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World history quiz for grade 11: The Second World War

This quiz helps revise “The Second World War” in World history for grade 11. It has 25 questions in five categories: War Begins, Turning-Point Battles, Occupation & Holocaust, Alliance & Strategy, End & Aftermath. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 16–17
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: The Second World War

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

War Begins

  1. 100

    Which country did Germany invade on 1 September 1939, beginning the war in Europe?

  2. 200

    On what date in 1939 did Britain and France declare war on Germany?

  3. 300

    What was the 1939…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What was the conflict…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What agreement did Germany…

    In the game

Turning-Point Battles

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What name is given to the 1940 air campaign between the Royal Air Force and Luftwaffe over England?

  2. 200

    What was the code name of Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union launched on 22 June 1941?

  3. 300

    Which June 1942 naval…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which battle in Egypt…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What was the code…

    In the game

Occupation & Holocaust

  1. 100

    What were the segregated city districts called, where Nazis forced Jews to live?

  2. 200

    Which Nazi camp complex was the largest killing center by number of victims?

  3. 300

    What were the mobile…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which meeting on 20…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What term did Raphael…

    In the game

Alliance & Strategy

  1. 100

    What was the 1941 program called under which the United States supplied weapons and materials to countries resisting the Axis?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    What was the 1941 joint declaration by Roosevelt and Churchill on principles for the postwar world called?

  3. 300

    Which 1943 meeting was…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What was the code…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What was the code…

    In the game

End & Aftermath

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which two Japanese cities were struck by atomic bombs in August 1945?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    On what date in 1945 is Victory in Europe Day marked after Germany's surrender?

  3. 300

    Which international organization was…

    In the game
  4. 400

    In which city did…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Aboard which American battleship…

    In the game

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  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

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