Deck 3: Historical Events and Figures

Question 1

In 1492 Queen Isabella of Spain sponsors ……………..to find a route to India.

A)bartholomeu dias
B)john cabot
C)christopher columbus
D)vasco da gama

Answer 1

christopher columbus

Question 2

Vasco da Gama went around the cape and across the Indian Ocean to reach India (Calicut) in ………..

A)1458
B)1468
C)1498
D)1598

Answer 2

1498

Question 3

In 1499 ………………landed in America.

A)amerigo vespucci
B)cabral
C)robert fulton
D)vasco da gama

Answer 3

amerigo vespucci

Question 4

In 1500 ………..reached South America (Brazil)

A)cabral
B)robert fulton
C)vasco da gama
D)balboa

Question 5

In 1510 Goa became the capital of the …………..Eastern Empire.

A)british
B)french
C)portuguese
D)dutch

Question 6

Balboa crossed the Isthimus of Panama in …………

A)1465
B)1508
C)1513
D)1623

Question 7

From 1515 to 1547 - The French king Francis I extended his colonies to …………and the Mississipi Valley.

A)new hampshire
B)vermont
C)canada
D)maine

Question 8

The Portuguese reached China in ………..

A)1510
B)1512
C)1517
D)1534

Question 9

In 1519 ………….discovered Mexico.

A)hernando cortez
B)robert fulton
C)cabral
D)amerigo vespucci

Question 10

The Polo brothers from Venice were the first Europeans to travel to China and visit the court of……………, about 1260.

A)kublai khan
B)alfred the great
C)henry viii
D)akbar

Question 11

……………the navigator encouraged navigation by establishing a school for geographers.

A)george sarton
B)amerigo vespucci
C)randolph starn
D)henry

Question 12

Goa was conquered by the……………, who made it the capital of their Eastern Empire.

A)british
B)dutch
C)french
D)portuguese

Question 13

…………….patronized by Queen Isaballa of Spain set off on a voyage and reached the West Indies, thinking he had landed on India.

A)christopher columbus
B)ferdinand magellan
C)robert fulton
D)robert s. lopez

Question 14

……………in his 'The Prince' projected the need of an absolute king because he alone could provide security to people.

A)lynn thorndike
B)joan kelly
C)mac-antoine charpentier
D)machia velli

Question 15

When the French Revolution broke out?

A)1689
B)1768
C)1769
D)1789

Question 16

Louis XIV was the ruler of ……………..

A)germany
B)poland
C)italy
D)france

Question 17

Frederick, the Great was the ruler ……………….

A)austria
B)rome
C)holland
D)prussia

Question 18

Peter, the Great was the ruler of…………..

A)russia
B)spain
C)austria
D)portugal

Question 19

Who aptly predicted"After me, the flood."?

A)louis xiv
B)victoria
C)james i
D)frederick, the great

Question 20

Who appointed Jean Baptiste Colbert as controller general of finances in France?

A)louis xiv
B)william of orange
C)victoria
D)elizabeth i

Question 21

The Treaty of Utrecht was concluded in …………..

A)1703
B)1713
C)1768
D)1776

Question 22

Nicholas Poussin is generally considered the best example of …………….classicist painting.

A)french
B)british
C)dutch
D)russian

Question 23

The credit for establishing absolute monarchy in Prussia goes to………….

A)frederick, the great
B)michaelangelo
C)peter ,the great
D)henry vii

Question 24

Frederick was involved in a war which lasted from 1756-63 and is popularly known as ………………

A)seven years war
B)american civil war
C)the war of the spanish succession
D)mexican

Question 25

The Peace of Hubertsburg was concluded in ……………

A)1703
B)1763
C)1767
D)1769