Lesson Y9-U05-L02

Selling the Dream Nazi Propaganda Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 18

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U05-L02, Selling the Dream Nazi Propaganda: 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. Who became Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment in March 1933?

    • Joseph Goebbels
    • Franz von Papen
    • Hermann Goering
    • Ernst Rohm

  2. What was the primary goal of Nazi propaganda known as 'glorify'?

    • Encouraging foreign trade
    • Making Hitler heroic
    • Promoting art history
    • Improving public health

  3. What did the term 'Volksgemeinschaft' mean in Nazi Germany?

    • Military alliance
    • Labour front
    • National community
    • Secret police

  4. How many people could the Nazi rallies at Nuremberg reach?

    • About 5 million
    • About 5,000
    • Up to 50,000
    • Up to 500,000

  5. How many searchlights formed the 'Cathedral of Light' at Nuremberg?

    • 152
    • 102
    • 52
    • 202

  6. What was the official name of the cheap mass-produced Nazi radio?

    • Volksempfänger
    • Volksfest
    • Volksauto
    • Volkssturm

  7. By 1939 about what share of German homes had a radio?

    • About 20%
    • About 95%
    • About 70%
    • About 40%

  8. Why did the Nazi cheap radios have a deliberately short range?

    • Prevent electrical fires
    • Block foreign broadcasts
    • Reduce manufacturing costs
    • Save domestic electricity

  9. How many 'un-German' books were publicly burned by students in May 1933?

    • About 2,500
    • About 250,000
    • About 25,000
    • About 1,000

  10. Which art forms were officially banned by the Nazis as degenerate?

    • Modern art
    • Neoclassical architecture
    • Folk dancing
    • Classical music

  11. How were newspaper editors told what to print in Nazi Germany?

    • Public referendums
    • Daily orders
    • Anonymous letters
    • Monthly elections

  12. What is the term for controlling and banning information people can access?

    • Censorship
    • Indoctrination
    • Propaganda
    • Appeasement

  13. What did the endless ranks of marching soldiers at rallies symbolise?

    • Democratic freedom
    • Total unity
    • Economic wealth
    • Social equality

  14. Why was radio considered more effective than rallies for daily propaganda?

    • Cheaper to produce
    • Broadcasted in colour
    • Reached private homes
    • Interactive feedback

  15. Which of these is an example of censorship rather than propaganda?

    • Broadcasting speeches
    • Printing Hitler posters
    • Banning modern art
    • Holding mass rallies

  16. What emotional effect did the massive scale of Nazi rallies create?

    • Feeling powerful
    • Feeling isolated
    • Feeling tiny
    • Feeling rebellious

  17. What made Nazi propaganda more powerful than simple lying?

    • Permitting mild criticism
    • Controlling every message
    • Targeting children only
    • Using secret codes

  18. What was the key to Joseph Goebbels's successful propaganda machine?

    • Free newspapers
    • Foreign broadcasting
    • Democratic debate
    • Censorship and messaging

  19. Where were public loudspeakers placed to ensure Hitler's speeches were heard?

    • Underground bunkers
    • Private bedrooms
    • Foreign embassies
    • Streets and factories

  20. What sensory elements combined to make Nuremberg rallies so emotionally powerful?

    • Text and books
    • Food and drink
    • Film and radio
    • Sound and light

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