World War II       Quiz

1.  When did Adolf Hitler come to power?                                  a)  in 1923

                                                                                                      b)  in 1933

                                                                                                      c) in 1938

2. When did  the World War II start?                           a)  in  1938

                                                                                      b)  in  1939

                                                                                      c) in  1940

3. What two countries were Germany’s allies?                        a) Italy and  Japan

                                                                                                  b) Italy and Spain

                                                                                                  c) Japan and China

4.  Who was head of Germany’s Luftwaffe?                           a) Herman Goering

                                                                                                  b) Heinrich Himmler

                                                                                                  c) Martin Borman

5. What two countries declared war on  Germany

    after  the Nazi troops invaded Poland?                               a) Great Britain and the USA

                                                                                               b) Norway and Denmark

                                                                                               c) France and Great Britain

6. What was the only WWII  battle  that  was

    fought   solely in the air?                                                     a)  the Battle of Britain

        b)  the   Battle  of Stalingrad

         c)   the   Battle  of Berlin

7. Who was Britain’s Prime Minister during

    the war?                                                                            a) Harold Winston

       b) Winston Churchill

       c) Margaret Thatcher

8. Which of the following death camps was the biggest?     а) Dachau

b)      Auschwitz

c)      Buchenwald?

9. When did Japanese attack the American naval

     base Pearl Harbour ?                                                       a)  in 1939

                                                                                             b)  in  1941

                                                                                             c)  in  1943

10.   What was the German code name for the

        summer   attack on the Soviet Union in 1941?            a) Operation Barbarossa

                                                                                             b) Operation Dragon

                                                                                             c) Operation Bismark

       11.    Who said:   “WE shall fight on the beaches.

          WE shall fight on the landing grounds.

           WE shall fight in the fields, and in the streets,

           WE shall fight in the hills.

           WE shall never surrender!”                             a) Winston Churchill

                                                                                   b) Josef Stalin

                                                                                   c) Franklin D. Roosevelt

12.  The German invasion of the Soviet Union

        began  on the 22^nd of June, 1941.

        Who announced   the news?                                             a) Josef Stalin

                                                                                                  b) Lavrentiy Beria

                                                                                                  c)  Vyacheslav Molotov

13. How long did the Siege of Leningrad last?                 a) 90 days

                                                                                     b) 300 days

                                                                                     c) 900 days

14. Who wrote the famous Leningrad symphony?                 a) Dmitri Shostackovich

                                                                                          b) Sergei Prokofiev

                                                                                          c)  Alexander Alexandrov

15.   Who was the highest-scoring fighter pilot

     in  the Soviet Union?                                                                         a) Ivan Kozhedub

                                                                                                           b) Alexander Pokryshkin

                                                                                                           c) Nikolai Gulayev

16. Which of the following was not a German fighter?      a) Messerschmidt 

                                                                                        b) Spitfire

                                                                                        c) Fokker

17. What tank was considered to be the best tank in

      World War II?                                                                 a) T-42

                                                                                               b) T-72

                                                                                               c) T-34

18. What river does Stalingrad stand on?                             a) the Ural

                                                                                               b) the Volga

                                                                                               c) the Don

19. What was the biggest tank battle of WW II?            a) The Battle of Stalingrad

                                                                                        b)  The Battle of Kursk

                                                                                        c)  The Battle of Leningrad    

20. What Nazi party member saved 1100 Jewish

     people giving them work in his factory?                   a) Rudolf Hess

                                                                                         b) Oscar Schindler

                                                                                          c) Josef Heinz

21. In 1943 Stalin,  Roosevelt and Churchill met

      at a conference. Where did it take place?                 a) In Cairo

                                                                                         b) In Teheran

                                                                                         c) In Yalta

22. Who was the Supreme commander of the

      Allied Forces at the end of the war?                       a) Winston Churchill

                                                                                       b) Joseph Stalin

                                                                                       c) Dwight Eisenhower

23. Whose armed forces fought and won the

      Battle  of Berlin?                                                      a) Great Britain’s

                                                                                       b) The USA’s

                                                                                        c) The Soviet Union’s

24. What happened to Adolf Hitler?                   a)  He committed suicide

                                                                            b) He fled to Argentina

                                                                            c) He was killed during an air raid   

25. How many atomic bombs were dropped

     in Japan?                                                                   a) 1

                                                                                        b) 2

                                                                                        c) 3

26. Where were  the war trials held after the war?         a) in Berlin

                                                                                      b) in Nuremberg

                                                                                      c) in London

27. How   many  people lost their lives during the Second  World War ?  

                                                                                         a) 30 million

                                                                                         b) 40 million

                                                                                         c) more than 60 million

Пояснительная записка

Автор: Порохина Галина Владимировна,  учитель иностранного языка.

Образовательное учреждение: МОУ «Сосновская ОСШ № 1» п.Сосновка Пинежского района Архангельской  области

Предмет:  английский язык

Название материала:  Quiz «World War II» (Викторина «Вторая мировая война»)

 Содержание: исторические факты  Второй мировой войны: время, события, люди                                         

Предназначениие: расширение общего и лингвострановедческого кругозора учащихся, развитие их познавательной активности.

Методические рекомендации

        Материал может быть использован при проведении уроков и внеклассных мероприятий по теме «Вторая мировая война». Викторина состоит из 27 вопросов, предназначенных для индивидуальной внеурочной поисковой работы учащихся. Предложенные задания позволяют им продемонстрировать  знания и эрудицию. Презентация викторины «World War II» проходит в классе. Ответы на вопросы викторины представлены в мультимедийной презентации, содержание слайдов  которой по усмотрению учителя может быть дополнительно прокомментировано и расширено  в зависимости от возраста  учеников устными сообщениями, видеоклипами, музыкальными произведениями, фотоматериалами.

После просмотра объявляются победители, каждый из которых получает в подарок диск с  презентацией викторины.

Источники, использованные при подготовке материала:

Журнал “Speak out” 2/2005

Журнал “Speak out” 4/2005

http://www.undread.narod.ru/photos/

 http://www.ijc.ru/i_sovt91.html

tp://www.sem40.ru/arts/shindler.shtml

ttp://library.thinkquest.org/17573/homefront/homefront3.htm

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/homefront/bombing/shelters/source2c.htmИсточник: http://www.thelec.co.uk/an_anderson_shelter.htm

 http://www.ebc-indevelopment.co.uk/redcrossstjohn02/factsheets/airRaidShelters.htm

: http://www.britainatwar.co.uk

www.digitaldesk.org/resources/WW2/blitzws5.html

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