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Nazi Germany Edexcel GCSE

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name of the communist uprising in Germany in 1919?
a)
Spartacists
b)
Kapp Putsch
c)
Freikorps
d)
Kiel naval mutiny
2.
What was the name of the right-wing uprising in Germany in 1920?
a)
Spartacists
b)
Kapp Putsch
c)
Freikorps
d)
Beer Hall Putsch
3.
What economic event causes great problems in Germany in the early 1920's?
a)
Hyperinflation
b)
Influenza
c)
Inflation
d)
Wall Street Crash
4.
Where did the failed Nazi Party 'Beer Hall Putsch' of 1923 take place?
a)
Berlin
b)
Kiel
c)
Stuttgart
d)
Munich
5.
What was the name of the SPD Chancellor who helped Weimar recover from 1924 to 1929?
a)
Friedrich Ebert
b)
Rosa Luxemburg
c)
Gustav Stresemann
d)
Franz von Papen
6.
What was the name of the 1924 agreement with America which helped German economic stability?
a)
Dawes Plan
b)
Locarno Plan
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Young Plan
7.

Who was the first President of the Weimar Republic?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

c)

Friedrich Ebert

d)

Paul Von Hindenburg

8.

What was the purpose of Article 48?

a)

It reverts the government to the Kaiser's rule

b)

A curfew will be enforced and placed under military rule

c)

It gives the Chancellor power to overrule the President and the Reichstag

d)

It gives the President emergency power to rule without Reichstag intervention

9.

In order to pay the striking German workers in the Ruhr , the German government chose to...

a)

Print more money

b)

Pay them with goods rather than currency

c)

Pay them with foreign currency

d)

Not pay them at all

10.

Hyperinflation was ...

a)

Good for people in debt and bad for people with savings

b)

Good for people with fixed incomes and bad for farmers

c)

Good for investors and for people with fixed incomes

d)

Bad for people who owned possessions but good for pensioners

11.

When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

a)

23 June 1918

b)

11 November 1918

c)

28 June 1919

d)

4 July 1919

12.

What is a republic?

a)

A country without a monarch

b)

A country with a monarch

c)

A type of pastry

d)

A country that is part of an empire

13.

What was the German Workers Party re-named in order to appeal to a wider group in society?

a)

The National Socialist Workers Party

b)

The Communist National Workers Party

c)

The National Socialist German Party

d)

The National Socialist German Workers Party

14.

what impact did the American Wall Street crash have on Germany?

a)

allowed Germany to escape their reparations

b)

made millions of Germans lose their jobs

c)

allowed Germans to buy American goods at cheap prices

d)

gave Germany a Casus Belli

15.

What did Hitler immediately do when he became Führer?

a)

made Germany a Communist Dictatorship

b)

Banned all other political parties except the Nazis

c)

Fought the crippling hyperinflation with Bolshevik ideas

d)

Declare war on Poland

16.

Select the name of the secret state police and who was in charge of it:

a)

The SA

b)

The Gestapo

c)

Reinhard Heydrich

d)

Joseph Gobbels

17.

The most feared organization by Germans was...

a)

The Gestapo

b)

The SA

c)

The SS

d)

The Waffen SS

18.

The nazis controlled magistrates, judges and courts.

a)
b)
19.

Select who was in charge of Nazi propaganda:

a)

Hitler

b)

Reinhard Heydrich

c)

Joseph Gobbels

20.
Which event is the picture describing?
a)
Night of the Broken Glass
b)
Night of the Long Knives
c)
Night of the Short Knives
d)
Night of the Crystal Glass
21.
Who are the targets of the event in the picture?
a)
Staatspolizei (Gestapo)
b)
Schutzstaffel (SS)
c)
Schnitzel (SZ) 
d)
Sturmabeilung (SA)
22.
When did Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany?
a)
1932
b)
1933
c)
1934
d)
1935
23.
How did the Enabling Act in 1933 help Hitler rise to power?
a)
It enabled Hitler to have stronger power as he would be able to pass laws without the President’s approval.
b)
It enabled Hitler to have stronger power as he would be able to get rid of the Communist Party in Germany without the President’s approval.
c)
It enabled Hitler to have stronger power as he would be able to get rid of his oppositions without the President’s approval.
d)
It enabled Hitler to have stronger power as he would be able to introduce propaganda without the President’s approval.
24.
Besides the Jews, which groups are also persecuted by the Nazis? 
a)
Gypsies, women, handicapped and disabled
b)
Gypsies, homosexuals, youths and disabled
c)
Gypsies, homosexuals, handicapped and disabled
d)
Gypsies, women, youths and disabled
25.
What does the German slogan ‘Kinder, Kücher, Kirche’ means? 
a)
It means ‘Children, Campaigns, Communicate’ – the roles of a Hitler Youth
b)
It means ‘Children, Kitchen, Church’ – the roles of women in Nazi Germany
c)
It means ‘Communists, Cheaters, Con men’ – the people to be eliminated in Nazi Germany
d)
It means ‘Kindness, Courtesy, Respect’ – the ideals that Nazi Germans should have 
26.
Which event allowed Hitler to convince President Hindenburg to establish emergency powers in February 1933? 
a)
The Reichstag Putsch
b)
The Reichstag Fire
c)
The Munich Fire
d)
The Munich Putsch
27.
Based on Hitler's propaganda posters, how did he prove that he is the most suitable leader of Germany? 
a)
Short moustache, a strict looking Hitler with clenched fists, using symbols and Nazi flag
b)
Simple colours, short moustache, a strict looking Hitler with clenched fists
c)
Short slogans, people laughing behind Hitler, using symbols and Nazi flag
d)
Short slogans, a determined-looking Hitler standing in front of many Germans, using symbols and Nazi flag
28.
Who is Joseph Goebbels?
a)
 Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany 
b)
 Reich Minister of Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany 
c)
 Reich Minister of Appeasement in Nazi Germany 
d)
 Reich Minister of Lebrausraum in Nazi Germany 
29.
What is the title of Hitler's book?
a)
Mein Kampf
b)
Mein Kent
c)
Main Camp
d)
Mind Craft
30.

What is the Reichstag

a)

The German Parliament (like a congress)

b)

The leader of the Wiemar government

c)

The prime minister

d)

The Wiemar constitution

31.

After coming into power Hitler killed many of his political rivals, including the leader of the Brownshirts. This was known as. . .

a)

Walpurgisnacht

b)

Night of Broken Glass

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Night of the Long Knives

32.

The Nazis wanted women to...

a)

Go out and enjoy themselves, go to parties, but have lots of children.

b)

Marry, have lots of children, stay at home and be a good wife and mother.

c)

Go out, wear make up and meet a man to marry.

33.

The Nazis thought a woman's appearance should include

a)

A Bob hair cut, sleeveless dresses and make up.

b)

Long blonde hair, long colourful dresses and no make up.

c)

Dress in plain traditional dresses, have their hair tied up in a bun or in plaits, wear no make up.

34.

Women could do a range of jobs in Nazi Germany, including...

a)

Teaching, practising law and working for the government

b)

TV, Radio and Main Stream Media work

c)

Cooking, Cleaning and looking after children at home.

35.

A German woman would have received this gold Cross for ....

a)

Having three children

b)

Having six children

c)

Having eight children

36.

Which Nazi law was designed to encourage young people to get married?

a)

Law for Encouragement of Celibacy

b)

Law Prohibiting Divorce

c)

Law Prohibiting Abortion

d)

Law for Encouragement of Marriage

37.

Why did the Nazis make it easier for men to divorce their wives?

a)

So they were free to fight

b)

To stop the population from rising

c)

So they could re-marry and have more children

38.

What were 'lebensborn' homes used for?

a)

Forcing unmarried women to work making ammunition

b)

Forcing young people to build defences

c)

Forcing unmarried women to have babies with SS men

d)

'Correcting' the bad behaviour of criminals

39.

What was the name of Hitler's "master race"?

a)

Semites

b)

Latinos

c)

Caucasians

d)

Aryans

40.
Law passed by the German Weimar republic giving Adolf Hitler the ability to make laws without the Reichstag (the German congress).
a)
Fuhrer
b)
Censorship
c)
Enabling Act
d)
Nazism
41.

What was the name of the first Concentration Camp?

a)

Dachau

b)

Sachsenhausen

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Belsen

42.

Which new courts, with no defence lawyers, dealt with 'political' crimes?

a)

Nazi Courts

b)

Federal Courts

c)

Supreme Courts

d)

People's Courts

43.

Who was Head of the SS?

a)

Himmler

b)

Rohm

c)

Goering

d)

Hitler

44.

What was the Night of the Long Knives?

a)

A night in which many Jewish business owners were disposed from their businesses

b)

The beginning of the Holocaust and the end of Jewish members in Germany

c)

A night when Hitler sent out SS members to kill threats within the Nazi party

45.
What did Hitler and the Nazi party dislike with Germany after WWI?
a)
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
b)
The Treaty of Versailles
c)
The Treaty of Rights
d)
The Treaty of Man
46.

How many Jews were there in Germany in 1933?

a)

15,000

b)

5,000,000

c)

500,000

d)

155,000

47.

Select 2 "reasons" of the Nazi persecution to Jews:

a)

They were well educated

b)

They were rude

c)

They had different religious thoughts

d)

They were more loved than the Nazis.

48.

What names did Jewish men and women have to add to their own to make them identifiable as Jews?

a)

Sarah and Isaac

b)

Sarah and Israel

c)

Mary and Joseph

d)

Mirriam and Isaac

49.

How many synagogues were destroyed on Kristallnacht?

a)

100

b)

160

c)

200

d)

None

50.

What event saw the Nazis, temporarily, ease off on Anti-Jewish Laws?

a)

1934 Saar referendium

b)

1938 Munich Agreement

c)

1938 World Cup

d)

1936 Olympics