History for grades 3–4: questions with answers

The History questions for grades 3–4 from the game, with the correct answers and an explanation for each.

  1. Who was the first President of the United States?

    • George Washington
    • Thomas Jefferson
    • Abraham Lincoln
    • John Adams

    Correct answer: George Washington — Washington took office in 1789 and refused a third term, setting a precedent that lasted until Franklin D. Roosevelt.

  2. Who was Britain's prime minister for most of the Second World War?

    • Winston Churchill
    • Neville Chamberlain
    • Clement Attlee
    • Harold Macmillan

    Correct answer: Winston Churchill — Churchill led Britain from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955; he also won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.

  3. Which ancient Greek city-state is known as the birthplace of democracy?

    • Sparta
    • Corinth
    • Athens
    • Thebes

    Correct answer: Athens — Around 508 BC Athens let its citizens vote directly on laws — though women, slaves and foreigners were excluded.

  4. Who led the Soviet Union during the Second World War?

    • Lenin
    • Stalin
    • Khrushchev
    • Gorbachev

    Correct answer: Stalin — Stalin ruled from the late 1920s until his death in 1953. The Soviet Union lost more people in the war than any other country.

  5. Which civilisation built Machu Picchu?

    • Aztec
    • Maya
    • Inca
    • Olmec

    Correct answer: Inca — Machu Picchu was built in the 15th century high in the Peruvian Andes and brought to world attention in 1911.

  6. The Cold War was mainly a rivalry between the United States and which country?

    • China
    • Japan
    • Germany
    • the Soviet Union

    Correct answer: the Soviet Union — The Cold War ran from about 1947 to 1991, when the Soviet Union dissolved. The two sides never fought each other directly.

  7. In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

    • Britain
    • France
    • Germany
    • the United States

    Correct answer: Britain — It began in Britain in the late 18th century with steam engines and textile mills, then spread to Europe and America.

  8. Which pharaoh's tomb was found almost intact in 1922?

    • Khufu
    • Ramesses II
    • Akhenaten
    • Tutankhamun

    Correct answer: Tutankhamun — Howard Carter found the tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Tutankhamun became pharaoh as a boy and died at about 19.

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