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GCSE History Quiz on OCR: History - British Depth Study: Youth (WW2 - 1960's), created by Joe Barry on 17/05/2017.

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OCR: History - British Depth Study: Youth (WW2 - 1960's)

OCR: History - British Depth Study: Youth (WW2 - 1960's)

Question 1 of 7

1

At the start of 1940 a _________ of city children were getting no education.

Select one of the following:

  • One third

  • One half

  • One eighth

  • One tenth

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Question 2 of 7

2

What were the effects of rationing on children. SELECT TWO EFFECTS

Select one or more of the following:

  • Because the meals were smaller - the children were much hungrier.

  • The children were allowed more sweets than normally rationed. So in turn they got fatter.

  • The general health of children improved. They were eating a lot more vegtables

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Question 3 of 7

1

During the blitz. 5000 children were killed. True or False?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 4 of 7

1

The Government had organised the evacuation of _________ school children. Children were not forced to leave to the countryside.

Select one of the following:

  • 800,000

  • 700,000

  • 600,000

  • 500,000

  • 300,000

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Question 5 of 7

5

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

The ( NHS, Government, CIA, MI5 ) had specific aspects aimed at Children. They set up extensive networks of school medical services, including medical inspections by ( school nurses, Doctors, Volunteer parents ). These services were more widespread than medical services pre-war. One big impact of the NHS on children was the ( introduction of vaccines, Introduction of sexual education, Introduction of PSHE ) against some of the ( main killer diseases., Biggest problems facing children., The growing obesity problem. ) (( TB, Diphtheria, Ebola, Malaria, Polio, HIV ) etc)

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Question 6 of 7

7

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Young people ( didn't have a separate, had a completely different culture, had a similar culture ) culture from adults. They wore the ( same sorts of clothes, different sorts of clothes, similar sorts of clothes ) as their parents and had ( the same pastimes, different pastimes, similar pastimes ) as well. Families ( ate together, ate seperatly, sometimes ate together ), watched TV together and listened to radio together. They often went to ( the same schools, different schools ) as their parents did and might well go on to work for the same companies as their parents did!.. How ever by the second half of the ( 1950's, 1960's, 1940's, 1970's ) the term 'widely' used to refer to young people ( from 15 - early 20s, from 13 - 18, from 15 - 23, from 16 - early 20s, from 13 - 17 ).

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Question 7 of 7

9

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You could tell a teenager by their.... ( CLOTHES:, ATTITUDE:, BEHAVIOUR: ) they began to wear different styles of clothes from their parents. ( MEETING PLACES:, FRIENDS:, TECHNOLOGY: ) Teenagers began to ( spend more time, spend less time, spend all the time ) with each other than with their families. They gathered in ( coffee bars, bars, restaurants, beaches ) and listened to other young people play music. ( FILMS:, ART:, FASHION:, COLOURS: ) ( American, British, French, Canadian ) movies were just as influential as ( American, Chinese, Indian, Australian, Thai ) music. The film rebel without a doubt had a huge impact on the youth culture of the ( 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1940's ). This also dramatised the gap between the ( teenage generation and their parents., Teenagers and their grandparents, teenagers and their siblings, teenagers and each other )

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