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INTER HOUSE HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
INTER HOUSE HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
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Capitals: What is the capital of Finland?
Oulu
Helsinki
Inan
Kovdor
2
Vocab: What is this called?
Tornado
Avalanche
Landslide
3
Modern History: What year was the United Nations formed?
1980
1945
1919
2000
4
Medieval history:Name the document identified as the beginning of constitutional gov in England
Constitution
Magna Carta
Bill of Rights
5
Modern History: Which 2 Japanese cities were the atomic bombs dropped on?
Tokyo + Hiroshima
Hiroshima + Nagasaki
Tokyo + Kyoto
Hiroshima + Osaka
6
Modern History: What year did we land on the moon?
1989
1969
1959
1979
7
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
New Zealand
Fiji
Australia
Samoa
8
Modern History: What was unique about the first colonists to settle in Australia?
They went by boat
They were convicted criminals deported there
They were English
They were all men
9
Physical World: Mountain range in Russia, 1600 miles long
Julian Alps
Andes
Ural mountains
Swiss Alps
10
Medieval history:Which of these was a common treatment used on plague victims?
Prayer
Antibiotics
Sleep
Leeches/blood letting
11
Medieval history:Name the code of ethics that all medieval knights followed?
Chivalry
Code of conduct
Code of ethics
12
Landmarks: A ring of huge stones erected in England between 3100-1500BC?
Stonehenge
Stone Ring
Parthenon
Moai
13
Capitals: What is the capital of Latvia?
Dobele
Madona
Riga
Talsi
14
Ancient History: On what island did Greek civilization originate?
Mykonos
Santorini
Crete
Athens
15
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Bermuda
Barbados
Cuba
Jamaica
16
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Latvia
Lithuania
Ukraine
Russia
17
Cities/Places:What is the capital of Brazil?
Rio de Janeiro
Brasilia
Sao Paulo
Manaus
18
Capitals: What is the capital of El Salvador?
La Libertad
San Miguel
San Salvador
Santa Ana
19
Physical World: Name the ocean represented by C
Pacific
Indian
Bay of Bengal
Atlantic
20
Landmarks: Name this mountain
Kilamanjaro
Everest
Alps
Matterhorn
21
Vocab: The ___ is an imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres
Prime Meridian
Latitude
Longitude
Equator
22
Physical World: Name the ocean represented by the letter A
Arctic
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
23
Landmarks:Name this landmark?
Ganges River
Mekong River
Amazon River
Nile River
24
Medieval history:What year was the Battle of Hastings?
1166
1066
1266
950
25
People: Who is this?
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Vladimir Lenin
Napoleon Bonaparte
26
Medieval history:How many wives did Henry VIII have?
5
4
6
7
27
Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Beijing
Singapore
28
Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....
Rome
Paris
Barcelona
Berlin
29
Landmarks: Who gave the Statue of Liberty to the US?
Australia
England
Spain
France
30
Modern History: When did the Berlin Wall fall?
1945
2011
1977
1989
31
People: Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Barack Obama
32
People: Who was the creepy Tsarina's adviser during the Russian Revolution?
Lenin
Trotsky
Rasputin
Stalin
33
Ancient History: What ancient civilization famously practised human sacrifice?
Greeks
Aztecs
Egyptians
Chinese
34
Ancient History: What fortification was built by the Romans across England in 122AD?
Alexander's Wall
Caesar's Wall
Hadrian's Wall
35
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Uruguay
Ecuador
Mexico
Brazil
36
Capitals: What is the capital of Australia?
Melbourne
Canberra
Brisbane
Sydney
37
Vocab: The science of mapmaking
Cartography
Mapology
Geology
Geography
38
Vocab: Type of government ruled by a religious leader
Plutocracy
Democracy
Kleptocracy
Theocracy
39
Landmarks: What country is this statue in?
Uruguay
Peru
Brazil
Argentina
40
Medieval history:What is the name for a long battle where an army tries to break into a castle?
Long Battle
War
Stalemate
Siege
41
Ancient History: Name the era in which humans first started farming?
Stone era
Ancient era
Neolithic era
Bronze era
42
Capitals: What is the capital of Turkmenistan?
Tejen
Turkmenbasy
Ashgabat
Turkmenabat
43
Capitals: What is the capital of Columbia?
Barranquilla
Medellin
Bogota
Cali
44
Cities/Places:The original inhabitants of Easter Island called it what?
Galapagos
Moai
Rapa Nui
Easter Island
45
Vocab: An asylum seeker is......
Someone who is a victim of war
Someone who is poor
Someone who hasn't achieved refugee status yet
Someone who is internally displaced
46
Physical world: First 2 men to summit Mt Everest?
Sir Edmund Hillary & Jim Whittaker
Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay
Sir Edmund Hillary & Hans Rudolf van Gunten
Tenzing Norgay & Jim Whittaker
47
Landmarks: Which country is this found in?
Ukraine
Latvia
Russia
Czech Republic
48
Capitals: What is the capital of Congo?
Ouesso
Owando
Brazzaville
Oyo
49
Modern History: In what years did the 2 Russian Revolutions occur?
1917 + 1939
1925 + 1945
1900 + 1905
1905 + 1917
50
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Tunisia
Nigeria
Libya
Morocco
51
Ancient History: How are the pyramids in America different from those in Egypt?
They were made of different bricks
They had stairs and flat tops
They were built by slaves
They took longer to build
52
Physical World: Beaches are an example of.....
Environmental Geography
Human Geography
Physical Geography
53
Medieval history:Name the social system where serfs worked the land for nobles.....
Market Economy
Feudalism
Socialism
54
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Jamaica
Barbados
Cuba
Mexico
55
Physical World: Starting in China, flowing through SE Asia?
Xi
Yellow
Yangtze
Mekong
56
Modern History: Which amendment to the US Constitution ended slavery in the whole of the US?
15th
16th
13th
14th
57
Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....
Brisbane
Sydney
Adelaide
Melbourne
58
Capitals: What is the capital of Ghana?
Lome
Ejura
Accra
Cape coast
59
Physical World: Name the ocean represented by E
Arctic
Pacific
Indian
Atlantic
60
Vocab: What is this called?
Tributary
Archipelago
A string of islands
Isles
61
Landmarks: What is the name for the big stone heads found on Easter Island?
Moai
Rapa Nui
Maori
Easter Men
62
Medieval history:What were traditional military leaders in Japan called?
Shoguns
Emperors
Lords
Kings
63
Ancient History: Name the emperor who "fiddled" while Rome burned?
Nero
Alexander
Caesar
64
Ancient History: Name the trade route connecting the ancient civilizations of Rome and China?
Cotton Road
Denim Road
Satin Road
Silk Road
65
Modern History: What important decision did President Truman make after Roosevelt died?
Whether to enter the Vietnam War
Whether to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan
Whether to enter WW2
Whether to enter WW1
66
Cities/Places: The capital of the Roman Empire was Constantinople. What is it called now?
Istanbul
Paris
Madrid
Rome
67
Modern History: Name the prison fortress captured by the Parisians during the French Revolution
Bastille
Guantanamo
Alcatraz
68
Ancient History: Put these in order - Bronze Age, Stone Age, Iron Age
Bronze, Iron, Stone
Stone, Iron, Bronze
Stone, Bronze, Iron
Iron, Stone, Bronze
69
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Ecuador
Venezuela
Mexico
Brazil
70
Vocab: What is the crater of a volcano called?
Hole
Caldera
Plain
Crater
71
People: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country".....
Obama
MLK
JFK
Nixon
72
Ancient History: Name the famous families who ruled Ancient China?
Caesars
Tsars
Dynasties
73
People: Who is this?
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
Fulgencio Batista
74
Physical World: Climate change is an example of.....
Environmental Geography
Physical Geography
Human Geography
75
Cities/Places:In which city did bus boycotts become an important form of protest?
New York City
Austin, Texas
Boston, Massachusetts
Montgomery, Alabama
76
People: Who is this?
Stalin
JFK
Margaret Thatcher
Winston Churchill
77
Capitals: What is the capital of Nigeria?
Ebonyi
Abuja
Lagos
Kaduna
78
Medieval history: The Black Death killed 1/3 of the population of Europe. How was it spread?
Rats
Fleas on rats
Cats
Dogs
79
Landmarks: Which country is this found in?
China
Malaysia
India
Indonesia
80
People: Who took over the government at the end of the French Revolution?
Joseph Bonaparte
Maximilien Robespierre
Denis Diderot
Napoleon Bonaparte
81
Physical World: Height of Mt Everest
5687m
12445m
11290m
8848m
82
Medieval history:Vikings originated from which country?
Norway
Sweden
All of the above
Denmark
83
Physical World: China's Sorrow, also called the Huang He river
Mekong
Yangtze
Yellow
Xi
84
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Germany
Macedonia
Poland
Belgium
85
People: Who is this?
Rasputin
Karl Marx
Albert Einstein
Winston Churchill
86
Che Guevara
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
Liam Neeson
Fulgencio Batista
87
Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....
San Francisco
San Diego
Los Angeles
88
Capitals: What is the capital of North Korea?
Hyesan
Wonsan
Pyongyang
Kaesong
89
Landmarks: Which country is this in?
Mexico
Ecuador
Brazil
Bolivia
90
Cities/Places:The city in the photo is.....
Singapore
Hong Kong
Kuala Lumpur
Beijing
91
Vocab: The systematic destruction of a people because of their religion, race or nationality?
Genocide
Civil War
Extermination
Massacre
92
Ancient History: Name the first writing symbols invented by the Sumerians?
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Characters
93
Landmarks: Name this landmark?
Pantheon
Parthenon
Chichen Itza
Pyramid
94
Cities/Places:The Meiji Shrine is located inside the world's largest metropolitan area...
Bangkok, Thailand
Tokyo, Japan
Beijing, China
Seoul, South Korea
95
Modern History: Between what years did World War 2 occur?
1960-1970
1939-1945
1914-1919
1929-1935
96
Vocab: A lack of government and laws, chaos is called......
Anarchy
Chaos
Democracy
Kleptocracy
97
Vocab: What is it called when a river meets the sea?
Archipelago
Tributary
Delta
98
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Finland
Iceland
Sweden
Norway
99
Flags: Which country's flag is this?
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Indonesia
100
People: Who gave the famous "I have a dream speech"?
Reagan
MLK
Obama
JFK