History Terminology Test: Quiz!
- 1.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1972: Five Men Arrested At The Watergate
- B.
1974: Nixon Limits Highway Speeds To 55 Mph
- C.
1990: Operation Desert Shield Begins
- D.
1989: Warner Brothers Pictures Is Born
- 2.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1981: IBM Sells Its First Personal Computer
- B.
1967: 1st Granulated Soap Flakes Arrive
- C.
1841: President Harrison Dies 1 Month In Office
- D.
1969: Neil Armstrong Walks On Moon
- 3.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1836: Arc De Triumphe Is Completed After 30 Years
- B.
1995: O.J. Simpson Is Acquitted Of Murder
- C.
1848: Dial Telephones Are Introduced
- D.
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes
- 4.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1998: Mark McGwire Breaks Roger Maris' Record
- B.
1972: Nixon Visits China
- C.
1983: Crack Cocaine Is Developed
- D.
1981: New York Daily News Published
- 5.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1994: Mandela Elected President Of South Africa
- B.
1988: Iran-Iraq War Ends After Eight Years
- C.
1866: Leo Tolstoy Writes "War And Peace"
- D.
1992: Grand Canyon Becomes National Park
- 6.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1979: Sony Introduces The Walkman Radio
- B.
1858: Lincoln-Douglas Debates Take Place
- C.
1976: Wozniak And Jobs Start Apple Computers
- D.
1861: Unemployment Insurance 1st Offered
- 7.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1995: Israeli Prime Minister Rabin Is Assassinated
- B.
1999: Russian President Boris Yeltsin Resigns
- C.
1998: Explicit Starr Report Is Released On Clinton
- D.
1997: U.S. Population Surpasses 100 Million
- 8.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1860: Abraham Lincoln Is Elected President
- B.
1994: Mandela Elected President Of South Africa
- C.
1812: James Madison Is Elected President
- D.
1863: League Of Women Voters Formed
- 9.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1970: Jimi Hendrix And Janis Joplin Both Die
- B.
1926: Harding Defeats Cox For President
- C.
1803: Jefferson Purchases The Louisiana Territory
- D.
2001: U.S. Spy Plane Collides With Chinese Plane
- 10.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1821: Mexico Declares Independence From Spain
- B.
1833: League Of Nations Meets For The First Time
- C.
1980: 57 Countries Boycott The Moscow Olympics
- D.
1866: Leo Tolstoy Writes "War And Peace"
- 11.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1850: I.M. Singer Invents The Sewing Machine
- B.
1994: Yasir Arafat Awarded The Nobel Peace Prize
- C.
1986: American Civil Liberties Union Born
- D.
1970: National Guard Kills Four Students At Kent State
- 12.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1869: Suez Canal Opens To Traffic
- B.
1995: Israeli Prime Minister Rabin Is Assassinated
- C.
9010: Edward VII Of Great Britain Dies
- D.
1988: Al Capone Convicted Of Tax Evasion
- 13.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1804: Napoleon Proclaims Himself Emperor Of France
- B.
2001: Timothy McVeigh Is Executed
- C.
1821: Mexico Declares Independence From Spain
- D.
1827: Freon First Used In Refrigerators
- 14.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1791: Star-Spangled Banner Adopted As National Anthem
- B.
1784: Benjamin Franklin Invents Bifocals
- C.
1850: Levi Strauss Invents Blue Jeans
- D.
1984: Macintosh Personal Computer Released
- 15.Which of these year/events is not correctly matched?
- A.
1989: Exxon Valdez Runs Aground Spills Oil
- B.
1997: Tony Blair Elected Prime Minister
- C.
1784: Benjamin Franklin Invents Bifocals
- D.
1978: Salvador Dali Paints "Persistence Of Memory"
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