World History MCQs

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The new building material discovered by Romans was concrete. Roman concrete was also called opus caementicium. It was a material used in construction in Ancient Rome and was based on a hydraulic-setting cement.

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Caesar, Pompey, and Crasus in 60 B.C. formed a governing group which was called a trimvirate. It was an informal alliance among three prominent politicians in the late Roman Republic.

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With the introduction of the Mariner’s compass into Europe by the end of the thirteenth-century Portuguese sailors became the first who ventured out into the Atlantic Ocean which was still dreaded by European sailors.

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Christopher Columbus who was born in 1451 was an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. He opened the way for European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

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Abraham Derby started using coal to process iron in the year 1750. This helped England, in particular, because England had rich rich deposits of coal. This process made the industries to produce steel at a cheap rate.

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The 18th century French society was divided into three groups. These groups were referred to as estates. The three types of groups were – First estate, Second estate and Third estate.

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The Bastille symbolized despotic power of the King as Bastille had many prisoners who were put in jail without any trial. Anyone who opposed the policies of Louis XVI was imprisoned. Therefore, it was the symbol of despotic power of King.

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The Bolshevik Party primarily drew its support from working class. The Bolshevik Party had no resources also its journal was not widely read. They didn’t have enough funds and the followers of its political theory were very few.

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Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician. He was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower.

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Father Gapon led the procession of workers to the event “Bloody Sunday” in Russia. In the procession, unarmed demonstrators were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.