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Leaving Cert History quiz 2020
Leaving Cert History quiz 2020
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1
German word for "lightning war" - used in World War 2
Luftwaffe
Lightning War
Blitzkrieg
Junker
2
Name the civil rights organisation set up in Northern Ireland
NICAR
MICRA
NICRA
NAACP
3
Who dis?
A young Mr Brennan
John Hume
John Curry
Martin Luther King
4
Who is this??
Churchill
Mussolini
Hitler
Lenin
5
Name the group which helped organise black people for the Montgomery Bus Boycott
NCAAP
NACCP
NACAP
NAACP
6
Hitler's plan to unite all of the German Protestant churches into one German national church...
Reichskirche
Collectivisation
Inflation
Religionraum
7
Who were the Black and Tans?
A violent armed militia of World War One ex-servicemen from Britain
An armed militia of UVF volunteers who fought the IRA
A police force of Indian & Australian recruits who acted as spies
8
The Moon Landing was part of the Gemini missions
True
False
9
W.T. Cosgrave led the Irish Free State from 1922 & 1932. Which part of Sinn Fein formed the first government?
Anti-treaty Sinn Fein (Fianna Fail)
Pro-treaty Sinn Fein (Cumann na nGaedhael)
Pro-treaty Home Rule
10
The Montgomery Bus Boycott took place in 1958
False
True
11
Which one of these was not a reason why the USA lost the Vietnam war?
The discrimination of native Americans
The Vietcong were excellent guerrilla fighters
The Anti-war movement
The failure of the US bombing campaign
12
who dis?
Sir Basil Brooke
Terence O Neill
Austin Curry
John Hume
13
'Battle of the Bogside' occurred in August 1969?
False
True
14
A system of government where the people exercise power through voting in elections.
Communism
Dictatorship
Democracy
Socialism
15
One of these is not related to LBJ in Vietnam
Hanoi Strike 5
Operation Rolling Thunder
Gulk of Tonkin
My Lai Massacre
16
The Moon landing was a success for the USA because...
It proved it was superior in space technology to the USSR
It actually made the USA lose popularity
It ended the Vietnam war, once and for all
17
Why was there an 'Economic War' between the Irish Free State & Britain between 1932 & 1938?
DeValera withheld the Land Annuities' Payments
De Valera was jealous the UK's relationship with France
DeV wanted to make the Ireland self-sufficient and break trade with UK
18
This historical figure is Stalin:
False
True
19
Spreading information to gain or maintain power is called:
Propaganda
Protectionism
Persecution
Partition
20
What was the Shannon Scheme (1925-29)?
A hydro-electric electricity-generating station built on the River Shannon
An extension of the Shannon river into Northern Ireland
A brand new airport based in Shannon
21
The word used to describe the slaughter of Jews by Nazis in extermination camps during the Second World War....
Jewish
Herrenvolk
Aryan Race
Holocaust
22
What strategy did the IRA & Sinn Fein (Republicans) use during the Irish War of Independence?
Guerilla warfare, peaceful resistance and assassinations
Guerilla warfare, assassinations, political assemblies
Static warfare, political rallies and sabotage of British Navy in Ireland
23
Self-sufficiency meant using tariffs to protect industry and employment from foreign competition.
False
True
24
Stalin's policy to force peasant farmers to give up their farms and form large collective farms:
Communism
Collectivisation
Five Year Plans
Show Trials
25
937, DeValera published a new Constitution... What was it called?
Bunreacht na hEireann
The Coal Cattle Pact
The Electoral Amendment Act
The Statute of Westminster
26
The Montgomery bus boycott was the first mass movement of black people in the USA
False
True
27
Why did Ireland remain neutral in WW2?
Political disagreements with the Britain
The Irish army was too large
a desire to avoid international conflicts and lack of military strength
To support the fascist countries
28
Fianna Fail was the party founded by Kevin O Higgins in 1926?
False
True
29
The Nazi policy of conquering land in Eastern Europe to make Germany self-sufficient was called:
Germanraum
Hinterland
Lebensraum
Easternraum
30
Which party won the General Election of 1932?
Fianna Gael
The Labour Party
The SDLP
Fianna Fail
31
Rule by one person or party who control all power, using propaganda and a secret police.
Nationalist
Dictatorship
Proletariat
Partisan
32
Which statement describes how the economy of Northern Ireland changed in the 1950s?
Catholics standard of living became better than that of Protestants
the UK Welfare State helped to dramatically lower the standard of living
The UK Welfare state helped to improve the standard of living
33
The Solemn League & Covenant was signed by thousands of Unionists in 1912. What did this document declare?
Unionists pledged to resist Home Rule in Ireland by "any means possible'
Unionists declared their desire to join a Free State Ireland
Unionists pledged themselves to support Britain in World War One
34
Which one of these is not related to the Moon Landing?
Niall Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
Command module
The eagle has landed
