The 20th century

The First World War began in which year?

✓ 1914

A major and very costly battle of the First World War was the Battle of what?

✓ The Somme

Women over 30 were first given the right to vote in the UK in which year?

✓ 1918

Who was a leader of the suffragette movement that campaigned for votes for women?

✓ Emmeline Pankhurst

The Second World War began in which year?

✓ 1939

Who was Prime Minister for most of the Second World War?

✓ Winston Churchill

The 1940 air campaign in which the RAF defended Britain against German air attacks is known as what?

✓ The Battle of Britain

What was 'the Blitz'?

✓ The German bombing of British cities during WWII

What does 'D-Day', 6 June 1944, refer to?

✓ The Allied landings in Normandy

Sir Alexander Fleming is famous for discovering what?

✓ Penicillin

Many soldiers were rescued from the beaches of which French town in 1940?

✓ Dunkirk

Is the statement TRUE or FALSE? 'Ireland was partitioned in 1921, creating Northern Ireland and what became the Irish Free State.'

✓ True

The economic difficulties of the 1930s are often called the what?

✓ The Great Depression

Which event ended the First World War in 1918?

✓ An armistice (ceasefire)

In 1928, women in the UK gained the right to vote at what age, the same as men?

✓ 21

Which date is celebrated as VE Day, marking victory in Europe in 1945?

✓ 8 May

What ultimately brought the Second World War with Japan to an end in 1945?

✓ The dropping of atomic bombs on Japan

Is the statement TRUE or FALSE? 'During the First World War, soldiers from across the British Empire fought alongside British troops.'

✓ True

Who led the campaign for women's suffrage as founder of the Women's Social and Political Union?

✓ Emmeline Pankhurst

Remembrance Day, honouring those who died in wars, is marked on which date?

✓ 11 November

The symbol worn to remember those who died in conflicts is the what?

✓ Poppy

Is the statement TRUE or FALSE? 'Winston Churchill led a coalition government during the Second World War.'

✓ True