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WorksheetsHistory GCSE Quiz
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these leaders was not at the Yalta conference?
a)
Churchill
b)
Roosevelt
c)
Truman
d)
Stalin
2.
Which of these was not a point of conflict at the Potsdam conference?
a)
Denazification
b)
Reparations
c)
Free elections
d)
Germany's borders.
3.
In which country was politician Jan Masaryk killed by Stalin's Communists in 1948?
a)
Poland
b)
Hungary
c)
Italy
d)
Czechoslovakia
4.
How did Stalin take over the Governments of Eastern Europe?
a)
Salami Tactics
b)
Marshall Aid
c)
Containment
d)
Buffer Zone
5.
Truman announced the Truman Doctrine, providing military assistance to stop Communism spreading to...
a)
Turkey
b)
Italy
c)
Greece
d)
Poland
6.
How much money did the Marshall plan provide for European recovery?
a)
$170,000
b)
$17 Million
c)
$17 Billion
d)
$170 million
7.
Which of these was a not a condition for countries accepting Marshall Aid?
a)
Buy American goods and services
b)
Join the OEEC
c)
Host American military bases.
d)
Allow American investment.
8.
Why did Eastern European countries not receive Marshall Aid?
a)
They didn't need it.
b)
They were too proud.
c)
They were not offered it
d)
Stalin prevented them for accepting.
9.
In what year did the Berlin Blockade start?
a)
1947
b)
1948
c)
1949
d)
1950
10.
What prompted Stalin to blockade Berlin?
a)
The introduction of a new currency in the Western zones.
b)
The division of Germany
c)
The Iron Curtain speech
d)
The Novikov Telegram
11.
Which of these was not created in 1949?
a)
The Warsaw Pact
b)
NATO
c)
German Democratic Republic
d)
Federal Republic of Germany
12.
Who was leader of Cuba until 1959?
a)
Che Guevara
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Fulgencio Batista
d)
Costa Barista
13.
Which of these did Cuba NOT produce?
a)
Oil
b)
Sugar
c)
Tobacco
d)
Rum
14.
When was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
a)
1959
b)
1960
c)
1961
d)
1962
15.
How did Fidel Castro anger America after taking power in 1959?
a)
Boycotting American goods
b)
Attacking American Ships
c)
Seizing American Businesses
d)
Buying Russian Oil
16.
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
a)
2 Weeks
b)
1 Month
c)
5 Days
d)
13 Days
17.
Which of these was NOT placed in Cuba by the Soviet Union?
a)
ICBMs
b)
MRBMs
c)
IRBMs
d)
Missile transporters
18.
To end the Cuban missile crisis Kennedy agreed to...
a)
Withdraw missiles from Turkey publicly.
b)
Withdraw missiles from Germany in secret.
c)
begin trading with Cuba.
d)
Withdraw missiles from Turkey in secret.
19.
Which of these was NOT a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
A hotline was installed between the White House and the Kremlin
b)
France withdrew from NATO
c)
The Limited Test Ban Treaty
d)
An escalation in Cold War tension.
20.
In what year did the French leave Vietnam?
a)
1954
b)
1955
c)
1956
d)
1957
21.
Who was the leader of the Capitalist Republic of (South) Vietnam?
a)
Ngo Dinh Diem
b)
Bao Dai
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
General Giap
22.
Which resolution was passed in 1964 allowing the American president to use military force in Vietnam?
a)
The Rolling Thunder Resolution
b)
The Search and Destroy Resolution
c)
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
The Da Nang Thang
23.
How did President Kennedy escalate American involvement in Vietnam?
a)
Bombing North Vietnam.
b)
Sending US Marines.
c)
Sending Military Advisers.
d)
Using Nuclear weapons.
24.
Which President first sent combat troops to Vietnam and when?
a)
Johnson 1965
b)
Kennedy 1964
c)
Johnson 1963
d)
Kennedy 1963
25.
Which Massacre occurred in 1968 and later caused a scandal in America?
a)
Ke Sanh
b)
My Lai
c)
Tet
d)
Da Nang
26.
Which of these was tactic used by the Vietcong and the NVA?
a)
Cluster Bombs
b)
Search and Destroy
c)
Hanging on to the Belts
d)
Hanging on to the Hats
27.
Which of these was NOT a type of booby trap used by the Vietcong and the NVA?
a)
Toe Poppers
b)
Trip Wires
c)
Punji Stakes
d)
Agent Orange
28.
Which famous boxer refused to serve in Vietnam after being drafted?
a)
George Foreman
b)
Joe Frazer
c)
Rocky Balboa
d)
Mohammed Ali
29.
Which of these groups did not protest against the Vietnam War?
a)
SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)
b)
The Catholic Chuch
c)
VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War)
d)
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
30.
Where were four American students shot dead by the National Guard at a Vietnam War Protest?
a)
Kent State University
b)
Harvard University
c)
University of Southern California
d)
University of California Berkley
31.
Which President introduced the policy of Vietnamization?
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
32.
Who were the leaders of the Spartacist Revolt?
a)
Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebnecht
b)
Rosa Liebnecht and Karl Luxembourg
c)
Wolfgang Kapp and Ernst Rohm
d)
Gustav Ritter Von Kahr and Wolfgang Kapp
33.
How did the treaty of Versailles limit Germany's armed forces?
a)
100,000 Soldiers, No navy, 6 Aeroplanes
b)
1,000,000 soldiers, 6 warships, No Airforce
c)
100,000 soldiers, 6 warships, No Airforce
d)
No Soldiers, 6 Warships, 1000 Aeroplanes
34.
Who was the first president of the Weimar republic?
a)
Ebert
b)
Hindenberg
c)
Hitler
d)
Stresemann
35.
In which year was the Kapp Putsch?
a)
1920
b)
1921
c)
1919
d)
1923
36.
Which of these events did NOT take place on the 9th of November?
a)
Beer Hall Putsch (1923)
b)
Kristallnacht (1938)
c)
Reichstag Fire (1933)
d)
Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
37.
Which event led to the Hyperinflation of 1923 in Germany?
a)
The Ruhr Occupation
b)
The Beer Hall Putsch
c)
The Wall Street Crash
d)
The Locarno Treaty
38.
How did Stresemann bring American loans to Germany in the 1920s?
a)
The Locarno Pact
b)
The Kellog-Briand Pact
c)
The Dawes Plan
d)
The Young Plan
39.
What did chancellor Bruning's government do to deal with the Great Depression?
a)
Raise taxes and cut unemployment benefit
b)
Cut taxes and raise unemployment benefit
c)
Built motorways to create jobs.
d)
Sack Jews and women from their jobs.
40.
Who suggested to Hindenberg that Hitler be made Chancellor of Germany in 1933?
a)
Von Schleicher
b)
Rohm
c)
Bruning
d)
Von Papen
41.
What did Hindenberg give to Hitler after the Reichstag Fire in 1933?
a)
Emergency Powers
b)
The Enabling Act
c)
Control of the Army
d)
The Title of Fuhrer
42.
Which of these people was NOT murdered on the Night of the Long Knives?
a)
Franz Von Papen
b)
Kurt Von Sleicher
c)
Gustav Von Kahr
d)
Gregor Strasser
43.
What did Strength Through Joy (KdF) provide for Germans
a)
Jobs
b)
Organised leisure activities
c)
Improvements in the Workplace
d)
A trade union
44.
What did the Beauty of Labour (SdA) provide for German workers?
a)
Jobs
b)
Leisure Activities
c)
Improvements in the Workplace
d)
A trade union
45.
How many children did a German family need to have to write off their 1000 mark marriage loan in full?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
46.
What was the name of the first concentration camp set up by the Nazis?
a)
Dachau
b)
Auschwitz
c)
Oranienberg
d)
Sachsenhausen
47.
Who was head of the SS?
a)
Rudoplh Hess
b)
Hermann Goering
c)
Heinrich Himmler
d)
Josef Goebbels
48.
Who was in charge of Propaganda in Hitler's Third Reich?
a)
Josef Goebbels
b)
Hermann Goering
c)
Ernst Rohm
d)
Adolf Eichmann
49.
How did Nazi policy towards women change in the 1940s?
a)
They were allowed to wear what they wanted.
b)
They could have abortions
c)
They were encouraged to go to work in war industries.
d)
They were encouraged to have more children.
50.
Which of these groups was were Girls allowed to join in Nazi Germany?
a)
German Young Folk
b)
Swing Kids
c)
Edelweiss Pirates
d)
League of German Maidens
51.
Which of these social reformers drew poverty maps of Britain in the Victorian period?
a)
Charles Booth
b)
William Booth
c)
Seebohm Rowntree
d)
John Galt
52.
Who set up a charity providing shelter and food for abandoned children in England?
a)
Dr Banardos
b)
David Lloyd George
c)
Dr Crippen
d)
Dr Jeykll
53.
What did the National Insurance Act Part 1 (1911) provide?
a)
Sickness benefit and medical treatment?
b)
Unemployment Benefits
c)
Help finding work
d)
Medical treatment for workers children.
54.
Who was excluded from the Pensions Act 1908?
a)
People over 70
b)
Married People
c)
People in receipt of poor relief
d)
People earning less than £31 10s per year.
55.
Which of these was NOT part of the Children's Charter of 1908?
a)
Young offenders sent to borstal not adult prison
b)
Parents could be prosecuted for cruelty to children.
c)
Children could not buy cigarettes.
d)
Children were not allowed to work.
56.
Who blocked the People's Budget of 1909?
a)
Liberals
b)
The Labour Party
c)
The House of Lords
d)
David Lloyd George
57.
Which of these was an argument against women getting the vote?
a)
Women and Men have seperate spheres.
b)
Other countries had given women the vote
c)
The role of women was changing
d)
Britain was not a true democracy if over half the adult population couldn't vote.
58.
Which group was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst?
a)
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
b)
The Women's Social and Political Union
c)
The Suffragists
d)
The National League for Opposing Women's Suffrage
59.
What tactic did arrested Suffragettes use to push for recognition as political prisoners?
a)
Dirty Protests
b)
Force Feeding
c)
Riots
d)
Hunger Strikes
60.
What was The Temporary Discharge for Ill Health Act (1913) better known as?
a)
The Childrens Charter
b)
The Political Prisoners Act
c)
The Womens' Health Charter
d)
The Cat and Mouse Act
61.
Which of these WWI newspapers was produced by troops in the trenches to mock government propaganda during WWI?
a)
The Ypres Gazette
b)
The Tommy Times
c)
John Bull
d)
The Wipers Times
62.
In what year were some women given the vote?
a)
1914
b)
1916
c)
1918
d)
1921
63.
How many men had volunteered to join the army by March 1916?
a)
250,000
b)
2.5 Million
c)
10 million
d)
20 Million
64.
In what year did the government introduce conscription during WWI?
a)
1915
b)
1916
c)
1917
d)
1918
65.
Which of these towns was shelled by German ships in 1914?
a)
Scarborough
b)
Cleethorpes
c)
Bognor
d)
Southend
66.
Who was made minister for munitions after the Daily Mail exposed a crisis in 1915?
a)
Winston Churchill
b)
David Lloyd George
c)
Lord Kitchener
d)
Lord Derby
67.
Which job saw a decrease in women workers during WWI?
a)
Textiles
b)
Munitions
c)
Transport
d)
Domestic Service
68.
In what year was compulsory rationing set up during WW1?
a)
1915
b)
1916
c)
1917
d)
1918
69.
Which of these things was not rationed during WWI?
a)
Bread
b)
Sugar
c)
Meat
d)
Butter
70.
Which of these organisations could women join to help with farm work?
a)
WLA
b)
WAAC
c)
WRNS
d)
WAAF
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