World History Quiz Questions

 

1. Which age is defined by the origin of the first stone tools?

a) Bronze Age
b) Stone Age
c) Iron Age
d) Neolithic Age

Answer (b) Stone Age

 

2. Where did the US drop the atom bomb during World War II?

a) Portugal
b) Austria
c) Japan
d) Germany

Answer (c) Japan

 

3. Vasco da Gama was a ____

a) Portuguese sailor
b) French explorer
c) Australian navigator
d) Japanese sailor

Answer (a) Portuguese sailor

 

4. Which country gifted the statue of Liberty to USA in 1886?

a) Croatia
b) Portugal
c) France
d) Italy

Answer (c) France

 

5. Who was the first person to draw the map of the earth?

a) Thales
b) Pythagoras
c) Yuri Gagarin
d) Anaximander

Answer (d) Anaximander

 

6. How many world wars have happened so far?

a) Three
b) Four
c) Two
d) One

Answer (c) Two

 

7. Which of these was a famous Egyptian queen?

a) Cleopatra
b) Medina
c) Madina
d) Elizabeth

Answer (a) Cleopatra

 

8. The Cold War took place between which 2 countries after world War II?

a) Soviet Union and Japan
b) USA and Germany
c) USA and England
d) Soviet Union and USA

Answer (d) Soviet Union and USA

 

9. Who was the 1st ever female Prime Minister of any Islamic country?

a) Benazir Bhutto
b) Khaleda Zia
c) Sheikh Hasina
d) Samina Khalid

Answer (a) Benazir Bhutto

 

10. Who was the first explorer to sail round the world?

a) Francis Drake
b) Ferdinand Magellan
c) Christopher Columbus
d) Vasco da Gama

Answer (b) Ferdinand Magellan