History 3 Flashcards
In what year did the Tiananmen Square massacre occur?
1989
In 1990, who was appointed chancellor of the newly reunified Germany?
Helmut Kohl
Who killed Malcolm X?
Thomas Hagen- member of Nation of Islam killed in 1965 in the Audobon Ballroom in NYC
Managua is the capital of what country?
Nicaragua
What was the first name of the lady who married both Henry II of England and Louis VII of France?
Eleanor of Aquitane
Aquitaine is a region of Southwest France
Who is credited for inventing the television set?
Philo Farnsworth
Leon Trotsky, a Marxist revolutionary, was assassinated in which capital city?
Mexico City, Mexico
In what year was Marco Polo born?
1254
The Gunpowder Plot occurred in what year?
1605
Malcolm X was killed in which year?
1965- Killed by Thomas Hagen of the Nation of Islam in the Audobon Ball Room in NYC
What was the name of Horatio Nelson’s ship in the Battle of the Nile?
HMS Vanguard
What country was the first to adopt the metric system?
France
The archbishop of which English town holds the most senior position in the Church of England?
Canterbury
What year did the “Dancing Plague” occur in Strasbourg?
1518, a period of dancing mania where people would dance for days
When did the Italian Unification occur?
From 1815-1871 but mostly in the 1860s
The once Portugese territory of Goa was annexed by India in which year?
1961
Mexico, Argentina, Columbia, and others all declared independence from Spain in what decade?
1810s
Francois Duvalier was a dictator of what country?
Haiti
In what country did the Tango dance originate?
Argentina
Wallachia is a historical region in what modern day country?
Romania
The RMS Lusitania was in service for how long before being sunk by German U-Boats?
8 years
Charles De Gaulle was the first president of the French 5th Republic, formed in what year?
1958
In 1975, the city of Saigon changed its name to what?
Ho Chi Minh City
Which sailor’s voyage completely circled Australia?
Matthew Flinders
Between 1589 and 1830, which royal house ruled France?
Valois
The My Lai massacre occurred in what year?
1968
In what year was Elizabeth I crowned as the queen?
1558
The Indian subcontinent merged with the Eurasian landmass approximately how long ago?
55 million years ago
The Berlin Wall officially went by what name in East Germany?
Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart
What president was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz?
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt was his VP and became president at age 42
JFK is youngest elected at 43
What person did Thomas Hagen assassinate?
Malcolm X in the Audobon Ballroom in NYC in 1965
Abuja is the capital of what country?
Nigeria, replaced Lagos as the capital in 1992
Which noble rank is the highest?
Baron, Duke, Earl, Marquess
Duke
What is the capital of Nigeria?
Abuja
In which modern day city was New Sweden’s first settlement in America?
Wilmington, Delaware
Which monarch signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
John; done in a field at Runnymede
Joan of Arc was canonized in 1920 which is how many years after her execution?
489 years later
The Korean empire was annexed by Japan in what year?
1910
What was the last part of Canada to become a province?
Newfoundland 1949
In 1992, which city replaed Lagos as the capital of Nigeria?
Abuja
Every Italian monarch since the unification of Italy is from which house?
Savoy
The Italian Renaissance started in the 14th century and ended in which?
17th century
i.e. began in 1300s and ended in 1600s
In 1840, Queen Victoria married her first cousin, what was his name?
Albert
Who took charge of Chile after a coup in 1973?
Augusto Pinochet
The Great Pyraminds of Giza was the worlds tallest structure until the completed construction of Lincoln Cathedral in what year
1311
In 1852, whose funeral in Maidenhead was disrupted by widespread flooding?
Duke of Wellington
Operation Avalanche was the codename for the allied invasion of what country in WW2?
Italy
Matthias replaced who as one of the 12 apostles in the Bible?
Judas Iscariot
How did Cleopatra die?
She poisoned herself at age 39
She was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
In 1975, this city changed its name to Ho Chi Minh City?
Saigon
Who opposed the Cavaliers in the English Civil War?
Roundheads
Cavaliers were Parlamentarians fighting King Charles I and his supporterrs who were Royalists (Roundheads)
T/F: The Acropolis of Athens is one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world?
False
Queen Victoria was declared empress of India in what year?
1876
What was the codename for the German invasion of the UK during WW2?
Operation Sea Lion
After a coup in 1973, Augusto Pinochet took charge of what country?
Chile
The Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart was the official name for this structure in East Germany?
Berlin Wall
In the Bible, who replaced Judas Iscariot as one of the 12 apostles?
Matthias
Pocahontas was a Native American associated with which colonial settlement?
Jamestown, Virginia
What was Victor Emmanuel II’s full name?
Victor Emmanuel Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso
Originally King of Sardinia then was king of a United Italy in 1861
What is the religious society of friends also known as?
The Quakers- William Penn was a quaker
Dalmatia is a historical region in what modern day country?
Croatia
The first commercial airline service in 1914 flew between St. Petersburg and which otehr destination?
Tampa, FL
The Sandinista revolution occurred in which country?
Nicaragua
Capital: Managua
Which US state was named after the wife of Charles I?
Maryland
What is the state of Maryland named after?
King Charles I wife, Mary
Who was the king of England at the start of 1066?
Harold Godwinson
When Elizabeth came to the throne, who did she appoint the principal secretary?
Sir William Cecil
Which US president was in office during the dissolution of the Soviet Union?
George Herbert Walker Bush
What is the capital of Nicaragua?
Managua
Who assassinated William McKinley?
Leon Czolgosz
The Wild West era ended roughly in what decade?
1910s
What was the largest naval battle of the first world war?
Battle of Jutland
Transylvania is a traditional part of what modern country?
Romania
Capital is Bucharest
Nicolae Ceaucescu was the last communist leader, violently overthrown and executed in 1989
After holding Nazi war criminals, Spandau prison in Berlin was demolished and turned into what?
A shopping center
The Middle Ages began in what century?
6th century (500s)
Oliver Cromwell ruled the short-lived republican Commonwealth of England in what decade?
1650s
What prison did the spy George Blake escape from in 1966?
Wormwood Scrubs
The Yom Kippur War occurred in what year?
1973
Thomas Edison filed for a patent for the light bulb in what year?
1879
Vincent van Gogh lived to what age before shooting himself?
37
In 1981, Anwar Sedat was assassinated in what capital city?
Cairo, Egypt
The last public guillotine in France occurred in what year?
1939
Newfoundland was the final province to become a part of Canada in what year?
1949
The Quakers are a religious group that founded what American city?
Philadelphia - by William Penn
The Religious Society of Friends is AKA the Quakers
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was born in what year?
1925
Sir William Cecil was appointed by which English Monarch as the principal secretary?
Queen Elizabeth I
Who was on the throne when William Shakespeare was born in Warwickshire?
Elizabeth I
Who was the first president to marry while in office?
John Tyler
Before he was killed in the Battle of Hastings in 1066, how many days was Harold II the King of England?
282 days
The “dancing plague” of 1518 took place where?
Strasbourg in Alsace
How many weeks did the Falklands War last?
10
Fought between UK and Argentina over Falkland Islands and others in 1982 (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands)
The Cyrillic script, the script used for languages such as Russian, was first officially used in what country?
Bulgaria
Versailles was the capital of France for how long?
107 years
Philo Farnsworth is known for inventing what?
Televesion Set
In what country was Mother Teresa born?
The Ottoman Empire but Skopje, Macedonia- at the time it was the Ottoman Empire
