Cover of the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 16 - Events (Part 2) for the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Carol Nuttall and David Evans from National Geographic Learning

Question

Read the extract again and complete this timeline.

Answer

  • 500 → The first settlers arrived.
  • 1778 → Captain Cook visited the islands
  • 1779 → Captain Cook was killed.
  • 1805 → King Kamehameha established a monarchy
  • 1820 → Christian missionaries arrived.
  • 1893 → American businessmen seized power in a revolution.
  • 1898 → Hawaii became a territory of the USA.
  • 1941 → Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
  • 1959 → Hawaii became the 50th state of the USA.
  • 1961 → Barack Obama was born.