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People of world history – practice for Years 7–9

Sample questions on People of world history 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
Years 7–9
Curriculum area
Discoveries and the start of the modern age

Question types: Match the person

Rule: People of world history

Gutenberg – printing press, Columbus – America, Magellan – voyage round the world, Copernicus – the Earth goes round the Sun.

Newton – gravity, Watt – steam engine, Darwin – evolution, Edison – light bulb, Fleming – penicillin.

Example: Marie Curie studied radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes.

Watch out: Magellan himself didn’t sail round the world: he was killed in the Philippines and his crew finished the voyage.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    What is each person known for? Match each person (1–3) with the right option (A–D).

    1. Charles Darwin
    2. Vasco da Gama
    3. Charlemagne
    • A) explained evolution by natural selection
    • B) Frankish king crowned emperor in 800
    • C) found the sea route to India
    • D) improved the steam engine
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. Charles Darwin → A) explained evolution by natural selection
    2. Vasco da Gama → C) found the sea route to India
    3. Charlemagne → B) Frankish king crowned emperor in 800

    How it works: Charles Darwin – explained evolution by natural selection; Vasco da Gama – found the sea route to India; Charlemagne – Frankish king crowned emperor in 800

  2. Question 2 Normal

    What is each person known for? Match each person (1–4) with the right option (A–E).

    1. Marie Curie
    2. Alexander Fleming
    3. Isaac Newton
    4. Ferdinand Magellan
    • A) discovered penicillin
    • B) first person to walk on the Moon
    • C) discovered polonium and radium
    • D) led the first voyage round the world
    • E) described the law of universal gravitation
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. Marie Curie → C) discovered polonium and radium
    2. Alexander Fleming → A) discovered penicillin
    3. Isaac Newton → E) described the law of universal gravitation
    4. Ferdinand Magellan → D) led the first voyage round the world

    How it works: Marie Curie – discovered polonium and radium; Alexander Fleming – discovered penicillin; Isaac Newton – described the law of universal gravitation; Ferdinand Magellan – led the first voyage round the world

  3. Question 3 Hard

    What is each person known for? Match each person (1–5) with the right option (A–F).

    1. James Watt
    2. Yuri Gagarin
    3. Johannes Gutenberg
    4. Charlemagne
    5. Nicolaus Copernicus
    • A) invented printing with movable type
    • B) reached America in 1492
    • C) Frankish king crowned emperor in 800
    • D) improved the steam engine
    • E) said that the Earth moves round the Sun
    • F) first person in space
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. James Watt → D) improved the steam engine
    2. Yuri Gagarin → F) first person in space
    3. Johannes Gutenberg → A) invented printing with movable type
    4. Charlemagne → C) Frankish king crowned emperor in 800
    5. Nicolaus Copernicus → E) said that the Earth moves round the Sun

    How it works: James Watt – improved the steam engine; Yuri Gagarin – first person in space; Johannes Gutenberg – invented printing with movable type; Charlemagne – Frankish king crowned emperor in 800; Nicolaus Copernicus – said that the Earth moves round the Sun

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