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.
Who was the man behind the propaganda campaign in WW1?
Lord Kitchener
Who made up the Triple Alliance in the first world war?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
What was the name of the group behind the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Black Hand Gang
Where did the murder of Franz Ferdinand take place?
Sarajevo
What was it called when friends could sign up for WW1 together?
Pals Battalions
What was the name of the plan when Germany tried to attack France through Belgium in the first world war?
Schlieffen Plan
When was the Battle of the Somme?
1st July 1916
Who was the commander of the British Army of the Western Front from 1915-1918?
Douglas Haig
What year was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
1919
Which country was invaded by Germany in 1939 that caused Britain to declare war on them?
Poland
What was the code name for the plan to evacuate British and French troops from Dunkirk?
Operation Dynamo
What does Blitzkrieg mean?
Lightening War
What was the Blitz?
The German bombing of British cities
What was the name of the German Airforce?
Luftwaffe
What was the name of the Operation which D-Day was a part of?
Overlord
When did the USA declare war on Japan’s ally, Germany?
11-Dec-41
What is the name of the ideology which centres around the government owning everything?
Communism
What was the name of the policy put forward by President Truman to stop the spread of Communism?
Containment (Truman Doctrine)
Which country helped North Korea fight the UN?
China
What military organisation was formed in 1949 to combat the threat of Communism?
NATO
What was built in 1969 to stop the spread of capitalism into East Germany?
Berlin Wall
What was the name of Gorbachev’s policy to allow other political parties?
Glasnost
What was the name of the first satellite launched into space by the USSR in 1957?
Sputnik
Which US mission put men on the moon in 1969?
Apollo 11
Which side used guerrilla warfare in Vietnam?
Vietcong
What method did the Vietcong use to escape US attempts to search for and destroy them?
Tunnels
Who was the leader of communist North Vietnam in 1950s?
Ho Chi Minh
What did President Eisenhower call his theory that suggested if South Vietnam fell to communism, all of the East Asian countries would follow.
Domino Theory
When did violence against the Jews in Germany begin?
1933
In what year did the mas deportation of German Jews to concentration and death camps begin?
1941
