History Flashcards
World War 2
T/F - September 1st, 1939 was the start of the war when Nazi Germany invaded Poland = True
MC - What was the cause of Hitler’s death?
He was killed by allied forces, He was killed by his own men, He committed suicide by gunshot, He committed suicide by poison
OE - Who was the British Prime minister during this period of time?
Winston Churchill
The 1920’s
T/F - Young Western women who wore skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, wore excessive makeup and drank and smoked a lot were known as Flappers = True
MC - Which one of the following terms is NOT used to refer to the ’20s?
Roaring Twenties, Jazz Age, The Golden Twenties, The Lover’s Age
OE - Black Thursday and Black Tuesday are related to what event?
- Wall Street Crash
Plagues and Epidemics
T/F - The main carrier of the Bubonic Plague was birds, mainly blackbirds in Asia, and the common starling in Europe = False (Fleas and small animals)
MC - Which infectious disease of the small intestine that is present in dirty drinking water is notorious for giving an infected person watery diarrhoea, vomiting and muscle cramps?
Cholera, Polio, Measles, Influenza
OE - What disease known as The Red Plague, which caused bumps to appear filled with thick liquid all over an infected person’s skin was eradicated in 1980?
Smallpox
American Presidents
T/F - Monica Lewinsky was involved in a famous sex scandal with Bill Clinton = True
MC - Which President led forced to victory in the American War of Independence?
Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, James A. Garfield, George Washington
OE - Which president launched the military campaign, “The War on Terror” After the September 11th 2001 attacks?
George W. Bush
