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History if Fascinating

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who are historians?

a)

People who study history

b)

People who make history

c)

People who study science

d)

People who make science

2.

Prehistory is divided into three periods. In order, they are...

a)

Paleolithic, Neolithic, Metal Ages

b)

Neolithic, Paleolithic, Metal Ages

c)

Metal Ages, Paleolithic, Neolithic

d)

Metal Ages, Neolithic, Paleolithic

3.

A century is a period of...

a)

50 years

b)

100 years

c)

150 years

d)

1,000 years

4.

History is a study of the...

a)

Everything

b)

Past

c)

Present

d)

Future

5.

When was the fall of the Roman Empire?

a)

476 AD

b)

476 BC

c)

800 AD

d)

800 BC

6.

When was America discovered?

a)

1325

b)

1425

c)

1492

d)

1530

7.

What was the main way Italian city-states became wealthy?

a)

Trade

b)

Shipbuilding

c)

Banking

8.

What was the Impact of the Black Death? (Choose all the correct answers)

a)

Killed one third of the population

b)

Trade declined

c)

Wages rose because workers were few and in demand

d)

Food prices fell

e)

killed one fourth of the population

9.

Along the banks of what river did the earliest Indian civilization begin?

a)

Indus River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Yellow River

d)

Yangtze

10.

Language of ancient India

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Nepalese

c)

Persian

d)

Aryan

11.

TRUE or FALSE?

Hindus believe all religions to be equally true and equally false.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

What was the city of Harappa named after?

a)

The river

b)

Indian god

c)

The mountains

d)

The first leader

13.

What city was 400 miles south of Harappa?

a)

Mahonjo-Daro

b)

Central Asia

c)

Arabia

d)

China

14.
The science of working with metals 
a)
alloy
b)
astronomy
c)
inoculation
d)
metallurgy
15.
The number system we use today; it was created by Indian scholars during the Gupta dynasty
a)
Sanskrit
b)
Hieroglyphics
c)
Cuneiform
d)
Hindu-Arabic
16.

In the Indus Valley Civilization, Great Bath was found at which place ?

a)

Harappa

b)

Rakhi Garhi

c)

Mohenjodaro

d)

Ropar

17.

Whis is birth place of Mahatma Gandhi?

a)

Porbander

b)

Mumbai

c)

Surat

d)

New Delhi

18.

Mahatma Gandhi was born in which state?

a)

Gujarat

b)

Rajasthan

c)

Madhya Pradesh

d)

Tamil Nadu

19.

Gandhi fought for the independence of India from which empire?

a)

Chinese Empire

b)

Spanish Empire

c)

French Empire

d)

British Empire

20.

In what African country did Mohandas Gandhi practice law and begin his work in civil rights?

a)

Egypt

b)

South Africa

c)

Kenya

d)

Somalia

21.

When was Mahatma Gandhi born

a)

2 Oct 1879

b)

2 Oct 1899

c)

2 Oct 1889

d)

2 Oct 1869

22.

Why did Mahatma Gandhi march 241 miles to the sea?

a)

To protest attacks by the British Navy.

b)

To protest for the World War 1

c)

To protest the Salt Act.

d)

None of them

23.

The British divided the biggest state Bengal into

a)

East and North Bengal

b)

East and West Bengal

c)

North and South Bengal

d)

West and South Bengal

24.

When was India declared as Republic ?

a)

29th October 1992

b)

26th January 1950

c)

17th March 1945

d)

16th September 1956

25.

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