down the ages

DOWN THE AGES

 

1. Define the following:

    (a)the Ice Age

     (b)the Iron age

2.Jean Jacques Rousseau's ideal of"Liberty,Equality,Fraternity" became the motto of which Revolution?

3. The spread of knowledge to other countries of Europe in the 15th and 16th Centuries, with special emphasis regarding classical literature and the spirit of discovery, was known by another name. what was it?

4. May 24, 1498 marks an importanat event that was to change man's life. What was the event?

5.Who were the three children of Hery VIII  who became monarchs of england?

6.In the history of Japan, what do the dates August 5,1945 and August 8,1945 signify?

7.When did the Russian Revolution occur?

8.Why is the Gupta period (A.D.320-533) KNOWN AS THE''gOLDEN aGE' IN iNDIAN HISTORY?

9.What is the name of the revolution in England which transformed places from agricultural to mechanised ones?

11.In which country did the Boxer Rebellion take place in 1900?
12. Genrations to come will remember November 9, 1990. For what event in Germany?
13.which incident set off a series of events which led to World War 1?
14. What is the Domesday Book?
15. Which volcanic island of the East Indies exploded and almost disappeared in 1883?
16.When was the tea party at Boston held?
17. mount everest was conquered by Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, on which date?
18. Which three world leaders signed the camp David Accord ?
19. A great leader was shot dead on November 22, 1963. Who was he?
20. With the death of Emporor Hirohito, Japan's longest reigning monarch, on January 7, 1989,which era in Japan's history came to an end?

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