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Historic Treaties

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  1. This 1955 East-European agreement was more or less an answer to the formation of NATO.

    Warsaw Pact

  2. Named for a Japanese city, this landmark 1992 treaty that concerned greenhouse emissions was one of the first successful international agreements that concerned the environment.

    Kyoto Protocol

  3. The Treaty of Lausanne of 1923 led to the recognition of this sovereign country as the natural successor state of a long-lasting Islamic entity.

    Turkey (Ottoman Empire)

  4. The series of protocols of 1899 and 1907 named for a Dutch city that sought to build on the Geneva Conventions.

    Hague Conventions

  5. No permissions were taken for The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 divided the entire world between these two countries.

    Spain and Portugal

  6. Name given to the series of agreements of 1904 between the UK and France marking the start of an alliance against Germany and Austria-Hungary that fought the First World War.

    Entente Cordiale

  7. GATT, which took effect in 1948 and lasted until 1994 was replaced by this organization in 1995.

    World Trade Organization

  8. The Treaty of Trianon that ended the First World War and caused the dissolution of a noted empire defined the modern borders of this land-locked European country.

    Hungary (Austro-Hungarian Empire)

  9. The 1938 agreement in this German city is associated with the failed appeasement policy of Neville Chamberlain during which he famously announced securing "peace for our time."

    Munich

  10. Name the sites of the three main wartime conferences among the Big Three (Stalin, FDR, and Churchill) which lead to a series of agreements on post-WWII Europe and set the tone of the Cold War.

    Teheran (1943), Yalta (1945), and Potsdam (1945)

  11. Collective name given to the treaties and protocols that were first signed in 1864 and which established the standards for the humanitarian treatment in war.

    Geneva Conventions

  12. Name the 1848 treaty between the United States and Mexico that gained the US the areas of California, and what are now New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  13. More countries adhered to this treaty than any other arms limitation agreement; however, India, Israel, and Pakistan never joined and North Korea withdrew from it in 2005.

    Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

  14. The Treaty of Ghent of 1814 that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain could not prevent this 1815 battle because of the time lag in communicating the truce.

    Battle of New Orleans

  15. The Simla Agreement of 1972 that followed a war that lead to a creation of a new Asian country was signed between these two countries.

    India and Pakistan (new country - Bangladesh)

  16. The name of this Dutch city will forever be associated with European integration for the important treaty signed there in 1992.

    Maastricht

  17. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed on Mar 3, 1918 ended the First World War for this country; it had enough on its hands dealing with the after effects of a major revolution.

    Russia

  18. Ross Perot described the negative effects of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with this 3-word phrase.

    "Giant sucking sound"

  19. China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, United States are yet to ratify this treaty that seeks to ban nuclear weapon testing (it is popularly known with a 4-letter abbreviation).

    Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

  20. The Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819 not only set the boundary between Spain and the United States but also resulted in Spain ceding this part of the east coast of North America.

    Florida

  21. The picturesque Catoctin Mountains in Maryland contain this retreat that was the venue of an important 1978 treaty.

    Camp David

  22. This famous declaration that ultimately lead to the formation of Israel was incorporated into the Sèvres peace treaty signed by the Allies with the Ottoman Empire following the First World War.

    Balfour Declaration

  23. The Dayton Agreement of 1995 ended this bitter European conflict.

    Bosnian War

  24. The proposal made by President Woodrow Wilson at the Treaty of Versailles is now known as this.

    Fourteen Points

  25. The Lateran Treaty of 1929 made Catholicism the state religion of Italy and created this independent entity.

    Vatican City

  26. The two foreign ministers who signed a treaty in 1939 to establish peace between Germany and the Soviet Union. It was famously violated by Operation Barbarossa with world changing consequences.

    (Vyacheslav) Molotov and (Joachim von) Ribbentrop

  27. The Treaty of Portsmouth of 1905 ended this war which saw a rare result in an Asian country defeating a European power.

    Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

  28. The "Big Four" leaders who lead the negotiations for the Allies at the Treaty of Versailles.

    Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd-George, Georges Clemenceau, and Vittorio Orlando

  29. Term given to the collective treaties of 1648 that ended two major European wars - the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.

    Peace of Westphalia

  30. Northern Ireland's 'Troubles' ended on April 10, 1998 after an agreement made on this religious holiday.

    Good Friday

  31. The Treaty of Utrecht of 1713 ended this war fought to determine who would succeed Charles II in a certain European country. The war is also called Queen Anne's War in North America.

    War of the Spanish Succession

  32. Some of the important treaties signed in this city are: 1783 treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War; 1898 treaty that ended the Spanish-American War; 1763 treaty that ended the Seven Years' War; 1856 treaty that ended the Crimean War; the one in 1815 that followed Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.

    Paris

  33. The failed SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) treaties between the United States and the Soviet Union lead to this new treaty in 1986 that saw two attempts at arms reduction.

    START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)