One of my college classmates wrote a paper on the falling understanding of history in today's age (basically he questioned people 30 to 18, about 100 people) He asked how important do you think History is on a scale 1-10 and then asked 10 basic US history questions than 5 World history questions, which when I did it I got them all right, and he noticed a trend that the younger the person was the less they actually knew about history, and he found out that here in the US at least you don't actually need a history class in high school and in fact most states only require history in the early years of middle school (6th or 7th grade for the US) which I found kind of shocking.
So I was curious how important personally do you think history is, and why do you think that?
Just a fun thing for the US and maybe world people
He said almost all people got more than half of these wrong
U.S. History Question
1. Who was the first president of the United States of America
2. Name the two sides of the American Civil War
3. Who were the two major powers in the French and Indian war (or the 7 year war)
4. when was the Declaration of Independence signed? (he actually accepted only the month and the day as acceptable answers and still many got that wrong)
5. Name the first European to come to America
6. Name the empire that originally ruled over the thirteen colonies.
7. Name one of the original thirteen colonies
8. name another European country that had a claim in the United States other than the one you named in answer 6
9. Name the first president to be assassinated in office
10. Name the president that was in office when the Berlin Wall fell.
then the 5 world history questions
1. Name two countries involved in both World War I and World War II
2. Name the country that Christopher Columbus sailed under.
3. Name two countries that colonized Africa
4. Name one country that colonized a Middle Eastern country
5. Name one country that is in both Europe and Asia. (geography question but I think people would know.)
So I was curious how important personally do you think history is, and why do you think that?
Just a fun thing for the US and maybe world people
He said almost all people got more than half of these wrong
U.S. History Question
1. Who was the first president of the United States of America
2. Name the two sides of the American Civil War
3. Who were the two major powers in the French and Indian war (or the 7 year war)
4. when was the Declaration of Independence signed? (he actually accepted only the month and the day as acceptable answers and still many got that wrong)
5. Name the first European to come to America
6. Name the empire that originally ruled over the thirteen colonies.
7. Name one of the original thirteen colonies
8. name another European country that had a claim in the United States other than the one you named in answer 6
9. Name the first president to be assassinated in office
10. Name the president that was in office when the Berlin Wall fell.
then the 5 world history questions
1. Name two countries involved in both World War I and World War II
2. Name the country that Christopher Columbus sailed under.
3. Name two countries that colonized Africa
4. Name one country that colonized a Middle Eastern country
5. Name one country that is in both Europe and Asia. (geography question but I think people would know.)