History

Question 1

What does MAIN stand for?

Answer 1

Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

Question 2

What is militarism?

Answer 2

When a drive for military expansion impacts government policies

Question 3

What are alliances?

Answer 3

An agreement that 2 or more groups of people decide to work together

Question 4

What is imperialism?

Answer 4

When a country looks out to other areas to colonise them for resources, land and more

Question 5

What is nationalism?

Answer 5

The urge to be the best country in your local area of countries or the world

Question 6

Which countries were in the Triple Alliance?

Answer 6

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

Question 7

Which countries were in the Triple Entente?

Answer 7

Britain, France and Russia

Question 8

What was the Dreadnought and who created it?

Answer 8

A battleship created in 1906 by Britain

Question 9

When was WW1?

Answer 9

28 Jul 1914 - 11 Nov 1918

Question 10

When was WW2?

Answer 10

1 Sept 1939 - 2 Sept 1945

Question 11

Who was assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 and by who?

Answer 11

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by the Black Hand Gang

Question 12

What was the Western Front?

Answer 12

A 400+ mile long battlefield in France and Belgium where soldiers would fight from trenches. This was called trench warfare.

Question 13

What illegal substance was used in the Battle of Ypres?

Answer 13

Chlorine gas

Question 14

Who were involved in the Battle of Ypres?

Answer 14

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Britain, France, Belgium and Canada

Question 15

Who were involved in the Battle of the Somme?

Answer 15

Germany, France and Britain

Question 16

What was the worldwide policy created by Wilheim II?

Answer 16

Weltpolitik

Question 17

What was created that forced men to fight in the war?

Answer 17

Conscription

Question 18

What was created in order to avoid any future wars after WW1?

Answer 18

The League of Nations

Question 19

When were all women given the vote?

Answer 19

1928

Question 20

What was the policy that countries thought would stop Germany from declaring war?

Answer 20

Appeasement

Question 21

What was the treaty signed after WW1?

Answer 21

Treaty of Versailles

Question 22

How was Germany punished after WW1?

Answer 22

Loss of a lot of land, army personnel were limited to 100,000 and they had to pay 6.6 billion pounds at the time’s money

Question 23

Where did the Indian soldiers fight?

Answer 23

Battle of Ypres

Question 24

What did the Chinese Labour Corp do?

Answer 24

They did labour like digging out trenches and were treated like prisoners

Question 25

Who was Mike Mountain Horse and why was he significant?

Answer 25

He was a Canadian who decided to fight because his brother died to gas attacks in 1915. He fought in the Battle of Vimy Bridge and the Battle of Cambrai. He was strongly affected by post battle effects like shell shock.

Question 26

Who was Walter Tull and why was he significant?

Answer 26

He was initially a football player, born in Folkestone, Kent. He was signed up to the Footballer's Battalion which was created so people who looked up to footballers would follow them into fighting in the war. He was the first ever black officer to lead white soldiers which emphasises the extreme racism at the time. He was killed in an attack across no mans land

Question 27

What is no mans land?

Answer 27

The stretch of land between 2 trenches which was often empty.

Question 28

What is stalemate?

Answer 28

When neither side of a battle can make progress into the other's territory

Question 29

What is a suffragette?

Answer 29

A woman who would use violent methods in order to persuade the government to get the vote

Question 30

What is a suffragist?

Answer 30

A woman who would use tame methods in order to persuade the government to get the vote

Question 31

What does WSPU stand for and what was it?

Answer 31

Women's Social and Politcal Union, it was a group of women who decided to urge the government to get the vote at all costs.

Question 32

What is democracy

Answer 32

Citizens being able to have a say on how a country is ran

Question 33

What is dictatorship?

Answer 33

When 1 person as complete control over a country

Question 34

What was the Blitz?

Answer 34

A bombing campaign over England by Germany which was between 7 Sep 1940 - 11 May 1941. There were constant bombings with incendiaries and high explosives to cause as much damage as possible.

Question 35

Why was South East England in extreme danger during the Blitz?

Answer 35

The Germans approached England from the South East, which meant the chance of a bomb landing there was much higher than in most other places.

Question 36

What was the Aryan race?

Answer 36

Hitler's idea of an ideal human

Question 37

What was Anti-Semitism?

Answer 37

Hatred towards Jews

Question 38

Who fought in the Battle of Cambrai?

Answer 38

Britain and Germany

Question 39

What was the name of the German Air Force?

Answer 39

Luftwaffe

Question 40

What shelters were used during the Blitz?

Answer 40

Anderson shelters Morrison shelters

Question 41

What was an Anderson Shelter?

Answer 41

A shelter which was halfway underground and covered with a thick layer of earth

Question 42

What was a Morrison Shelter?

Answer 42

A shelter which was indoors was made using steel foundations and steel bars so people could sleep in their homes with some degree of safety