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History IGCSE quiz on WW2 and the cold war

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Question 1

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What were the three aims of Hitler's foreign policy aims?
Answer
  • To abolish Communism
  • To become allies with the EU
  • To expand German territory
  • To abolish the Treaty of Versailles
  • To have war with Russia
  • To rearm

Question 2

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Conscription is the vow to follow another person into battle
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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What date did Hitler introduce conscription in Germany?
Answer
  • 1919
  • 1949
  • 1935
  • 1954

Question 4

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When did Hitler reoccupy the Rhineland?
Answer
  • 7th of March 1936
  • 7th of March 1937
  • 6th of March 1936
  • 6th of March 1937

Question 5

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Hitler had 5000 soldiers when he invaded the Rhineland
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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What did Chamberlain give to Hitler in Munich?
Answer
  • Austria
  • Munich
  • Sudetenland
  • Rhineland

Question 7

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What was the date of the Munich agreement?
Answer
  • 28th of September 1938
  • 28th of September 1939
  • 29th of September 1938
  • 29th of September 1939

Question 8

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Hitler invaded Poland in 1939
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

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Britain declared war on Germany on the 3rd of November 1939
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

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What were the reasons for appeasement?
Answer
  • France and Britain were weaker than Germany (scared of war)
  • The allies trusted Hitler
  • Allies believed Hitler would buffer Communism
  • Germany claimed Germans in Poland and Sudetenland were unfairly treated
  • Rearmament would cost alot
  • The problem was too far away to be bothered with
  • The allies signed an appeasement agreement in 1938
  • People like Germanys strong government enforced by Hitler
  • Allies believed Hitler's actions were justified by the unfair Treaty of Versailles
  • People wanted peace

Question 11

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Hitler invaded Austria in 1937
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

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Churchill was the Prime minister of Britain in 1945
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 13

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Who was the president of the USA in 1945?
Answer
  • Roosevelt
  • Truman
  • General Mac arthur
  • Eisenhower

Question 14

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Khruschev was the leader of Russia in 1945
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 15

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Name four causes of the cold war
Answer
  • Beliefs and ideals- USSR was communist and the USA was a capitalist democracy
  • Aims- Stalin wanted reperations from Germany and Britain and the USA wanted Germany to have a strong democratic government
  • Nuclear weapons- both sides had already gained many nuclear weapons to fire at one another
  • Resentment about history- 1918 Britain and the USA tried to destroy Russian Revolution also Russia had allied with Hitler in the second world war
  • Trust- ever action was not trusted by both sides

Question 16

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Name two historical complaints that Russia had against Britain and the USA
Answer
  • 1918 Russian Revoluion was attempted to be destoyed
  • In World War 2 the allies did not try to help Russia
  • Britain and the USA had attacked Russia during the second world war

Question 17

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totalitarianism is where the government has total power over the people
Answer
  • True
  • False
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