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The World at War: Nazi Germany Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What position did Adolf Hitler become in January 1933?

a)

President of Germany

b)

Foreign Minister

c)

Chancellor of Germany

d)

Leader of the Reichstag

2.

Who appointed Hitler as Chancellor?

a)

Gustav Stresemann

b)

Paul von Hindenburg

c)

Joseph Goebbels

d)

Heinrich Himmler

3.

Which event allowed Hitler to justify emergency powers in 1933?

a)

Munich Putsch

b)

Night of the Long Knives

c)

Reichstag Fire

d)

Kristallnacht

4.

Which law allowed Hitler to rule without the Reichstag?

a)

Article 48

b)

Nuremberg Laws

c)

Enabling Act

d)

Dawes Plan

5.

What was the main purpose of Nazi propaganda?

a)

To encourage democracy

b)

To create fear and obedience

c)

To promote foreign trade

d)

To weaken the army

6.

Who was responsible for Nazi propaganda?

a)

Hermann Göring

b)

Heinrich Himmler

c)

Joseph Goebbels

d)

Rudolf Hess

7.

Which organisation replaced trade unions in Nazi Germany?

a)

SA

b)

SS

c)

German Labour Front (DAF)

d)

Hitler Youth

8.

Which group was most consistently targeted as an 'enemy within'?

a)

Farmers

b)

Teachers

c)

Jews

d)

Industrialists

9.

How did the Nazis reduce unemployment?

a)

Welfare payments

b)

Rearmament and public works

c)

Foreign aid

d)

Private charities

10.

Which project symbolised Nazi public works?

a)

Berlin Wall

b)

Autobahns

c)

League of Nations

d)

Ruhr occupation

11.

What was the SA mainly used for before 1934?

a)

Running concentration camps

b)

Intimidating political opponents

c)

Foreign diplomacy

d)

Running schools

12.

Why did Hitler carry out the Night of the Long Knives (1934)?

a)

To attack Jewish communities

b)

To destroy communism

c)

To eliminate rivals within the Nazi Party

d)

To respond to foreign threats

13.

Which group lost power as a result of the Night of the Long Knives?

a)

SS

b)

Gestapo

c)

SA

d)

Hitler Youth

14.

Which organisation became more powerful after 1934?

a)

SA

b)

Reichstag

c)

SS

d)

Trade unions

15.

What happened to opposition political parties by 1934?

a)

They gained more seats

b)

They merged with the Nazis

c)

They were banned

d)

They controlled local councils

16.

After 1934, Hitler combined which roles?

a)

Chancellor and Foreign Minister

b)

Chancellor and Head of the SS

c)

President and Chancellor (Führer)

d)

President and Army Chief

17.

What oath did the army swear after 1934?

a)

Loyalty to the constitution

b)

Loyalty to Germany

c)

Loyalty to the Nazi Party

d)

Loyalty to Adolf Hitler personally

18.

What was the purpose of the Hitler Youth?

a)

Train diplomats

b)

Promote democracy

c)

Prepare young people for loyalty and war

d)

Replace the SS

19.

Which policy encouraged women to leave work?

a)

Strength Through Joy

b)

Marriage Loans

c)

Dawes Plan

d)

Rearmament

20.

Which slogan summarised Nazi expectations of women?

a)

Blood and Iron

b)

Ein Volk, ein Reich

c)

Kinder, Küche, Kirche

d)

Arbeit macht frei

21.

What was Kristallnacht (1938)?

a)

A purge of Nazi leaders

b)

A state-organised attack on Jewish homes, shops and synagogues

c)

The banning of political parties

d)

A military invasion

22.

Why is Kristallnacht called the 'Night of Broken Glass'?

a)

It symbolised the collapse of democracy

b)

It followed factory bombings

c)

Jewish shop windows and synagogues were smashed

d)

It involved broken treaties

23.

Which group was the main target of Kristallnacht?

a)

Communists

b)

SA members

c)

Jews

d)

Foreign diplomats

24.

Which laws removed Jewish citizenship in 1935?

a)

Enabling Act

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

Nuremberg Laws

d)

Article 48

25.

What does Kristallnacht show about Nazi racial policy?

a)

Jews were still protected by law

b)

Persecution had become violent and open

c)

Violence was unofficial

d)

The army opposed persecution

26.

When did Germany leave the League of Nations?

a)

1930

b)

1931

c)

1933

d)

1936

27.

Which policy goal did Hitler openly pursue?

a)

European cooperation

b)

Acceptance of Versailles

c)

Lebensraum (living space)

d)

League leadership

28.

Why did many Germans initially support Hitler?

a)

Fear of democracy

b)

Economic recovery and national pride

c)

Foreign pressure

d)

Religious reform

29.

How does The World at War present Nazi control?

a)

Sudden and total from 1933

b)

Weak and ineffective

c)

Gradual, increasing control using fear and propaganda

d)

Entirely peaceful

30.

Overall, Hitler’s dictatorship was established through:

a)

Violence alone

b)

Democracy alone

c)

Law, propaganda, fear, and opportunity

d)

Foreign invasion