December 7, 2024

Test your knowledge: How well do you know historical milestones?

Questions

1. Which event started the American Revolution?

2. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

3. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

4. What triggered World War I?

5. Which empire was known for its extensive road system and use of aqueducts?

6. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

7. What was the significance of the Magna Carta?

8. What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?

9. The Boston Massacre was a confrontation between which two groups?

Answers

1. The Shot Heard ‘Round the World’

2. 1989

3. Margaret Thatcher

4. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

5. The Roman Empire

6. Joseph Stalin

7.  It limited the powers of the king.

8. To aid European recovery after World War II

9. British soldiers and American colonists