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Year 2 Geography and History Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many Continents are there in the world?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

10

2.

Which of these is the capital city of England?

a)

Dublin

b)

Paris

c)

London

3.

Which of these is the capital city of Scotland?

a)

Edinburgh

b)

London

c)

Athens

4.

Which of these is the capital city of Wales?

a)

Washington

b)

Dublin

c)

Cardiff

5.

Which is the largest continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

6.

What is the name of the man who tried to reach the south pole first in 1912?

a)

Captain Hook

b)

Robert Falcon-Scott

c)

Samuel Peyps

7.

Who wrote a diary all about the Great Fire of London?

a)

Florence Nightingale

b)

Samuel Peyps

c)

Duke of York

8.

Why was Florence Nightingale famous?

a)

She cleaned houses

b)

She trained birds to fly

c)

She changed hospitals and trained nurses

9.

Which of these is NOT an Ocean/Sea?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

England Ocean

10.

Dinosaurs are now extinct.

Extinct means...

a)

There are none of the species left alive

b)

They have moved to a different continent

c)

They are hungry

11.

What do the letters on the compass stand for?

a)

Never, eat, soggy, wellies

b)

North, East, South, West

c)

North, East, Sausages, West

12.

Which of these is the correct four countries that make up Great Britain?

a)

London, Dublin, Cardiff, Edinburgh

b)

England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

c)

England, Scotland, Ireland

13.

When was the Great Fire of London?

a)

1666

b)

2066

c)

1966

14.

Which animal helped Robert Falcon-Scott to pull sledges across the south pole?

a)

horses

b)

hedgehogs

c)

dogs

15.

Which is the smallest continent?

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

Antartica