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History

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1845 educational pioneer Horace Mann had an idea. Instead of annual oral exams, he suggested that Boston Public School children should prove their knowledge through what?

a)

Teaching methods

b)

Written tests

c)

Scientific objectivity

d)

Similar assessments

2.

When did Van Gogh die?

a)

27/July/1890

b)

24/May/1890

c)

12/February/1880

d)

4/May/1810

3.

what date did leonardo da vinci draw the mona lisa

a)

1805

b)

1500

c)

1889

d)

1503

4.

Greenland was a colony of which country until 1981?

a)

England

b)

Holland

c)

Denmark

d)

Brazil

5.

How long did the war between England and Zanzibar last?

a)

38 & 48 minutes

b)

23 & 9 minutes

c)

23 & 45 minutes

d)

38 & 45 minutes

e)

12 & 37 minutes

6.

The first public Kinetoscope demonstration took place in 1893. By 1894 the Kinetoscope was a commercial success, with public parlours established around the world. The first to presents projected moving pictures to a paying audience were the Lumière brothers in December 1895 in where?

a)

Paris

b)

Greenland

c)

America

d)

Algeria

7.

The invention of the camera has been traced back to the work of Ibn al-Haytham, who is credited with the invention of what?

a)

The camera obscura

b)

The pinhole camera

c)

Portable camera obscura devices

8.

During the Middle Ages, the descendants of the Carolingian dynasty came to dominate the area and then extended their rule to a large part of Western Europe. The region nowadays corresponding to the Netherlands therefore became part of Lower Lotharingia within what?

a)

The Frankish Holy Roman Empire

b)

The descendants of the Carolingian

c)

The subsequent Dutch revolt

9.

What was Marco Polo’s impact on trade?

a)

Wrote a book about Asia and influenced people to trade with China

b)

Traveled to Asia and told the Chinese the wonders of Europe

c)

Told the Christians about Asia