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HISTORY QUIZ

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of the states did the Pilgrims go to?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Florida

c)

Oklahoma

d)

California

2.

What happened with Rosa Parks? Use sequencing

a)

1. Rosa refused to give up her seat on a bus

b)

1. Rosa sold tons of illegal stuff putting her in jail

c)

1. Rosa met Martin Luther King Jr. before he died at his hotel.

d)

Rosa died on a bus

3.

What day is MLK day?

a)

March15th

b)

April 9th

c)

January 18th

d)

September 1st

4.

When did people first eat cheese and tomato pizza?

a)

in the eighteenth century

b)

in the nineteeth century

c)

in the twentieth century

5.

Which was the first country to use paper money, about 1,400 years ago?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Mexico

6.

When did Barack Obama become president of the United States of America?

a)

in 2005

b)

in 2007

c)

in 2008

7.

When did J K Rowling write the first Harry Potter book?

a)

in the eighties

b)

in the nineties

c)

in the two thousands (2000s)

8.

When did people first watch films in the cinema?

a)

in the 1890s

b)

in the 1920s

c)

in the 1930s

9.

When did people first take photos?

a)

in the eighteenth century

b)

in the nineteenth century

c)

in the twentieth century

10.

Which number of American president was Thomas Jefferson?

a)

second

b)

third

c)

seventh

11.

When did man first walk on the moon?

a)

in the fifties

b)

in the sixties

c)

in the seventies

12.

When did William Shakespeare write Romeo and Juliet?

a)

in the 1390s

b)

in the 1420s

c)

in the 1590s

13.

When did people first listen to music on mobile phones?

a)

about 20 years ago

b)

about 10 years ago

c)

about 15 years ago

14.

When did people first wear jeans?

a)

in 1873

b)

in 1894

c)

in 1964

15.

In which country was Nefertiti Queen about 3,200 years ago?

a)

Egypt

b)

China

c)

Indonesia

16.

When did Nelson Mandela die?

a)

on 20th June 2005

b)

on 21st June 2006

c)

on 5th December 2013

17.

When did Leonardo da Vinci paint the Mona Lisa?

a)

at the end of the fifteenth century

b)

at the end of the sixteenth century

c)

at the beginning of the sixteenth century

18.

When did people first watch DVDs?

a)

in the seventies

b)

in the eighties

c)

in the nineties

19.

Did you find this interesting?

a)

Yes

b)

No