GENERAL KNOWLEDGE REVISION ON THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, SLAVERY, SLAVE TRADE, AND THE WORLD WARS General Education For All And Entertainment

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THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

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The person who discovered the New World (America) was called _______. Christopher Columbus
Who discovered the sea route to India? Vasco da Gama
Who drew the first map of the World? Toscanini
The power of gravitation was discovered by __. Isaac Newton
The Flying Shuttle was invented by _________, John Kay while the Telescope was invented by ____________. Galileo Galilei
The Electric motor was invented by ___________, Michael Faraday while ______ invented the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell
The Locomotive was invented by _______,George Stephenson while the Steam Engine was invented by __________. James Watt
The art of making tarred roads was discovered by _______, John Macadam
The founder of Christianity was ________. Jesus Christ while the founder of Islam was ________. Mohamed
The Cameroonian King who invented his own code of writing was _________. Sultan Njoya
Who discovered the cape of storms which is also known as the Cape of Good Hope? Bartholomew Diaz
The man who attempted to sail around the world was _____. Ferdinand Magellan.
The one who sailed round the world was ______. Francis Drake
John Gutenberg started the printing press in _____. Germany.
America was named after a man called _____. Amerigo Vespucci

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SLAVERY AND SLAVE TRADE

A trade in human beings was known as _______. Slave Trade
A situation where human beings are deprived of their rights and freedom is known as ________. Slavery
The person who fought hard for the abolition of slave trade was_________. William Wilberforce
Most of the slaves during the slave trade came from __. Africa
The first slave boy to be set free was called _______. James Somerset
One slave market in Africa was________. Timbuktu
The first English man to trade in slaves was _____. John Hawkins
Freed slaves in Africa settled in ___________. Sierra-Leone
The movement of slaves, goods, raw material between Africa, Europe and South America was known as _______. The Triangular slave Trade.
Laws against the abolition of slave trade were passed by the ___________. British Parliament.

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THE WORLD WARS

The first World war started in the year _____. 1914
The first World War ended in the year ________. 1918
The immediate cause of the First World War was _____. The assassination of France Ferdinand Arch duke of Austria.
The first World War was fought in two camps namely _____and ____. The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente
The Triple Alliance was a secret agreement between

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

164 The Triple Entente was an association between

Great Britain, France, and Russia.

165 The defeated Country in the First World War was ___. Germany

166 One strong member of the Triple Alliance was _____. Germany and one member of the Triple Entente were ____. France

167 An organization that was formed after the First World War was ___. The League of Nations

168. The Second World War started on – 1st September 1939.

169. The Second World War ended on – 2nd September 1945.

170. The Second World War was started by – Germany; when Germany invaded Poland.

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171. Who was the German leader who started the war? Adolf Hitler

172. An organization that cooperated with Adolf Hitler was ___ The Nazi Party