Yr 4 Encyclopedia Questions - 3

Who was the first president of the United States?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

In which year did Christopher Columbus first land in the Americas?

• 1500

• 1485

• 1492

What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620?

• Santa Maria

• Nina

• Mayflower

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• France

• Germany

• England

Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

• Bessie Coleman

• Harriet Quimby

• Amelia Earhart

What is the place where the land meets the sea called?

• Bay

• Shoreline

• Coast

In which year did World War I begin?

• 1939

• 1900

• 1914

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

• Rosalind Franklin

• Florence Nightingale

• Marie Curie

Who was the first African American president of the United States?

• Colin Powell

• Jesse Jackson

• Barack Obama

In which year did the Titanic sink?

• 1905

• 1915

• 1912