UNSEEN CONTEXT: Conflict

Question 1

1940s

India and Pakistan

Answer 1

Indian independence led to the partitioning of India and Pakistan

Question 2

1940s

When was the Battle of Britain? What did this mean?

Answer 2

1940

Led to British patriotism

Question 3

1940s

When did the U.S. bomb Japan?

Answer 3

1945

Question 4

1950s

Young vs Old

Answer 4

Emergence of the teenager and youth culture’ young people who weren’t accepting of the conventional roles mapped out for them by their parents. The notion of teenage rebellion sprung from this generation

Question 5

1950s

When did the U.S. Vietnam war begin?

Answer 5

1955

Question 6

1960s

When did the troubles begin in Northern Ireland?

Answer 6

1968. Lasted until the Good Friday agreement in 1998

Question 7

1980s

When was the conflict between the National Union of Miners and Thatcher’s government?

Answer 7

1984

Question 8

1970s

When was Bloody Sunday?

Answer 8

1972

Question 9

1980s

When did Iraq attack Iran?

Answer 9

1980

Question 10

2000s

When did the UK and US invade Iraq?

Answer 10

2003

Many British people were strongly against Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war

Question 11

2000s

When did terrorists fly into the Twin Towers?

Answer 11

2001

Question 12

2000s

When were pro-democracy demonstrators in Syria crushed?

Answer 12

2011