Last lesson Quiz TTO

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Last lesson Quiz TTO

Let's see if you've paid attention these past two years... 

Laatste les!

Eens kijken hoe het ervoor staat met jullie algemene (historische) kennis. 

Heb je een beetje goed opgelet de afgelopen twee jaar bij het leukste vak op school?

De top 5 wint een prijs. 

What's the difference between historians and archeologists?

1. historians have been to school longer
2. historians do use reliable sources
3. archeologists study unwritten sources
4. archeologists study written sources

Which country means 'in between rivers' in Greek?

1. Phoenicia
2. Egypt
3. Mesopotamia
4. Persia

According to Aristoteles, only empirical knowledge existed.

1. True
2. Not true

Which of these men wasnt an emperor?

1. Julius Caesar
2. Augustus
3. Nero
4. Constantine

How did the Romans call their border?

1. Limes
2. Borderius
3. Linius
4. Fort

Which column is shown here?

1. Korinthic
2. Ionic
3. Doric
4. Grecian

Which of these religion is the oldest?

1. Christianity
2. Judaism
3. Islam
4. Hinduism

Wat kreeg de leenman van de leenheer in ruil voor grond?

1. Belastingopbrengst
2. Onvoorwaardelijke militaire steun
3. Slaven
4. Eeuwige trouw

Charlemagne is known as the greatest emperor of the Early Middle Ages, but couldnt even write his own name.

1. True
2. Not true

The Mores were a powerful islamic people around 700. Where did they live?

1. Marocco
2. Turkey
3. Algeria
4. Spain

Which of these cities was the first Dutch city with city rights?

1. Utrecht
2. Leiden
3. Haarlem
4. Nijmegen

Where did the crusades go to in the Middle Ages?

1. Rome
2. Constantinople
3. Mecca
4. Jerusalem

Who was the first person who arrived in the Indies?

1. Ferdinand Magelhaes
2. Vasco da Gama
3. Amerigo Vespucci
4. Marco Polo

In which year did Columbus discover America?

1. 1465
2. 1492
3. 1502
4. 1512

From which prison did Hugo the Great escape in a book coffin in 1621?

1. Slot Zuylen
2. Slot Loevenstijn
3. Kasteel de Haar
4. Muiderslot

Who is shown here?

1. Martin Luther
2. John Calvin
3. William of Orange
4. Charles V

A humanist believes that...

1. life on earth is unchangeable
2. life should be devoted to God
3. life on earth should be central
4. mankind is in its origin good

What is predestination?

1. God decides if you end up in heaven
2. God puts people on earth to test them
3. God decides if youre worthy of heaven
4. Life on earth is a hell itself.

The sentence in the Dutch anthem "de koning van Hispanje" refers to Philip II

1. True
2. Not true

The prosperity in the Golden Age is due to the VOC

1. True
2. Not true

In which century did the scientific revolution take place?

1. 15th
2. 16th
3. 17th
4. 18th

Welke van onderstaande is geen verlichtingsfilosoof?

1. Voltaire
2. Rousseau
3. Montesquieu
4. Erasmus

Who is portrayed at the painting on the left?

1. Louis XVI
2. William of Orange
3. Charles V
4. Philips II

Who was the first president of the United States?

1. Lincoln
2. Washington
3. Hamilton
4. Jefferson

What do the French celebrate on the 14th of July?

1. That the king was beheaded
2. That Napoleon became emperor
3. That France was no longer an absolute monarchy
4. The Storming of the Bastille Jail and the start of the French Revolution

Who discovered radioactivity and with that the first treatment against cancer?

1. Isaac Newton
2. Marie Curie
3. Nicolas Copernicus
4. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Where did Napoleon come from?

1. Paris
2. Corsica
3. Lyon
4. Marseille

Liberal people were usually...

1. entrepreneurs
2. factory workes

Welk -isme past bij dit standpunt?
Het algemeen mannenkiesrecht moet ingevoerd worden.

1. Liberalisme
2. Socialisme
3. Confessionalisme
4. Feminisme

Which group would agree to the following: There should be universal suffrage

1. Liberalism
2. Socialism

Which motive for modern imperialism is connected to industrialisation?

1. The demand for raw materials
2. Spread christianity
3. Spread western civilization
4. Gain more power

What is NOT present in the constitution of 1848?

1. The king was no longer the most powerful
2. There was suffrage for a small number of people
3. A parliament was appointed
4. The Netherlands would become a democracy

In 1871, European politics changed for good. What was the cause?

1. Italiy united to become the most powerful country due to their history
2. Napoleon has the largest empire in Europe
3. Russia wanted more power in Eastern Europe
4. Germany united after the French-German war

At what Congress did they redivide Europe?

1. Congress of Vienna
2. Conference of Berlin
3. Conference of Munchen
4. Treaty of Versailles

Let's look forward... When did World War I start?

1. 1904
2. 1908
3. 1914
4. 1918

What is the man on the left known for?

1. Hij was de dictator van de Sovjet-Unie
2. Hij is de grondlegger van het liberalisme
3. Hij is de grondlegger van het communisme
4. Hij was aan de macht in Duitsland tijdens WO1

What do we call the era between World War I and World War II?

1. The interbellum
2. The short peace
3. Detente (French for 'relaxation')
4. The Roaring Twenties

When did Hitler rise to power?

1. 1923
2. 1933
3. 1939
4. 1940

What was the name of the operation that most people know as D-Day (the operation during WW2 to liberate Western Europe)?

1. Operation Barbarossa
2. Operation Overlord
3. Operation Sledgehammer
4. Operation Fortitude

This is the flag of...

1. Russia
2. China
3. The Soviet Union
4. North Korea

Who is shown here?

1. Joseph Stalin
2. Adolf Hitler
3. Benito Mussolini
4. Vladimir Lenin

In which year did the Berlin Wall fall down?

1. 1988
2. 1989
3. 1990
4. 1991

In which year was the first iPhone sold?

1. 2001
2. 2003
3. 2005
4. 2007

Look around you, in this classroom. The posters in the silver frames have a theme. What is it?

1. politics
2. revolutions
3. injustice
4. feminism

Make an (educated!) guess about me: I studied history and graduated in...

1. Medieval history
2. Early Modern History (1500-1800)
3. Modern History (1800-2000)
4. Ancient History