History Question Answer

51. In which year did New Zealand become the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote?

• A) 1885
• B) 1893
• C) 1900
• D) 1910

52. In which year was the United Nations formed?

• A) 1943
• B) 1945
• C) 1946
• D) 1949

53. During which U.S. President's term did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

• A) Dwight Eisenhower
• B) Harry Truman
• C) Lyndon Johnson
• D) John F. Kennedy

54. Which country is considered the first to adopt Christianity as its state religion?

• A) Ethiopia
• B) Armenia
• C) Greece
• D) Rome

55. Where did George Washington defeat the British Army led by Lord Cornwallis in 1781?

• A) Bunker Hill
• B) Yorktown
• C) Lexington
• D) Trenton

56. Who is known as the father of Humanism?

• A) Boccaccio
• B) Petrarch
• C) Erasmus
• D) Thomas More

57. Who is regarded as the founder of modern Egypt?

• A) Muhammad Ali
• B) Khedive Ismail
• C) Tewfik Pasha
• D) Fuad I

58. Who is considered the first female ruler in world history?

• A) Kubaba
• B) Nefertari
• C) Merneith
• D) Nitocris

59. Who stated that "Egypt is the gift of the river Nile"?

• A) Plato
• B) Herodotus
• C) Thucydides
• D) Diodorus Siculus

60. What was the capital city of the Umayyad Caliphate?

• A) Cairo
• B) Mecca
• C) Cordoba
• D) Damascus