History

Question 1

Which battle stopped the German invasion of France?

Answer 1

Battle of marte

Question 2

When did the battle of the Somme start?

Answer 2

July 1916

Question 3

Which is another name for battle of passchendaele?

Answer 3

Third battle of yeres

Question 4

Which battle took place on the Dardanelles water strait?

Answer 4

gallepoli

Question 5

Which armies fought in the Brusilov Offensive

Answer 5

Russia and Austro Hungary

Question 6

How long did the battle of verdun last?

Answer 6

9 months

Question 7

Which armies fought in the battle of verdun?

Answer 7

French and German

Question 8

What was the name of the German attack in early 1918

Answer 8

Spring offensive

Question 9

What was the largest naval battle in WW1

Answer 9

Jutland

Question 10

There was only one battle where dreadnoughts met. What was the name?

Answer 10

Jutland

Question 11

What was the name of the German plan to invade France?

Answer 11

Schieffen Plan

Question 12

What was the German plan to invade France?To invade

Answer 12

France and Belgium

Question 13

Which European country had built an ALLIANCE with France?

Answer 13

Russia

Question 14

Which European power had built and ALLIANCE with Germany?

Answer 14

Austo-Hungary

Question 15

When did WW1 begin

Answer 15

1914

Question 16

What did the French build on the French-German border to protect themselves?

Answer 16

Fortresses

Question 17

Give two reasons for the failure of the German plan? 2 marks

Answer 17

British effort,Belgium fought well

Question 18

What was the name of the two fronts during WW1?

Answer 18

western and eastern

Question 19

What was the end result of the failure of German plan to invade France

Answer 19

Trench Warfare

Question 20

Blitzkrieg means…

Answer 20

Lighting war

Question 21

The Blitz took place from 19__to 19__

Answer 21

40 and 41

Question 22

What was the name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union

Answer 22

Operation Barbarossa

Question 23

When did the battle of Midway take place

Answer 23

1942

Question 24

Where did the Battle of Midway take place?

Answer 24

Pacific

Question 25

Where is El Alamein?

Answer 25

North Africa

Question 26

What was the evacuation of the whole British army from France called

Answer 26

Dunkirk

Question 27

What event brought the US into WW2

Answer 27

bombing of pearl harbour

Question 28

Give two reasons why the German invasion of the Soviet Union? (2 marks.)

Answer 28

Harsh weather, weak supply lines

Question 29

Which battle turned the tide of the German invasion of the Soviet Union

Answer 29

Stalinggrud

Question 30

What does Atomic mean?

Answer 30

The energy relating to atoms

Question 32

Give one reason why the atomic bomb was first used in Japan

Answer 32

to bring the war to and end, to test it

Question 33

How much did it cost to develop atomic bomb?

Answer 33

2 billon

Question 34

Which two Japanese cities were targeted by the Us with the atomic bomb?

Answer 34

Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Question 35

What percentage of hospitals were destroyed by the bombs?

Answer 35

80%

Question 36

Name on long term effect of the use of the atomic bomb?

Answer 36

Cancer, illness

Question 37

What was the immediate total casualty figure for the 2 cities bombed

Answer 37

200,000

Question 38

What is the Japanese word for explosion affected people?

Answer 38

hibakusha

Question 39

Which Us general accepted Japans surrender

Answer 39

MacArthur

Question 40

Which dates in august 1945 did the US bomb the cities

Answer 40

6th and the 9th

Question 41

What does the term Nazi stand for?

Answer 41

National/socialist German workers party

Question 43

Who was the leader of the Nazi party?

Answer 43

Adolf Hilter

Question 44

When did the Nazi party come to power in Germany?

Answer 44

1933

Question 45

Which 2 religious groups where targeted during the holocaust

Answer 45

Jewish and juvenile witness

Question 46

Why did the Nazis target Slavic people?

Answer 46

Racism

Question 47

Which political opponents did the nazis target?

Answer 47

Socialists and Conservatives

Question 48

Name one other group of people that the nazis targeted

Answer 48

Homosexuals

Question 49

What does churban mean?

Answer 49

Destruction

Question 50

What does shoah mean?

Answer 50

Catastrophe