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Year 9 Quiz 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why was World War Two started?

a)

The French invading Spain

b)

The Germans invading Poland

c)

The Germans threatening France

d)

The Polish taking over Germany

2.

When did World War Two end?

a)

1990

b)

1918

c)

1945

d)

1939

3.

When Germany invaded the USSR, what was it called?

a)

Operation Sea Lion

b)

Operation D-Day

c)

Operation Overlord

d)

Operation Barbarosa

4.

In what year did World War Two start?

a)

1918

b)

1945

c)

1939

d)

1492

5.

Who was the last to surrender on the Axis in World War Two?

a)

Japan

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Hungary

e)

Romania

6.

Why did the USA join World War Two?

a)

Germany attacked New York

b)

Japan bombed Pearl Harbour

c)

Italy took over Florida

d)

Germany told Mexico to attack the USA

7.

Why did the Soviets win against the Germans when they were surrounding Moscow?

a)

The Axis disbanded

b)

The Soviets allied with Finland.

c)

Winter came in Russia and Germany was freezing

d)

The Soviets didn’t win against the Germans.

8.

The first (1st) Atomic Bomb was dropped on:

a)

Hiroshima.

b)

Nagasaki.

c)

Tokyo.

d)

None of these.

9.

When did Japan finally surrender?:

a)

Following the second (2nd) Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki.

b)

When U.S. troops invaded and captured Tokyo.

c)

Following the first (1st) Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima.

d)

They never surrendered.

10.

Hitler's "lightning war" tactics were also known as the:

a)

Bolshevik

b)

Blitzkreig

c)

Bedlam in Belgium

d)

Birkenbier

11.

How did Truman help the people of West Berlin?

a)

By airlifting supplies, such as fuel and food, into the city

b)

He didn't

c)

He sent American troops and tanks to break into the city

d)

He protested in the United Nations

12.

Why weren't nuclear weapons used during the Cold War?

a)

The Domino Theory

b)

The Marshall Plan

c)

Mutually assured destruction

d)

Strategic defensive initiative

13.

The US and the Soviet Union were stockpiling weapons in an effort to have more weapons than the other side. This was called...

a)

the Korean War

b)

the Manhattan Project

c)

the arms race

d)

disarmament talks

14.

What happened to many eastern European countries after WWII?

a)

They were dependent on the Marshall Plan

b)

They developed democratic governments

c)

They became economic world powers

d)

They became Soviet satellite states

15.

Churchill called the imaginary line between Soviet satellite states and western Europe.....

a)

NATO

b)

The Iron Curtain

c)

The Berlin Wall

d)

The Great Wall

16.

The Cold War was between the US and

a)

Korea

b)

China

c)

Germany

d)

The Soviet Union

17.

Which two nations emerged as superpowers after WWII?

a)

Soviet Union and Germany

b)

US and Great Britain

c)

France and Great Britain

d)

US and Soviet Union

18.
During what event did U.S. airplanes drop food and supplies to the people in West Berlin?
a)
Berlin Airlift
b)
World War II
c)
British Air Raid
d)
Soviet Food Drive
19.
Who built the Berlin Wall?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
NATO
c)
The UN
d)
China
20.
What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?
a)
Gagarin
b)
Sputnik
c)
Apollo 11
d)
Apollo 13