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End of Year 9 Adams

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What region of Europe is Bosnia in?

a)

Scandinavia

b)

The Balkans

c)

The Urals

d)

The Mediterranean

2.

What organisation was behind the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

a)

The CIA

b)

The IRA

c)

The Red Hand

d)

The Black Hand

3.

Which country did not join World War 1 until 1915?

a)

The USA

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

Norway

4.

What class of battleship did both the British and the Germans build?

a)

Type 22

b)

Fearless

c)

Dreadnought

d)

Victory

5.

Which 'Pals Battalion' was made up of ex-fishermen?

a)

Accrington Pals

b)

Grimsby Chums

c)

Public Schools Battalion

d)

Salford Pals

6.

What was the name of the German war plan?

a)

Schlieffen Plan

b)

Plan Z

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Barbarossa

7.

Who wrote 'The Donkeys'?

a)

Hitler

b)

Gary Sheffield

c)

Alan Clark

d)

Max Hastings

8.

Who replaced General French as Commander of the British Expeditionary Force?

a)

Smith-Dorrien

b)

Haig

c)

Plumer

d)

Churchill

9.

What year was the Battle of the Somme?

a)

1914

b)

1915

c)

1916

d)

1918

10.

What year did the USA join the war?

a)

1915

b)

1916

c)

1917

d)

1918

11.

What was the name for the empire ruled by the Turks?

a)

Byzantine Empire

b)

Persian Empire

c)

Mughal Empire

d)

Ottoman Empire

12.

Who was British Prime Minister from 1916-22?

a)

Asquith

b)

Lloyd George

c)

Chamberlain

d)

Churchill

13.

What year did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

a)

1928

b)

1933

c)

1936

d)

1940

14.

What year was the Wall Street Crash?

a)

1918

b)

1924

c)

1929

d)

1932

15.

Who was the leader of the USSR during WW2?

a)

Stalin

b)

Lenin

c)

Trotsky

d)

Kerensky

16.

Who was US President at the end of WW2?

a)

Kennedy

b)

Eisenhower

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Truman

17.

What year did D-Day take place?

a)

1942

b)

1944

c)

1945

d)

1946

18.

Who said 'We shall fight them on the beaches'?

a)

Stalin

b)

Emperor Hirohito

c)

Churchill

d)

Chamberlain

19.

Which part of Japan did US forces invade?

a)

Okinawa

b)

Tokyo

c)

Hokkaido

d)

Honshu

20.

What famous RAF fighter pilot had two false legs?

a)

Leonard Cheshire

b)

Jonny Johnson

c)

Douglas Bader