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World events

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Brazilian capital moved from Rio to

Brasilia in

a)

1940

b)

1950

c)

1960

2.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy was

assassinated in

a)

1963

b)

1973

c)

1983

3.

The Soviets launched the first man in

space in

a)

1951

b)

1961

c)

1971

4.

The Beatles’ first show in the U.S.A.

happened in

a)

1954

b)

1964

c)

1994

5.

The military took power in Brazil in

a)

1954

b)

1964

c)

1974

6.

The first heart transplant took place in

a)

1967

b)

1997

c)

2007

7.

Neil Armstrong became the first man to

walk on the moon in

a)

1959

b)

1969

c)

1979

8.

Brazil won the soccer world

championship in Mexico in

a)

1950

b)

1960

c)

1970

9.

Elvis Presley died in

a)

1977

b)

1987

c)

1997

10.

The first test-tube baby was born in

a)

1958

b)

1968

c)

1978

11.

Sony introduced the walkman in

a)

1969

b)

1979

c)

1989

12.

John Lennon died in

a)

1980

b)

1990

c)

2000

13.

IBM introduced the first personal

computers in

a)

1961

b)

1971

c)

1981

14.

The Berlin Wall in Germany fell in

a)

1979

b)

1989

c)

1999

15.

In_______ Brazil won the world

soccer championship in the United States

and became the first nation to win four

World Cup titles.

a)

1984

b)

1994

c)

2004

16.

In ________ the euro became the

new European currency.

a)

1979

b)

1989

c)

1999