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Y9 History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the Titanic sink?

a)

1917

b)

1923

c)

1812

d)

1912

2.

What does 'laissez-faire' mean?

a)

'Leave it alone' - little government interference

b)

The government should fund healthcare

c)

To declare war

d)

Welfare reforms

3.

What was the main treaty at the end of WWI?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

c)

Treaty of Europe

d)

Treaty of London

4.

What political party was Saddam Hussein the leader of?

a)

Labour Party

b)

Communist Party

c)

Ba'ath party

d)

Iraq Party

5.

What was Duvalier also known as?

a)

Papa Doc

b)

Doctor Who

c)

The Fuhrer

d)

Great Leader

6.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a dictatorship?

a)

A free press

b)

Strong state control of the media

c)

Terror

d)

Crushing political opponents

7.

What year did Hitler invade Russia?

a)

1939

b)

1918

c)

1941

d)

1942

8.

What is a show trial?

a)

Where people decide on the cutest dog

b)

A public trial in which someone's guilt has already been decided 

c)

A trial held in private

d)

A trial where a jury decides the verdict

9.

Who were the Gestapo?

a)

Stalin's personal bodyguard

b)

The most feared unit in the German army

c)

The Soviet secret police  who would investigate, arrest and interrogate 'enemies of the state'.

d)

The Nazi secret police  who would investigate, arrest and interrogate 'enemies of the state'.

10.

What is hindsight?

a)

To try to predict what will happen

b)

Look back at an event, years after, knowing what actually happened

c)

To look back over a hundred years

d)

To try and work out what happened with no prior knowledge