history exam revision

Question 1

When did WW2 begin

Answer 1

1st september, 1939

Question 2

Short term causes that led to the outbreak of WW2 (5)

Answer 2

• treaty of versailles
• invasion of poland
• germany acquiring Austria
• japanese expansion
• rise of nazism

Question 3

Long term causes that led to the outbreak of WW2 (4)

Answer 3

• treaty of versailles
• great depression
• huge war debts
• failure of League of Nations

Question 4

What were some of the main terms of the treaty of versailles? (5)

Answer 4

• war guilt
• reparations
• limit of germany’s armed forces to 100,000
• league of nations
• germany lost all its overseas colonies

Question 5

Reasons given for Australia entering WW2 and when

Answer 5

• sept 3rd 1939
• britain were at war so we went as allies
• relied on imports and exports

Question 6

Australia’s military response to war

Answer 6

• britain is at war then we too are at war
• bit slower than last time as we knew about the destruction so partial hestiancy
• conscription was also introduced so they knew they had to go

Question 7

When and where was the Bombing of Pearl Harbour?

Answer 7

7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbour

Question 8

Who and what was the Bombing of Pearl Harbour?

Answer 8

It was a suprise attack from the Japanese Navy Air Service American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. They had the intentions to take control of eastern asia and the western pacific.
- lead US to enter WW2 formally

Question 9

When and where was The Fall of Singapore?

Answer 9

8th - 15th February 1942 in Singapore

Question 10

Who and what was The Fall of Singapore?

Answer 10

• Took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War
• Japanese forces successful invasion of singapore, lending a surrender of British and commonwealth forces

Question 11

When and where was the Bombing of Darwin?

Answer 11

19 February 1942 in Darwin (10 weeks)

Question 12

Who and what was the Bombing of Darwin? (significance)

Answer 12

• Japanese air raids on Darwin and northern Australia.
• Highlighted the Japanese expansion on Australia and the fears were coming to reality (threat)

Question 13

Who made up the Allies?

Answer 13

• Britain
• United States
• France

Question 14

Who made up the Axis Powers?

Answer 14

• Germany
• Italy
• Japan

Question 15

What was the ‘All In’ effort’?

Answer 15

Australians were being asked to make personal sacrifices for the war effort
- rations
- grow your own vegetables
- volunteer defence corps

Question 16

Roles that Australian women could play on the Homefront

Answer 16

• WAAF (Womens Auxiliary Air Force)
• AWAS (Australian Women’s Army Service
• AWLA (Australian Women’s Land Army)

Question 17

Who were australians 3 main PM’s during WW2

Answer 17

• Robert Menzies
• Ben Chifley
• John Curtain

Question 18

Who were some key figures around the world at the time from what country?

Answer 18

Germany (Adolf Hilter)
Britain (Winston Churchill)
United States (Harry Truman)
France (Charles De Gaulle)
Sovient Union (Joseph Stalin)
Italy (Benito Mussolino)
Japan (Hirohito and Tojo)

Question 19

What happened in 1929 and what was it?

Answer 19

The wall street crash which happened during the great depresssion and had a major impact on the world’s economy.

Question 20

What was the National Security Act and when did it begin?

Answer 20

It was widening of gorvernment powers in 1939
- new laws
- censorship

Question 21

What was the purpose of progaganda?

Answer 21

• influce people to enlist in war
• tell civilians of enemy countries

Question 22

Who was Zelda D’aprano and what did she do?

Answer 22

• 1969, chained herself to a rail outside commonwealth parliament
• set up women’s action committee

Question 23

Who was Charles Perkins and what did he do?

Answer 23

• 1965, organised the freedom ride
• lead 30 university students on a bus tour around NSW

Question 24

Who was Vincent Lingiari and what did he do?

Answer 24

• led the walk off with 200 gurindji people
• in 1966

Question 25

Who was Faith Bandler and what did she do?

Answer 25

• civil rights activist and campaigner
• co-founded the Aboriginal Australian Fellowship in 1956
• best know for advocation for the ‘YES’ vote

Question 26

Methods of Women’s Protest

Answer 26

• marching
• rallies
• riots
• sit ins

Question 27

What was the policy of assimilation?

Answer 27

all persons of Aboriginal descent will choose to attain a similar manner of living to that of other Australians and live as members of a single community

Question 28

When was the contraceptive pill introduced and what did it do?

Answer 28

Introduced in 1961 and gave freedom to women about their bodies.

Question 29

When did women get the right to vote?

Answer 29

1902

Question 30

What were another wave of feminism?

Answer 30

Bar room suffragettes in 1965 when they chained themselves to the front bar, demanding a drink as they were frustrated with the liquor laws.