Benin and Slavery
What was the leader of the people of Benin known as?
Oba
Who were the Suffragists?
Non-violent protestors for women's suffrage
Which country did Germany invade to start WW2?
Poland
How many Jewish people died in the Holocaust?
6 million
What was Hitler's attempted invasion of Russia called?
Operation Barbarossa
What was the journey from Africa to the Americas known as in the transatlantic slave trade?
Middle Passage
What did some suffragettes do in Britain as a form of protest?
Went on hunger strike
Which countries were part of the Triple Alliance in WW1?
Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy
Name two things that Jewish people weren't allowed to do after the Nuremberg Laws.
Marry non-Jewish people, vote, be German citizens, employ young non-Jewish women, fly the German flag
What was Emily Davison supposedly trying to do when she got killed by the King's horse?
Attach a women's suffrage banner to the reins
Name three things that were traded from the Americas to Europe during the transatlantic slave trade
Sugar, Rum, Tobacco, Cotton
Which law, introduced by Thatcher, banned teaching that homosexuality was acceptable?
Section 28
Who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo? (full name)
Gavrilo Princip
Which event happened on 8th November 1938?
Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass)
Which WW1 weapon caused the most casualties?
Machine gun
In which decade was slavery abolished in the UK?
1830s (1833)
Who was the leader of the Suffragettes in the early 1900s?
Emmeline Pankhurst
Which countries drew up the Treaty of Versailles?
France, Britain and USA
Why is Holocaust Memorial Day on 25th January every year?
Liberation of Auschwitz
Why were live slaves thrown overboard on the slave ship The Zong?
They got lost and were starting to run out of water, so decided to throw the slaves overboard in order to gain insurance money
In what year was homosexuality decriminalised in the UK? (3 years either way)
1967
Who appeared on the 'Your country needs you' propaganda posters to encourage men to sign up to fight in WW1?
Lord Kitchener
Name four other groups of people who were persecuted by the Nazis, other than Jewish people.
Communists, Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, Homosexuals, Alcoholics, Prostitutes, Beggars, Romani and Sinti, Mentally and physically disabled people