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GKC - Weekly Quiz 14 - World History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hitler invaded USSR in June 22nd 1941. What was this invasion called?

a)

Operation Barbarossa

b)

Operation Albatross

c)

Operation Yellow Canary

d)

Operation Ugly Duckling

2.

What was the name of the theater that Abraham Lincoln was visiting when he got assassinated?

a)

Ford's Theater

b)

Bluebarn Theater

c)

Central City Opera House

d)

Saenger Theatre

3.

Which city in modern Morocco became the world's largest city in 1770, taking over from Constantinople?

a)

Fez

b)

Tunisia

c)

Casablanca

d)

Marrakesh

4.

In 1274, Kublai Khan invaded the Japanese island of Tsushima. After landing his troops, the weather became so infamously bad that he had to depart immediately. What was the name given to this weather?

a)

Kamikaze

b)

Narukami

c)

Hanafuda

d)

Seppuku

5.

The Indus Valley civilization (Indu Nimna) was born around 2500 B.C. It collapsed around 1500 B.C when it was destroyed by whom?

a)

Aryans

b)

Mongols

c)

Turks

d)

Egyptians

6.

What was the capital city of the famous Moghal empire?

a)

Delhi

b)

Kolkata

c)

Mumbai

d)

Karnataka

7.

When did Japan annex Korea?

a)

1910

b)

1917

c)

1885

d)

1899

8.

The Romans founded this city in 15 B.C as a military camp called Vindobona on the outskirts of their empire. Name the city.

a)

Vienna

b)

Prague

c)

Salzburg

d)

Venice

9.

The sophisticated Andean, or Incan civilization existed in South America from 1410 to 1533. Which city was the capital of the empire?

a)

Cuzco

b)

Macchu Picchu

c)

Lima

d)

Puno

10.

In 1982 UK and Argentina were at war after Argentina tried to annex this island. What is it?

a)

Falklands Islands

b)

Kidney Islands

c)

Morioh Islands

d)

Sea Lion Island

11.

What was the first European nation to abolish the slave trade in 1792?

a)

Denmark

b)

Scotland

c)

Germany

d)

Slovakia

12.

Who was the second explorer to circumnavigate the globe?

a)

Francis Drake

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Roald Amundsen

d)

Bear Grylls

13.

Which was the first state to break away from the USSR in the 1990s?

a)

Lithuania

b)

Ukraine

c)

Belarus

d)

Georgia

14.

Who were the first civilized people to settle in Japan?

a)

The Yayoi

b)

The Heian

c)

The Jomon

d)

The Kofun

15.

The cradle of the Sumerian civilization were the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. In what modern-day nation is this located?

a)

Iraq

b)

Armenia

c)

Turkey

d)

Saudi Arabia

16.

Which Nazi party leader other than Hitler committed suicide with his family in Hitler's bunker in Berlin April 1945?

a)

Joseph Goebbels

b)

Jonas Kahnwald

c)

Martin Bormann

d)

Otto Skorzeny

17.

The palace of Versailles was built by which French King?

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Phillippe I

c)

Henry IV

d)

Marie Antoinette

18.

Which US president was responsible for building the Panama Canal?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

J.F.K

d)

George Washington

19.

When did the "The Tiananmen Square Massacre" take place in Tiananmen Square, China?

a)

4th June 1989

b)

1st April 1996

c)

2nd February 1951

d)

25th July 2006

20.

This city was founded in 753 B.C by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus on the seven hills overlooking the Tiber River.

a)

Rome

b)

Scandinavia

c)

Germany

d)

Sweden