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Year 8 WWII lessons 1-8 jumbo quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To try and gain support, Hitler and the Nazis promised what to the German people?

a)

'work and water'

b)

'work and bread'

c)

'work and greatness'

d)

'work and wonder'

2.

Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January of which year?

a)

1931

b)

1932

c)

1933

d)

1934

3.

Choose the correct spelling

a)

Treaty of Versailes

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Versialles

d)

Treatty of Versailles

4.

Nazi stormtroopers were also known as what?

a)

Secret Police

b)

Blackshirts

c)

Blueshirts

d)

Brownshirts

5.

Which of these men was NOT involved in Hitler becoming Chancellor?

a)

Von Schleicher

b)

Von Papen

c)

President Hindenburg

d)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

6.

The Nazi party banned which of these?

a)

Long hours

b)

Potatoes

c)

Trade Unions

d)

Radios

7.

How many children would you need to have to receive the silver Honour Cross of the German Mother?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

8

8.

The Sudetenland was what?

a)

Part of a German city

b)

The German speaking part of Czechoslovakia

c)

The Nazi occupied part of Poland

d)

The area between Germany and France that was demilitarized

9.

'Blitzkrieg' is a military tactic that means...

a)

Lightning war

b)

Storm war

c)

Speed war

d)

Little war

10.

In 1938 the British Prime Minister was

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Gordon Brown

d)

Neville Chamberlain

11.

Britain followed a policy of ......., which satisfied Hitler's demands in order to prevent war.

a)

amazement

b)

appeasement

c)

attrition

d)

armed forces

12.

After WW1 a peace-keeping group was set up, however it was not very successful. What was this group called?

a)

League of Versailles

b)

League of Peace

c)

League of America

d)

League of Nations

13.

Germany and which other country agreed not to attack one another in August 1939?

a)

Britain

b)

America

c)

Russia

d)

China

14.

Operation Dynamo rescued 300,000 British troops from ?

a)

Belgium

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Ireland

15.

In military terms, BEF stands for what?

a)

British Expeditionary Force

b)

British Evidential Foundry

c)

British Export Force

d)

British Eastern Force

16.

Historians agree that the Blitz did bring out the best of Britain

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The government gave free shelters to some families during the Blitz

a)

True

b)

False

18.

During the Blitz, people who found out where air-raids had happened in order to loot goods etc were called

a)

bomb followers

b)

bomb looters

c)

bomb chasers

d)

bomb loonies

19.

From which of these countries were soldiers recruited to fight for Britain?

a)

West Indies

b)

Nepal

c)

All of these options

d)

India

20.

GIs came to Britain from which country?

a)

Scotland

b)

Ghana

c)

America

d)

India