1G.4 Aspects of life in Germany and West Germany, 1918–89 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 7

The 20 questions

1. In which year did German women first gain the right to vote?

   • 1933
   • 1914
   • 1949
   • 1918

2. Which phrase summarised the Nazi slogan regarding women's primary role in society?

   • Kraft durch Freude
   • Kinder, Küche, Kirche
   • Blut und Boden
   • Gleichschaltung

3. Which 1933 law offered interest-free loans to couples if the wife quit work?

   • Reich Citizenship Law
   • Enabling Act
   • Editors Law
   • Encouragement of Marriage

4. What action did Nazi-led students take in May 1933 to target un-German literature?

   • Mass arrests
   • Public book burnings
   • Art exhibitions
   • Library closures

5. Which influential modernist design school was forced to close by Nazis in 1933?

   • Gestapo
   • Ahnenerbe
   • KdF
   • Bauhaus

6. Which 1937 Munich exhibition was held by the Nazis to mock modern art?

   • Grosse Deutsche Kunst
   • Entartete Kunst
   • Kraft durch Freude
   • Neue Sachlichkeit

7. What collective name was given to the anti-Semitic laws passed in September 1935?

   • Nuremberg Laws
   • Enabling Act
   • April Laws
   • Law for Reconstruction

8. In which year was membership of the Hitler Youth made compulsory?

   • 1942
   • 1939
   • 1936
   • 1933

9. What was the Nazi term for their systematic genocide of European Jews?

   • Generalplan Ost
   • New Order
   • Lebensraum
   • Final Solution

10. Which 1957 West German law extended women's rights regarding marital property and work?

    • Social Code
    • Equal Rights Act
    • Basic Law
    • Works Constitution Act

11. Which article of the 1949 West German Basic Law guaranteed gender equality?

    • Article 48
    • Article 3
    • Article 1
    • Article 5

12. What was the main aim of Allied education policy in Western Germany after 1945?

    • Industrialisation
    • Collectivisation
    • Privatisation
    • Denazification

13. What name was given to foreign workers recruited to West Germany from 1955?

    • Ostarbeiter
    • Zwangsarbeiter
    • Gastarbeiter
    • Trümmerfrauen

14. Which famous German design school became a symbol of Weimar modernist architecture?

    • Bauhaus
    • Blaue Reiter
    • Expressionism
    • Werkbund

15. What name is given to the November 1938 Nazi pogrom against Jewish properties?

    • Reichstag Fire
    • Kristallnacht
    • Beer Hall Putsch
    • Kapp Putsch

16. Which organisation managed women's welfare and domestic training under the Nazi regime?

    • Kraft durch Freude
    • Deutsches Frauenwerk
    • Reichsarbeitsdienst
    • Glaube und Schönheit

17. Which city was the vibrant centre of cultural experimentation during the Weimar Republic?

    • Berlin
    • Weimar
    • Munich
    • Frankfurt

18. Besides Jews, which nomadic minority group was targeted by Nazi racial persecution?

    • Volga Germans
    • Sinti and Roma
    • Sorbs
    • Huguenots

19. Which German term describes West Germany's process of confronting its Nazi past?

    • Ostpolitik
    • Vergangenheitsbewältigung
    • Westbindung
    • Gleichschaltung

20. Which subject was heavily modified in Nazi schools to teach racial theory?

    • Music
    • Physics
    • Biology
    • Chemistry

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