History Questions

HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA 1. When did Europeans start exploration in Australia? 2. What did Captain Cook do when he landed in Botany Bay? When did it happen? 3. When was Sydney founded? What for? 4. What century is the great age of exploration? 5. Name the six colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia. 6. What happened in Gallipoli in 1915? 7. Name at least three other wars in which Australia was involved. 8. What happened in 2000? 9. Who is the Prime Minister now? What is his political Party? 10. Who are the Aboriginals? Did they have the same rights as white people in the 20th century? HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN 1. What tribe lived in Great Britain before the Romans arrived? 2. When did Julius Caesar invade Great Britain? 3. What tribes invaded Great Britain in the 5th century? 4. Who came after the Anglo-Saxons? 5. Who invaded in Great Britain in the year 1066? 6. What is the name of the period between 1485-1603? Who reigned during this period? 7. What important fact happened in the 17th century? 8. When did Great Britain become the first industrial power in the world? 9. What happened during the Victorian era? 10. Is Great Britain now as powerful as it was in the 18th and 19th centuries? Why?

HISTORY OF IRELAND 1. When did the Celtic people come to live to the island? 2. Who is the patron of Ireland? 3. What tribes invaded the island after the Celtics? 4. When did the English invade the island? 5. What people started to settle in the island from the latter 12th century to 1400? 6. What did Henry VIII try to do when he became king? 7. What did Cromwell do? 8. What happened in 1798 9. When did the great Famine take place? What did Irish people do? 10. Was the relationship between Irish people and different settlers peaceful? How is this relationship now? HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND 1. What is the name of the first settlers? 2. Who was the first European explorer who arrived in New Zealand? 3. What is the treaty of Waitangi about? Did New Zealand belong to another country? Which one? 4. Who migrated to the country between 1870 and 1880? 5. When was the first Liberal government established? 6. When did New Zealand join the Commonwealth of Australia? 7. What did New Zealand become a “dominion”? What is a “dominion”? 8. Did New Zealand participate in the I and II World War? 9. After the II World War was New Zealand closer to the United States or to Great Britain? 10. Was the relationship between Maoris and British settlers always peaceful? Why?

HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 1. What did people do during the 13 century? Were they farmers or did they cultivate the land? 2. Who established a fort in the 17th century? What for? 3. Who were the Trek Boers? What were they looking for? 4. What happened in 1795? 5. When did the “Battle of Blood river take place? What happened? 6. What happened in 1910? 7. What is Apartheid? 8. Who are the Xhosa people? 9. What happened in 1990? 10. Who is Nelson Mandela? HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1. Where did the Native Americans come from? 2. When did Columbus arrive to America? Did he know it was a new continent? 3. When did the Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth Rock? What was the name of the ship they travelled on? 4. What do North Americans celebrate in Thanksgiving? 5. When did North America declare its independence from Great Britain? 6. What happened in 1812? 7. When did the Civil War start? Why? How many years did it last? 8. What happened in 1898? What country did The United States declare war on? 9. Did North America participate in th I and the II World War? 10. What happened in 1929? th