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A test of Historical Skills
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1
The year is 350 BC. Which of the following doesn't belong?
Shield
Pistol
Spear
Aquaduct
2
Historians believe that humans spread to other parts of the world from which continent?
South America
Asia
Europe
Africa
3
250 million years ago the earth was one super continent called...
Pantheon
Pangaea
Pandora
Pandemonium
4
Which person studies the remains of earlier societies & civilizations?
Cryptographer
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Architect
5
Which is a feature of Ancient Rome?
Acropolis
Pyramids
Parthenon
Forum
6
Which of these is not a Primary Source?
WW1 soldier's letter
WW1 soldier's uniform
Replica of WW1 pistol
Original WW1 recruitment posters
7
Scientific method for calculating the age of objects?
Substitution
Archaeology
Carbon nebulizer
Carbon - dating
8
Which is not a religion?
Fascism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
9
Which Roman emperor ruled the longest?
Claudius (41 - 54 AD)
Caligula (37 - 41 AD)
Nero (54 - 68 AD)
Tiberius (14 - 37 AD)
10
Which doesn't belong to the Middle Ages?
Jousts
Castles
Chariot races
Knights
11
How long ago did Homo Sapiens first appeared on the earth?
10 million years
250 million years
75 thousand years
250,000 years
12
What is the period before 3000 BC called?
Ancient History
Prehistoric Times
Medieval History
Modern History
13
What is the name for a spoken recollection of the past?
Oral History
Oral hygiene
Oral examination
Oral cavity
14
In which period was the Magna Carta signed by King John?
Ancient History
Prehistoric Era
Medieval Period
Modern Times
15
Which is a tool used to show when events happened in time?
Historian
Timeline
photograph
Primary source
16
Which is the longest period?
350 years
3 centuries
32 decades
20 decades
17
In which century is 1901?
20th Century
19th Century
22nd Century
21st Century
18
Which of the following periods is longest?
11 centuries
Millenium
Decade
Century
19
Which is the same as AD 475?
475 CE
475 BINGO
475 BC
475 BCE
20
Which event didn't happen in the Modern period of history?
World War 1
9/11
Ice Age
Vietnam War
21
Which of the following is the period we live in today?
Modern History
Ancient times
Feudal period
Medieval Period
22
Who isn't a Roman Emperor?
Ceasar
Nero
Tutankhamen
Caligula
23
Which doesn't belong in the group?
Colisseum
Hieroglyphics
Pyramid
Pharoah
24
Which of the following is closest to the present?
AD 705
500 BC
AD 1891
AD 1950
25
Which doesn't belong to the Middle Ages?
Gladiators
Feudalism
Knighthoods
Vikings
26
Which wasn't a feature of the Industrial revolution?
Cities
Air Travel
Factories
Improved farming
27
Which one doesn't belong in Modern History?
Bronze Age
Atomic Age
Space Age
Information Age
28
During which of the following periods was the birth of Christ?
Ancient Times
Stone Age
Ice Age
Space Age
29
What is the name given to an object from ancient times?
Old stuff
Faction
Artefact
Secondary source
30
Which doesn't belong to the Prehistoric period?
Atomic Age
Ice Age
Bronze Age
Stone Age
31
Which is a period of 1000 years?
Millenium
Decade
Centenary
Century
32
Name given to a group of people in society all born around the same time?
Colleagues
Family
Cohort
Generation
33
Which one of the following civilizations was not from Ancient times?
Vikings
Greeks
Romans
Egyptians
34
How many years is a Millenium?
Ten thousand years
One thousand years
Ten years
One hundred years
35
Which was invented first?
Toothbrush (1498)
Flushing toilet (1589)
Toilet paper (1871)
Raincoat (1741)
