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Year 9 End of Year BIG Quiz

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did WW1 end?

a)

20.07.2021

b)

11.11.1914

c)

11.11.1918

d)

11.11.1945

2.

Who was the leader of Germany during WW1?

a)

Hitler

b)

Gustav Streseman

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm

d)

Kaiser Chiefs

3.

What was the name of the new government in Germany after WW1?

a)

The Nazi Party

b)

The National Socialist German Workers Party

c)

The German Republic

d)

The Weimar Republic

4.

What type of government was this?

a)

Democracy

b)

Communist

c)

Socialist

d)

Dictatorship

5.

Who was the president of the new German government?

a)

Hitler

b)

Hindenburg

c)

Ozil

d)

Streseman

6.

The German parliament was called the

(a)  

7.

When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

a)

June 1919

b)

November 1918

c)

November 1919

d)

June 1918

8.

What were the 4 main areas covered by the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Money

b)

Blame

c)

Land

d)

Army

e)

Berlin

9.

The German word 'dolschtoss' means...

(a)  

10.

The amount Germany had to pay in reparations was...

a)

£6.6 billion

b)

£6.6 million

c)

6.6 million gold marks

d)

$6.6 billion

11.

What was hyperinflation?

a)

The value of money increased and the price of goods increased

b)

The value of money increased and the price of goods decreased

c)

The value of money decreased and the price of goods increased

d)

Bread got expensive and people wiped their bum with cash

12.

Hitler was born in...

(a)  

13.

What life events had a significant impact on Hitler?

a)

His mother beat him

b)

His dog died

c)

His father beat him

d)

His mother died

e)

He was rejected from art college

14.

What was Hitler's role in WW1?

a)

Leader of Germany

b)

Double hard chavvy

c)

Messenger in the trenches

d)

Moustache model

15.

Hitler became leader of...

a)

The NSDAP

b)

The Reichstag

c)

The BADASS

d)

The NSAP

16.

During what event were the leaders of the SA killed?

a)

The Battle of the Somme

b)

The Enabling Act

c)

The Oath of Allegiance

d)

The Night of the Long Knives

17.

The (a)   were the Nazi's secret police.

18.

Hitler hated...

a)

Jews

b)

Disabled people

c)

Year 9

d)

Gypsies

e)

Mrs Campbell

19.

What is the mass killing of Jews by the Nazis called?

a)

Persecution

b)

Concentration camps

c)

Auschwitz

d)

The Holocaust

20.

What was Kristallnacht?

a)

A night when concentration camps were opened

b)

A night when Jewish shops, homes and synagogues were vandalised

c)

A night when Hitler's opponents were murdered

d)

A night when Nazis stole valuable Jewish items

21.

Approximately how many Jews were killed during the Holocaust?

a)

600,000

b)

60,000

c)

600,000,000

d)

6,000,000

22.

Who were Britain's allies during WW2?

a)

Italy, France and America

b)

France, America and Austria Hungary

c)

America, the Soviet Union and Italy

d)

France, America and the Soviet Union

23.

Josef (a)   was the leader of the Soviet Union during WW2

24.

Why was it called the Cold War?

a)

It happened in Russia

b)

It happened during the winter

c)

No fighting actually took place between the 2 sides

d)

The leaders got the flu

25.

Communism believes...

a)

People should be able to get rich

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

The media should be censored

d)

Everyone should receive an equal share of the state's profits

26.

Why did Stalin want to expand the Soviet Union into Eastern Europe?

a)

He wanted to take over the world

b)

Lebensraum

c)

To create a buffer zone between them and Germany

d)

He liked their football teams

27.

Britain and America overcame the Berlin (a)   by carrying out the Berlin airlift.

28.

What two cities did America drop Atomic bombs on in 1945?

a)

Japan

b)

Berlin

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Nagasaki

29.

What were the different types of nuclear bomb developed?

a)

MIRV's

b)

ICBM's

c)

MAD

d)

SLBM's

30.

The nuclear reactor at (a)   exploded in 1986.

31.

Why did America go to war in Vietnam?

a)

To stick up for their allies

b)

To annoy the Soviet Union

c)

To stop the spread of dictatorships

d)

To stop the spread of communism

32.

Ho Chi Minh was the leader of (a)   Vietnam.

33.

What was America's main tactic in the war?

a)

Divide and conquer

b)

Search and destroy

c)

Shock and awe

d)

Ant and Dec

34.

Many of the Viet Cong traps involved (a)   sticks.

35.

In WW1, who were in the Triple Entente?

a)

Britain, France and Russia

b)

Russia, Britain and Austria-Hungary

c)

America, Italy and France

d)

America, Britain and Italy

36.

How long did the Vietnam war last?

a)

15 years

b)

25 years

c)

10 years

d)

20 years

37.

What are the features of Guerrilla warfare?

a)

Uses soldiers who look like civilians

b)

Use the environment to their advantage

c)

Hit and run tactics

d)

A small force fighting a much larger, more powerful army

38.

What was better - traps or tunnels? Explain your answer. Best answer gets 3 bonus points!!!

4 lines
39.

When did WW1 start and end?

a)

1939-1945

b)

1945-1990

c)

1914-1918

d)

1914-1939

40.

How many Marks did America loan Germany?

a)

800 million

b)

600 million

c)

50 million

d)

serious dollar

41.

President (a)   was leader of the USA during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

42.

What was America's domino theory?

a)

The belief that when one country became capitalist, the others around it wold follow.

b)

The belief that when one country became communist, the others around it would follow.

c)

The belief that all Year 9s are melts

d)

The belief that when one country became a dictatorship, the others around it would follow.

43.

What is a colony?

a)

A group of ants

b)

A part of your bum

c)

A country that has been taken over by another country

d)

A country that takes over other countries

44.

How many East Germans fled to the West to escape the Soviet Union?

a)

1 million

b)

2 million

c)

3 million

d)

4 million

45.

Who was supposed to meet Khruschev on 14th May 1960?

a)

Eisenhower

b)

Kennedy

c)

Roosevelt

d)

Your nan

46.

Approximately how many US troops were killed by Viet Cong traps?

a)

4000

b)

40,000

c)

6000

d)

60,000

47.

Who did Hitler blame the Reichstag fire on?

a)

The socialists

b)

The communists

c)

The Nazis

d)

The fascists