History Quiz Flashcards
- In which year _______ (was/did) the man land on the moon?
In which year did the man land on the moon?
In 1969.
- When ______(was/did) the First World War start?
When did the First World War start?
In 1914.
- What _______ (happened/ did happen) on 26 April 1986 near Pripyat, Ukrania, in what was then part of the USSR?
What happened on 26 April 1986 near Pripyat, Ukrania, in what was then part of the USSR?
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster.
- In which year ______(did/was) the fall of the Berlin Wall?
In which year was the fall of the Berlin Wall?
In 1989.
- Which country _______(attacked/did attack) the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor?
Which country ________(attacked/did attack) the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor?
Japan
- What ______(were/was) the Holocaust?
What was the Holocaust?
It was a genocide in which some six million European Jews were killed.
- What ______ (was/were) John F. Kennedy’s complete name?
What was John F. Kennedy’s complete name?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
- How many students _________(did disappear/disappeared) one night in September 2014 in Mexico?
How many students disappeared one night in September 2014 in Mexico?
43
Which terrorist group ________(were/was) responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States?
Which terrorist group was responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States?
al-Qaeda.
Over which two Japanese cities ________(was/did) the United States drop nuclear weapons in 1945?
Over which two Japanese cities did the United States drop nuclear weapons in 1945?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In which ocean _______(did/was) the Titanic sink on the night of 14 April, 1912?
In which ocean did the Titanic sink on the night of 14 April, 1912?
The North Atlantic Ocean.
Where ________(were/ did) the Woodstock Festival take place?
Where did the Woodstock Festival take place?
In New York.
What ________(were/was) the name of NASA’S space shuttle that killed seven astronauts in a devastating accident?
What was the name of NASA’S space shuttle that killed seven astronauts in a devastating accident?
The Challenger.
Who ________(did/was) the Afroamerican activist who became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States?
Who was the Afroamerican activist who became the leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States?
Martin Luther King Jr.
When ________(was/were) the top-billed actress that died on August 5, 1962?
When was the top-billed actress that died on August 5, 1962?
Marilyn Monroe.
