The World Wars and Social Change (1900–1945) Practice Test

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1. What event on 28 June 1914 triggered the start of the First World War?
2. Approximately how many British casualties were there in the First World War?
3. On what date and at what time did the First World War end?
4. What was the Easter Rising of 1916?
5. What was the result of the partition of Ireland in 1921–1922?
6. Who became Prime Minister in May 1940 and led the UK through most of the Second World War?
7. What was the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940?
8. Which TWO British-designed aircraft are particularly associated with the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940?
9. Which Churchill quotation is famously associated with the Battle of Britain?
10. On which date did the D-Day landings begin in Normandy — a turning point in the Second World War in Western Europe?
11. Which Scottish scientist discovered penicillin in 1928 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1945?
12. True or false: in a 2002 BBC poll, Winston Churchill was voted the greatest Briton of all time.
13. Did the Second World War in Europe end before the war against Japan?