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Modern history (the 20th century) – practice for Year 9

Sample questions on Modern history (the 20th century) with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
History
Year
Year 9
Curriculum area
The modern age

Question types: Put the events in order: Modern history (the 20th century)

Rule: Modern history (the 20th century)

The First World War 1914–1918, the Russian Revolution 1917, the Great Depression from 1929.

The Second World War 1939–1945, NATO 1949, Gagarin in space 1961, people on the Moon 1969, the Berlin Wall falls 1989.

Example: Sputnik (1957) flew before Gagarin (1961); the Moon landing came in 1969.

Watch out: The Cold War didn’t start in 1939: it began after the Second World War and ended around 1989–1991.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Put the events in order, from the oldest to the most recent.

    • A) The Wright brothers make the first powered aeroplane flight
    • B) The Berlin Wall falls
    • C) Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, is launched
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. The Wright brothers make the first powered aeroplane flight
    2. Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, is launched
    3. The Berlin Wall falls

    How it works: 1. The Wright brothers make the first powered aeroplane flight (1903) 2. Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, is launched (1957) 3. The Berlin Wall falls (1989)

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Put the events in order, from the oldest to the most recent.

    • A) Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, is launched
    • B) The Wright brothers make the first powered aeroplane flight
    • C) The Bolsheviks take power in Russia (the October Revolution)
    • D) The Berlin Wall falls
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. The Wright brothers make the first powered aeroplane flight
    2. The Bolsheviks take power in Russia (the October Revolution)
    3. Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, is launched
    4. The Berlin Wall falls

    How it works: 1. The Wright brothers make the first powered aeroplane flight (1903) 2. The Bolsheviks take power in Russia (the October Revolution) (1917) 3. Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, is launched (1957) 4. The Berlin Wall falls (1989)

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Put the events in order, from the oldest to the most recent.

    • A) The Wright brothers make the first powered aeroplane flight
    • B) Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, is launched
    • C) The Bolsheviks take power in Russia (the October Revolution)
    • D) Germany invades Poland and the Second World War begins
    • E) The Berlin Wall falls
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. The Wright brothers make the first powered aeroplane flight
    2. The Bolsheviks take power in Russia (the October Revolution)
    3. Germany invades Poland and the Second World War begins
    4. Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, is launched
    5. The Berlin Wall falls

    How it works: 1. The Wright brothers make the first powered aeroplane flight (1903) 2. The Bolsheviks take power in Russia (the October Revolution) (1917) 3. Germany invades Poland and the Second World War begins (1939) 4. Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, is launched (1957) 5. The Berlin Wall falls (1989)

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