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World War One
World War Two
The Holocaust
Rights and Freedoms
General Knowledge and Skills
100

World War One started in which year?

1914

100

When did WWII begin?

1939

100

What is antisemitism? 

Hatred of or prejudice against Jews

100

What year was the United Nations formed?

1945

100

What is a primary source?

A source made at the time of the event and/or by someone who witnessed the event firsthand.

200

World War One ended in what year?

1918

200

Which event directly caused Britain and Australia to declare war on Germany?

Germany’s invasion of Poland

200

What was a Ghetto?

An overcrowded, enclosed area of a town or city where the Nazis forcibly confined Jewish people, isolating them from the rest of society in harsh living conditions.

200

The UDHR was a result of... 

-The Holocaust

200

What is a secondary source?

A source after the time of the event and/or by someone who did not witness the event firsthand (i.e. a textbook)

300

Name three features of a WWI trench

  • Parapet

  • Sandbags

  • Duckboards

  • Firestep 

  • Ammunition shelf 

  • Dugout

  • Underground bunkers 

  • Zig-Zag 

  • Barbed wire

  • Listening post

  • Front line

  • Second line

  • Reserve trench 

  • Communication trenches 

300

What year did Japan enter the war by attacking Pearl Harbor?

1941

300

What were THREE ways the Nazis encouraged antisemitism in Germany?

  • Propaganda (posters, newspapers, films etc to spread negative stereotypes about Jewish people)

  • Education

  • Hitler Youth

  • Nuremberg Laws (1935) people were inferior.

  • Boycotts of Jewish businesses

  • Censorship

400

Name THREE injuries/conditions faced by soldiers in WWI trenches

- Gas attacks 

- Trench foot

- Trench fever

- Shell shock 

- Gun shot wounds

400

Who was Australia’s Prime Minister at the start of World War II?

John Curtin

400
Name THREE things Hitler offered/promised to the German people. 

  • Jobs and employment

  • Economic recovery

  • Restore German pride after WWI humiliation

  • Overturn the Treaty of Versailles

  • Rebuild the military

500

What were the 4 consequences of the Treaty of Versailles for Germany?

B - Blame (Germany had to accept full blame for starting World War One). 

R - Reparations (Germany had to pay lots of money to other countries to help them rebuild). 

A - Army (Germanys army was reduced to 10,000 men. No air force. Limited navy)

T - Territory (Germany lost significant amounts of land) 

500

What was the name of the battle that stopped Japan’s advance toward Australia in 1942?

The Battle of the Coral Sea