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History (March) - Year 2/3

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the Medieval Period?

a)

3000 BC - 200 AD

b)

476 - 1492

c)

1500 - 1800

d)

1801 - 2022

2.

Who was at the very top of The Feudal System in medieval times?

a)

The King

b)

Nobility

c)

Knights

d)

Peasants

3.

Who was at the very bottom of The Feudal System in medieval times?

a)

The King

b)

Nobility

c)

Knights

d)

Peasants

4.

Which type of peasant had more freedom and rights?

a)

Villeins

b)

Freemen

5.

What were medieval towns like?

a)

Clean

b)

Dirty

6.

What year did The Plague reach Europe?

a)

1280

b)

1348

c)

1450

d)

1530

7.

How many people did the Plague kill in Europe?

a)

Less than half of the population

b)

10 people

c)

Half of the population

d)

Everyone

8.

What were the 2 types of Plague? (Tick 2)

a)

Bubonic

b)

Ionic

c)

Pneumonic

d)

Atomic

9.

Which animal started The Plague?

a)

Dog

b)

Rat

c)

Spider

d)

Worm

10.

Which type of Plague was spread from one person to another through coughing or sneezing?

a)

Bubonic

b)

Pneumonic

11.

Which type of Plague had a 50% chance of death?

a)

Bubonic

b)

Pneumonic

12.

What was painted on people's doors to show that they had the Plague?

a)

A big black circle

b)

A big white square

c)

A big red cross

d)

A big blue triangle

13.

How did the Plague end?

a)

Doctors found a cure

b)

Everyone died

c)

People started to quarantine

14.

Who discovered the bacteria that caused the Plague in 1894?

a)

Robert Koch

b)

Alexandre Yersin

c)

Louis Pasteur

15.

World War 1 took place between which years?

a)

1890 - 1894

b)

1914 - 1918

c)

1950 - 1954

d)

1974 - 1978

16.

Which countries fought against Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in World War One? (Tick 3)

a)

UK

b)

France

c)

America

d)

Russia

17.

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?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What started WW1?

a)

Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary

b)

An explosion

c)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary) was killed

d)

UK declared war on Germany

19.

Where did soldiers live during WW1?

a)

Hotels

b)

At home

c)

Trenches

20.

What did soldiers often do during rest times? (Tick 2)

a)

Sang songs

b)

Wrote letters

c)

Played sports

d)

Played card games

21.

What was conscription during WW1?

a)

A law that meant women could fight in the war

b)

A weapon that soldiers used

c)

A law that meant all men aged under 51 HAD to fight in the war

d)

The holes dug into the ground where soldiers had to live

22.

Why did women's lives change because of WW1?

a)

They were not allowed to leave their homes

b)

They were given jobs for the first time

c)

Their lives didn't change

d)

They had to go and fight

23.

What were German airships called that flew over Britain and dropped bombs during WW1?

a)

Zeppelins

b)

Ersatz

c)

Sachsens

d)

Grafs

24.

Germany signed an armistice to end WW1. What was an armistice?

a)

An agreement for land

b)

An agreement for money

c)

An agreement for peace

d)

An agreement for soldiers

25.

WW2 took place between which years?

a)

1920 - 1926

b)

1928 - 1932

c)

1939 - 1945

d)

1960 - 1966

26.

What was the name of Germany's leader during WW2 who started the war?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Josef Stalin

d)

Adolf Hitler

27.

Which logo is the Nazi logo?

a)
b)
c)
d)
28.

What was the law called that allowed Hitler to make his own laws without having to ask anyone first?

a)

The Allowing Act

b)

The Oath of Loyalty

c)

The Enabling Act

d)

The Nuremberg Law

29.

What was the name of the President of Germany who died in 1934, allowing Hitler to become Führer?

a)

Kaiser Wilhelm

b)

President Hindenburg

c)

Freidrich Ebert

d)

Karl Donitz

30.

What were The SS in charge of?

a)

Gathering information on German people

b)

Keeping the German people safe

c)

Creating weapons for the war

d)

Creating and running concentration camps where people were sent to be killed

31.

What did the Gestapo do?

a)

They were the secret police who spied on people

b)

They controlled factories

c)

They were in charge of Germany's money

d)

They ran the concentration camps

32.

The Nazi's used censorship. What does censorship mean?

a)

A type of weapon

b)

Scaring or intimidation

c)

Blocking something from being read, heard or seen

33.

In 1939 many Jews were put into Ghettos. What was the biggest ghetto that had the most amount of Jews living there?

a)

Warsaw Ghetto

b)

Lodz Ghetto

c)

Turek Ghetto

d)

Plock Ghetto

34.

What was The Holocaust?

a)

The name of a concentration camp

b)

The killing of lots of Jewish people

c)

The killing of lots of women

35.

What was the biggest and most well-known concentration camp called?

a)

Belzec

b)

Treblinka

c)

Chelmno

d)

Auschwitz

36.

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?

a)

True

b)

False

37.

What was the name of the law the South African government introduced in 1948 to separate blacks and whites?

a)

Separation

b)

Jim Crow

c)

Apartheid

d)

Apart

38.

What was the name of the secret military group that Nelson Mandela set up?

a)

African Spear

b)

Spear of the Congress

c)

Spear of the Nation

d)

Nation Spear

39.

What was the name of the prison Nelson was sent to?

a)

Rush Island

b)

Road Island

c)

Robben Island

d)

Robben Island

40.

What was the name of the award Nelson Mandela won in 1993?

a)

The BAFTA award

b)

Nobel Peace Prize

c)

The Booker Prize

d)

Medal of Honour

41.

What year did Nelson Mandela become president?

a)

1989

b)

1990

c)

1994

d)

2000

42.

How many years was Nelson Mandela in prison for?

a)

20

b)

27

c)

30

d)

37

43.

When did Nelson Mandela die?

a)

5th October 2013

b)

18th July 2013

c)

18th December 2013

d)

5th December 2013

44.

How did The Plague spread to humans?

a)

Through the air

b)

Fleas living on infected rats would jump onto humans and infect them

c)

Through human contact

45.

What does the plague tell us about what medicine and medical knowledge was like in medieval times?

a)

Medieval medicine was good - they had a lot of knowledge

b)

Medieval Medicine was bad - they didn't have much knowledge

46.

Hitler became Führer. What does the German word Führer mean?

a)

King

b)

Power

c)

Leader

d)

President

47.

How did WW2 start?

a)

Hitler ordered German soldiers to invade Poland

b)

Hitler ordered German soldiers to invade Russia

c)

Britain invaded Germany

d)

France invaded Germany

48.

In 1944, Nelson Mandela joined a group that tried to get equal rights for blacks and whites called...

a)

South African Youth Congress (SAYC)

b)

African National Congress (ANC)

c)

African Resistance Movement (ARM)

d)

Anti-apartheid movement

49.

In what year was Nelson Mandela set free from prison?

a)

1979

b)

1980

c)

1990

d)

1998

50.

What was the name of the political party that Hitler joined and later became leader of?

a)

German Workers Party

b)

Centre Party

c)

Nazi Party

d)

Communist Party