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World History: Milestones of Innovation

World History

A collection of questions focusing on key historical inventions, discoveries, and significant firsts in global history.

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10 Questions Medium Ages 12+ Oct 11, 2026

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1 Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of the wheel around 3500 BCE?

A The Sumerians of Mesopotamia
B The Egyptians of the Nile Valley
C The Indus Valley Civilization
D The Minoans of Crete

2 Who is credited with the invention of the movable-type printing press in Europe around 1440?

A Leonardo da Vinci
B Johannes Gutenberg
C Galileo Galilei
D Isaac Newton

3 In which century did the Wright brothers achieve the first powered, sustained, and controlled airplane flight?

A 18th century
B 19th century
C 20th century
D 21st century

4 What was the first metal to be widely used by humans for tool-making, marking the transition from the Stone Age?

A Iron
B Gold
C Bronze
D Copper

5 Which explorer led the first expedition to successfully circumnavigate the globe?

A Ferdinand Magellan
B Christopher Columbus
C Vasco da Gama
D James Cook

6 The 'Code of Hammurabi', one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes, originated in which region?

A Ancient Greece
B Ancient China
C Babylon
D The Roman Empire

7 Which 19th-century inventor is officially credited with developing the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb?

A Nikola Tesla
B Alexander Graham Bell
C Thomas Edison
D Michael Faraday

8 What was the primary medium used by the ancient Egyptians to create the first paper-like writing surface?

A Parchment
B Papyrus
C Clay tablets
D Silk

9 Which medical breakthrough, discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, revolutionized the treatment of bacterial infections?

A Vaccination
B Anesthesia
C Penicillin
D X-rays

10 The first known civilization to develop a complex system of writing known as cuneiform was:

A The Sumerians
B The Phoenicians
C The Hittites
D The Persians

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