History The human story from the first people to the modern world: the first farms and towns, Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, India and China, Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, empires, revolutions and the wars of the last centuries, each told as events with causes, people and places Mova can reason about.
The questions of the history course of Mova's primary school: 87 lessons, 1308 questions, every question and option parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: the course at school .
1 The first people: hunters, gatherers and cave painters 15 questions · my little bro says cavemen rode dinosaurs, he saw it on telly. right? 2 The first farms and towns 15 questions · Chloe reckons one clever bloke invented farming and told everyone. True or nah? 3 Mesopotamia: the first cities and writing 14 questions · Why are there 60 minutes in an hour and not 100? 4 Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires 15 questions · In the film 300 the Persians look like monsters. What is closer to the truth? 5 Ancient Egypt: the Nile and the pharaohs 15 questions · my sister says Tut's curse killed everyone who opened the tomb. right? 6 Ancient Egypt: pyramids, mummies and hieroglyphs 15 questions · a youtube video says aliens built the pyramids bc humans couldn't. what's the truth? 7 Ancient India: the Indus cities and the first kingdoms 14 questions · Why would covered drains make a city healthier? 8 Ancient India: Ashoka, zero and our numbers 15 questions · Mate says they're Arabic numerals so the Arabs invented 'em. Fair? 9 Ancient China: dynasties, the First Emperor and the Great Wall 14 questions · my teacher said u can see the great wall from the moon. true? 10 Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius 15 questions · my history channel said Gutenberg invented printing. that right? 11 Ancient Greece: city-states, Athens and Sparta 15 questions · bro watched 300 and says only 300 guys fought at Thermopylae. right? 12 Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers 15 questions · mate says ancient Olympic winners got gold medals like now. did they? 13 Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic 15 questions · my cousin says Romulus and Remus are proven history. what's the truth? 14 Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads 15 questions · uncle says nero fiddled while rome burned. true? 15 Rome: daily life, gladiators, Latin and Christianity 15 questions · in Gladiator everyone dies in every fight. was it like that? 16 Rome: the fall of the West and what Rome left us 15 questions · a mate says rome fell in one day in 476 and everyone woke up in the dark ages. right? 17 Native peoples of North America 15 questions · in cowboy films all native americans wear feather headdresses and live in tipis. right? 18 The Maya 15 questions · my uncle says the maya predicted the end of the world in 2012. did they? 19 The Aztecs and the Inca 15 questions · a film shows a few hundred spaniards beating the whole aztec empire alone. true? 20 The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings 15 questions · cartoon vikings all have horns on their helmets. right? 21 Castles, knights and cathedrals 15 questions · my brother says knights were so heavy they got put on horses with a crane lol 22 The Islamic golden age and the wider medieval world 14 questions · dude says Arabic numerals were invented in Arabia obviously its in the name. right? 23 The Mongols 14 questions · kid in my class says genghis khan was just a cartoon baddie, not real 24 The Black Death and the end of the Middle Ages 14 questions · rhyme ring a ring o roses = plague song, everyone knows that 25 Printing, the Renaissance and the Reformation 14 questions · my nan says michelangelo painted the ceiling lying flat on his back for years. right? 26 Explorers: around Africa and Columbus 14 questions · teacher in a cartoon says columbus proved the earth was round. fix it 27 Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people already there 14 questions · Magellan = first guy round the world, done. agree? 28 Explorers: Cook and the Pacific 14 questions · Lucy says Cook discovered New Zealand. What would a Māori historian say? 29 The age of science 15 questions · bro says the sun goes round the earth u can literally see it move. what's the real deal 30 The Industrial Revolution 14 questions · everyone knows watt invented the steam engine watching a kettle boil. yeah? 31 Slavery and its abolition 14 questions · dude in the comments says enslaved people just sat there and accepted it. rubbish? 32 Votes for women 14 questions · sis says women always had the vote it's just old movies making stuff up 33 The First World War 14 questions · cousin says ww1 kicked off cos one guy got shot. that it? 34 The Second World War 14 questions · kid in yt comments says ww2 was just britain v germany. fix him 35 Space: from Sputnik to the Moon 14 questions · dude says the moon landing was faked in a studio. what do u say 36 Computers and the internet 14 questions · my brother says the internet and the web are the same thing. are they? 37 Britain and Ireland: a short story 14 questions · Welsh kid at school asks why Wales isn't on the Union Jack. What's the answer? 38 The United States: a short story 14 questions · why'd they chuck tea in the sea, bit of a waste innit 39 Canada: a short story 14 questions · Ollie from Ohio asks why Canadian cereal boxes have French on them 40 Australia and New Zealand: a short story 15 questions · aussie mate says 26 jan is just a fun bbq day for everyone. what's he missing? 41 Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus 15 questions · Danylo says Kyiv is 1,500 years old exactly, it's in the books. The teacher says Kyiv is «medieval, like Lon… 42 Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols 15 questions · teacher writes «Russia was baptised in 988», Danylo writes «Ukraine was». What would a careful historian wri… 43 Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks 15 questions · Teacher says «Lithuanian occupation», Danylo says «it was a Ukrainian state». Which is fairest? 44 The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate 15 questions · Danylo says the Sich was the first democracy in Europe; teacher says «Athens was first». What's the best wor… 45 Two empires and Shevchenko 16 questions · Danylo says Russia was the only empire that ever ruled Ukraine. What would the teacher show? 46 The struggle of 1917–21 and the Holodomor 16 questions · Danylo says Ukraine went independent in 1917 and everybody agreed. What's more exact? 47 Ukraine in the Second World War 16 questions · Danylo says 1939 was a happy reunion of Ukraine. What would his grandmother add? 48 Chornobyl and independence in 1991 16 questions · Danylo says Ukrainian poets beat the USSR with poems. What's fairer? 49 The Orange Revolution, the Maidan and the war 16 questions · Danylo says the Orange Revolution was the biggest protest on Earth. Better way to put it? 50 Today's Ukraine and Danylo's exaggerations 16 questions · Danylo says Ukraine's the biggest country in Europe, teacher says Russia's bigger. Who's right? 51 China: five thousand years and the oldest dynasties 15 questions · Mei says China is the oldest country, the teacher says Egypt is older. What is the wisest answer? 52 China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall 15 questions · Mei: «the First Emperor was the greatest ever». Teacher: «a tyrant». What is wisest? 53 China: the four great inventions 15 questions · Mei says China invented paper, printing, the compass and gunpowder. What does the teacher say? 54 China: the Silk Road and the Tang 15 questions · Mei says «China built the Silk Road», the teacher says «it was a road». What is wiser? 55 China: the Song and the Mongols 15 questions · Mei says the Song had the first factories. What is the more exact claim? 56 China: the Ming and Zheng He's voyages 15 questions · Mei says the Forbidden City was built in one year. What did the teacher have right? 57 China: the Qing and the Opium Wars 15 questions · Mei says the Qing were just Chinese; the teacher says foreigners. What is wisest? 58 China: 1911, 1949 and Mao 15 questions · Mei says Sun Yat-sen ended the empire all by himself. What is fairer? 59 China: modern China, space and contested topics 15 questions · Mei says China will be the richest country in the world next year. What should she check? 60 China: Mei's exaggerations and everyday China 16 questions · Mei says China invented everything first. What would the teacher kindly say? 61 How we got here: the big steps on one long timeline 16 questions · lol my tribe got farming on turn 5, real life is the same innit 62 Everyday inventions: pots, boats, wheels, horses, clocks and glasses 15 questions · Owen says the wheel was humanity's first invention. What would a museum guide say? 63 Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust each other 15 questions · Jack's mate says everyone copied the ABC from one place. Nah, bro? 64 Learning through the ages: schools, universities, libraries and science 14 questions · Ryan reckons school's a modern torture invented last century. What would his teacher say? 65 Light, machines and medicine: how the last 250 years changed a normal day 16 questions · toby's mate says fleming saved everyone in like a day lol. what's the real story 66 From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires and countries 15 questions · Ollie's mum says the famous guess is 150 mates. Is 150 a law of nature? 67 Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies 15 questions · Ivy says kings who claim God chose them are sus. What did the Mandate of Heaven add? 68 Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time 15 questions · Mia says hot-iron trials are so mid. What replaced them? 69 Rights won step by step: freedom, votes and children's rights 16 questions · Danylo's grandma says their great-great-grandparents were serfs. What would they not be allowed to do? 70 Trade: why people swap, and the great trade routes 15 questions · Leo asks how obsidian got hundreds of km before cars. What does it show? 71 What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases 16 questions · Luca leans over the fence: "Nah nonna, Italians always had tomatoes, that's just facts." ("Nonna" means gran… 72 Why some places grew rich 15 questions · Noah's dad: "This Diamond bloke reckons geography explains everything, case closed." What would a careful hi… 73 Cities: why they grow, and how water and sewers made them safe 16 questions · Jaden: "Villages were chill tho, why'd anyone move to a stinky city?" ("Chill" means relaxed.) Best answer? 74 Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and of today 16 questions · Tariq: "Tokyo's the biggest city, easy." His cousin: "Nah bhai, Dhaka!" ("Bhai" means brother.) His mate fro… 75 Ideas on the move: numbers, paper, letters, chess and news 16 questions · Ali: "Our numbers came from India via the Arabs." His mate from Florence: "Fun fact, Florence literally bann… 76 When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, seen from both sides 16 questions · Mateo's book says "Columbus discovered America". His mate: "Facts, he found it first, no cap." What's the fa… 77 What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music and knowledge 16 questions · Wiremu: "My nan went to kōhanga reo, a language nest. Te reo Māori was nearly lost, chur." ("Chur" means che… 78 Humanity today: how many we are, how long we live, how poor and how rich 16 questions · Ivy reads "8 BILLION PEOPLE!!" and her bro goes, "So it'll be 80 billion soon, the planet's cooked." ("Cooke… 79 Worries and hopes: climate, the UN, space, AI, and is the world getting better? 16 questions · Ruby's uncle: "Global warming's a hoax, mate, it snowed last week." Best answer? 80 Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, wonders and falls 16 questions · Leo's tech tree goes in a straight line. "So history had to go like that, it's literally scripted." What's t… 81 Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shillings and chimney sweeps 16 questions · «the Rabbit's got a watch, so it's a wristwatch obvs» What is right? 82 How writing began: from tally marks and pictures to the alphabet 16 questions · Taffy sends a picture-letter and her mother thinks Tegumai has been hurt. What does this show about pictures? 83 Toad's Edwardian England: early motor cars, caravans, steam trains, wash day and gold sovereigns 15 questions · «toad drives like 100 mph lol» How fast could a 1908 car legally go on a British road? 84 Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908 15 questions · «toad got 20 years from the magistrates, that's legit how it worked back then right» What is true? 85 Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★ 16 questions · ★★★ Jayden from Texas, all hyped: «Cleopatra's like, SUPER ancient, basically pyramid-building era, no cap.»… 86 Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★ 16 questions · ★★★ Mason in Boston: «Wicked simple: one dude got shot in Sarajevo, so the whole world went to war.» Best re… 87 Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★ 16 questions · ★★★ Lily plays a game: «A Plains warrior on horseback in the year 1300, epic!» What's wrong? ← previous Geographynext → Language↑ back to the questions This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/