Year 9 End of Year Fact Test Flashcards

Revise these cards to test your knowledge of a range of topics that you have studied in History this year. If you are unsure of a fact, check your book or with your teacher. Try to memorise these. You will have a test on THESE facts in class.

1
Q

Who was the man behind the propaganda campaign in WW1?

A

Lord Kitchener

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2
Q

Who made up the Triple Alliance in the first world war?

A

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

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3
Q

What was the name of the group behind the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

A

Black Hand Gang

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4
Q

Where did the murder of Franz Ferdinand take place?

A

Sarajevo

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5
Q

What was it called when friends could sign up for WW1 together?

A

Pals Battalions

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6
Q

What was the name of the plan when Germany tried to attack France through Belgium in the first world war?

A

Schlieffen Plan

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7
Q

When was the Battle of the Somme?

A

1st July 1916

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8
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Who was the commander of the British Army of the Western Front from 1915-1918?

A

Douglas Haig

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9
Q

What year was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

A

1919

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10
Q

Which country was invaded by Germany in 1939 that caused Britain to declare war on them?

A

Poland

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11
Q

What was the code name for the plan to evacuate British and French troops from Dunkirk?

A

Operation Dynamo

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12
Q

What does Blitzkrieg mean?

A

Lightening War

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13
Q

What was the Blitz?

A

The German bombing of British cities

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14
Q

What was the name of the German Airforce?

A

Luftwaffe

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15
Q

What was the name of the Operation which D-Day was a part of?

A

Overlord

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16
Q

When did the USA declare war on Japan’s ally, Germany?

A

11-Dec-41

17
Q

What is the name of the ideology which centres around the government owning everything?

A

Communism

18
Q

What was the name of the policy put forward by President Truman to stop the spread of Communism?

A

Containment (Truman Doctrine)

19
Q

Which country helped North Korea fight the UN?

A

China

20
Q

What military organisation was formed in 1949 to combat the threat of Communism?

A

NATO

21
Q

What was built in 1969 to stop the spread of capitalism into East Germany?

A

Berlin Wall

22
Q

What was the name of Gorbachev’s policy to allow other political parties?

A

Glasnost

23
Q

What was the name of the first satellite launched into space by the USSR in 1957?

A

Sputnik

24
Q

Which US mission put men on the moon in 1969?

A

Apollo 11

25
Q

Which side used guerrilla warfare in Vietnam?

A

Vietcong

26
Q

What method did the Vietcong use to escape US attempts to search for and destroy them?

A

Tunnels

27
Q

Who was the leader of communist North Vietnam in 1950s?

A

Ho Chi Minh

28
Q

What did President Eisenhower call his theory that suggested if South Vietnam fell to communism, all of the East Asian countries would follow.

A

Domino Theory

29
Q

When did violence against the Jews in Germany begin?

A

1933

30
Q

In what year did the mas deportation of German Jews to concentration and death camps begin?

A

1941