True or False Questions about History — page 5

In the 1982 film Airplane 2: The Sequel the space shuttle was called the Mayflower 1.

• ATrue
• BFalse

During the Nuremberg trails, 30% of the defendants claimed the Holocaust never occurred, the remainder claimed they were just following orders.

• ATrue
• BFalse

By the end of the 13th century, knights were required to swear allegiance.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Napoleon started his military career in the cavalry.

• ATrue
• BFalse

There are 13 months in the Ethiopian calendar.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Samurai warriors were not just regular men- they were aristocrats, who developed their own culture. In the 14th century their education began to include flower arrangements..

• ATrue
• BFalse

All of the Crusades were called upon by Popes.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Assyrian king Sennacherib's destruction of Babylon in 689 BCE was viewed as a triumph by other Assyrian citizens.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Actor Lee Marvin who starred in the Death Wish movies succumbed to cancer in 2003.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The majority of people that lived under the Byzantine Empire called themselves Romans.

• ATrue
• BFalse

In his testament, Lenin stated that he did not approve of Joseph Stalin having so much power and that he didn't want him to rule Russia.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Horses evolved in North America during the Cenozoic era but became extinct there 10,000 years ago.

• ATrue
• BFalse

In Greek mythology, Patroclus donned Achilles armor to fight against the Trojans and was killed by Hector.

• ATrue
• BFalse

United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during his presidential motorcade in Atlanta, Georgia on November 22nd, 1963.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The United States of America declared their independence from the British Empire on July 4th, 1776.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Former United States Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The atmospheric oxygen content during the late Paleozoic era was greater than that of today.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The US Federal Governments deficit in 1983 exceeded $250 billion?

• ATrue
• BFalse

Mammal like reptiles were common by the end of the Paleozoic.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The United States of America was the first country to launch a man into space.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Franz Joseph I was the last emperor of Austria.

• ATrue
• BFalse

On October 24, 1960 a rocket exploded on a launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome. Fortunately there were no casualties.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The French were first to use chemical weapons, during the World War I.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The French Kingdom helped the United States gain their independence over Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The head crusher was used as a swift and humane form of execution for the nobleman. It was designed in such a manner that upon impact it would cause immediate death of its victim.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Death Hill was the name of the sight of execution during the Salem witch trials.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Clare Boothe Luce (the American ambassador to Italy in the years just following World War II) died of arsenic poisoning.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The Cold War was one of the deadliest wars of all time.

• ATrue
• BFalse

On October 13th, 1941, former Axis power, Italy, declared war on Germany.

• ATrue
• BFalse

In World War II, 80% of the deaths were on the Allied side.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Adolf Hitler was a german soldier in World War I.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Austria was the first country to sign an armistice in 1918 which led to the end of the World War I .

• ATrue
• BFalse

The armed uprising in the Warsaw ghetto in April-May 1943 was one of the most forceful Jewish uprising in the organized resistance to the Nazis.

• ATrue
• BFalse

In World War ll, Great Britian used inflatable tanks on the ports of Great Britain to divert Hitler away from Normandy/D-day landing.

• ATrue
• BFalse

During World War II V-2 Rockets were never aimed at targets outside the UK.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The United States gained almost half of the territory of Mexico after the Mexican War from 1846–1848.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The Axis powers besieged Malta during World War II, because the headquarters of the Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet was there.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The Cold War ended with Joseph Stalin's death.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Vikings never plundered religious or holy sites.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 1, 1945.

• ATrue
• BFalse

The period between 1500 - 1800 saw wars transform from wars of attrition to wars of extermination.

• ATrue
• BFalse

At the end of the Nazi rule, Hitler expressed his sincere regret for all the deaths he and his subordinates had caused during the Holocaust.

• ATrue
• BFalse

On 11 December 1941, Germany declared war on the United States, hoping that Japan would consecutively support the attack on the Soviet Union.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Commiting suicide by performing seppuku, was the only way for a disgraced samurai to gain his honor once again.

• ATrue
• BFalse

One of the most brutal crusades was the Albigensian Crusade (this is true). The aim of this crusade was to eliminate the religion of the Cathars.

• ATrue
• BFalse

During the period of the Cold War, there was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Republic of Vietnam, known as The Vietnam War (1957–1975).

• ATrue
• BFalse

General Grant said that the final charge at Cold Harbor was the only action he regretted taking during the war.

• ATrue
• BFalse

There were more people killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 than there were some 60 years later in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

• ATrue
• BFalse

There was fighting in the Revolutionary War for more than a year before the United States declared independence from Britain.

• ATrue
• BFalse

Lange Max (long Max) was a World War I German cannon officially called 38cm SKL/45. Long Max was derived from the Paris Gun.

• ATrue
• BFalse