Historical Events

The "unsinkable" ship sank on its maiden voyage, losing at least 1517 lives, making it one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history. This ship hit an iceberg on April 14, and sank on april 15, 1912.

• USS San Francisco.

• USS Virginia.

• RMS Olympic.

• RMS TItanic.

on December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers flew the flyer for 12 seconds over 120 feet of ground. This happened at 10:35 a.m.

• The first man on the moon.

• The Independence of Canada.

• The first flight on an airplane.

• The first sink in the human history

On August 6, 1945 the United States used a massive atomic weapon against a city in Japan, this atomic bomb was the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, it killed ten thousand of civilians. What the name of the Japanese city?

• Hiroshima.

• Pekin.

• Kobe.

• Tokyo.

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For thousand of years, man had looked to the heavens and dreamed of walking on the moon. In 1969 as part of the Apollo 11 mission, This astronaut became the first man to accomplish that dream. What’s the name of the astronaut ?

• Alan Bean.

• Gene Cernan.

• Buzz Aldrin.

• Neil Armstrong.

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Overthrow.

• to defeat or remove someone from power, using force.

• in general rather than in particular, or including all the people or things in a particular group or situation.

• in, from, or to other countries.

• above or higher than something else, sometimes so that one thing covers the other; above.

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Monarchy.

• a hereditary monarch.

• a woman who rules a country because she has been born into a royal family, or a woman who is married to a king.

• a country that has a king or queen.

• Something that is mandatory must be done, or is demanded by law.

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Sank

• to (cause something or someone to) go down below the surface or to the bottom of a liquid or soft substance

• to take liquid into the body through the mouth.

• (an amount of) liquid that is taken into the body through the mouth.

• a chemical element that is a bluish-white metal, used in making other metals or for covering other metals to protect them.

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Bandung as Sea of Fire

Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of Bandung on March 24, 1946. Within seven hours, about 200,000 residents of Bandung burned their homes.

British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in Bandung on October 12, 1945. Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI and local people. There were black smoke billowing high into the air everywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The greatest battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung, where there were a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In this battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot. The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the power of TRI and people’s militia was not comparable to the British forces and NICA.

This incident inspired to create the famous song “Halo Halo Bandung”. To remember what they did and struggled, they built the Bandung Lautan Api monument.

Whats is the text about ?

• the story of Brigade MacDonald

• a fire that occurred in Bandung

• the residents of bandung

• the history Local people of Bandung

• the history of Bandung as Sea of Fire

Bandung as Sea of Fire

Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of Bandung on March 24, 1946. Within seven hours, about 200,000 residents of Bandung burned their homes.

British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in Bandung on October 12, 1945. Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI and local people. There were black smoke billowing high into the air everywhere. The British Army began to attack so fierce. The greatest battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot, in South Bandung, where there were a large ammunition depot belonging to British. In this battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot. The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the power of TRI and people’s militia was not comparable to the British forces and NICA.

This incident inspired to create the famous song “Halo Halo Bandung”. To remember what they did and struggled, they built the Bandung Lautan Api monument.

Where did the Bandung as Sea of Fire took place?

• in the city of Bandung

• in the villages of Bandung

• in the Government of Bandung

• in the the air of Bandung

• in the sea of Bandung

What is the text about?

• History of Indonesia's proclamation

• History of Indonesia revolution

• History of Indonesia's independence date

• History Netherlands recognition

• History of Indonesian first president