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Whether you're a constant watcher of the news or a history buff, you probably know your fair share of history's leaders. Can you pair each world leader, past and present, to their country? Let's find out with this quiz!
Winston Churchill was a leader of which nation?
Australia
Germany
England
Winston Churchill served as the prime minister of England during World War II. He is also noted for the popular phrase, "Keep Calm and Carry On."
Canada
Napoleon Bonaparte was a leader of which nation?
Belgium
Switzerland
Spain
France
Napoleon Bonaparte was the emperor of France for over 10 years. One of the country's most prominent leaders, he is known for his military tactics and his rise during the French Revolution.
Fidel Castro was a leader of which nation?
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Fidel Castro served as the prime minister of Cuba for 17 years before becoming the president in 1976. He served in that position until 2008, when he was replaced by his vice president and brother.
Honduras
Ecuador
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John F. Kennedy was a leader of which nation?
England
Ireland
United States
John F. Kennedy, often referred to as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States. Almost three years into his term, he was assassinated.
Canada
Alexander the Great was a leader of which nation?
China
Macedonia
Alexander the Great was one of the most strategic military leaders in history. He went across Greece to India, conquering land and countries before he succumbed to malaria at the young age of 33.
Russia
Ethiopia
Julius Caesar was a leader of which nation?
Macedonia
Roman Republic
Julius Caesar first served as a general in the Gallic Wars. Following his rebellion and the Great Roman War, he became leader and dictator of the Roman Republic.
Asia
India
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Elizabeth I was a leader of which nation?
France
Spain
Scotland
England
Elizabeth I was the reigning Queen of England and Ireland for over 40 years. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
Adolf Hitler was a leader of which nation?
Sweden
Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler served as the Fuhrer of Nazi Germany for 11 years. He concurrently served as the Chancellor and was central to the Holocaust.
England
Nelson Mandela was a leader of which nation?
Nigeria
South Africa
Nelson Mandela first worked as a revolutionary before becoming the leader of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. For his work, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
Ethiopia
Ghana
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Mao Zedong was a leader of which nation?
Japan
Thailand
Taiwan
China
Mao Zedong was the founding father of the People's Republic of China where he ruled as an autocrat for almost 30 years.
Joseph Stalin was a leader of which nation?
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union for almost thirty years. He served under the title of general secretary.
Germany
Ukraine
Poland
Cleopatra was a leader of which nation?
Roman Empire
Egypt
Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Ptolemy's Egypt. She formed ties with Julius Caesar before his death and afterwards joined Mark Antony.
Greece
Macedonia
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Vladimir Putin is a leader of which nation?
Russia
Vladimir Putin is the incumbent president of Russia, as of 2017. He first held office as prime minister for one year in 1999, before serving as president from 2000-2008. He then served again as prime minister before being re-elected as president in 2012.
Ukraine
Syria
Armenia
Benito Mussolini was a leader of which nation?
Greece
Italy
Benito Mussolini served as prime minister of Italy under a democratic government. He soon changed the system to a dictatorship, however, and became known as Il Duce.
Russia
Portugal
Angela Merkel is a leader of which nation?
Ireland
Poland
Sweden
Germany
As of 2017, Angela Merkel has served as the chancellor of Germany since 2005. She got her start in politics in 1991 and has since been named the most powerful woman in the world ten times by Forbes.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was a leader of which nation?
Ukraine
Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev served as the General Secretary of the Soviet Union before becoming the first president of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.
Poland
Scotland
Margaret Thatcher was a leader of which nation?
The UK
Margaret Thatcher served as prime minister of the UK for 11 years and the leader of the Conservative Party from 1975-1990.
Germany
Poland
Australia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a leader of which nation?
Canada
United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly referred to as FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States. He served as president for 12 years until his death and was responsible for pulling the United States out of a major economic depression. With modern term limits, no other president will be able to match FDR's 12 years of service.
Italy
France
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Henry VIII was a leader of which nation?
France
Spain
England
Henry VIII was a monarch in England during the 1500s. He was known for his many wives. He separated himself from the Catholic Church by appointing himself Supreme Head of the Church of England.
Portugal
Hugo Chavez was a leader of which nation?
Brazil
Argentina
Venezuela
Hugo Chavez was first a military leader in Venezuela, from 1971 to 1992. He then served as president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013.
Mexico
Nikita Khrushchev was a leader of which nation?
Germany
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev served as the first secretary of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He was a major proponent and supporter of the USSR expanding their space program.
Switzerland
Georgia
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Saddam Hussein was a leader of which nation?
Iran
Iraq
Saddam Hussein served as the prime minister of Iraq from 1979-1991 and again from 1994-2003. He concurrently served as the president for the entire 24 years until the invasion of Iraq and the start of the Iraq War.
Israel
Pakistan
Charles de Gaulle was a leader of which nation?
Belgium
France
Charles de Gaulle served as the prime minister of France for one year before becoming the president in 1959. He served for 10 years and France's largest airport is named after him.
Switzerland
Portugal
Eva Peron was a leader of which nation?
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Eva Peron was the wife of Argentina's President Juan Peron. She was known for her work on labor rights and trade unions. She was running for vice president before she dropped out, due to her declining health from cancer. She was named the Spiritual Leader of the Nation.
Uruguay
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a leader of which nation?
Iraq
Israel
Syria
Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad started out as an engineer and teacher before being appointed as a governor and then a mayor. In 2005 he was elected president of Iran, a position he held until 2013.
Pope John Paul II was a leader of which nation?
Vatican City
Pope Saint John Paul II served as the pope from 1978 to 2005. He helped reconcile Catholic relations and was known for his efforts to bring together many religions.
Italy
Ireland
France
Abraham Lincoln was a leader of which nation?
Canada
Sweden
Greenland
United States
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He is known for leading the United States through the Civil War, which abolished slavery.
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Toussaint Louverture was a leader of which nation?
France
Haiti
Toussaint Louverture is known for leading Haiti through its Revolution, beginning in 1791. He was named governor-general in 1801, before he was forced to resign by Napoleon.
Guyana
Jamaica
Hirohito was a leader of which nation?
China
Japan
Hirohito is often referred to as Emperor Showa. He reigned from 1926 to 1989. During World War II, he was one of the main Axis leaders and post-war he helped Japan solidify their economic status.
Vietnam
Thailand
Susan B. Anthony was a leader of which nation?
England
Ireland
United States
Susan B. Anthony was an important figure during the mid-late 1800s. Not only did she help with anti-slavery petitions, but she was the leading member of the women's suffrage movement.
Scotland
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Pancho Villa was a leader of which nation?
Brazil
El Salvador
Mexico
Born as Francisco, "Pancho" Villa was a prominent force in the Mexican Revolutionary War where he acted as a general. He served as a governor prior to his successes as a general.
Honduras
Mahatma Gandhi was a leader of which nation?
India
Mahatma Gandhi helped lead India to independence from Great Britain's rule through nonviolent civil disobedience. He was born Mohandas, but the title Mahatma, meaning venerable, was given to him.
Syria
Israel
Nepal
George Washington was a leader of which nation?
Great Britain
United States
George Washington first served as a general and helped lead the United States in its quest for independence from Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War. He became the first president of the United States.
Canada
Germany
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Shimon Peres was a leader of which nation?
Syria
Israel
After his third service as prime minister from 1995 to 1996 and his third service as minister of foreign affairs from 2001 to 2002, Shimon Peres served as the Israeli president from 2007 to 2014. In 1994 he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for talks that resulted in the Oslo Accords.
Jordan
Turkey
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