Question 1

In what year did World War I end?

Accepted Answer

1918

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1917

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1938

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1919

Question 2

Which one of these was NOT a problem of the league of nations?

Accepted Answer

It had too many members

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It had no army to enforce decisions

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It was controlled by a small 'League Council'

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The U.S, Russia or Germany did not join.

Question 3

Explain what communism was.

Accepted Answer

When profits and wealth created by workers were to be shared equally by society

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When society was ruled by a single powerful leader

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Where everybody should get a vote

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When people were allowed to get wealthy from business

Question 4

Which of these was NOT one of the terms of the treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

Germany should be united with Austria in the future

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Germany could not station troops in the Rhineland

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Germany must sign a 'war-guilt' clause.

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Germany should pay compensation to the allies for the cost of WWI

Question 5

Explain what 'reparations' were.

Accepted Answer

The compensation that Germany agreed to pay back the allies for the destruction caused by WWI

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A type of weapon used by The French in WWI

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The various terms that Germany had to agree to in the Treaty of Versailles

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The clause that Germany had to sign in WWII

Question 6

Name this leader who emerged after WWI

Accepted Answer

Mussolini

Answer

Churchill

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Stalin

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Franco

Question 7

What was the name for the Italian secret police in Mussolini's Italy?

Accepted Answer

OVRA

Question 8

What was the name of the attempted revolution that got Adolf Hitler arrested and jailed in 1923

Accepted Answer

'Beer Hall Putsch'

Answer

Operation Overlord

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Mein Kampf

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Kristalnacht

Question 9

Who was the leader of the brownshirts in Nazi Germany?

Accepted Answer

Ernst Rohm

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Erwin Rommel

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Heirich Himmler

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Josef Goebbels

Question 10

The laws passed that discriminated against jews were called the _________________ laws?

Accepted Answer

Nuremberg

Question 11

Explain what the 'appeasement' policy of the British and French towards Hitler meant?

Accepted Answer

It was a policy of not challenging him each time he broke the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

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It was a policy of preparing for a war with Hitler.

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It was a policy of asking the US and Russia for help

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It was a policy of complaining about Hitler to the League of Nations

Question 12

What was Kristalnacht?

Accepted Answer

The night when Nazi mobs attacked Jewish homes and businesses.

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Laws banning Germans from marrying Jews

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The German invasion of Russia

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Reunification with Austria

Question 13

What country was the 'Sudetenland' part of?

Accepted Answer

Czechoslovakia

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Austria

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France

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Poland

Question 14

What was the name for the German air force

Accepted Answer

Luftwaffe

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Gestapo

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lebensraum

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Blitzkrieg

Question 15

The invasion of which country led to the outbreak of WWII

Accepted Answer

Poland

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France

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Czechoslovakia

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Austria

Question 16

Explain what the Maginot line was

Accepted Answer

A line of strong forts that the French built along their border with Germany

Answer

The Nazi Africa Corps

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A line of defences that the French built along their border with Holland and Belgium

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The British expeditionary forces

Question 17

Which one of these countries was NOT part of the allied forces?

Accepted Answer

Spain

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Britain

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France

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USA

Question 18

Hitler's plan fora sean invasion of Britain was called Operation ________________?

Accepted Answer

Sealion

Question 19

Who is this German general?

Accepted Answer

Rommel

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Zhukov

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Goebbels

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Himmler

Question 20

On what date did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour?

Accepted Answer

7th December 1941

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8th December 1941

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7th December 1942

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8th December 1942

Question 21

In which battle did General Montgomery defeat Rommel?

Accepted Answer

El Alamein

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Barabarossa

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Britain

Answer

Stalingard

Question 22

What took place on 6th June 1944?

Accepted Answer

Deliverance day

Answer

End of war

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Liberation of Poland

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Defeat of Germany

Question 23

What was the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Accepted Answer

Enola Gay

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Dawn Run

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Blitzkrieh

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Destiny's child

Question 24

How many people were killed in World War II?

Accepted Answer

55 million

Answer

82 million

Answer

17 million

Answer

42 million

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