Lesson Y9-U05-L06

Y9-U05-L06 How Far Did Germans Support the Nazis Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 18

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Lesson Y9-U05-L06, How Far Did Germans Support the Nazis: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 18: Year 9: Life in Nazi Germany, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Why is a cheering crowd not clear proof of real support in a dictatorship?

    • Cheering crowds only appear at elections
    • Cheering may come from fear of the people watching
    • Cheering shows that every person in the crowd agrees
    • Cheering crowds are always organised by a free press

  2. Which word means genuinely agreeing with and supporting something?

    • Consent
    • Coercion
    • Conformity
    • Interpretation

  3. What is coercion?

    • Going along with the crowd without strong feelings
    • Genuinely agreeing with a leader's aims
    • A historian's overall judgement about the past
    • Being forced or frightened into obeying

  4. What is conformity?

    • Going along with the crowd without strong feelings
    • Joining a secret resistance group
    • Writing a critical report about a government
    • Being forced or frightened into obeying

  5. Which type of evidence is most useful for judging what people really thought?

    • Newspaper articles printed under the editors' orders
    • Diaries, letters and secret reports
    • Films approved by the Ministry of Propaganda
    • Public speeches broadcast on the radio

  6. Roughly how many people were unemployed in Germany in 1933?

    • About 60 million
    • About 60,000
    • About 6 million
    • About 600,000

  7. Which scheme offered cheap holidays, trips and concerts to reward loyalty?

    • The Volksempfanger scheme
    • The Hitler Youth
    • The German Women's League
    • Strength Through Joy

  8. Which public schemes gave Germans work and wages in the 1930s?

    • Railways built in Africa
    • Airports built for Britain
    • Canals across the Alps
    • Autobahn roads and rearmament

  9. Which example shows conformity rather than consent?

    • Joining the Hitler Youth because all of one's friends did
    • Feeling proud that Germany was strong again
    • Supporting the Nazis because the economy had improved
    • Cheering Hitler because jobs had returned to the town

  10. Which example is best described as coercion?

    • Giving the salute to fit in with classmates and avoid being singled out
    • Cheering Hitler because the economy had improved and jobs had returned
    • Feeling proud that the streets felt safer and Germany was strong again
    • Obeying because the Gestapo and camps made resistance terrifying

  11. Hitler Youth children were encouraged to report what kind of people to the authorities?

    • Disloyal parents
    • Teachers who taught history
    • Visiting foreign diplomats
    • Members of the Strength Through Joy scheme

  12. What effect did banning trade unions in 1933 have on workers?

    • Workers joined the SS in large numbers
    • Workers received an immediate pay rise
    • Workers were given seats in the Reichstag
    • Workers had no legal way to protest

  13. In historical enquiry, what does 'utility' of a source mean?

    • How useful a source is for answering a particular question
    • How much a source would be worth in money if sold at an auction house
    • How long ago a source was written and how old the paper is
    • How many copies of a source were printed and sold in the first year

  14. Why might a public newspaper article be less useful than a secret report?

    • It was printed after the war had ended, long after the events described
    • It was always written in a foreign language for an overseas audience
    • It never mentioned Hitler by name in any of its editions or articles
    • It was censored and tells us what the Nazis wanted people to think

  15. A memoir was written years after the war. What should a historian consider about it?

    • It was written under direct Nazi orders
    • It can only be used to check dates
    • It may be shaped by knowing how the war ended
    • It is always accurate because it was written by eyewitnesses

  16. Which example is the best evidence of genuine consent?

    • People who were arrested for distributing leaflets
    • People who joined the Hitler Youth because it was compulsory
    • People who gave the salute because they feared the Gestapo
    • People who backed the Nazis because they were grateful for work

  17. By how much did unemployment fall by 1939?

    • From about 1 million to about 900,000
    • From about 3 million to about 2 million
    • From about 6 million to about 3 million
    • From about 6 million to almost none

  18. Which evidence best shows that fear was a strong form of control?

    • Newspapers reported freely on every government decision
    • The Gestapo arrested people on the basis of neighbours' tip-offs
    • Germans voted in free elections every year
    • Trade unions were allowed to meet openly

  19. Which conclusion is best supported by the evidence on support and fear?

    • Some support was genuine, but fear and conformity also produced many public displays
    • Support was entirely fake and never genuine in any part of the population
    • Support was entirely genuine and free of fear in every region of Germany
    • Fear played no role in public displays of support at rallies and parades

  20. Why is it hard to judge how much Germans supported the Nazis?

    • Support can be measured exactly from election results alone
    • Official Nazi polls were trusted by everyone
    • Genuine belief, conformity and fear often look the same in public
    • Support existed only in the countryside

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