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Year 10 History · Australia and World War II

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which event started World War II in Europe?
- ☐ (a) The bombing of Pearl Harbor
- ☐ (b) Germany's invasion of Poland
- ☐ (c) The fall of Singapore
- ☐ (d) The Treaty of Versailles
2. Who announced that Australia was at war in September 1939?
- ☐ (a) John Curtin
- ☐ (b) Billy Hughes
- ☐ (c) Robert Menzies
- ☐ (d) Edmund Barton
3. What was the Kokoda Track campaign?
- ☐ (a) A battle in North Africa
- ☐ (b) A naval battle in the Atlantic
- ☐ (c) A bombing raid on Japan
- ☐ (d) Fighting against Japanese forces in Papua in 1942
4. What does rationing mean?
- ☐ (a) Limiting how much food and goods people can buy
- ☐ (b) Increasing wages
- ☐ (c) Building ships
- ☐ (d) Printing money
5. Why did Australia turn to the United States in 1941–42?
- ☐ (a) Britain could no longer guarantee Australia's defence
- ☐ (b) The US invaded Australia
- ☐ (c) Australia left the British Empire
- ☐ (d) Japan asked it to
6. Which Australian city was bombed on 19 February 1942?
7. In what year did World War II end?
8. Giving in to some demands of an aggressive power to avoid war is called ____.

Answer sheet

1. Germany's invasion of Poland — Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939.
2. Robert Menzies — Robert Menzies was Prime Minister in 1939.
3. Fighting against Japanese forces in Papua in 1942 — Kokoda was fought in Papua from July to November 1942.
4. Limiting how much food and goods people can buy — Rationing shared scarce goods during the war.
5. Britain could no longer guarantee Australia's defence — British weakness in Asia, especially at Singapore, led Curtin to look to the US.
6. Darwin — Darwin was attacked by Japanese aircraft.
7. 1945 — Japan formally surrendered on 2 September 1945.
8. appeasement — Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement in the 1930s.