Lesson 1L.2.1

1L.2.1 Nazism, war and division in Germany, 1929–1991 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 11

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  1. In the July 1932 Reichstag election, what share of the vote did the NSDAP (Nazi Party) win?

    • About 37 per cent of the vote
    • About 18 per cent of the vote
    • About 14 per cent of the vote
    • About 53 per cent of the vote

  2. Which emergency decree was issued in February 1933 after the Reichstag fire, suspending key civil liberties?

    • The Enabling Act of March 1933
    • The Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
    • The Concordat with the Vatican of 1933
    • The Decree for the Protection of People and State

  3. What did the Enabling Act of March 1933 allow the government to do?

    • Appoint regional governors in place of the Land governments
    • Hold a plebiscite on the future of the Weimar constitution
    • Dissolve all trade unions and the Reichstag permanently
    • Pass laws without Reichstag consent for four years

  4. Which SA leader was killed during the Night of the Long Knives in June 1934?

    • Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS
    • Alfred Hugenberg, leader of the DNVP
    • Franz von Papen, the former Chancellor
    • Ernst Rohm, the SA chief of staff

  5. What did the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 do?

    • Restored the German army to its pre-1919 size
    • Ended the Olympic boycott by the German Reich
    • Stripped Jews of German citizenship and banned marriage between Jews and Germans
    • Created the Reich Labour Service for young men

  6. What was Kristallnacht, on 9-10 November 1938?

    • A nationwide referendum on the annexation of Austria
    • A purge of the Catholic clergy in Bavaria and Baden
    • The surrender of Poland after the German invasion of 1939
    • A Nazi-organised pogrom against Jewish property, synagogues and people, followed by mass arrests

  7. Which term described the Nazi aim of a racially unified community united behind the Fuhrer?

    • Volksgemeinschaft
    • Gleichschaltung
    • Lebensraum
    • Kulturkampf

  8. What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941?

    • Operation Market Garden
    • Operation Sea Lion
    • Operation Overlord
    • Operation Barbarossa

  9. Which 1943 battle is generally seen as the major turning point on the Eastern Front?

    • Leningrad, where the siege lasted from 1941 until 1944
    • Moscow in December 1941, the first Soviet counter-offensive
    • Kursk in July 1943, a German armoured offensive
    • Stalingrad, where the German Sixth Army surrendered in February 1943

  10. How did the Western Allies supply West Berlin during the Soviet blockade of 1948-49?

    • By Soviet rail corridors negotiated with Moscow
    • By trucks driven across the Soviet zone at night
    • By river barges along the Elbe from Hamburg
    • By a large-scale airlift of food and fuel

  11. Why did the Soviet blockade of West Berlin fail to force the Western powers out of the city?

    • The United Nations sent an army to occupy the Soviet zone of Berlin
    • The Soviet Union agreed to grant full control of Berlin to the Western Allies
    • The Berlin population was evacuated to West Germany in the first week
    • The Western airlift kept West Berlin supplied, so the blockade lost its purpose

  12. Who was the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, serving from 1949 to 1963?

    • Willy Brandt
    • Konrad Adenauer
    • Helmut Kohl
    • Ludwig Erhard

  13. Which economic model was associated with the rapid West German recovery of the 1950s?

    • Autarky, with trade restricted to the Soviet bloc
    • The social market economy, combining free enterprise with welfare provision
    • Central planning under a Five-Year Plan
    • Nationalisation of all heavy industry by the state

  14. Why was the Berlin Wall built in August 1961?

    • To separate the Soviet sector from the Polish border in the east
    • To provide shelter for citizens during the Cold War nuclear crisis
    • To stop mass emigration from East Germany to the West
    • To mark the border between the British and American sectors of the city

  15. Which group is most associated with urban terrorism in West Germany during the 1970s?

    • The Freikorps militia
    • The Spartacist League
    • The Red Army Faction, known as the Baader-Meinhof gang
    • The Kampfbund of the Weimar Republic

  16. Which economic effect followed the oil crisis of 1973 in West Germany?

    • A rapid expansion of the mining industry and lower wages
    • Rising unemployment and slower growth, ending the economic miracle years
    • Full employment restored by the end of 1974
    • A fall in inflation to zero as oil prices collapsed

  17. Which policy of Willy Brandt sought to normalise relations with East Germany and the Soviet bloc?

    • The Hallstein Doctrine
    • Rearmament within NATO
    • The Marshall Plan
    • Ostpolitik

  18. On what date did German reunification take effect?

    • 1 July 1990
    • 12 September 1990
    • 3 October 1990
    • 9 November 1989

  19. Which best evaluates the Nazi economic recovery between 1933 and 1939?

    • It produced no reduction in unemployment, which remained above 30 per cent until 1945
    • It was based on free trade and foreign investment, and it cut unemployment by letting markets operate freely
    • It was driven by rearmament and deficit spending, which cut unemployment but was unsustainable without expansion
    • It relied mainly on agricultural exports and restored the gold standard in 1934

  20. Which best explains a key legacy of the Nazi period for postwar West German democracy?

    • Hitler's party was legalised and allowed to contest elections from 1949
    • The Reichstag was given the power to appoint the head of state
    • The Weimar constitution was restored without changes in 1949
    • The Basic Law placed human dignity at the heart of the constitution and built in safeguards against a return to dictatorship

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