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