History for grades 7–8: questions with answers

The History questions for grades 7–8 from the game, with the correct answers and an explanation for each.

  1. In which year was the Berlin Wall built?

    • 1953
    • 1956
    • 1961
    • 1968

    Correct answer: 1961 — The wall went up overnight on 13 August 1961 to stop East Germans fleeing west; it stood for 28 years.

  2. Suleiman the Magnificent ruled which empire?

    • Byzantine
    • Ottoman
    • Safavid
    • Mughal

    Correct answer: Ottoman — Suleiman ruled 1520–1566, besieged Vienna in 1529 and gave the empire its legal code — hence 'the Lawgiver' in Turkish.

  3. The assassination of which archduke in Sarajevo triggered the First World War?

    • Franz Joseph
    • Rudolf
    • Franz Ferdinand
    • Maximilian

    Correct answer: Franz Ferdinand — Gavrilo Princip shot the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne on 28 June 1914; war followed within five weeks.

  4. Which treaty of 1919 formally ended the First World War with Germany?

    • Versailles
    • Vienna
    • Westphalia
    • Tordesillas

    Correct answer: Versailles — Signed on 28 June 1919, it made Germany accept blame and pay reparations — a grievance Hitler later exploited.

  5. Who was the first prime minister of independent India?

    • Mahatma Gandhi
    • Jawaharlal Nehru
    • Vallabhbhai Patel
    • Indira Gandhi

    Correct answer: Jawaharlal Nehru — Nehru led India from independence in 1947 until his death in 1964; his daughter Indira later held the same office.

  6. Which city was the capital of the Inca Empire?

    • Lima
    • Quito
    • La Paz
    • Cusco

    Correct answer: Cusco — Cusco, high in the Andes, was the Inca capital until the Spanish conquest in the 1530s; its old centre is a World Heritage Site.

  7. Which African country defeated Italy in 1896 and kept its independence?

    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Ghana
    • Nigeria

    Correct answer: Ethiopia — Ethiopia's victory at Adwa in 1896 let it keep its independence through the age of colonial conquest, when almost all of Africa was carved up.

  8. The failed Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 targeted which country?

    • Cuba
    • Panama
    • Nicaragua
    • Vietnam

    Correct answer: Cuba — CIA-backed Cuban exiles landed in April 1961 and were defeated within three days, strengthening Fidel Castro.

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