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Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who Killed Abraham Lincoln?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Stuart Soloman

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

Geoffrey Davidson

2.

What was the last British colony to succeed from the British empire?

a)

Canada

b)

Falkland Islands

c)

Hong Kong

d)

Rockall

3.

World War 1 began with the assassination of who?

a)

Tsar Nicolas II

b)

William Howard Taft

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm

d)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

4.

Which of these were British Colonies?

a)

India

b)

Reunion

c)

Pitcairn

d)

Chile

5.

The (a)   colonies fought against the British Empire in the American Revolution.

6.

Which one of these people was not a US president?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

Lyndon B Johnson

7.

Which one of these was a colony of Belgium?

a)

Congo

b)

Madagascar

c)

Namibia

d)

Lesotho

8.

Japan was allied with The Entente (UK, France etc) in WW1?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What is the largest empire in history?

a)

British

b)

Roman

c)

Mongol

d)

Russian

10.

In what year was the UN established?

(a)  

11.

In what year was the Falklands war?

(a)  

12.

Which US president is this?

a)

George H W Bush

b)

George W Bush

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Ronald Reagan

13.

When did the great depression begin?

a)

1898

b)

1975

c)

1929

d)

1934

14.

Did Christopher Columbus discover America?

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

When was the USSR established?

a)

1917

b)

1923

c)

1914

d)

1938

16.

How many times was Julius Ceaser stabbed?

a)

45

b)

37

c)

12

d)

23

17.

WW2 Officially began with the German invasion of Poland.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which one of these countries took part in WW2?

a)

Brazil

b)

Chile

c)

Argentina

d)

Venezuela

e)

Bolivia

19.

Who built the Tower of London?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

William the Conqueror

c)

King John

d)

King Cnut

20.

When did dinosaurs go extinct?

a)

65 million years ago

b)

4 million years ago

c)

340 million years ago

d)

600,000 years ago

21.

When was the Iranian revolution?

a)

1899

b)

2003

c)

1957

d)

1979

22.

Which of these British battleships did German battleship Bismarck famously sink in 1941?

a)

HMS Hunter

b)

HMS Richmond

c)

HMS Hood

d)

HMS King George II

e)

HMS Defender

23.

How long ago did the earliest man live?

a)

8 million years ago

b)

120,000 years ago

c)

12 million years ago

d)

2 million years ago

24.

Which of these wars happened between 1853 and 1856?

a)

Crimean war

b)

Franco - Prussian war

c)

Balkans wars

d)

American Civil war

25.

When did ancient Egypt end ?

a)

30BC

b)

21 AD

c)

49 AD

d)

320 BC

26.

What religion were the ottomans?

a)

Muslim

b)

Christian (Catholic)

c)

Christian (Protestant)

d)

Sikh

27.

Winston Churchill and Leonardo da Vinci both...

a)

Were related

b)

Were Instrumental in the creation of the tank

c)

Were leaders of their country for 2 non consecutive terms

d)

Were labelled by Hitler as ‘corrupt’

28.

Complete the quote by Franklin Roosevelt - ‘December 7th, 1941, a date ........’

a)

‘That will never be forgotten’

b)

‘Humanity will remember’

c)

‘That will live in infamy’

d)

’That will go down in History’