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History EXAM Flashcards

1
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When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

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1919

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2
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What year did Hitler become chancellor?

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1933

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3
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When did Britain (Australia/NZ) declare war on Germany?

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1939

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4
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When did the USSR (Soviet Union) join the allies?

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June 1941

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5
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When was the attack on Pearl Harbour?

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December 1941

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6
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When was Darwin bombed?

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February 1942

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7
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When was Sydney Harbour attacked?

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May 1942

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8
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When was the Kokoda campaign?

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July-November 1942

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9
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When did Germany surrender?

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May 1945

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10
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When was the first bomb dropped on Japan, what was it called and which city was it dropped on?

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August 6th 1945, Little Boy, Hiroshima

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11
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When was the second bomb dropped on Japan, what was it called and which city was it dropped on?

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August 9th 1945, Fat Man, Nagasaki

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12
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When did Japan surrender? What did this lead to?

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September 1945, end of the war

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13
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What are the five main causes of WW2?

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  • Great depression/crash of stock market
  • Treaty of Versailles
  • The rise of Nazism
  • The forming of the axis and allied powers
  • Germany’s invasion of Polland
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14
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Who were the Allied powers?

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Britain
France
U.S.
USSR (Soviet Union)

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15
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Who were the Axis powers?

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Germany
Italy
Japan

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16
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Who was the leader of Italy during WW2?

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Mussolini

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17
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Who was the leader of Germany during WW2?

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Adolf Hitler

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18
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Who was the leader of Britain during WW2?

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Winston Churchill

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19
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Who was the Prime Minister of Australia during WW2?

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Curtin

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20
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Who was the President of the U.S. during WW2?

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Roosevelt

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21
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Who was the leader of Russia during WW2?

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Stalin

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22
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Who was the leader of Japan during WW2?

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Hirohito

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23
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What is propaganda?

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The spreading of false or misleading information to make people believe a particular thing.

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24
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What is anti-semitism?

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The belief that Jews are an inferior race.

25
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What did Hitler force Jews to wear?

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Yellow star of David on their clothes with the word Jude (German word for Jew) on it.

26
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What was the Night of the Broken Glass?

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  • Jewish synagogues destroyed/shop windows smashed
  • 90 Jews murdered
27
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What was ‘The Final Solution’?

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The name given to the Nazi policy to kill all European Jews in the form of extermination camps.

28
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Who was sent to the concentration/extermination camps?

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  • Jews
  • Gypsies
  • Communists
  • Jehovah’s Witnesses
  • Homosexuals
  • Disabled people
29
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What happened to prisoners in concentration camps?

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  • Forced Labour
  • Killed in gas chambers
30
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If not from the gas chambers, what else did people die from?

A

Exhaustion & Starvation

31
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What was the Holocaust?

A

The mass genocide of 6 million Jews during WW2

32
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What did Nazi doctors do to prisoners, especially twins?

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Unwilfully experimented on them

33
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Who guarded the camps?

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Hitler’s SS (Protective Squadron)

34
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Which concentration camp was the largest?

A

Auschwitz

35
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When did Soviet Union troops free the prisoners from Auschwitz?

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27th January 1945

36
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When were the concentration camps in operation?

A

1939-1945

37
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What happened to children sent to concentration camps, who were considered too young to work?

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Shot/gassed

38
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Who was Anne Frank?

A

A Jewish girl that kept a diary when she went into hiding. Her courage became famous when the book was found after the war and later published.

39
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How many Japanese were immediately killed after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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Seventy thousand (70,000)

40
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Why did Japan surrender?

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Out of fear of further loss of life.

41
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What was the Treaty of Versailles?

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The treaty signed after WW1 that stated Germany was the reason for the war and must be punished accordingly.

42
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What was the Kokoda track?

A
  • Australian troops crossing of Papan New Guinea
  • Series of battles against Japanese
  • Appalling conditions
  • July-November 1942
43
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Who were the Fuzzy Wuzzy angels?

A

The nickname given to the Papuans who immensely helped the Australians on their travels through Kokoda.

44
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Who was Mussolini?

A

Italian dictator in WW2

45
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What was the Pacific Theater in WW2?

A

The area of the world where a predominant part of WW2 happened.

46
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What does WLA stand for? Explain

A

Womens Land Army, formed to keep farms and businesses going while the men were off fighting.

47
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What was the Battle of Britain?

A

Hitler’s ‘blitzkrieg’ attack on Britain.

48
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What was Blitzkrieg? Meaning?

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Hitler’s unsuccessful plan (Lightning War) to champion Britain in the air to the invade from the ocean with troops.

49
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What does RAAF stand for?

A

Royal Australian Air Force

50
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What does RAN stand for?

A

Royal Australian Navy

51
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What does AAMWS stand for?

A

Australian Army Medical Women’s Service

52
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What does AWAS stand for?

A

Australian Womens Army Service

53
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What does WRANS stand for?

A

Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service

54
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What does WAAAF stand for?

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Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force

55
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What does AMF stand for?

A

Australian Military Forces

56
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How many Australians were killed by the Japanese during the Kokoda campaign? How many more by sickness?

A

625 - Japanese
4000+ - Sickness

57
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How many Australians were injured during the Kokoda campaign?

A

1600

58
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What does AIF stand for?

A

Australian Inventory Forces

59
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What was the name given to the militia that fought the Kokoda trail?

A

Marbubra Force

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