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3rd year pre quiz

Total questions: 114

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?

a)

1940

b)

1941

c)

1939

d)

1945

2.
WW2 ended in what year?
a)
1932
b)
1945
c)
1936
d)
1941
3.
What happened on June 6, 1944?
a)
V-J Day
b)
D-DAY
c)
D-V day
d)
V-E day
4.

When did WW2 start?

a)

1939

b)

1940

c)

1941

d)

1942

5.

What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

a)

to create an international peacekeeping organization

b)

top secret government project to develop the atomic bomb

c)

to provide benefits to World War II veterans

d)

to help workers who lost their jobs when the was ended

6.
What event led Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
a)
Germany invaded Poland.
b)
Germany and Italy formed the Rome-Berlin Axis.
c)
Germany invaded Sudetenland.
d)
Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to attack each other.
7.
What was the code name for Allied attack on Normandy?
a)
Operation Fortitude
b)
Operation Overlord
c)
Operation D-Day
d)
Operation Normandy
8.
Why did Japan attack the U.S. navel base at Pearl Harbor in 1941?
a)
Its leaders wanted to punish the Unites States for its role in World War I.
b)
Its leaders believed the U.S. Navy blocked Japanese expansion.
c)
Its leaders wanted to gain control of Hawaii's natural resources.
d)
The United States had recently declared war on Japan.
9.
Who was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe?
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
George W. Bush
d)
Winston Churchill
10.

What Two countries were involved in the battle of Britain?

a)

Britain and Italy

b)

U.S and Germany

c)

Britain and Germany

d)

Britain and the Soviet Union

11.

In What country was the battle of Stalingrad fought?

a)

Italy

b)

Japan

c)

Germany

d)

France

e)

Soviet Union

12.

By 1945 American bombing raids have heavily damaged the home island of Japan, but Japan is ___________ to surrender and prepares to _____________________.

a)

about, meet with President Truman

b)

unwilling, fight to the very end

c)

ready, evacuate the whole country

d)

unwilling, bomb American naval bases in Hawaii

13.

On_________________ the first atomic bomb is dropped on ______________. On August 14, Japan surrenders.

a)

August 6, 1945, Tokyo

b)

August 23, 1945, Hiroshima

c)

August 23, 1949, Nagasaki

d)

August 6, 1945, Hiroshima

14.

This battle occurred in Belgium in December 1944. The Germans pushed into Allied lines but never broke through. It was cold and brutal and was the last Nazi offensive.

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of the Marne

c)

Battle of Bunker Hill

d)

Hitler's Last Stand

15.

The Allied invasion at Normandy that liberated France and eventually Europe occurred on ____________ and is known as _____________.

a)

June 6, 1944; D-Day

b)

June 6, 1944; Pearl Harbor Day

c)

December 7, 1941; Dunkirk Day

d)

July 4, 1944; Paris Day

16.

May 8, 1945 is

a)

Victory in Europe Day

b)

Victory in Japan Day

c)

The day Hitler died

d)

D-Day

17.

V-J Day is ______________ and means _______________.

a)

September 2, 1945; Victory in Japan

b)

September 2, 1945; Victory in Jesus

c)

May 8, 1945; Victory in Europe

d)

April 8, 1945; Victory in Japan

18.

British and French soldiers were driven to the English Channel by the Germans and rescued by private boats of the British at:

a)

Dunkirk

b)

Normandy

c)

Brittany

d)

Paris

19.

The Germans captured 90% of this city but after winter set in, the Soviets were able to trap them and starve them out. The Soviets won but lost 1.1 million people in this battle alone.

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Leningrad

c)

Warsaw

d)

Moscow

20.

What was the German word for the term that means 'lightening war'?

a)

Dunkirk

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Operation Overlord

d)

Dolchstoss

21.

What was the name given to the operation when Germany broke its pact with the Soviet Union and invaded Russia?

a)

Operation Valkyrie

b)

Operation Dynamo

c)

Operation Overlord

d)

Operation Barbarossa

22.

Where did Hitler commit suicide?

a)

In a station in Dresden

b)

In the war rooms in Munich

c)

In a bunker in Berlin

d)

At the Berghof in the Alps

23.

The Allies consisted of......

a)

Japan, Germany, and America

b)

America, France, and Italy

c)

America, U.S.S.R, and Britain

d)

Germany, China, Japan, and Hawaii

24.

In February of 1945, 30,000 U. S. Marines land in one day on the tiny island of _________ putting them in bombing range of Japan.

a)

Singapore

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Papua New Guinea

d)

Tasmania

25.

The time between Germanys invasion of Poland and the breakout of heavy fighting is known as

a)

The Phoney War

b)

The Pacific Theatre

c)

The D-Day Landings

d)

Blitzkreig

26.

The name of the German General defeated at the battle of El Alamein in North Africa?

a)

Himmler

b)

Von Paulus

c)

Rommel

d)

Goebbels

27.

Which of these is NOT a code name for the landing sites during the D-Day Landings

a)

Omaha

b)

Juno

c)

Sword

d)

Shield

28.

Name the German city firebombed by the Allies at the end of WW2

a)

Frankfurt

b)

Dresden

c)

Berlin

d)

Munich

29.

Name of the puppet government set up in France when it was under Nazi control

a)

Totalitarian France

b)

Fascist France

c)

Nazi France

d)

Vichy France

30.

Name of the tank battle between the Nazis and the Soviet forces in 1943

a)

Battle of El Alamein

b)

Battle of the Kursk

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Battle of Iwo Jima

31.

In what year did the Easter Rising take place?

a)

1914

b)

1918

c)

1916

d)

1619

32.

What does GPO stand for?

a)

Government Police Office

b)

General Post Office

c)

General Permission Offering

33.

The secret Military Council was set up by

a)

the IRB

b)

Sinn Féin

c)

The Irish Volunteers

d)

The Irish Citizen Army

34.

Who was in charge of organising weapons for the Rising?

a)

Thomas MacDonagh

b)

Jim Larkin

c)

James Connolly

d)

Sir Roger Casement

35.

Who was Eoin MacNeill in charge of?

(a)  

36.

Who read out the Proclamation in front of the GPO?

a)

James Connolly

b)

Roger Casement

c)

Pádraig Pearse

d)

Joseph Plunkett

37.

What was the name of the ship carrying the arms and ammunition for the rebels?

(a)  

38.

The newspapers at the time referred to the Rising as 'the _________ ___________ Rising'

(a)  

39.

Who was executed in a chair in Kilmainham Gaol after the Rising?

a)

James Connolly

b)

Thomas Clarke

c)

Joseph Plunkett

d)

Pádraig Pearse

40.

What event caused the Irish Volunteers to split into two different groups in 1914?

a)

The War of Indepenence

b)

World War I

c)

The Anglo Irish Treaty

d)

The Great Famine

41.

True or False

The IRB sent Roger Casement to Germany to buy guns and ask for German support for the rising. a ship called the Aud set sail for Ireland with with guns on board. The Aud was captured by the British of the Kerry coast on Good Friday 1916

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Was the "castle document" a real or forged document?

a)

Real

b)

Forged

43.

Which of the following (more than one) were key buildings during the 1916 Rising?

a)

GPO

b)

Four Courts

c)

College of Surgeons

d)

Boland's Mills

e)

Croke Park

44.

Who read the proclamation on the steps of the GPO?

(a)  

45.

Unionists wanted

a)

to keep the union with Great Britain and the parliament in London

b)

to keep some links with Great Britain but allow Ireland some government powers

c)

to get rid of all the links between Britain and Ireland

46.

Nationalists wanted

a)

a change in the way Ireland was ruled. They wanted some sort of self-government

b)

to maintain the union with Britain

c)

to have an Irish king or queen

47.

Which of these was NOT a nationalist group in Ireland in the 1910's

a)

Unionists

b)

The IRB

c)

Sinn Fein

d)

Home Rule Party

48.

The leaders of the unionist party in the north of Ireland in the 1910's were

a)

Carson

b)

Redmond

c)

Craig

d)

Griffith

49.

Home Rule was going to come into law in Ireland in 1914 but ....

a)

the conservative party outlawed it

b)

world war one broke out

c)

The unionist opposed it

d)

The house of lords vetoed it

50.

In opposition to the prospect of Home Rule in Ireland, the unionists in the north

a)

signed the solemn league and covenant

b)

formed the UVF

c)

formed the IVF

d)

allowed the law pass

51.

In 1914 Ireland was on the brink of a civil war about Home Rule

a)

True

b)

False

52.

When WW1 broke out, Unionists in the North.....

a)

immediately answered his majesty's call

b)

stayed in Ulster to defend Ulster

c)

showed support for the war but didnt enlist

53.
The Holocaust occurred during which war?
a)
World War I
b)
Civil War
c)
World War II
d)
Cold War
54.
Which term means prejudice against or hatred of Jews?
a)
Semitism
b)
Anti-semitism
c)
ghetto 
d)
Holocaust
55.
Which statement about ghettos is not correct?
a)
Many families lived together in one small apartment.
b)
People were always hungry.
c)
The residents of the ghetto were free to come and go as they pleased.
d)
Living conditions were unsanitary.
56.
Nazis believed Germans were racially superior and Jews were ______ .
a)
prejudiced
b)
unkind
c)
inferior
d)
respected
57.
How were the Jews transported to the different camps?
a)
Cattlecars
b)
Taxis
c)
Police vans
d)
Horse & buggy
58.
The Kristalnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") resulted in all of the following except
a)
synagogues burned
b)
Jewish businesses destroyed
c)
Jewish children expelled from schools
d)
perpetrators were prosecuted
59.
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
a)
1 million
b)
6 million
c)
100'000
d)
60 million
60.
What does the term "Final Solution" mean?
a)
Germany's plan to send all the Jews to Israel
b)
Hitler's plan to commit suicide
c)
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Germany
d)
Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the U.S.
61.
What does the term genocide mean?
a)
the killing of all the pets in a country
b)
The murder of all the children in a country
c)
The murder of a particular gender of people like all the males
d)
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
62.
Hostility to or prejudice against Jews is known as
a)
Pro-Judaism
b)
Anti-Judaism
c)
Anti-Jewishism
d)
Anti-Semitism
63.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
64.
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
a)
a yellow star of David
b)
a sign that said Jew
c)
Black clothes
d)
A yellow cross
65.
What was the name of Hitler's army.
a)
nazis
b)
the black hand
c)
bolshiviks
d)
german army
66.
What number closest represent the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust
a)
6,000,000
b)
6,000
c)
600,000,000
d)
1,000,000
67.
________ __________ is a place of detention  where people were imprisoned often under barbaric conditions
a)
Nazi Party
b)
Displaced persons
c)
Warsaw Ghetto
d)
Concentration Camp
68.
Which leader is responsible for the killing of six million Jews during the Holocaust?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Adolph Hitler
d)
Otto von Bismarck
69.
The Holocaust was Hitler's "Final Solution" to exterminate which race of people?
a)
Aryans
b)
Jews
c)
Russians
d)
Slavs
70.
The individuals who were victims of the Holocaust were primarily of what religion?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Judaism
71.
Who was Anne Frank?
a)
A young Jewish girl.
b)
A young Dutch girl.
c)
A young American girl.
d)
A young Polish girl.
72.

what was the final solution

a)

It was just a term used to describe how they faught

b)

Hitlers plan to destroy the jews

c)

it was the final plan against the U.S

d)

it was hitlers plan to make the perfect cake

73.

What was the last major battle of the American Revolution in 1781?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Yorktown

c)

Saratoga

d)

Valley Forge

74.

Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution due to French agreeing to help the colonists?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Yorktown

c)

Saratoga

d)

Valley Forge

75.

Which battle marked the start of the American Revolution?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Yorktown

c)

Saratoga

76.

What are the 3 unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Life, Liberty, Injustice

b)

Liberty, Life, and No taxation without representation

c)

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

77.

What were 4 grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Quartering of troops, no trial by jury, no colonial legislature, and taxation without representation

b)

Petition, Protest, boycott, tar and feather

c)

Townshend Act, Intolerable Act, boycott

d)

Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness

78.

When was the Declaration of Independence written?

a)

December 16, 1773

b)

July 4, 1776

c)

March 5, 1770

d)

July 4, 1620

79.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Samuel Adams

80.

Who did the Second Continental Congress appoint to lead the Continental Army?

a)

Patrick Henry

b)

Sam Adams

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Paine

81.

An Irish nationalist is ...

a)

someone who believes that Irish people are their own nation

b)

someone that believes that Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom with Britain

82.

Constitutional nationalists wanted to see the re-establishment of a parliament in Ireland through ...

a)

violence

b)

political means

83.

Who is this?

a)

John Redmond

b)

Charles Stewart Parnell

c)

James Craig

d)

Douglas Hyde

84.

Under __________ _____________, Ireland would have its own parliament in Dublin to govern local affairs, such as education and health, while Westminster could still control foreign affairs.

(a)  

85.

The focus on promoting a national identity shaped by shared cultural conditions and language is know as ...

(a)  

86.

Parliamentary tradition involves...

a)

The use of physical force

b)

Working through laws and parliament to achieve change

87.

Those who supported the Union were called...

a)

Nationalists

b)

Unionists

c)

separatists

88.

Those who opposed the union were called...

a)

Unionists

b)

Nationalists

c)

separatists

89.

In what year did the Easter Rising take place?

a)

1914

b)

1918

c)

1916

d)

1619

90.

What building did the 7 signatories take over?

a)

The GPO (general post office)

b)

Trinity College

c)

Stephens Green Shopping Centre

d)

St. Enda's School

91.

Which of the following buildings were taken over by the groups of Volunteers? (more than one answer here)

a)

Bolands Mill

b)

Four Courts

c)

Jacobs Biscuit Factory

d)

College of Surgeons

e)

Trinity College

92.

Where did Joseph Plunkett get married?

a)

GPO

b)

Hospital

c)

Kilmainham Gaol

93.

What signified the end of the rising on that Sunday, 29th April?

a)

The new Irish flag was waved

b)

Pearse was sent to prison

c)

A white flag was waved by a nurse

d)

The seven signatories were killed

94.

Renaissance means

a)

Rebirth

b)

Restart

c)

Reform

d)

Relation

95.

Which country did the Renaissance start in?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Germany

96.

Invention that helped spread information

a)

Printing Press

b)

Mail service

c)

Pigeon Carrier

d)

Typewriter

97.

The first book ever published for the public

a)

The Prince

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Dante's Inferno

d)

The Bible

98.

English playwright famous for his stories

a)

Dante

b)

Shakespeare

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Lorenzo Medici

99.

Who was considered to be the greatest thinker of the Renaissance?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Dante

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Da Vinci

100.

Select the two most famous art pieces by Michelangelo

a)

The Statue of David

b)

The Last Supper

c)

The Sistine Chapel

d)

The Mona Lisa

101.

Select the two most famous artworks by Da Vinci

a)

The Statue of David

b)

The Last Supper

c)

The Sistine Chapel

d)

The Mona Lisa

102.

Which two Italian cities really grew during the Renaissance?

a)

Florence

b)

London

c)

Paris

d)

Venice

103.

Which powerful family used violence to gain their power?

a)

The Medici Family

b)

The Shakespeare Family

c)

The Caesar Family

d)

The Da Vinci Family

104.

A sequence of events in time are called a

a)

chronology

b)

artifact

c)

question

d)

sourcing

105.

______________ is the way of looking at something that may be shaped by things like a person's age, job, religion or political views.

a)

Primary source

b)

Secondary source

c)

Perspective

d)

Bias

106.

A(n) _______________ is a human made object such as a tool, button, or old vase.

a)

artifact

b)

secondary source

c)

bias

d)

question

107.

A document or record of past events created by people who were present at that time is called ____________.

a)

Secondary Source

b)

Primary Source

c)

Corroboration

d)

Sourcing

108.

A ________________ is written after the time period by an expert or historian and can include books, magazines, and short articles.

a)

primary Source

b)

secondary Source

c)

bias

d)

artifact

109.

Anything that might change a person's observations, ranging from a simple friendship to a dislike of a person or group is _______________.

a)

evidence

b)

point of view

c)

bias

d)

primary source

110.

Explain the job of a historian.

a)

The people that studies the remains left behind by humans.

b)

The people that studies culture.

c)

The people that studies dinosaurs.

d)

The people that studies history & write about it. (Writes Textbooks)

111.

Explain the job of an archaeologist.

a)

The people that studies the remains left behind by humans.

b)

The people that studies culture.

c)

The people that studies dinosaurs.

d)

The people that studies history & write about it. (Writes Textbooks)

112.
What is Prehistory?
a)
The time period before humans farmed and raised animals
b)
The history of the earth before humans
c)
The period of time before there were written records
The period of time before there were written records
d)
The period of time also known as "ancient" history
113.
Which group of dates are arranged in chronological order?
a)
100 AD, 200 AD, 300 BC, 150 BC
b)
2010 CE, 2013 CE, 2014 CE, 2017 CE
c)
450 BC, 200 BC, 100 AD, 98 AD
d)
1000BC, 300 BC, 400 BC, 10 AD
114.
B.C. Stands for
a)
Before Common Era
b)
Before Christ
c)
Before Columbus Era
d)
Best Cousins

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