AUSSIE
WORLD
WAR
II
QUESTION
10

When did Australia join WWII?

3 September 1939

10

What was the AWLA?

Australian Women's Land Army

10

What part of Australia was in critical danger?

Northern Territory


10

When did World War II start?

1 September 1939

10

What was the cause of World War II?

Germany invaded Poland

200

What role did women play on the front line of the war?

Nurses

200

30,000 Australians were taken prisoner…

 (True or false)

True- 30,000 Australians were taken prisoner and 39,000 deceased.

200

Hospitals and Schools were bombed during WWII

(True or false)

True

200

Which prime minister declared that Australia was at war?

 Robert Menzies declared Australia to be at war.

200

What was the AWLA?

Australian Women's Land Army

300

How did communication occur between families in Australia?

with letters

300

What happened to unemployment rates during the war?

They increased dramatically.

300

When did World War II end?

2 September 1945 - 6 years and 1 day after the war started

300

What was the main role of the Australian Women's Land Army?

To fill the shortfall in rural labour due to the war

300

Where in the Northern Territory did the Japanese bomb first?

Pearl Harbour

400

From what type of communication did the Australian find out about WW||? (Name 2)

Radios and newspapers

400

What items did the Red Cross send to military troops?

(name at least 2)

ANZAC biscuits, socks, barley sugar, fresh clothes and Christmas cakes.

400

Who bombed Pearl Harbour?

The Japanese - they launched a surprise attack 

400

The Blitzkreig occurred in Australia.

(True or False)

False - the Blitzkreig occurred in many places by the Germans

400

Japanese POWs were not imprisoned in Australia?

False

500

Who got the benefit of employment rates going up?

Familys who stayed back in Australia.

500

What products were rationed for Australia’s citizens during the war? (Name 3)

Gasoline, food, alcohol 

500

Which countries fought against Australia?

(name 3)

Germany, Italy, Japan

500

What happened to German, Italian and Japanese migrants in Australia during WW2?

They were imprisoned 

500

What does POW stand for?

Prisoners of War