Y10 History Quiz

Question 1

Which senator tried to stall the first Civil Rights Act in 1957 from being passed by talking for 24 hrs 18 mins?

Accepted Answer

Strom Thurmond

Question 2

What religion was Elizabeth I?

Accepted Answer

Protestant

Question 3

Under Protestantism, Elizabeth was the head of the Church

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Where did the Great Plague happen and how many people died?

Accepted Answer

London - 100,000 died

Question 5

Who built on the Theory of the Four Humours and came up with the Theory of Opposites?

Accepted Answer

Galen

Question 6

Who came up with the Theory of the Four Humours?

Accepted Answer

Hippocrates

Question 7

Who's story motivated Rosa Parks to refuse to give up her seat?

Accepted Answer

Emmett Till

Question 8

Which leader started the Black Power movement?

Accepted Answer

Stokely Carrmichael

Question 9

Where in England did the majority of strong Catholics live?

Accepted Answer

North

Question 10

By 1958, how many households owned a TV?

Accepted Answer

83%

Question 11

Which timeframe is the Medieval period?

Accepted Answer

1250-1500

Question 12

Which year did Brown V. Topeka (desegregation of schools) happen?

Accepted Answer

1954

Question 13

What was different between Medieval preventions and Renaissance preventions?

Accepted Answer

Cats & Dogs

Question 14

Which was NOT a new invention during the Renaissance period

Accepted Answer

Gunpowder

Question 15

Why was Mary, Queen of Scots a threat to Elizabeth?

Accepted Answer

She was legitimate in the eyes of Catholics

Question 16

Which sector of Elizabeth's government met 3 times a week?

Accepted Answer

Privy Council

Question 17

Where did most of the population live during the Elizabethan era?

Accepted Answer

Countryside

Question 18

Which side of American had legal segregation?

Accepted Answer

South

Question 19

Which of these did NOT actually treat the sick in Medieval times?

Accepted Answer

Physician

Question 20

Which is the odd one out?

Accepted Answer

Riots

Question 21

Rodger Bacon tried to challenge Galen's ideas and the Church arrested him and called him a heretic

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

What did the Black Power movement NOT promote?

Accepted Answer

Help from white people

Question 23

Which year was the Voting Rights Act passed?

Accepted Answer

1965

Question 24

The Church had no influence during Medieval times

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

How many people attended the March on Washington?

Accepted Answer

250,000

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