About this Study Set
This study set covers European History through
15 practice questions.
A challenging quiz focusing on groundbreaking discoveries, inventions, and historical firsts in European history. Every question includes the correct answer so you can learn as you go — pick any format above to get started.
Questions & Answers
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European Innovations and Milestones study set below.
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1
Which 15th-century European inventor is credited with developing the first practical movable-type printing press using a metal alloy?
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A
Johannes Gutenberg
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B
Aldus Manutius
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C
William Caxton
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D
Nicolas Jenson
2
In 1608, which Dutch spectacle-maker was the first to apply for a patent for the invention of the refracting telescope?
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A
Galileo Galilei
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B
Hans Lippershey
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C
Zacharias Janssen
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D
Christiaan Huygens
3
The first steam engine designed for industrial use, known as 'The Friend of the Miner', was patented in 1698 by which English engineer?
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A
James Watt
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B
Thomas Newcomen
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C
Thomas Savery
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D
Richard Trevithick
4
Who is credited with conducting the first successful flight of a hot air balloon carrying human passengers in Paris in 1783?
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A
The Montgolfier brothers
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B
The Wright brothers
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C
Louis Bleriot
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D
Alberto Santos-Dumont
5
The first practical photograph, created using a bitumen-based process called heliography, was produced in 1826 or 1827 by whom?
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A
Louis Daguerre
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B
William Henry Fox Talbot
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C
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
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D
George Eastman
6
Which scientist discovered the element Radium in 1898, marking a monumental first in the history of radioactivity research?
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A
Ernest Rutherford
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B
Marie Curie
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C
Lise Meitner
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D
Henri Becquerel
7
In 1876, the first successful demonstration of the telephone was conducted by which Scottish-born inventor in Boston?
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A
Alexander Graham Bell
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B
Antonio Meucci
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C
Elisha Gray
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D
Thomas Edison
8
The first mechanical programmable computer, known as the Analytical Engine, was designed by which British mathematician in the 1830s?
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A
Alan Turing
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B
Ada Lovelace
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C
Charles Babbage
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D
John von Neumann
9
Which European physician published 'De humani corporis fabrica' in 1543, providing the first accurate, detailed anatomical atlas of the human body?
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A
Andreas Vesalius
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B
Paracelsus
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C
William Harvey
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D
Galen
10
The first vaccine, developed to combat smallpox in 1796, was pioneered by which English physician?
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A
Joseph Lister
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B
Edward Jenner
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C
Louis Pasteur
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D
Robert Koch
11
Who was the first European explorer to lead an expedition that successfully circumnavigated the globe, completed in 1522?
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A
Vasco da Gama
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B
Christopher Columbus
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C
Ferdinand Magellan
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D
Francis Drake
12
The first electric motor, capable of producing continuous rotary motion, was invented in 1821 by which British scientist?
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A
Michael Faraday
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B
Alessandro Volta
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C
André-Marie Ampère
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D
James Clerk Maxwell
13
In 1895, which German physicist discovered X-rays, the first high-energy electromagnetic radiation ever observed?
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A
Max Planck
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B
Wilhelm Röntgen
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C
Philipp Lenard
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D
Hermann von Helmholtz
14
The first internal combustion engine car, the 'Benz Patent-Motorwagen', was produced in which country in 1886?
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A
France
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B
Austria
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C
Germany
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D
Italy
15
Who was the first person to identify the circulation of blood in the human body, published in 1628?
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A
William Harvey
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B
Marcello Malpighi
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C
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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D
Giovanni Morgagni
