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History Knowledge

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which year did Ancient Egyptian Civilization begin?

a)

4500 BCE

b)

4500 CE

c)

1500 BCE

d)

1500 CE

2.

Cuneiform was development by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia. What is cuneiform also known as what?

a)

First system of religion

b)

First system of dancing

c)

First system of writing

d)

First system of civilization

3.

Tea was first discovered where in 2737 BCE?

a)

Europe

b)

China

c)

Australia

d)

Hogwarts

4.

According to evidence which ancient civilization began first?

a)

Greece

b)

Rome

5.

What year did the construction of the Great Wall of China begin?

a)

5000 CE

b)

5000 BCE

c)

500 CE

d)

500 BCE

6.

Where was printing invented in 730 CE?

a)

America

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

China

7.

Approximately, how many years was the viking era beginning in 750 CE?

a)

3000 years

b)

300 years

c)

1000 years

d)

100 years

8.

What is the name of the significant epidemic that stuck Europe and Asia in the mid 1300s?

a)

COVID-19

b)

The Black Death

c)

Rat Bait

d)

Vail Vesuvius

9.

What century did Columbus land in America?

a)

14th

b)

15th

c)

16th

d)

17th

10.

Which century did Issac Newton first publish his discovery of gravity?

a)

12th

b)

14th

c)

16th

d)

18th

11.

What year did Captain Cook FIRST land in Australia?

a)

1200 CE

b)

1901 CE

c)

1788 CE

d)

1770 CE

12.

What is the name of the first person who gave the first public demonstration of a television?

a)

Tina Turner

b)

Henry Ford

c)

John Logie Baird

d)

Greg Griffiths

13.

What year did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon?

a)

1969

b)

1869

c)

1896

d)

1996

14.

Which decade was the internet invented?

a)

00's

b)

60s

c)

80s

d)

90s

15.

When was World War 2?

a)

1839-18-45

b)

1939-1945

c)

1901-1956

d)

1945-1949

16.

What year was World War 1?

a)

1914-1918

b)

1714-1718

c)

1814-1818

d)

1614-1618

17.

Which century did Karl Benz develop the first petrol-driven car?

a)

1700s

b)

2000s

c)

1800s

d)

1900s

18.

In 79 CE, Pompeii was buried by an eruption from Mount Vesuvius. Where is Pompeii

a)

Italy

b)

Switzerland

c)

France

d)

Spain

19.

According to records, what year was Jesus born?

a)

0 CE

b)

1 CE

c)

0 BCE

d)

1 BCE

20.

In what year, did NASA astrophysicist confirm that the universe was 13.7 billion years old?

a)

1988

b)

2008

c)

1808

d)

1998

21.

How many years separate the following two events: the battle of Marathon (490 BCE) and the end of the Roman Republic (27 BCE)?

(a)  

22.

How many years separate the following two events: the sign of the Declaration of Independence (1776 CE) and when American women get the right to vote (1920 CE?

(a)  

23.

How many years separate the following two events: the invention of the first alphabet (1700 BCE) and the invention of the light bulb (1879 CE)?

(a)  

24.

Determine how old the following person was using their birth and death date.

George Washington (1732 CE- 1799 CE)

(a)  

25.

Determine how old the following person was using their birth and death date.

Alexander the Great (356 BCE- 323 BCE)

(a)  

26.

Determine how old the following person was using their birth and death date.

Augustus (63 BCE- 14 CE)

(a)  

27.

What is the name of the object that hit earth 4.5 Billion years ago and put earth on a tilt?

(a)  

28.

What was the land called when it was all connected 250 Million years ago?

(a)  

29.

Ancient seas were full of which metal?

(a)  

30.

Human evolution is the lengthy process of change by which people originated from apelike ancestors. Scientific evidence shows that the physical and behavioral traits shared by all people originated from apelike ancestors and evolved over a period of approximately six million years.


Explain the theory behind why and how this process happend?

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