
Year 9 History in a Flas
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Year 9 History in a Flash
By Donna Stanmore
The Australian War Experience
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Round 1 - Core Knowledge
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Multiple Choice
What year did Australia enter World War I?
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Multiple Choice
The landing at Gallipoli took place on:
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Multiple Choice
Which front saw the greatest loss of Australian lives during WWI?
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Multiple Choice
The Kokoda campaign was fought in which country?
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Multiple Choice
What term describes government posters encouraging enlistment during WWI?
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Round 2: People and Perspectives
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Multiple Choice
What was Simpson famous for during the Gallipoli campaign?
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Multiple Choice
Indigenous Australians who enlisted in World Wars often faced what challenge after returning home?
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Multiple Choice
What were Australian nurses serving overseas commonly called during WWI and WWII?
Flying Angels
Nightingales
Bluebirds
Desert Roses
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Round 3: Home Front Heroes
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Multiple Choice
What was introduced in Australia in 1942 to limit the consumption of food and supplies?
Voting restrictions
Curfews
Tax stamps
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Multiple Choice
Which women’s organisation supported the army by working in communications, transport and mechanics?
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Multiple Choice
Which event directly led to increased government control on the Australian home front?
Fall of France
Bombing of Darwin
Battle of Britain
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Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the scale of the first Japanese attack on Darwin on 19 February 1942?
It involved fewer than 10 aircraft
It matched the size of the attack on Pearl Harbour
It was the largest single attack ever mounted on Australian soil.
It lasted less than one minute
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Multiple Choice
Which target was not hit during the Bombing of Darwin?
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Airfields
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Multiple Choice
When did the bombing of Darwin occur?
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Round 4: Australia and the Pacific War
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Multiple Choice
What was the main reason the fall of Singapore was a shock to Australians?
Singapore was thought to be an “impenetrable fortress”
It ended the war
It meant Japan had surrendered
It made Britain join the war.
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Multiple Choice
The Kokoda Track campaign was crucial because it:
Helped the Allies invade Japan
Prevented Japan from reaching Port Moresby
Secured oilfields
Allowed Australians to fight in Europe
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Multiple Choice
What is meant by the term 'Chocolate Soldiers'?
Insulting nickname for militia 39th Battalion, suggesting they would “melt in the heat of battle.
A new type of lolly for WW2
An insulting nickname for Aboriginal soldier
Soldier who lived off Chocolate in the jungle.
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Multiple Choice
Who Were The 39th Battalion?
Soldiers who defended Darwin
Soldiers who fought in Japan
Young, barely trained militia battalions sent to defend Papua New Guinea in 1942
Soldiers who fought with the Chinese
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Round 5: Weapons, Tech and Tactics
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Multiple Choice
What was the main type of warfare on the Western Front?
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Multiple Choice
What communication tool became vital in the Pacific campaigns?
Morse Code Radio
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Multiple Choice
Which Australian force primarily defended the northern coastline during WWII?
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Round 6: Artefacts and Sources
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Multiple Choice
A photograph shows soldiers knee-deep in mud, with duckboards disappearing into the mist. Which battlefield does this most likely represent?
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Multiple Choice
A source shows a handwritten diary by a POW describing rice, sickness and forced labour. Which POW camp is suggested?
Changi
StalagLuft II
Colditz
Flanders Field
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Multiple Choice
An artefact shows a triangular fabric patch with a rising sun badge. This belonged to:
Australian Imperial Force
US Marines
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BONUS ROUND: Unscramble the letters. You will have 4 minutes for each one.
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A K K O D OO
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B K O R U T
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A L O R A S E C
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H C N I A G
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G N S A I R O P E
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L A P G O L I L I
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M E S O M
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Gallipoli
Somme
WORLD WAR I
Kokoda
Tobruk
Coral Sea
Changi
Singapore
WORLD WAR II
ANSWERS
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BONUS ROUND 2: MATCH THE LEADER TO HIS COUNTRY (WORLD WAR I AND II)
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WHICH COUNTRY DOES THIS LEADER BELONG?
JOHN CURTAIN
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WHICH COUNTRY DOES THIS LEADER BELONG?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
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WHICH COUNTRY DOES THIS LEADER BELONG?
EMPEROR HIROHITO
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WHICH COUNTRY DOES THIS LEADER BELONG?
ADOLF HITLER
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WHICH COUNTRY DOES THIS LEADER BELONG?
BENITO MUSSOLINI
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WHICH COUNTRY DOES THIS LEADER BELONG?
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Year 9 History in a Flash
By Donna Stanmore
The Australian War Experience
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