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Which Historical Event Happened First? - #1
Can you correctly select which event from each set of 4 happened first?
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Last updated: January 7, 2024
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| First submitted | October 16, 2023 |
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1.
Which happened first?
Canadian Confederation
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Finnish Independence
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Australian Federation
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German Unification
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Canadian Confederation - July 1, 1867
2.
Which happened first?
Roman conquest of Egypt
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Roman conquest of Gaul
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Roman conquest of Britain
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Roman conquest of Cyprus
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Roman Conquest of Cyprus - 58 B.C.
3.
Which happened first?
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first people to climb the summit of Mount Everest
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Robert Peary leads the first voyage to the North Pole (though this claim is disputed).
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Orville Wright flies the first Airplane
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Roald Amundsen leads the first voyage to the South Pole
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Orville Wright flies the first Airplane - December 17, 1903
4.
Which happened first?
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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Italy launches an invasion of Greece
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Allied forces are able to halt Erwin Rommel's advance across Egypt at the First Battle of El Alamein
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Germany breaks the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and invades the USSR
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Italy launches an invasion of Greece - October 28, 1940
5.
Which happened first?
Franz Joseph I ascends the throne of Austria
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Napoleon Bonaparte dies in Exile
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Queen Victoria is coronated
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Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor
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Napoleon Bonaparte dies in Exile - May 5, 1821
6.
Which happened first?
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in outer space
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The USSR stages nuclear missiles in Cuba
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The UNEF Peacekeepers are created by the United nations
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The People's Republic of China is officially given a permanent seat on the UN Security Council
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The United Nations creates the UNEF Peacekeepers - November 7, 1956
7.
Which happened first?
The United States purchases Alaska from Russia
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The United States signs the Oregon Treaty, establishing much of its border with British Canada to be at the 49th Parallel
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The United States seizes control of Puerto Rico from Spain
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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The United States signs the Oregon Treaty, establishing much of its border with British Canada to be at the 49th Parallel - June 15, 1846
8.
Which happened first?
The city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is founded
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The city of Montreal, Quebec is founded
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The city of Washington, D.C. is founded
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The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina is founded
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The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina is founded - February 2, 1536
9.
Which happened first?
Zulu forces land a humiliating defeat against the British at the Battle of Isandlwana
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Shaka Zulu is assassinated by his brothers, King Dingane and Prince Mhlangana
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Liberia declares independence from the American Colonization Society
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Ethiopia, led by Menelik II, is able to resist an attempted invasion by the Kingdom of Italy
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Shaka Zulu is assassinated by his brothers, King Dingane and Prince Mhlangana - September 2, 1828
10.
Which happened first?
The city of Rome is founded
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The Aspero Pyramid is built by the Norte Chico civilization in Peru
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Construction begins on the Parthenon in Athens
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Teotihuacan is founded in central Mexico
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The Aspero Pyramid is built by the Norte Chico civilization in Peru - between 3700-2500 B.C.
11.
Which happened first?
Norse Vikings found a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in North America
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Basil II formally organizes the Varangian Guard
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Norwegian forces under Harald Hardrada are defeated at the Battle of Stamford Bridge
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Sweyn Forkbeard forms the North Sea Empire, uniting Denmark, Norway, and England
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Basil II formally organizes the Varangian Guard - 988
12.
Which happened first?
The Qing dynasty comes into power in China
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The Song dynasty comes into power in China
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The Ming dynasty comes into power in China
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The Yuan dynasty comes into power in China
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The Song dynasty comes into power in China - February 4, 960
13.
Which happened first?
Yugoslavia is formed
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Czechoslovakia breaks free from Austria-Hungary
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The Weimar Republic is established in Germany
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The republic of Turkey is proclaimed
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Czechoslovakia breaks free from Austria-Hungary - October 28, 1918
14.
Which happened first?
The first line of the London Underground enters operation
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Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge
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The SS Dido becomes the first ship to pass through the Suez Canal
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Construction begins on the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest railway line in the world
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The first line of the London Underground enters operation - January 10, 1863
15.
Which happened first?
Ramesses II reigns as Pharoah in Egypt
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Sargon the Great rules over the Akkadian Empire
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Cyrus the Great founds the Achaemenid Empire in Persia
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Ashurbanipal becomes King of Assyria
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Sargon the Great rules over the Akkadian Empire - 2334-2279 B.C.
3 Comments
Jealous1sEnvy
+4
Level 88
Jan 2, 2024
Wow, this is hard!
DarthSoto
+2
Level 59
Jan 3, 2024
Good quiz but I think it needs a little bit more extra time because of reading each question and having to mentally compare and contrast the timeframes for each answer choice.
DoktorApplejuce
+1
Level 63
Jan 7, 2024
Fair enough. An extra minute has been added.
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