GCSE GCSE History

Question 1

What event triggered the start of World War One in 1914?

Accepted Answer

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo

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The invasion of Poland

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The sinking of the Lusitania

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The Treaty of Versailles

Question 2

What were the main terms of the Treaty of Versailles (1919)?

Accepted Answer

Germany lost territory, paid reparations, had its military severely limited, and accepted war guilt (Article 231)

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Germany gained new territory and paid no reparations

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France was punished for starting the war

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Germany kept all its colonies

Question 3

What was the Holocaust?

Accepted Answer

The systematic genocide of approximately six million Jews and millions of others by Nazi Germany during WW2

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A German military strategy in WW2

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A post-war economic recovery plan

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A series of air raids on Britain

Question 4

What was the significance of the Weimar Republic in German history?

Accepted Answer

It was Germany's first attempt at democracy (1919–1933), weakened by economic crises and political extremism

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It was Germany's first Nazi government

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It was the name for Germany's Second Reich

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It was a period of total military control

Question 5

What caused the Great Depression of the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

The Wall Street Crash of 1929, which caused a global economic collapse

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World War Two

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The Treaty of Versailles only

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British colonialism

Question 6

What was the policy of 'appeasement' in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

Making concessions to aggressive powers (especially Hitler) to avoid war

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Aggressively opposing Hitler at every step

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Increasing military spending

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Building alliances with the Soviet Union