) Vietnam
- 11. Who was the British Prime Minister at the end of World War II in 1945?
A) Anthony Eden
B) Neville Chamberlain
C) Clement Attlee
D) Winston Churchill
- 12. What company introduced the first electronic computer in 1945?
A) Microsoft
B) IBM
C) ENIAC
D) Apple
- 13. Who published the influential work 'Animal Farm' in 1945, a satirical novel critiquing Stalinism?
A) Aldous Huxley
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) George Orwell
- 14. Which African American singer-songwriter became a major influence on rock and roll in 1945 with his hit song 'Caldonia'?
A) Nat King Cole
B) Sam Cooke
C) Louis Jordan
D) Chuck Berry
- 15. What historical event occurred on May 8, 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe?
A) Victory in Europe (VE) Day
B) D-Day
C) Japan surrender
D) Pearl Harbor attack
- 16. In what city were the trials of major Nazi war criminals held in 1945-1946?
A) Berlin
B) Dresden
C) Nuremberg
D) Munich
- 17. Who became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1945, leading the Labour Party to a landslide victory?
A) Clement Attlee
B) David Lloyd George
C) Neville Chamberlain
D) Winston Churchill
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