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Year 9 Quiz 1.

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did WWII start?

(a)  

2.

Tick the LONG term causes of WWII

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Appeasement

c)

The League of Nations

3.

Tick two short term causes of WWII

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

HItler

c)

Appeasement

d)

League of Nations

4.

Who did the Treaty of Versailles blame for WWI?

a)

Britain

b)

France

c)

USA

d)

Germany

5.

Why did Britain and France follow a policy of Appeasement with Hitler

a)

To avoid another war

b)

They liked HItler

c)

Britain and France were enemies

6.

What does the term 'Blitzkrieg' mean?

(a)  

7.

What was the German Panzer division?

a)

Airforce

b)

Tanks/armored Vehicles

c)

Navy

d)

Soldiers

8.

Luftwaffe means German...

(a)  

9.

Tick the 3 countries Germany used the Blitzkrieg tactics on

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Poland

d)

USSR

10.

Which country were the Blitzkrieg tactics less successful on?

a)

France

b)

USSR

c)

Poland

11.

Tick the two statements which apply to communism

a)

Wealth, resources and services all to be shared equally amongst all people.

b)

Workers to lead and govern the nation.

c)

Civil freedoms, religious freedoms and democracy.

d)

Small government and wealth creation.

12.

Tick the two statements which apply to capitalism

a)

Small government and wealth creation.

b)

Lead by the workers

c)

Civil freedoms, religious freedoms and democracy.

d)

Sharing of wealth

13.

Who were the three leaders that formed the Grand Alliance

a)

Stalin

b)

Wilson

c)

Churchill

d)

Roosevelt

14.

What were the names of the two conferences held after WWII?

a)

Yalta and Potsdam

b)

Yalta and Versailles

c)

Potsdam and Paris

15.

Which of the following is the correct definition of defector?

a)

Somebody who leaves West Germany to flee to East Germany

b)

Somebody who leaves East Germany to flee to West Germany

16.

A political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from 1945 until 1991 describes which keyterm?

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Iron Will

c)

Soviet Curtain

17.

True or False:

The relationship between the Allied zone and the Soviet zone in Germany remained positive.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False:

Germany suffered greatly after WWII. The economy was in ruins and many people were living in poverty.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False:

After its unconditional surrender, Germany was divided into five zones of Allied military occupation: American, French, British, and Soviet.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False:

The old capital of Berlin was also divided into four zones, but Berlin itself remained inside of the Soviet zone. The Allies were concerned that the capital of Germany was situated in the Communist part of Germany.

a)

True

b)

False