Year 11 Revision Quiz - Autumn Term 5

What happened at the Bamberg Conference?

• In 1928, Gustav Stresemann led Germany to sign a pact along with 64 other countries that constituted an international agreement not to use agression or war to achieve their aims.
• In 1934, Hitler invited the major leaders of the SA to a 'meeting' at a pretty holiday town - this was a ruse, and in reality he had planned a mass purge now known as the 'Night of the Long Knives'.
• In 1926, Hitler asserted his overall power over the NSDAP, by emphasising the 'nationalist' aspects of their ideology over the 'socialist' aspects pushed by northern leaders such as Strasser - and likening the latter to Communists.
• In 1923, Hitler led the young Nazi Party in an attempt to overthrow the German government. This attempted coup d'état came to be known as the Beer Hall Putsch.

What does SA stand for?

• Sturmabteilung
• Sturmarbeit
• Socialist Army
• Spadeapparat

What was the simple slogan the Nazis used to target working class voters?

• Arbeit und brot - Work and bread
• Wurst and freiheit - Sausage and freedom
• Arbeit und leistung - Work and power
• Heer and brot - Army and bread

Who was Fritz Lang?

• A German artist persecuted by the Nazis.
• The leader of the SPD in 1933
• The leader of the Gestapo in Cologne
• A German film director from the Weimar Golden Years

There were only 23 people at the first meeting of the DAP attended by Hitler in 1919. How many members did it have by the end of 1920?

• 3,000

• 1,000

• 500

• 20,000

How did the Potsdam Conference divide up Germany?

• Split in half - 50/50 between USSR and the USA. East Germany and West Germany.
• A 'Polish Corridor' was created, separating eastern Prussia from the main body of the country and giving the Polish a coast.
• A second front was opened to the West.
• Four zones of occupation (one for each victorious power) - France, USA, USSR and Great Britain. Four analogous zones within Berlin.

How many billions of dollars was paid out under Marshall Aid from 1948-52?

• $12.7 billion
• $13 billion
• $60 billion
• $30.2 billion

What is a 'brain drain'?

• A loss of skilled workers (e.g. engineers) through emigration.
• An unpleasant torture device for extracting information, used in Soviet gulags.
• US slang for a boring speech: 'Winston's Iron Curtain drivel was a right brain drain!'
• A Soviet programme for increasing the capacity of their nuclear scientists.

What was the name of the American airport in West Berlin?

• West Berlin Aeroport
• Tegel
• Gatow
• Templehof

What did the 'Gang of Eight' try to do in August 1991?

• Overthrow Gorbachev
• Bring down the Berlin Wall
• Assassinate Ronald Reagan
• Restore Gorbachev's authority within the USSR