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1
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WHEN WAS THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES SIGNED

A

28TH JUNE 1919

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WHAT FOUR COUNTRIES DOMINATED AT THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

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BRITAIN ITALY FRANCE USA

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WHO WAS USA’S PRESIDENT AT THE TIME

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WOODROW WILSON

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WHO WAS FRANCES PRIME MINISTER AT THE TIME

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GEORGES CLEMENCEAU

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5
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WHY DID CLEMENCEAU WANT TO WEAKEN GERMANY AS A RESULT OF THE WAR

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BECAUSE FRANCE SUFFERED GREATLY

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WHAT DID WOODROW WILSON WANT TO ACHIEVE

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LASTING PEACE

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WHAT WERE THE TERMS OF THE TREATY IN REGARDS TO GERMANY

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  • HAD TO GIVE UP LARGE SECTIONS OF ITS TERRITORY AND ALL OVERSEAS COLONIES
  • LIMITED ARMY 100,000 MEN (MAILY VOLUNTEERS)
  • NOT PERMITTED TO POSSESS ANY AIR FORCE, TANKS, SUBS OR HEAVY ARTILLERY
  • HAD TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF WWI AND FORCED TO PAY REPARATIONS
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WHAT WAS THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FORMED AT THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

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WHO SUGGESTED THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THEM

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USA, THEY WERENT APART OF THE LEAGUE AS THEY WERE RELUCTANT TO GET INVOLVED IN EUROPEAN CONFLICT

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WHAT WAS THE GREAT DEPRESSION

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A SEVERE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AND HARDSHIP

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WHAT BECAME A RESULT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

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ECONOMY EVAPORATED 
BUISNESSES CLOSED DOWN
UNEMPLOYMENT GREW
WORKERS LOST THEIR JOBS
WAGES WERE CUT
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12
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WHAT PERCENTAGE OF AUSTRALIANS LOST THIER JOBS IN 1932

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32%

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WHAT WAS AUSTRALIAS LAND PROCLAIMED

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TERRA NULLIUS - NO MANS LAND

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14
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WHAT YEAR DID EUROPEAN SETTLERS ARRIVE ON AUSTRALIAS SHORES

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1788

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WHAT WERE THE TWO MAJOR BATTLES FOUGHT AT SEA

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BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA

BATTLE OF MIDWAY

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WHAT WAS THE KOKODA CAMPAIGN KNOWN AS

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THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY

17
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HOW DID THE TERMS OF THE TREATY AFFECT GERMANY

A

ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY

18
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HOW DID THE GERMANS FEEL TOWARDS THE VICTORIOUS NATIONS

A

SENSE OF BITTERNESS AND RESENTMENT

TREATED UNFAIRLY

19
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WHEN DID SINGAPORE SURRENDER TO THE JAPANESE

A

15 FEBRUARY 1942

20
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HOW MANY TROOPS WERE TAKEN JAPANESE POW

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130000 (15000 AUS)

21
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WHAT WAS THE GREATER EAST ASIAN CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE

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THE IDEA THAT ASIA COULD BE FREE OF WESTERN INFLUENCE FOR ASIAN NATIONS

22
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WHAT WAS THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

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TERMS THAT PLACED RESTRICTIONS ON GERMANYS ARMY, FORCED GERMANY TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR WWI AND TO PAY REPARATIONS FOR DAMAGE CAUSED DURING THE WAR

23
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WHO WAS JOHN CURTAIN

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PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA DURING WWII

24
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WHO WAS ROBERT MENZIES

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THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR (II)

25
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WHO WAS WINSTON CHURCHILL

A

BRTITISH PRIME MINISTER DURING THE WAR

26
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WHO WAS WOODROW WILSON

A

THE US PRESIDENT DURING THE WAR

27
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WHAT RESOURCES DID JAPAN LACK IN AND WHO WERE THEY DEPENDANT OF FOR THESE RESOURCES

A

OIL, RUBBER, COAL, RUBBER FOR STEEL PRODUCTION

CHINA AND USA

28
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WHAT IS COMMUNISM

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A WAY OF ORGANISING A SOCIETY WHERE ALL GOODS ARE DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY ACCORDING TO NEED, PUBLICLY OWNED

29
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WHAT IS MILITARISM

A

FOCUS WITHIN A COUNTRY ON BOOSTING THE STRENGTH OF MILITARY BY GROWING ARMED FORCES AND SPENDING ON MILITARY EQUIPMENT

30
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WHAT IS FASCISM

A

GOVERNMENT RUN BY A DICTATOR WHO HAVE COMPLETE POWER

31
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WHEN WAS THE NAZI PARTY FORMED AND WHO WAS ITS LEADER AND WHAT WERE ITS IDEOLOGIES

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1921, ADOLF HITLER 
NATIONALISM 
ANTI-COMMUNISM 
ANTI-SEMITISM (ANTI JEW)
ETHNIC JEWS WERE RACIALLY SUPERIOR
32
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WHAT DID THE GREAT DEPRESSION CAUSE IN REGARDS TO THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT

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CAUSED MILITARY TO TAKE OVER WHO WERE FAR MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THEIR APPROACH TO SOLVING ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

33
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WHAT YEAR DID JAPAN SIGN A TRIPARTITE PACT WHICH CEMENTED THE ALLIANCE OF AXIS POWERS ITALY GERMANY

A

1940

34
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WHEN DID JAPAN ATTACK PEARL HARBOUR

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DECEMBER 7 1941

35
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HOW DID THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOUR BACKFIRE ON JAPAN

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CAUSE USA, NETHERLANDS AND AUSTRALIA TO DECLARE WAR ON JAPAN
THEN GERMANY DECLARED WAR ON USA WHICH BROUGHT USA INTO THE EUROPEAN WAR

36
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WHY DID AUSTRALIA FEEL THREATENED BY JAPAN WHEN SINGAPORE WAS INVADED

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BECAUSE SINGAPORE WAS REGARDED AS ALMSOT IMPOSSIBLE TO INVADE AND HAD A STRONG BRITISH PRESENCE WHICH MADE AUSTRALIA FEEL PROTECTED - MEANT THERE WAS NOTHING STOPPING JAPAN FROM INVADING AUSTRALIA

37
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WHO DID AUSTRALIA TURN TO WHEN THEY COULD NO LONGER RELY ON BRITAIN

A

USA

38
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WHEN DID JAPAN LAUNCH AN ASSAULT ON DARWIN AND HOW MANY WERE KILLED

A

19 FEBRUARY 1941

250 KILLED

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