Test: Nazism and the Rise of Hitler (Term II)- 2 - Class 9 MCQ

Enabling Act allowed the Reich to issue laws without the consent of the parliament of Germany.

This act gave the power to establish control over the economy, army, and media.

It banned all political parties and trade unions except for the Nazi Party.

Nazism came into power in Germany after taking advantage of the Enabling Act.

Hitler was interested in the youth of the country. He believed a strong Nazi society could be established by teaching Nazi ideology.

USA had resisted involvement in the war, it was unwilling to face another economic crisis after the war. But it could not stay out of the war for long. Japan was expanding its power in the east. It had occupied French Indo-China and was planning attacks on US naval bases in the Pacific.

The correct chronological order of the given events is:
1. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria.
2. Establishment of the Weimar Republic.
3. Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles.
4. The Economic Depression occurs in the USA.
Explanation:
Adolf Hitler was born in Austria:
Adolf Hitler, the future dictator of Germany, was born in Austria on April 20, 1889.
Establishment of the Weimar Republic:
The Weimar Republic was established on November 9, 1918, after the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II. It marked the end of the German Empire and the beginning of a democratic era in Germany.
Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles:
Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. The treaty was imposed on Germany by the Allied powers after World War I and placed full blame on Germany for the war. It also included reparations, territorial losses, and military restrictions for Germany.
The Economic Depression occurs in the USA:
The Economic Depression, also known as the Great Depression, occurred in the USA in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It started with the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, and had a severe impact on the global economy, including Germany.
Therefore, the correct chronological order is:
4 – 2 – 1 – 3

Wall Street Exchange:- It was the world's largest stock market during that time. Thousands of people had their shares there in the market. When it crashed people tried to sell all their shares as they were going in loss. So after the crash there was a great economical depression in the whole world.

According to Nazi ideology there was no equality between people, but only racial hierarchy. The Nazis quickly began to implement their dream of creating an exclusive racial community of pure Germans by physically eliminating all those who were considered undesirable. They wanted a society of pure and healthy Nordic Aryans. Jews, Gypsies, blacks, Russian, Poles, even certain Germans and abnormal were considered undesirable.

On July 29, 1921, Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party. Under Hitler, the Nazi Party grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany as a totalitarian state from 1933 to 1945.

World War I or the First World War, often abbreviated as WWI or WW1, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

The German Federal Parliament is known as Bundestag. Bundestag is the legislative body of Germany. German citizens over the age of 18, elect the members of Bundestag. The Bundestag is elected for a term of 4 years. At the Federal Level, the Bundestag is the only body which is directly elected by German people. Bundestag is the successor of Reichstag.

The word ‘holocaust’ comes from ancient Greek and means ‘burnt offering’. Even before the Second World War, the word was sometimes used to describe the death of a large group of people, but since 1945, it has become almost synonymous with the murder of the European Jews during the Second World War. That's why we use the term 'the Holocaust'. Jews also refer to it with the word ‘Shoah’, which is Hebrew for 'catastrophe'.

The Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitlerjugend DJ, also DJV; German for "German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth") was the separate section for boys aged 10 to 14 of the Hitler Youth organisation in Nazi Germany.

True
- Under the rule of Adolf Hitler, the Jewish population in Germany and other areas under Nazi control was subjected to widespread discrimination and persecution.
- The Nazi regime implemented a series of anti-Semitic policies and laws that aimed to isolate and marginalize the Jewish population.
- Jews were stripped of their rights and citizenship, and their businesses and properties were confiscated.
- They were forced to wear identifying badges, such as the yellow Star of David, and were subjected to frequent harassment and violence.
- The Nazis also implemented the systematic extermination of Jews during the Holocaust, resulting in the death of six million Jews.
- Concentration camps, such as Auschwitz and Treblinka, were set up to imprison and kill Jews.
- The discrimination and persecution of Jews under Hitler's rule were part of the Nazi ideology of racial purity and the belief in the superiority of the Aryan race.
- It was a dark period in history where millions of innocent lives were lost due to hatred and bigotry.

The Great Depression was a contributing factor to dire economic conditions in Weimar Germany which led in part to the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

Jews were the worst sufferers in Nazi-Germany. They survived mainly through trade and money-lending. They lived in separately marked areas called ghettos. They were often persecuted through periodic organised violence, and expulsion from the land.