History / TOK pre IB quiz; Historical Atlas and Bee and Bowl

Who is the historical leader who is said to have been responsible for the deaths of anywhere between 10 and 70 million people?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Chinggis Khan

• Richard Nixon

• Joseph Stalin

India gained independence in which year?

• 1949

• 1947

• 1964

• 1902

Which US state was its own country from 1777 to 1791?

• New Hampshire

• Vermont

• Maine

• New York

South Africa's system of racial segregation was known as _________.

• Jim Crow

• Apartheid

• Separatism

• Discrimination law

In which year was Pearl Harbour Attacked?

• 1946

• 1942

• 1941

• 1939

This airship crash is known as the ___________.

• Hannover disaster

• Hindenburg Disasaster

• Led Zeppelin crash

• Heisenberg incident

The Moon Landing took place on which date?

• July 13, 1971

• August 15, 1969

• June 5, 1968

• July 20 , 1969

Richard Nixon resigned from the US Presidency on which date?

• April 17, 1973

• July 28, 1977

• August 4, 1971

• August 9, 1974

True or false? The Chernobyl Disaster took place in 1983.

• True

• False

In 2005, Hurricane _______ caused major damage and casualties, especially in New Orleans.

• Mangkut

• Katrina

• Andrew

• Brian