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VCE 1 history: Cultural & Social Change

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who am I?

a)

Ernst Rohm, the leader of the SA

b)

Ernst Rohm, the leader of the Gestapo

c)

Lloyd George, the leader of the SA

d)

Heinrich Rohm, the leader of the SA

2.

What was Bauhaus?

a)

German art school

b)

Berlin art school

c)

A movement inspired by Nazi ideology

d)

The art form Hitler trained in

3.

Who am I?

a)

Reiter Heydrich, played a central role in the Holocaust and the establishment of death camps in Poland

b)

Richard Heydrich, commandant of Auschwitz

c)

Reinhard Heydrich, played a central role in the Holocaust and the establishment of death camps in Poland

d)

Reinhard Heydrich, leader of the Gestapo

4.

What was the purpose of concentration camps during the Third Reich?

a)

Established initially by the Gestapo to hold political prisoners, then these camps were run by the SA

b)

Established initially by the SA to hold political prisoners, then these camps were run by the SS

c)

Established initially by the Weimar Republic to hold communists, then these camps were run by the SS to hold Jews

d)

Established initially by the SA to only hold Jewish prisoners, then these camps were run by the SS

5.

Who am I?

a)

Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SA

b)

Henry Himmler, leader of the Luftwaffe

c)

Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS

d)

Anton Drexler, leader of the German Workers' Party

6.

According to the Nazis, what was 'degenerate art'?

a)

A term adopted by the Nazis Party to describe any art produced during Roman times.

b)

A term adopted by the Nazis Party to describe art produced by traitors of Germany

c)

A term adopted by the Nazis Party to describe modern art

d)

A term adopted by the Nazis Party to describe Jewish art

7.

What is propaganda?

a)

Information or material that attempts to influence the behaviour or opinions of wealthy people within a society.

b)

Information or material that attempts to influence the behaviour or opinions of people within a society.

c)

Information or material that attempts to influence the behaviour or opinions of Jews within a society.

d)

Information or material that attempts to influence how people vote within a society.

8.

Who am I?

a)

Joseph Goethe, Minister of Propaganda

b)

Ernst Goebbels, Minister of Treasury

c)

Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Defence

d)

Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda

9.

What does the term Volkisch refer to?

a)

Refers to Jewish ideas relating to the nation

b)

Refers to ethnic and nationalist ideas relating to the nation

c)

Refers to ethnic and nationalist ideas relating to the individual

d)

Refers to religious and economic ideas relating to the nation

10.

What does Volksgemeinschaft mean?

a)

‘People’s Reich’ that was racially unified and organised

b)

‘Pure community’ that was racially unified and organised

c)

‘People’s community’ that was racially unified and organised

d)

‘People’s community’ that was unified and organised based on social class

11.

What does Avant-garde mean?

a)

Relates to new and experimental ideas in art, music, or literature from the Weimar Republic

b)

Relates to ideas in art, music, or literature from the Greek period

c)

Relates to new and experimental ideas in art, music, or literature

d)

Relates to new and experimental ideas in architecture

12.

What is Social Darwinism?

a)

A theory that places the idea of ‘survival of the fittest’ on to human societies

b)

A Nazis theory that places the idea of ‘survival of the fittest’ on to human societies

c)

A theory that places the idea of ‘survival of the weakest’ on to human societies

d)

A Jewish theory that places the idea of ‘survival of the fittest’ on to human societies

13.

What does boycott mean?

a)

Not buying from an individual in order to send them broke

b)

Not buying from or supporting a country, group or individual in order to start a war

c)

Buying from or supporting a country, group or individual in order to increase wealth

d)

Not buying from or supporting a country, group or individual in order to protest or punish

14.

What was the Nazi Youth?

a)

Nazi youth organisation set up to teach spy techniques to boys

b)

Nazi youth organisation set up to fight the Russians during the final days of WW2.

c)

Nazi youth organisation set up to teach Nazi principles to boys

d)

Nazi youth organisation set up to teach Nazi war techniques to boys

15.

What does Napolas refer to?

a)

National Political Institutes of Education, which were schools controlled by the communists to educate future leaders

b)

National Political Institutes of Education, which were schools controlled by the SS to educate future Nazi leaders

c)

National Political Institutes of Education, which were schools controlled by the SS to educate future Nazi spies

d)

National Political Institutes of Aryans, which were schools controlled by the SS to educate future Nazi leaders

16.

What type of education happened a Adolf Hitler Schools?

a)

Provided military-style education

b)

Provided education for the elite of Nazis society

c)

Provided military-style education for a minority of German Jews

d)

Provided military-style education for women who could not conceive children

17.

What is antisemitism?

a)

Extreme love towards Aryan people

b)

A degenerate art movement from the Weimar Republic

c)

Extreme hatred or prejudice towards Jewish people

d)

Extreme hatred or prejudice towards communists

18.

What is the definition of a Pogrom?

a)

Organised violence against a particular ethnic or religious group

b)

Organised peaceful protests against a particular ethnic or religious group

c)

Organised program against a particular ethnic or religious group

d)

Nazis term for organised violence against Polish Jews

19.

What does the term Aryan refer to?

a)

Refers to those deemed to be of pure, German blood and the so-called ‘superior race’

b)

Refers to those deemed to be of pure, German blood and the so-called ‘silent race’

c)

Refers to those deemed to be of pure, Nordic blood and the so-called ‘super race’

d)

Refers to those deemed to be able to pass as pure Germans

20.

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

a)

Laws enacted in Nazi Germany to deny all 'degenerates' in Germany social and political rights

b)

Laws enacted in Nazi Germany to deny all communists in Germany social and political rights

c)

Antisemitic and racist laws enacted in Nazi Germany to deny all Jews in Germany social and political rights

d)

Laws enacted in Nazi Germany to allow for rearmament

21.

What was 'The Final Solution to the Jewish Question'?

a)

Refers to the Nazis plan to murder the Jews of Africa

b)

Refers to the Nazis plan on how to export the Jews of Europe to Palestine

c)

Refers to the Nazis plan to murder the Jews of Europe

d)

Refers to the Nazis plan to implement laws to reduce Jewish movement in Germany

22.

What was the Holocaust?

a)

The systematic murder of 66 million Europeans Jews by the Nazis and collaborators during WW2

b)

The systematic murder of over 6 million Europeans Jews by the Nazis and collaborators during WW2

c)

The systematic murder of over 1 million Europeans Jews by the Nazis and Poles during WW2

d)

The systematic murder of over 16 million Europeans Jews by the Nazis and collaborators during WW2

23.

What was the Wannsee Conference in 1942?

a)

A high-level meeting of Nazis officials to discuss the future surrender to the Allies

b)

A high-level meeting of Nazis officials to discuss the implementation of ghettos in Poland

c)

A high-level meeting of Nazis officials to discuss and implement the mass migration of Jews in Europe to Madagascar

d)

A high-level meeting of Nazis officials to discuss and implement the mass killing of Jews in Europe

24.

What was Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) of 1938

a)

A series of attacks against Jewish businesses and synagogues across Germany in 1938

b)

A series of attacks against communist businesses and synagogues across Germany

c)

A series of attacks against foreign business and churches across Germany

d)

A series of attacks against Russian politicians across Germany

25.

What was the League of German Maidens?

a)

Nazi youth organisation to teach sabotage techniques to girls

b)

Nazi youth organisation to teach Aryan girls how to procreate

c)

Nazi youth organisation to teach Nazi military principles to girls

d)

Nazi youth organisation to teach Nazi principles to girls

26.

When was Kristallnacht?

a)

March 1938

b)

September 1938

c)

November 1939

d)

November 1938

27.

What was Nazification?

a)

Refers to Nazis control over Poland

b)

Refers to the process of total Nazis control over all aspects of the German Workers' Party

c)

Refers to the process of total Nazis control over all aspects of German society

d)

Refers to the process of Nazis control over all aspects of Jewish education

28.

What happened to Jewish men and women in January 1939?

a)

All Jewish women were now banned from being doctors and all Jewish men could only work as labourers

b)

All Jewish women were now called ‘S’ and all Jewish men called ‘I’

c)

All Jewish women were now called ‘Sarah’ and all Jewish men called ‘Israel’

d)

All Jewish women were now called ‘Sophie’ and all Jewish men called ‘Israel’

29.

When did the Wannsee Conference in Berlin happen?

a)

January, 1942

b)

January, 1939

c)

January, 1940

d)

March, 1942

30.

When was the Nuremberg Laws passed?

a)

September 1935

b)

September 1934

c)

September 1930

d)

November 1940

31.

What were the four (4) phases of the Holocaust?

a)
  1. The German Phase
  2. Expansion + violence
  3. Dedication to mass killings
  4. Death marches
b)
  1. The Eastern Phase
  2. Expansion + violence
  3. Dedication to mass killings
  4. Denial
c)
  1. The German Phase
  2. Antisemitism
  3. Dedication to mass killings
  4. Death marches
d)

1.The German Phase

2.Expansion + isolation

3.Dedication to emigration

4.Death marches

32.

What was significant about September 1939?

a)

Germany loses WW2

b)

Germany invades the Ruhr which begins WW2

c)

Germany invades the Soviet Union

d)

Germany invades Poland which begins WW2