History

Question 1

\Why did the great war start?

Answer 1

After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder catapulted into a war across Europe that lasted until 1918.

Question 2

What do the letters in the word MANIA stand for?

Answer 2

Millitarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assasination

Question 3

Why did Britain join the War?

Answer 3

When Germany invaded Belgium, Britain signed the Treaty of London to protect Belgium

Question 4

List 4 reasons why young men joined the armed forces?

Answer 4

To protect their Country

It gave the men great career benefits and good pay

Question 5

What were Pals Battalions?

Answer 5

The Pals battalions were units recruited in Britain during the early months of the First World War.

Question 6

Why did Indians join up in WW1?

Answer 6

During World war One, India was under British rule and part of the British empire. This meant that when Britains were fighting Germany, India had to help

Question 7

Where was the western front?

Answer 7

440 miles from the Swiss Border

Question 8

Why was the stalemate for 4 years in WW1?

Answer 8

the generals adopted a war of attrition method

Question 9

Which weapons were mostly used in WW1?

Answer 9

Artillary Pieces such as machine guns and grenades

Question 10

List five Places in the British Empire which sent troops?

Answer 10

Europe, North America, Australasia, Asia and Africa.

Question 11

List 3 battles of WW1?

Answer 11

Battle of the Somme

Battle of Verdun

Battle of Jutland

Question 12

What were zeppelins?

Answer 12

A type of Rigid Airship

Question 13

Why was there rationing?

Answer 13

avoid public anger with shortages

Question 14

How did people get food supplies?

Answer 14

People would get food supplies by attacking the enemy teams ships carrying food supplies

Question 15

List 3 features of democracies

Answer 15

Political Freedom

Collective decision making

Each member would be included (Inclusion)

Question 16

List 3 features of dictatorships

Answer 16

One party

One leader

One program

Question 17

What was communism?

Answer 17

A theory about how to run a country. This is that people are all equal and there is no classes and rich and poor people are equal

Question 18

Who was Karl Marx?

Answer 18

The person who created the idea of communism and a big supporter of the cause.

Question 19

Who was Il Duce (Mussolini)

Answer 19

He created fascism. Fascism was theory that people should work together instead of work for themselves or their class

Question 20

What was Hitler’s Book?

Answer 20

Mein Kampf. This was a book about his life.

Question 21

Why did many Germans support Hitler?

Answer 21

Because Hitler promised them with work and bread.

Question 22

List 3 Laws Against Jews

Answer 22

Jewish children banned from German schools

Jews evicted from their homes for no reason

jews not allowed to vote

Question 23

Who were the Gestapo

Answer 23

Hitler’s secret police force. They had the power to arrest and torture people who were against Hitler

Question 24

How was life like for young boys and girls?

Answer 24

They were forced to belong to a nazi youth orginization , boys were forced to learn skills for the army and girls were forced to learn cooking skills

Question 25

Why did Hitler invade Austria and Poland?

Answer 25

Hitler invaded Austria because it was his birthplace and to break the Treaty Of Versailles

Hitler invaded Poland to make Russia feel threatened if he was moving his troops to their land

Question 26

What was Blitzberg?

Answer 26

When Germany invaded Poland with a new tactic where the enemies could be attacked by tanks supported by soldiers and dive bomber attacks. Poland was defeated.

Question 27

What was The Battle of Britain and The Blitz?

Answer 27

Hitler wanted to attack Britain by committing Air Raids. Britain fought back by sending Spitfire planes to defeat German airships. Hitler lost and instead sent several air raids to British cities to make Britain surrender.

Question 28

Why did Japan enter the War?

Answer 28

To get control of the rich lands in the East

Question 29

What was D Day?

Answer 29

British and American troops landed on Normandy to push Germany back. Germany was being beaten so they surrended.

Question 30

What were the cities that were affected by the Nagasaki Bombings?

Answer 30

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 31

What does Kamikaze mean?

Answer 31

When suicide Bombers flew planes packed with explosives into american ships

Question 32

Why did the Nagasaki Bombings happen?

Answer 32

The American president let these bombs off to end the war

Question 33

What happened to children at Evacuation

Answer 33

Be evacuated to the countryside by a foster home

Question 34

What were the Ghettos?

Answer 34

Labour camps where Jews would be forced to live

Question 35

What was the final solution?

Answer 35

This was the Nazi’s final plan to kill every Jew in Europe. Either worked to death or killed in the Gas showers

Question 36

Name 2 Civil rights activists and describe what they did for the Movement

Answer 36

Martin Luther King took a peaceful approach to the movement and is famous for his “I have a dream” speech. He was head of the Civil Rights Movement.

Elizbeth Eckford was one of the only black people at a white only school and was heavaly bullied, She showed people that it is normal to have black skin. She was also part of a civil rights group called Little Rock Nine.

Question 37

MATHS: Circles and Sectors

Answer 37

Area = ?/360 x Pie x radius squared
Circumference: 2 x Pie x radius
Perimiter: 2 x Pie x Radius + Radius + Radius
Arc: ?/360 x Pie and Radius

Question 38

What is provided by the Wealthfare State

Answer 38

Free school meals for children

Free medical checks

Unenployment Benifit

Question 39

What is meant by the Wealthfare State?

Answer 39

The system by which the government aims to help those in need.

Question 40

How was poverty attacked?

Answer 40

Poverty hits the Headlines/Public

Children did not have good living conditions

The gap between rich and poor

Question 41

WHo were Booth and Rowntree?

Answer 41

Booth was the man who wrote the article on \Poverty and collected information about London

Rowntree was also exposing Poverty but in New York, he found out that wage earners did not make enough to eat healthily

Question 42

Describe and Explain the Classes in the Titanic?

Answer 42

The classes were the scale between the rich and the poor. 
First class was rich, Second class was medium, Third class is poor
Most people died in the poorest class. 
In every class, the men death rate was higher than the womens

Question 43

Who were Harland and Woolf?

Answer 43

These were the people who built the Titanic and some believers who were to blame for the sinking. When the ship hit the iceberg, the material was cheap and ripped apart.

Question 44

Who was the Suffragettes leader?

Answer 44

Emiline Pankhurst

Question 45

Why did the Suffragettes go on hunger strike?

Answer 45

To get publicity from the public and be noticed

Question 46

Name some of the stunts that the Suffragettes used?

Answer 46

They disrupted Political meetings, tied themselves to railings in downing streets, pelted politicians with eggs and flour, and smashed parliaments windows with stones

Question 47

How did women help in WWI?

Answer 47

Since men left their jobs to be a soldier, women would fill those places and work in the factories

Question 48

When and where was MLK’s march

Answer 48

Washington, 1963