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Mimi Quiz. History & Facts

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was Malaysia formed?

(a)  

2.

Which country seceded from Malaysia in 1965?

a)

Sarawak

b)

Singapore

c)

Johor

d)

Sabah

3.

Who is in the picture?

a)

Mahathir Mohammed

b)

Tun Abdul Razak Hussein

c)

Tunku Abdul Rahman

d)

Tunku Mizan Zainal Abidin

4.

This island colony was founded by Captain Francis Light of the British East India Company in 1786. It was named Prince of Wales Island. It is now a state within Malaysia.

What is its modern name?

(a)  

5.

The Malay Peninsula was labeled by Ptolemy, the Hellenistic Egyptian geographer, and astronomer, on his early map.

What name did he give it?

a)

Argenta Malaya

b)

Terra Malayana

c)

Aurea Chersonesus

d)

Terra Aurima

6.

Which one is the correct fact of Malaysia..?

a)

MAJOR RIVERS: Rajang, Sugut, Pahang, Klang, Perak, Kelantan

b)

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Malay & Jawa

c)

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal constitutional monarchy.

d)

AREA: 127,355 square miles (329,847 square kilometers)

7.

What are the names of the U.S. presidents who have been assassinated?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

James A. Garfield

d)

Ted Bundy

8.

Which dynasty did the earliest written Chinese history come from?

a)

Xia

b)

Zhou

c)

Shang

d)

Zheng

9.

Where did the Shangs rule?

a)

Great Wall

b)

North China Plain

c)

Shang mountain

d)

Forbidden City

10.

What is the new capital of India?

a)

 

New Delhi

b)

Chennai

c)

Mumbai

d)

Bangaluru

11.

Who is this?

a)

Nizam of Hyderabad

b)

Nawab of Pataudi

c)

Peshwa Baji Rao II

d)

Tipu Sultan

12.

The United Arab Emirates are comprised of how many emirates?

a)

8

b)

9

c)

7

d)

6

13.

The United Arab Emirates are....

a)

Khartoum

b)

Abu Dhabi

c)

Fujairah

d)

Umm al-Quwain.

14.

This person created a machine called 'The Analytical Engine.'

Guess the name of this person.

a)

Simon Konrad

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

John Lovelace

d)

William Howard

15.

This man is known for starting the company Microsoft in in the year XXXX . Since then, he has become one of the richest people in the world.

What is the name of this person and it what year?

a)

Steve Jobs & year 1975

b)

Bill Gates & year 1957

c)

Bill Gates & year 1975

d)

Konrad Zuse & year 1957

16.

Modern-day Istanbul, Turkey, used to be called what when it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

(a)  

17.

In 1996, a sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell. What was the name of that sheep?

a)

Lolly

b)

Delilah

c)

Ellyn

d)

Dolly

18.

Which planet was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006?

(a)  

19.

What is considered the largest empire in history?

a)

The Mongol Empire

b)

Roman Empire

c)

Arabian Empire

d)

The Europian Empire

20.

Negaraku Tanah tumpahnya darahku, (a)   , Rahmat bahagia Tuhan kurniakan, Raja kita selamat bertakhta.