Uzbekistan National Certificate (Milliy sertifikat) · Biology, Geography and History

History

24 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

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Random questions from this topic, one at a time. You see the answer and the explanation straight after each one.

All 24 questions

  1. What was the Silk Road?
  2. Which city was the capital of Amir Timur's empire?
  3. Ulugh Beg is remembered mainly as a ruler who was also a famous...
  4. The word algebra comes from the title of a book by which scholar from Khwarazm?
  5. Ibn Sina (Avicenna), born near Bukhara, is best known for which work?
  6. On which date does Uzbekistan celebrate Independence Day?
  7. Who was the first president of independent Uzbekistan?
  8. Which event in 1219 to 1221 destroyed many cities of Khwarazm, Bukhara and Samarkand?
  9. In which year did the French Revolution begin?
  10. In which year did the Second World War end?
  11. Which invention by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440 changed the spread of knowledge in Europe?
  12. In which year did Christopher Columbus first reach the Americas?
  13. Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
  14. Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire, was born in which city of the Fergana Valley?
  15. In which year was the United Nations founded?
  16. Which sequence of events is in the correct chronological order?
  17. In which year was the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic formed?
  18. Which ancient civilisation built the pyramids of Giza?
  19. Which event is usually used to mark the end of the Western Roman Empire?
  20. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991. What did the second event mean for Uzbekistan?
  21. In which year was the Berlin Wall opened?
  22. In which year did the Soviet Union dissolve?
  23. Who invented the printing press with movable type in Europe in the 15th century?
  24. In which century did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?

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