History Studies
Gen. Knowledge 1
Ancient Egyptians
Gen. Knowledge 2
American Indians
100
Before Christ
What does B.C. stand for?
100
1770
What year did Captain Cook find Australia?
100
Pharaoh
What was the title of the ruler of Egypt?
100
1492
When did Columbus find America?
100
Tepee
What is a name for an Indian tent?
200
Anno Domini
What does A.D. stand for?
200
1788
What year did the First Fleet arrive?
200
The Sphinx
What had the body of a lion and the head of a man?
200
26th of January
What date is Australioa Day?
200
General Custer
Who was defeated at the battle of Little Big Horn?
300
Archaeology
What is the study of historic sites?
300
The Endeavour
What was the name of Captain Cook's ship?
300
The flooding of the Nile.
How did the Egyptians have fertile land for crops?
300
Van Diemen's Land
What name was originally given to Tasmania by Abel Tasman?
300
Buffaloes
What what was the primary big game hunted by the plains Indians?
400
1850s
When was the main gold rush in Australia?
400
Nina and Pinta
What were the two other boats that sailed with Columbus?
400
Hatshepsut
Which female Pharaoh dressed as a man?
400
Ayer's Rock
What was the European name for Uluru?
400
The horse
What animal from Europe was used by the Indians?
500
Artefact
What is an object that has been made or modified?
500
1616
What year did Dirk Hartog find the West Australian coast.
500
Twelve.
At what age were girls usually married?
500
1988
What year was Australia's bicentennial?
500
Columbus thought that he was in Indonesia
Why did Columbus call the native Americans 'Indians'?