General Knowledge
Capital City of Japan
Tokyo
The continent that enslaved peoples originated from
Africa
Name a resource used in Britain during the industrial revolution
Sugar, tobacco, tea, wool, copper, zinc, iron etc.
Name three things a convict could have been convicted for stealing
stealing clothes, cutlery, handkerchief, a life
The first year of WWI
1914
Author of Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Direction of travel of the slave ships (North, South, East or West)
West
Who made the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
Year the First Fleet of convict ships arrived in Australia
1788
Name of the city where the first atomic bomb was dropped
Hiroshima
The only country without a quadilateral shaped flag
Nepal
Name a commodity that enslaved persons produced on plantations.
Sugar, Tobacco, Cotton etc.
A term used to describe people moving from rural areas to cities
Urbanisation
Before being sent to Australia, convicts were often held on what
- Floating prison boats
What year was the Battle of Hastings in Britain
1066
Author of the Iliad
Homer
What ancient civilisation was the first to have slaves, captured from enemies in battle?
Mesopotamia in 6800BC
The name of the invention the Wright brothers successfully demonstrated in 1903
The aeroplane
Two reasons why Convicts were sent to Australia
- Prisons in Britain full
- American Revolution meant that Britain couldn't use America's prisons
How did Cleopatra die and what year?
Died by suicide via snake bite in 30 BC
World record time for men's 100m sprint (athletics)
9.58 - Usain Bolt
What year was the slave trade made illegal in the British Empire?
1807
Who invented the assembly line, which revolutionised mass production?
Henry Ford
The UNESCO-listed site in Tasmania preserves the remains of a former convict settlement
Port Arthur
The name of the document that the 13 North American Colonies published prior to the American Revolutionary War