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WorksheetsHistory (March) - Year 2/3
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
When was the Medieval Period?
3000 BC - 200 AD
476 - 1492
1500 - 1800
1801 - 2022
Who was at the very top of The Feudal System in medieval times?
The King
Nobility
Knights
Peasants
Who was at the very bottom of The Feudal System in medieval times?
The King
Nobility
Knights
Peasants
Which type of peasant had more freedom and rights?
Villeins
Freemen
What were medieval towns like?
Clean
Dirty
What year did The Plague reach Europe?
1280
1348
1450
1530
How many people did the Plague kill in Europe?
Less than half of the population
10 people
Half of the population
Everyone
What were the 2 types of Plague? (Tick 2)
Bubonic
Ionic
Pneumonic
Atomic
Which animal started The Plague?
Dog
Rat
Spider
Worm
Which type of Plague was spread from one person to another through coughing or sneezing?
Bubonic
Pneumonic
Which type of Plague had a 50% chance of death?
Bubonic
Pneumonic
What was painted on people's doors to show that they had the Plague?
A big black circle
A big white square
A big red cross
A big blue triangle
How did the Plague end?
Doctors found a cure
Everyone died
People started to quarantine
Who discovered the bacteria that caused the Plague in 1894?
Robert Koch
Alexandre Yersin
Louis Pasteur
World War 1 took place between which years?
1890 - 1894
1914 - 1918
1950 - 1954
1974 - 1978
Which countries fought against Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in World War One? (Tick 3)
UK
France
America
Russia
An alliance meant that countries would protect each other so that if one of them was attacked, the other would defend them. True or False?
True
False
What started WW1?
Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary
An explosion
Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary) was killed
UK declared war on Germany
Where did soldiers live during WW1?
Hotels
At home
Trenches
What did soldiers often do during rest times? (Tick 2)
Sang songs
Wrote letters
Played sports
Played card games
What was conscription during WW1?
A law that meant women could fight in the war
A weapon that soldiers used
A law that meant all men aged under 51 HAD to fight in the war
The holes dug into the ground where soldiers had to live
Why did women's lives change because of WW1?
They were not allowed to leave their homes
They were given jobs for the first time
Their lives didn't change
They had to go and fight
What were German airships called that flew over Britain and dropped bombs during WW1?
Zeppelins
Ersatz
Sachsens
Grafs
Germany signed an armistice to end WW1. What was an armistice?
An agreement for land
An agreement for money
An agreement for peace
An agreement for soldiers
WW2 took place between which years?
1920 - 1926
1928 - 1932
1939 - 1945
1960 - 1966
What was the name of Germany's leader during WW2 who started the war?
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Which logo is the Nazi logo?
What was the law called that allowed Hitler to make his own laws without having to ask anyone first?
The Allowing Act
The Oath of Loyalty
The Enabling Act
The Nuremberg Law
What was the name of the President of Germany who died in 1934, allowing Hitler to become Führer?
Kaiser Wilhelm
President Hindenburg
Freidrich Ebert
Karl Donitz
What were The SS in charge of?
Gathering information on German people
Keeping the German people safe
Creating weapons for the war
Creating and running concentration camps where people were sent to be killed
What did the Gestapo do?
They were the secret police who spied on people
They controlled factories
They were in charge of Germany's money
They ran the concentration camps
The Nazi's used censorship. What does censorship mean?
A type of weapon
Scaring or intimidation
Blocking something from being read, heard or seen
In 1939 many Jews were put into Ghettos. What was the biggest ghetto that had the most amount of Jews living there?
Warsaw Ghetto
Lodz Ghetto
Turek Ghetto
Plock Ghetto
What was The Holocaust?
The name of a concentration camp
The killing of lots of Jewish people
The killing of lots of women
What was the biggest and most well-known concentration camp called?
Belzec
Treblinka
Chelmno
Auschwitz
Nelson Mandela was a Human Rights Activist. A human rights activist is someone who stands up for human rights and gets involved in activities which fight for the human rights of others. True or false?
True
False
What was the name of the law the South African government introduced in 1948 to separate blacks and whites?
Separation
Jim Crow
Apartheid
Apart
What was the name of the secret military group that Nelson Mandela set up?
African Spear
Spear of the Congress
Spear of the Nation
Nation Spear
What was the name of the prison Nelson was sent to?
Rush Island
Road Island
Robben Island
Robben Island
What was the name of the award Nelson Mandela won in 1993?
The BAFTA award
Nobel Peace Prize
The Booker Prize
Medal of Honour
What year did Nelson Mandela become president?
1989
1990
1994
2000
How many years was Nelson Mandela in prison for?
20
27
30
37
When did Nelson Mandela die?
5th October 2013
18th July 2013
18th December 2013
5th December 2013
How did The Plague spread to humans?
Through the air
Fleas living on infected rats would jump onto humans and infect them
Through human contact
What does the plague tell us about what medicine and medical knowledge was like in medieval times?
Medieval medicine was good - they had a lot of knowledge
Medieval Medicine was bad - they didn't have much knowledge
Hitler became Führer. What does the German word Führer mean?
King
Power
Leader
President
How did WW2 start?
Hitler ordered German soldiers to invade Poland
Hitler ordered German soldiers to invade Russia
Britain invaded Germany
France invaded Germany
In 1944, Nelson Mandela joined a group that tried to get equal rights for blacks and whites called...
South African Youth Congress (SAYC)
African National Congress (ANC)
African Resistance Movement (ARM)
Anti-apartheid movement
In what year was Nelson Mandela set free from prison?
1979
1980
1990
1998
What was the name of the political party that Hitler joined and later became leader of?
German Workers Party
Centre Party
Nazi Party
Communist Party
