Y9 History

What year did the Titanic sink?

• 1917

• 1923

• 1812

• 1912

What does 'laissez-faire' mean?

• 'Leave it alone' - little government interference

• The government should fund healthcare

• To declare war

• Welfare reforms

What was the main treaty at the end of WWI?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

• Treaty of Europe

• Treaty of London

What political party was Saddam Hussein the leader of?

• Labour Party

• Communist Party

• Ba'ath party

• Iraq Party

What was Duvalier also known as?

• Papa Doc

• Doctor Who

• The Fuhrer

• Great Leader

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a dictatorship?

• A free press

• Strong state control of the media

• Terror

• Crushing political opponents

What year did Hitler invade Russia?

• 1939

• 1918

• 1941

• 1942

What is a show trial?

• Where people decide on the cutest dog

• A public trial in which someone's guilt has already been decided 

• A trial held in private

• A trial where a jury decides the verdict

Who were the Gestapo?

• Stalin's personal bodyguard

• The most feared unit in the German army

• The Soviet secret police  who would investigate, arrest and interrogate 'enemies of the state'.

• The Nazi secret police  who would investigate, arrest and interrogate 'enemies of the state'.

What is hindsight?

• To try to predict what will happen

• Look back at an event, years after, knowing what actually happened

• To look back over a hundred years

• To try and work out what happened with no prior knowledge