Lesson 1L.2.1

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

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The 20 questions

  1. What proportion of the vote did the Nazi Party win in July 1932?

    • 44 per cent
    • 18 per cent
    • 37 per cent
    • 52 per cent

  2. Which decree suspended civil liberties after the 1933 Reichstag fire?

    • Enabling Act
    • Law for the Restoration
    • Hindenburg Decree
    • Reichstag Fire Decree

  3. What power did the Enabling Act of March 1933 grant Hitler's government?

    • Abolish the presidency
    • Rule by decree
    • Dissolve the Reichstag
    • Ban trade unions

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

    • Heinrich Himmler
    • Ernst Röhm
    • Gregor Strasser
    • Joseph Goebbels

  5. Which 1935 laws stripped German Jews of citizenship and banned intermarriage?

    • Nuremberg Laws
    • Enabling Act
    • May Laws
    • Reichstag Laws

  6. Which 1938 state-sponsored pogrom targeted Jewish synagogues and businesses across Germany?

    • Kristallnacht
    • Gleichschaltung
    • Anschluss
    • Putsch

  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 marked the major turning point on the Eastern Front?

    • Battle of Moscow
    • Battle of Kursk
    • Battle of Stalingrad
    • Battle of Berlin

  10. How did Western Allies supply West Berlin during the Soviet blockade of 1948-1949?

    • Berlin Airlift
    • Armed convoys
    • Naval blockade
    • Underground railways

  11. In which year was the Soviet blockade of West Berlin lifted?

    • 1953
    • 1947
    • 1951
    • 1949

  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 system drove West Germany's rapid economic recovery during the 1950s?

    • Command economy
    • State socialism
    • Social market economy
    • Laissez-faire capitalism

  14. What was the main reason for constructing the Berlin Wall in 1961?

    • Promote Soviet tourism
    • Encourage military recruitment
    • Stop mass emigration
    • Increase western trade

  15. Which West German terrorist group was also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang?

    • Action Directe
    • Red Brigades
    • Red Army Faction
    • November 17

  16. Which economic phase in West Germany ended following the 1973 oil crisis?

    • Hyperinflation
    • The Marshall Plan
    • The Economic Miracle
    • The Great Depression

  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. What primarily funded Nazi economic recovery and unemployment reduction between 1933 and 1939?

    • Consumer manufacturing
    • Foreign investment
    • Rearmament spending
    • Agricultural exports

  20. Which document established West Germany's post-war democratic constitution in 1949?

    • Potsdam Agreement
    • The Basic Law
    • Treaty of Rome
    • Weimar Constitution

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