WorksheetsHistorical events and influential people
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who was the lead singer with the group Queen?
Freddie Mercury.
Bon Jovi
Michael Jackson
Maluma
Who was the king of rock and roll?
Michael Jackson
Nirvana
Elvis Presley
Madonna
When was Jorge Eliecer Gaitán assassinated?
August 10th, 1946
April 9th, 1958
August 9th, 1938
April 9th, 1948
Which one of the following US presidents abolished slavery?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Roosevelt
When is Colombia's independence day celebrated?
On August 7th
On June 23rd
None of these
On July 20th
Can you name this person?
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Who was she?
Queen Victoria
Marie Antoinette
Policarpa Salavarrieta
Jane Austen
What was the first city to reach a population of one million?
Rome
New York
London
Athens
A Colombian ex-president who was born in Pereira, he's the brother of the UTP's principal.
Luis Fernando Gaviria Trujillo
César Gaviria Trujillo
Alfonso López Michelsen
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
A British scientist and computer science pioneer who committed suicide because others judged his sexuality
Alan Turing
Edmund Burke
Nikola Tesla
None of these
Which of these people ruled over ancient Mexico?
The Incas
The Tarahumara
The Aztecs
The Caribs
Colombia is named for Saint Columba, patron saint of the Scottish immigrants
True
False
In the 1840s, two parties emerged that would dominate Colombian politics into the 21st century.
The Socialists and the Nationalists
The Whigs and the Tories
The Libertarians and the Jacobins
The Conservatives and the Liberals
The Fall of The Berlin Wall happened in
1979
1999
1989
1949
The awful terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City, US which led them to collapse occurred in
2000
2009
2001
1991
Which one of the following pandemics was the worst in the history of humankind?
Black Death / Pestilence
Plague of Justinian
1918 Spanish Flu
Asian Flu
One of the worst and most evil dictators from the past century was
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Mao Zedong
Revolutionary discoveries made by Marie Curie were
Radium and Polonium
The Theory of Relativity
The Law of Gravity
None of these
He was an African American civil rights activist who gave his speech "I Have A Dream"
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Harry Belafonte
Bayard Bustin
