History END OF YEAR EXAM Revision

Question 1

Armistice

Answer 1

An agreement to stop fighting

Question 2

Blitz

Answer 2

German bombing campaign in 1941

Question 3

Civil defence

Answer 3

The protection of civilians during a war

Question 4

Home front

Answer 4

The civilian population contributing to the war effort

Question 5

Imperialism

Answer 5

Building up of empires

Question 6

Militarism

Answer 6

Building up of armies

Question 7

Welfare state

Answer 7

State that protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens

Question 8

Weapons used 1000 years ago

Answer 8

Pikes, swords, shields, bows

Question 9

2 ways war has changed in the last 1000 years

Answer 9

Weapons used, amount of countries/groups involved

Question 10

Countries in the triple entente WW1

Answer 10

UK, France, Russia

Question 11

Which countries were in the triple alliance WW1

Answer 11

Germany, Austro-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Question 12

When was the scramble of Africa

Answer 12

1700s

Question 13

Which country switched sides in WW1

Answer 13

Italy

Question 14

Who spent the most on their military WW1

Answer 14

Russia

Question 15

The Schlieffen plan

Answer 15

Attack France then Russia to avoid fighting on two fronts

Question 16

Why did the Schlieffen plan fail

Answer 16

Belgium fought better than Germany expected, Belgium flooded areas to slow down Germany, Russia mobilised their troops quicker than expected

Question 17

New weapons of WW1

Answer 17

Machine gun, grenade, poison gas, tanks, flamethrowers

Question 18

Key Battles WW1

Answer 18

Mattel of Marne, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Gallipoli, Brusilov Offensive

Question 19

Where did Britain get many of their soldiers in WW1

Answer 19

Commonwealth troops

Question 20

Largest naval battle of WW1

Answer 20

Battle of Jutland

Question 21

Women before 1914

Answer 21

No vote, no MPs, stayed at home, looked after children, ‘owned’ by their husbands

Question 22

Jobs women gained after WW1

Answer 22

Police officers, working in munitions, mining

Question 23

Why did Germany lose WW1

Answer 23

America joining the war, failure of the Schlieffen plan, lost alllies

Question 24

When was the Russian revolution

Answer 24

1917

Question 25

What did the treaty of Versailles cause Germany to lose

Answer 25

Money, Land, Army size, 50% of their steel industry

Question 26

When did WW1 end?

Answer 26

11:00 11/11/1918

Question 27

Who was declared responsible for WW1

Answer 27

Germany

Question 28

What size army was Germany allowed to have after WW1?

Answer 28

10,000 troops

Question 29

What caused the Nazi party to come to power?

Answer 29

Economic depression, lack of jobs, Hitler’s promise of revenge

Question 30

Operation Barborosa

Answer 30

Nazi invasion of the USSR

Question 31

Blitzkrieg

Answer 31

Lightning war

Question 32

Operation Pied Piper

Answer 32

Evacuation of 3.1million children from cities across Britain

Question 33

When was the Battle of Midway

Answer 33

1942

Question 34

What event brought the USA into WW2

Answer 34

Bombing of Pearl Harbour

Question 35

4 rules for war crimes

Answer 35

Cannot attack civilians, cannot torture prisoners of war, medical workers must always be allowed to do their job (cannot be attacked), Cannot use weapons of mass destruction

Question 36

When was the ‘Phoney War’

Answer 36

Sept 1939 - May 1940

Question 37

Primary source

Answer 37

Evidence from the time of the event

Question 38

Secondary source

Answer 38

Evidence from after the event

Question 39

Where were the two Atomic Bombs dropped

Answer 39

Hiroshima, Nagasaki

Question 40

3 reasons why the US dropped the atomic bombs

Answer 40

To end the war quickly, testing the bombs, to intimidate the USSR

Question 41

Effects of the atomic bombs

Answer 41

Cancers, radiation sickness, buildings destroyed, extreme cost of repair

Question 42

Sir William Beveridge’s Five Giants of poverty

Answer 42

Want, Ignorance, Disease, Squalor, Idleness

Question 43

Why did Labour win in the 1945 general election

Answer 43

Churchill was seen as a ‘man of war’ , Labour promised a better future

Question 44

Where were Jews sent to by the Nazis

Answer 44

Death camps, Labour camps, Euthanasia centres

Question 45

Kristalnacht

Answer 45

Night of the broken glass

Question 46

When were the death camps introduced

Answer 46

1941

Question 47

Impacts of Kristalnacht

Answer 47

Deaths, damage to shops, burnt synagogues

Question 48

Examples of Jewish resistance to the Holocaust

Answer 48

Gathered weapons, attacked police, rescued Jews from concentration camps

Question 49

Einsatzgruppen

Answer 49

Squads of people who were responsible for the mass killing of Jews during the holocaust