History Flashcards
1
Q
- Which King’s defeat ended the War of the Roses?
A
Richard III
2
Q
- Spanish Town was the capital of which island from 1534 until 1872?
A
Jamaica
3
Q
- Which battle fought on 6 July 1685, took place near Bridgwater in Somerset?
A
Battle or Sedgmoor
4
Q
- How is Martha Canary, who died in 1903, better known?
A
Calamity Jane
5
Q
- What was the codename for the Dunkirk evacuations in 1940?
A
Operation Dynamo
6
Q
- Who was born on the 14th of March 1879, in Ulm, Germany?
A
Albert Einstein
7
Q
- The Black Death killed around a third of the population of Europe in which century?
A
Fourteenth (13000)
8
Q
- In 1534, Jacques Cartier claims what part of Canada for France?
A
Quebec
9
Q
- Name the last imperial dynasty of China?
A
Qing Dynasty
10
Q
- Hessian refers to a style of which sort of clothing that became popular from the beginning of the 19th century?
A
Boots
