World War 1

Question 1

Appeasement

Answer 1

Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war

Question 2

Armistice

Answer 2

An agreement for the cessation of active hostilities

Question 3

Holocaust

Answer 3

The state-sponsored systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. Jews were the primary victims. Six million were murdered.

Question 4

Final Solution

Answer 4

Getting rid of Jews as a race by removing their rights and putting them concentration camps this is the genocide and was the final solution

Question 5

Propaganda

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Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

Question 6

Stab in the back

Answer 6

A betrayal of trust

Question 7

Censorship

Answer 7

The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.

Question 8

Socialism

Answer 8

All citizens share equally in economic resources as allocated by a democratically-elected government

Question 9

Communism

Answer 9

Most property and economic resources are owned and controlled by the state (rather than individual citizens)

Question 10

Demilitarised Zone

Answer 10

An area, agreed upon between the parties to an armed conflict, which cannot be occupied or used for military purposes by any party to the conflict.

Question 11

Reparations

Answer 11

The action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged. E.g. The Treaty of Versailles

Question 12

Reichstag

Answer 12

The Reichstag was built between 1884 and 1894. It served as the seat of parliament in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. During the Second World War the building was heavily damaged.

Question 13

Greater East Asia Coprosperity

Answer 13

Japan’s attempt to form an economic and military bloc consisting of nations within East and Southeast Asia against Western colonization and manipulation, but it failed because of Japan’s inability to promote true mutual prosperity within the alliance.

Question 14

Foreign Policy

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Sought to undo the Treaty of Versailles, build alliances, and incorporate territories with German populations into the Reich.

Question 15

Internationalism

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Nations working together to preserve peace

Question 16

Lebensraum

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The territory which a group, state, or nation believes is needed for its natural development.

Question 17

Militia

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A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.

Question 18

Nazi

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A member of the National Socialist (German Workers’) Party, led by Adolf Hitler, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. disapproving. a person who is cruel or demands that people obey them completely, or who has extreme and unreasonable beliefs about race

Question 19

Axis

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The alliance of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Japan, established in 1936 and lasting until their defeat in World War II.

Question 20

Allies

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During World War II, the group of nations including the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and the Free French’, Australia

Question 21

Pacifist

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A person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable.

Question 22

POW

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More than 170,000 British prisoners of war (POWs) were taken by German and Italian forces during the Second World War. Most were captured in a string of defeats in France, North Africa and the Balkans between 1940 and 1942. They were held in a network of POW camps stretching from Nazi-occupied Poland to Italy.

Question 23

Rationing

Answer 23

Setting limits on purchasing certain high-demand items

Question 24

Sanctions

Answer 24

A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule

Question 25

Second AIF

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The Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF, or Second AIF) was the name given to the volunteer expeditionary force of the Australian Army in the Second World War. It was formed following the declaration of war on Nazi Germany, with an initial strength of one infantry division and related auxiliary components. After considerable expansion of this force, three divisions were sent to the Middle East and North Africa, while the 8th Division was sent to garrison British Malaya and Singapore.

Question 26

Third Reich

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“Third regime or empire,” the Nazi designation of Germany and its regime from 1933-45.

Question 27

Totalitarianism State

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Is a form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens. It is characterized by strong central rule that attempts to control and direct all aspects of individual life through coercion and repression.

Question 28

Adolf Hitler

Answer 28

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.

Question 29

Eric von Hindenburg

Answer 29

He is most relevant to Holocaust history through his dealings with Adolf Hitler. Although he did not approve of Hitler or his politics, Hindenburg became the man who made him Chancellor of Germany, enabling the Nazis’ takeover of power.

Question 30

Neville Chamberlain

Answer 30

Neville Chamberlain was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. He is best known for his role in the Munich Agreement of 1938 which ceded parts of Czechoslovakia to Hitler and is now the most popular example of the foreign policy known as appeasement.

Question 31

Joseph Goebbels

Answer 31

Joseph Goebbels was a National Socialist politician and propagandist. He held several roles in the Nazi Party. He served as Nazi Party chief for Greater Berlin from 1926 until 1945. From 1929 until 1945 he was Reich leader of propaganda.

Question 32

Herman Goring

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Hermann Göring was a leader of the Nazi Party and one of the primary architects of the Nazi police state (1933–45) known as the Third Reich in Germany.

Question 33

Ludendorff

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General Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937) was a top German military commander in the latter stages of World War I.

Question 34

Friedrich Ebert

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Friedrich Ebert, (born February 4, 1871, Heidelberg, Germany—died February 28, 1925, Berlin), leader of the Social Democratic movement in Germany and a moderate socialist, who was a leader in bringing about the constitution of the Weimar Republic, which attempted to unite Germany after its defeat in World War I

Question 35

Winston Churchill

Answer 35

Winston Churchill was an inspirational statesman, writer, orator and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War. He served as Conservative Prime Minister twice - from 1940 to 1945 (before being defeated in the 1945 general election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee) and from 1951 to 1955.

Question 36

John Curtin

Answer 36

John Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945) was an Australian politician who was the 14th prime minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945. He led the country for the majority of World War II, including all but the last few weeks of the war in the Pacific.

Question 37

Robert Menzies

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An Australian politician who was the 12th and longest-serving prime minister of Australia, holding office for over 18 years from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966.

Question 38

Woodrow Wilson

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He was 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War I (1914-1918).

Question 39

General MacArthur

Answer 39

In World War II, MacArthur commanded allied forces in the Asia Pacific, a role that earned him the prestigious Medal of Honor.

Question 40

Field Marshal Rommel

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A German army officer who rose to the rank of field marshal and earned fame at home and abroad for his leadership of Germany’s Afrika Korps in North Africa during World War II.

Question 41

Gorge Clemenceau

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A French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920.

Question 42

Benito Mussolini

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An Italian nationalist and the founder of Italian Fascism. He ruled Italy from 1922–1925 as Prime Minister, and from 1925–1943 as il Duce, the Fascist dictator.

Question 43

Emperor Hirohito

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Emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. He was the longest-reigning monarch in Japan’s history.

Question 44

General Yamamoto

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Japanese naval officer who conceived of the surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Question 45

Joseph Stalin

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He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941–1953). Initially governing the country as part of a collective leadership, he consolidated power to become a dictator by the 1930s.

Question 46

Battle of Midway

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In June 1942, US and Japanese naval forces engaged in a five-day battle in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that changed the course of the war in the Pacific.

Question 47

Brisbane Line

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The “Brisbane line” was an alleged plan to abandon Northern Australia in the event of a Japanese invasion. The allegation was made during an election campaign in October 1942 when Edward Ward, the Minister for Labour and National Services accused the previous government of planning this strategy.

Question 48

Battle of Coral Sea

Answer 48

The Battle of the Coral Sea was a series of naval engagements off the north-east coast of Australia between 4 and 8 May 1942. It was fought by Allied (United States and Australian) and Japanese aircraft against four different major groups of warships.

Question 49

Fall of Singapore

Answer 49

By 31 January 1942, all British Empire forces had withdrawn from the Malay peninsula onto Singapore Island. On 8 February, the Japanese landed in the north-west of the island and within six days they were on the outskirts of Singapore city, which was also now under constant air attack.

Question 50

Kokoda Trail

Answer 50

The Kokoda Track marks the course of one of the most important battles for Australians in the Second World War. Between 21 July and 16 November 1942, the Australian Army halted the furthermost southward advance by Japanese forces in Papua New Guinea and then pushed the enemy back across the mountains.

Question 51

League of Nations

Answer 51

The creation of the League of Nations marked a new era of multilateral cooperation. The Covenant bound its Member States to try to settle their disputes peacefully. By joining the League, Member States also renounced secret diplomacy, committed to reduce their armaments, and agreed to comply with international law.

Question 52

New Guinea Campaigns

Answer 52

The New Guinea campaign was one of the hardest-fought of World War II. American and Australian forces relied on native New Guineans to achieve victory. For the white Australian and American (and some African American) troops who fought there, New Guinea was one of the most horrific battlegrounds of World War II.

Question 53

Pearl Harbour

Answer 53

Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan.

Question 54

The Treaty of Versailles

Answer 54

The Treaty of Versailles held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties on the Germans, including loss of territory, massive reparations payments and demilitarization.

Question 55

Battle of Tobruk

Answer 55

Tobruk was the only deep water port in Eastern Libya and as a consequence it had been heavily fortified by its former Italian garrison. The capture of Tobruk was essential for an advance on Alexandria and Suez.

Question 56

Battle of Britain

Answer 56

Tobruk was the only deep water port in Eastern Libya and as a consequence it had been heavily fortified by its former Italian garrison. The capture of Tobruk was essential for an advance on Alexandria and Suez.

Question 57

Dunkirk

Answer 57

Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk, involved the rescue of more than 338,000 British and French soldiers from the French port of Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The evacuation, sometimes referred to as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was a big boost for British morale.

Question 58

Operation Barbarossa

Answer 58

Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. It was the largest land offensive in human history, with over 10 million combatants taking part.

Question 59

Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels

Answer 59

Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels was the name given by Australian soldiers to Papua New Guinean war carriers who, during World War II, were recruited or forced into service to bring supplies up to the front and carry injured Australian troops down the Kokoda trail during the Kokoda Campaign.

Question 60

Rats of Tobruk

Answer 60

The Rats of Tobruk were soldiers of the Australian-led Allied garrison that held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk in World War II. The siege started on 11 April 1941 and was relieved on 10 December.

Question 61

SS

Answer 61

The SS (Schutzstaffel, or Protection Squads) was originally established as Adolf Hitler’s personal bodyguard unit. It would later become both the elite guard of the Nazi Reich and Hitler’s executive force prepared to carry out all security-related duties, without regard for legal restraint.

Question 62

Weimar Republic

Answer 62

Officially named the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself