INTER HOUSE HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY QUIZ

Flags: Which country's flag is this?

Flags: Which country's flag is this?

Medieval history:What year was the Battle of Hastings?

Capitals: What is the capital of Columbia?

Modern History: Name the prison fortress captured by the Parisians during the French Revolution

Capitals: What is the capital of Australia?

Vocab: What is the crater of a volcano called?

Vocab: What is it called when a river meets the sea? 

Flags: Which country's flag is this?

Physical World: Mountain range in Russia, 1600 miles long

Ancient History: Name the first writing symbols invented by the Sumerians?

People: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country".....

Cities/Places:The Meiji Shrine is located inside the world's largest metropolitan area...

Modern History: In what years did the 2 Russian Revolutions occur?

Capitals: What is the capital of Ghana?

Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....

Modern History: What important decision did President Truman make after Roosevelt died?

Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....

Medieval history:Vikings originated from which country?

People: Who took over the government at the end of the French Revolution?

Landmarks: Name this landmark?

Vocab: What is this called?

Capitals: What is the capital of Finland?

Vocab: The science of mapmaking

Flags: Which country's flag is this?

Flags: Which country's flag is this?

Landmarks: Who gave the Statue of Liberty to the US?

Medieval history:How many wives did Henry VIII have?

Vocab: What is this called?

Modern History: Between what years did World War 2 occur?

Vocab: Type of government ruled by a religious leader

Physical World: Name the ocean represented by E

Modern History: Which 2 Japanese cities were the atomic bombs dropped on?

People: Who is this?

Cities/Places:What is the capital of Brazil?

Landmarks: Name this mountain

Capitals: What is the capital of Congo?

Che Guevara

Physical World: Beaches are an example of.....

Medieval history:Name the code of ethics that all medieval knights followed?

Medieval history:Name the social system where serfs worked the land for nobles..... 

Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....

Ancient History: On what island did Greek civilization originate?

Medieval history:Name the document identified as the beginning of constitutional gov in England

Physical World: Climate change is an example of.....

Medieval history: The Black Death killed 1/3 of the population of Europe. How was it spread?

Flags: Which country's flag is this?

Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....

Landmarks: Which country is this found in?

Ancient History: Name the era in which humans first started farming?

Landmarks: Which country is this found in?

People: Who is this?

Modern History: Which amendment to the US Constitution ended slavery in the whole of the US?

Flags: Which country's flag is this?

Physical World: Name the ocean represented by the letter A

Ancient History: Name the famous families who ruled Ancient China?

Vocab: The ___ is an imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres

Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....

Capitals: What is the capital of Nigeria?

Medieval history:What were traditional military leaders in Japan called?

Landmarks: A ring of huge stones erected in England between 3100-1500BC?

Medieval history:What is the name for a long battle where an army tries to break into a castle?

People: Who is this?

Ancient History: Name the emperor who "fiddled" while Rome burned?

Physical World: Starting in China, flowing through SE Asia?

Physical world: First 2 men to summit Mt Everest?

Ancient History: What ancient civilization famously practised human sacrifice?

Ancient History: How are the pyramids in America different from those in Egypt?

Vocab: A lack of government and laws, chaos is called......

Vocab: The systematic destruction of a people because of their religion, race or nationality?

Flags: Which country's flag is this?

Capitals: What is the capital of Turkmenistan?

Flags: Which country's flag is this?

Cities/Places: The capital of the Roman Empire was Constantinople. What is it called now?

Modern History: What was unique about the first colonists to settle in Australia?

People: Who was the creepy Tsarina's adviser during the Russian Revolution?

Capitals: What is the capital of El Salvador?

Landmarks:Name this landmark?

Physical World: Name the ocean represented by C

Ancient History: Name the trade route connecting the ancient civilizations of Rome and China?

Ancient History: What fortification was built by the Romans across England in 122AD?

Modern History: When did the Berlin Wall fall?

Landmarks: What is the name for the big stone heads found on Easter Island?

Cities/Places:In which city did bus boycotts become an important form of protest?

Landmarks: Which country is this in?

Cities/Places:The original inhabitants of Easter Island called it what?

Ancient History: Put these in order - Bronze Age, Stone Age, Iron Age

Capitals: What is the capital of North Korea?

Flags: Which country's flag is this?

Modern History: What year did we land on the moon?

Physical World: Height of Mt Everest

Capitals: What is the capital of Latvia?

Medieval history:Which of these was a common treatment used on plague victims?

People: Who is this?

Physical World: China's Sorrow, also called the Huang He river

People: Who gave the famous "I have a dream speech"?

People: Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

Landmarks: What country is this statue in?

Modern History: What year was the United Nations formed?

Vocab: An asylum seeker is......