Quiz on Nazi Germany - The Rise of Hitler

What were the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic?

• Effective in alleviating German's hardship

• Proportional representation making it difficult to make decisions

• Article 48 giving the president the ability to take actions without consulting the government

• Treaty of Versailles making the Republic extremely popular

What event caused the collapse of the German economy due to inflation?

• French and Belgium troops occupying the Ruhr valley

• Printing of excess banknotes flooding the market

• US economy crash in 1929

• Gustav Stresemann's economic policies

What was the Night of Long Knives?

• The destroying of Jewish property

• The arresting of high ranking Nazi Officials

• The creation of laws to limit Jews rights and strip their citizenship

• A fire in the parliament building of Germany

What was the purpose of the Reich Labour Service introduced by the Nazi government?

• To provide holidays and movie tickets to workers

• To fund huge work programmes for the military

• To introduce Nazi ideology into education

• To send men on public works projects

Which groups faced the harsh treatment under Nazi rule?

• Jews

• Homosexuals

• Aryan

• Roma (gypsies)

Who was responsible for the propaganda and censorship in Nazi Germany?

• Joseph Goebbels

• Ernst Rohm

• Hjalmar Schacht

• Heinrich Himmler

What was the treatment of Workers/Labour/Trade Unions under Nazi Germany?

• Unions were encouraged as it help workers gain rights

• Union were banned because they were mostly communist

• Unions were encouraged as it helped the Nazi control the workers

• Unions were banned because it could make workers inefficient

What law was introduced in 1935 that took away German citizenship of all Jews?

• The Nuremberg Law

• The Enabling Act

• The Reichstag Fire Decree

• The Final Solution

What was the role of women under Nazi rule?

• To participate in politics and academics

• To serve their nation as good mothers and spouses

• To pursue university studies

• To serve as soldiers in the army

What was the purpose of the SA and SS in Nazi Germany?

• To provide holidays and movie tickets to workers

• To fight against the Nazi party

• To maintain discipline and orderliness

• To disrupt meetings and rallies of opposing parties