General History

How many decades are in a millennium?

• 10

• 50

• 100

• 1000

The century that began on January 1, 1801, and ended on December 31 1900

• 17th

• 19th

• 15th

• 16th

When did World War Two start?

• 12 November 1940

• 5 October 1938

• 1 September 1939

• 15 April 1939

Who was the chancellor of Germany in 1933, who initiated World War Two?

• Konrad Adenauer

• Adolf Hitler

• Ludwig Erhard

• Kurt Georg Kiesinger

When did democracy come to South Africa?

• 1990

• 1994

• 2000

• 1998

What is communism?

• A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

• A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

• A system in which the government controls the economy, and where there is only one political party.

World War Two ended when the Americans dropped atom bombs on two Japanese cities. What are the names of these cities?

• New York and Los Angeles

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Berlin and Munich

• Tokyo and Osaka

Who became the first president of a democratic South Africa?

• Thabo Mbeki

• Jacob Zuma

• Nelson Mandela

• Cyril Ramaphosa