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INTER HOUSE HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
INTER HOUSE HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
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Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Iceland
Norway
Finland
Sweden
2
Vocab: The science of mapmaking
Geography
Cartography
Mapology
Geology
3
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Jamaica
Barbados
Bermuda
Cuba
4
Vocab: A lack of government and laws, chaos is called......
Anarchy
Chaos
Kleptocracy
Democracy
5
Modern History: What important decision did President Truman make after Roosevelt died?
Whether to enter WW1
Whether to enter the Vietnam War
Whether to enter WW2
Whether to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan
6
Landmarks: Name this landmark?
Chichen Itza
Pyramid
Pantheon
Parthenon
7
Modern History: What year was the United Nations formed?
1919
1945
1980
2000
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Medieval history:Which of these was a common treatment used on plague victims?
Sleep
Antibiotics
Prayer
Leeches/blood letting
9
Medieval history:What is the name for a long battle where an army tries to break into a castle?
Stalemate
Long Battle
War
Siege
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Ancient History: Name the trade route connecting the ancient civilizations of Rome and China?
Silk Road
Denim Road
Cotton Road
Satin Road
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Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
12
Physical World: Mountain range in Russia, 1600 miles long
Andes
Ural mountains
Julian Alps
Swiss Alps
13
Physical World: Name the ocean represented by the letter A
Pacific
Atlantic
Arctic
Indian
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Ancient History: Name the famous families who ruled Ancient China?
Caesars
Tsars
Dynasties
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Medieval history:What were traditional military leaders in Japan called?
Shoguns
Kings
Lords
Emperors
16
Physical World: Beaches are an example of.....
Environmental Geography
Physical Geography
Human Geography
17
Modern History: What year did we land on the moon?
1989
1969
1959
1979
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Capitals: What is the capital of Columbia?
Barranquilla
Bogota
Cali
Medellin
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Ancient History: Name the emperor who "fiddled" while Rome burned?
Caesar
Alexander
Nero
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Capitals: What is the capital of Congo?
Brazzaville
Oyo
Ouesso
Owando
21
Medieval history:Name the document identified as the beginning of constitutional gov in England
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Constitution
22
Ancient History: On what island did Greek civilization originate?
Santorini
Mykonos
Athens
Crete
23
Landmarks: Which country is this in?
Ecuador
Mexico
Brazil
Bolivia
24
Landmarks: Which country is this found in?
Ukraine
Czech Republic
Russia
Latvia
25
People: Who is this?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Napoleon Bonaparte
26
Modern History: Which amendment to the US Constitution ended slavery in the whole of the US?
15th
14th
16th
13th
27
Landmarks: What country is this statue in?
Brazil
Peru
Uruguay
Argentina
28
Capitals: What is the capital of North Korea?
Wonsan
Hyesan
Pyongyang
Kaesong
29
People: Who is this?
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
30
Medieval history:Name the code of ethics that all medieval knights followed?
Code of conduct
Code of ethics
Chivalry
31
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Latvia
Ukraine
Lithuania
Russia
32
Capitals: What is the capital of El Salvador?
San Miguel
Santa Ana
San Salvador
La Libertad
33
Vocab: An asylum seeker is......
Someone who hasn't achieved refugee status yet
Someone who is poor
Someone who is a victim of war
Someone who is internally displaced
34
Ancient History: What fortification was built by the Romans across England in 122AD?
Caesar's Wall
Hadrian's Wall
Alexander's Wall
35
People: Who was the creepy Tsarina's adviser during the Russian Revolution?
Stalin
Lenin
Rasputin
Trotsky
36
Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....
Beijing
Bangkok
Hong Kong
Singapore
37
Physical world: First 2 men to summit Mt Everest?
Sir Edmund Hillary & Hans Rudolf van Gunten
Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay & Jim Whittaker
Sir Edmund Hillary & Jim Whittaker
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People: Who is this?
Winston Churchill
JFK
Margaret Thatcher
Stalin
39
Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....
Sydney
Melbourne
Adelaide
Brisbane
40
Medieval history: The Black Death killed 1/3 of the population of Europe. How was it spread?
Dogs
Cats
Fleas on rats
Rats
41
Vocab: What is this called?
Isles
A string of islands
Tributary
Archipelago
42
Physical World: Name the ocean represented by E
Indian
Arctic
Pacific
Atlantic
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Physical World: Climate change is an example of.....
Human Geography
Physical Geography
Environmental Geography
44
Vocab: The ___ is an imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres
Longitude
Equator
Latitude
Prime Meridian
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Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Vietnam
Indonesia
Cambodia
Laos
46
Modern History: Which 2 Japanese cities were the atomic bombs dropped on?
Tokyo + Kyoto
Hiroshima + Osaka
Hiroshima + Nagasaki
Tokyo + Hiroshima
47
Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....
Hong Kong
Beijing
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
48
Ancient History: Name the era in which humans first started farming?
Stone era
Neolithic era
Ancient era
Bronze era
49
Capitals: What is the capital of Finland?
Inan
Oulu
Helsinki
Kovdor
50
Medieval history:What year was the Battle of Hastings?
950
1266
1066
1166
51
Cities/Places:The Meiji Shrine is located inside the world's largest metropolitan area...
Tokyo, Japan
Bangkok, Thailand
Seoul, South Korea
Beijing, China
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Landmarks: Name this mountain
Kilamanjaro
Alps
Everest
Matterhorn
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People: Who gave the famous "I have a dream speech"?
MLK
Reagan
JFK
Obama
54
People: Who is this?
Winston Churchill
Albert Einstein
Karl Marx
Rasputin
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Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Libya
Tunisia
Morocco
Nigeria
56
Landmarks: Who gave the Statue of Liberty to the US?
France
Australia
Spain
England
57
Modern History: In what years did the 2 Russian Revolutions occur?
1905 + 1917
1900 + 1905
1925 + 1945
1917 + 1939
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Physical World: Name the ocean represented by C
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Bay of Bengal
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Medieval history:Vikings originated from which country?
Denmark
Norway
All of the above
Sweden
60
Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....
Barcelona
Rome
Berlin
Paris
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People: Who took over the government at the end of the French Revolution?
Denis Diderot
Joseph Bonaparte
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Modern History: Name the prison fortress captured by the Parisians during the French Revolution
Bastille
Guantanamo
Alcatraz
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Vocab: What is the crater of a volcano called?
Plain
Caldera
Hole
Crater
64
Modern History: What was unique about the first colonists to settle in Australia?
They were convicted criminals deported there
They went by boat
They were all men
They were English
65
Landmarks: What is the name for the big stone heads found on Easter Island?
Rapa Nui
Easter Men
Moai
Maori
66
Medieval history:Name the social system where serfs worked the land for nobles.....
Market Economy
Socialism
Feudalism
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Vocab: The systematic destruction of a people because of their religion, race or nationality?
Civil War
Extermination
Massacre
Genocide
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Landmarks: Which country is this found in?
China
Malaysia
India
Indonesia
69
Cities/Places:In which city did bus boycotts become an important form of protest?
New York City
Montgomery, Alabama
Boston, Massachusetts
Austin, Texas
70
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Samoa
New Zealand
Fiji
Australia
71
Capitals: What is the capital of Ghana?
Cape coast
Accra
Lome
Ejura
72
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Uruguay
Mexico
Brazil
Ecuador
73
Cities/Places:The original inhabitants of Easter Island called it what?
Moai
Galapagos
Rapa Nui
Easter Island
74
Landmarks: A ring of huge stones erected in England between 3100-1500BC?
Stone Ring
Moai
Parthenon
Stonehenge
75
Capitals: What is the capital of Latvia?
Riga
Dobele
Madona
Talsi
76
People: Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
77
Modern History: Between what years did World War 2 occur?
1939-1945
1960-1970
1914-1919
1929-1935
78
People: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country".....
Nixon
MLK
JFK
Obama
79
Capitals: What is the capital of Turkmenistan?
Ashgabat
Turkmenabat
Turkmenbasy
Tejen
80
Physical World: China's Sorrow, also called the Huang He river
Mekong
Yangtze
Yellow
Xi
81
Vocab: Type of government ruled by a religious leader
Kleptocracy
Plutocracy
Theocracy
Democracy
82
Physical World: Starting in China, flowing through SE Asia?
Mekong
Yangtze
Yellow
Xi
83
Vocab: What is it called when a river meets the sea?
Archipelago
Tributary
Delta
84
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Barbados
Mexico
Cuba
Jamaica
85
Capitals: What is the capital of Nigeria?
Ebonyi
Abuja
Kaduna
Lagos
86
Ancient History: What ancient civilization famously practised human sacrifice?
Egyptians
Greeks
Aztecs
Chinese
87
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Liam Neeson
Che Guevara
Fulgencio Batista
88
Modern History: When did the Berlin Wall fall?
2011
1989
1945
1977
89
Ancient History: Name the first writing symbols invented by the Sumerians?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Characters
90
Landmarks:Name this landmark?
Nile River
Amazon River
Ganges River
Mekong River
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Cities/Places: The capital of the Roman Empire was Constantinople. What is it called now?
Paris
Rome
Istanbul
Madrid
92
Vocab: What is this called?
Tornado
Avalanche
Landslide
93
Physical World: Height of Mt Everest
8848m
5687m
11290m
12445m
94
Cities/Places:What is the capital of Brazil?
Manaus
Sao Paulo
Brasilia
Rio de Janeiro
95
Ancient History: How are the pyramids in America different from those in Egypt?
They took longer to build
They were built by slaves
They were made of different bricks
They had stairs and flat tops
96
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Belgium
Germany
Poland
Macedonia
97
Capitals: What is the capital of Australia?
Melbourne
Brisbane
Sydney
Canberra
98
Ancient History: Put these in order - Bronze Age, Stone Age, Iron Age
Stone, Iron, Bronze
Stone, Bronze, Iron
Bronze, Iron, Stone
Iron, Stone, Bronze
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Medieval history:How many wives did Henry VIII have?
7
5
4
6
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Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Venezuela
Mexico
Brazil
Ecuador