KS1 The World | Monuments

History Quiz - Monuments around the World (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 History for children aged 5, 6 and 7 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with historical buildings around the world and their importance.

There are many historical buildings and monuments throughout the world but what is their importance? Monuments can be erected for all sorts of reasons, sometimes in memory of a person or to serve as a reminder of a key event in history. They can often offer glimpses of how life was at the time they were built. Young children may enjoy finding out more about the importance of world monuments and the reasons they were built.

The Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island in New York. Which country gave the statue to America?

[ ]	Denmark
[ ]	Germany
[ ]	France
[ ]	China

The Eiffel Tower is a famous French structure. Which city is it located in?

[ ]	Nice
[ ]	Lyon
[ ]	Nantes
[ ]	Paris

St. Basil’s Cathedral is a famous monument in Moscow, Russia. Who ordered it to be built?

[ ]	Evan the Awful
[ ]	Ivan the Terrible
[ ]	James the Sly
[ ]	Reece the Imposter

The Great Sphinx of Giza was probably built for Pharaoh Khafra. How tall is it?

[ ]	Over 150m
[ ]	Around 20m
[ ]	Nearly 74m
[ ]	Under 1m

A bronze statue sits on a rock in a harbour in Copenhagen, Denmark. What is the statue of?

[ ]	An angel
[ ]	A queen
[ ]	A witch
[ ]	A mermaid

The Great Wall of China is which of these options?

[ ]	About to be demolished
[ ]	The longest wall in the world
[ ]	Made from foam bricks
[ ]	Painted with rainbows

The Taj Mahal is in India. It was built by an emperor as a memorial to who?

[ ]	His son
[ ]	His brother
[ ]	His cat
[ ]	His wife

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. Which famous building is it next to?

[ ]	The Houses of Parliament
[ ]	Buckingham Palace
[ ]	Tower Bridge
[ ]	The Tower of London

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a freestanding bell tower located in Italy. Why does it lean?

[ ]	Someone leant on it too hard
[ ]	It was knocked by a bus
[ ]	Too many people climb on it
[ ]	The ground it was built on was very soft

10.

Christ the Redeemer is a huge statue in Rio de Janeiro. Where did the stones used to build it come from?

[ ]	Sweden
[ ]	Rio
[ ]	America
[ ]	Japan

History Quiz - Monuments around the World (Answers)

The Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island in New York. Which country gave the statue to America?

[ ]	Denmark
[ ]	Germany
[x]	France
[ ]	China

It was given as a symbol of friendship between the two countries

The Eiffel Tower is a famous French structure. Which city is it located in?

[ ]	Nice
[ ]	Lyon
[ ]	Nantes
[x]	Paris

Millions of people climb the Eiffel Tower every year and it has had over 250 million visitors since its opening

St. Basil’s Cathedral is a famous monument in Moscow, Russia. Who ordered it to be built?

[ ]	Evan the Awful
[x]	Ivan the Terrible
[ ]	James the Sly
[ ]	Reece the Imposter

The cathedral was built as a monument to victorious battles

The Great Sphinx of Giza was probably built for Pharaoh Khafra. How tall is it?

[ ]	Over 150m
[x]	Around 20m
[ ]	Nearly 74m
[ ]	Under 1m

It is the largest statue carved from one piece of stone in the world

A bronze statue sits on a rock in a harbour in Copenhagen, Denmark. What is the statue of?

[ ]	An angel
[ ]	A queen
[ ]	A witch
[x]	A mermaid

The mermaid is a monument to the Hans Christian Anderson story and receives over a million visitors a year

The Great Wall of China is which of these options?

[ ]	About to be demolished
[x]	The longest wall in the world
[ ]	Made from foam bricks
[ ]	Painted with rainbows

The wall is over 6,000 km long and is not one continuous wall, but is built instead from lots of sections

The Taj Mahal is in India. It was built by an emperor as a memorial to who?

[ ]	His son
[ ]	His brother
[ ]	His cat
[x]	His wife

More than 1,000 elephants were employed to transport the construction materials used to build the Taj Mahal

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. Which famous building is it next to?

[x]	The Houses of Parliament
[ ]	Buckingham Palace
[ ]	Tower Bridge
[ ]	The Tower of London

The bell weighs about 13 and a half tons, about the same as a small elephant!

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a freestanding bell tower located in Italy. Why does it lean?

[ ]	Someone leant on it too hard
[ ]	It was knocked by a bus
[ ]	Too many people climb on it
[x]	The ground it was built on was very soft

The Leaning Tower of Pisa took 344 years to build, beginning in August 1173

10.

Christ the Redeemer is a huge statue in Rio de Janeiro. Where did the stones used to build it come from?

[x]	Sweden
[ ]	Rio
[ ]	America
[ ]	Japan

The statue weighs approximately 635 tonnes but is not the largest statue of Jesus in the world!