Practice test Interbellum

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Practice test Interbellum

Het interbellum

When is the Interbellum?

1. 1914-1918
2. 1918-1933
3. 1918-1939
4. 1940-1945

What does Interbellum mean?

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

1. A treaty signed in 1919
2. A new constitution in France
3. A truce between Germany and England
4. A treaty signed after World War II

When were the roaring twenties?

1. 1920 - 1935
2. 1919 - 1929
3. 1914 - 1918
4. 1929 - 1939

To which concept does this picture fit well?

1. Hyperinflation
2. State coup
3. Demilitarisation
4. Stab-in-the-back-myth

What did Hitler NOT write in 'Mein Kampf'?

1. Germany needs to get bigger
2. The Treaty of Versailles should be abolished
3. Germany seeks greater equality
4. Germany needs resources

When does the Weimar Republic begin?

1. november 1918
2. june 1919
3. oktober 1917
4. january 1919

What was the stab-in-the-back myth about?

1. Germany could have won the war if the government had not been betrayed by military commanders
2. German army did not lose the war, it was betrayed by (communist and Jewish) politicians who signed the armistice.
3. German politicians did not lose the war, but the army that had weak leadership
4. The kaiser betrayed the Germans by fleeing to the Netherlands. That is why Germany lost the war, not because the army was weak.

The man who stabs the German soldier in the back is colored red. What does the artist want to say with that?

1. The German army was betrayed by socialists / communists
2. The German army was betrayed by nationalists / fascists
3. red represents the blood that was shed in this betrayal
4. the color is used to highlight the important part of the picture

Who would most likely spread the Stab-in-the-back legend?

1. democrats
2. extremist right nationalists
3. extremist left communists
4. jews

Why would Hitler benefit from an economic crisis?

1. during a crisis people lose faith in their government and are more willing to follow a strong leader who will solve the problems
2. during a crisis many people lose their jobs. Hitler knew that only communism could save them.
3. Hitler knew that Germany could no longer pay the Reparations, so he got his revenge for the Treaty of Versailles
4. Hitler knew that Germans would all blame the Jews for this crisis and thus vote for him.

Read and use the text.
In this text you can detect a cause that led to the
downfall of the Weimar Republic.
Write down that cause in your own words.

Which statement is true?
Statement I: The Weimar Republic was a democratic state with a parliament and a president.
Statement II: The government of the Weimar Republic could not end the political unrest in Germany.

1. Both statements are true.
2. Both statements are false.
3. Statement I is false and statement II is true.
4. Statement I is true and statement II is false.

What didn't happen in the year 1923?

1. invasion of France
2. Dawesplan
3. failed coup Hitler
4. hyperinflation

What does the Dawes plan involve?

1. Germany gets loan from US for, among other things, reparations
2. Germany starts paying reparations again
3. France and Britain reduce reparations
4. France and Britain grant Germany reprieve from reparations

When was the stock market crash?

1. 1929
2. 1925
3. 1933
4. 1919

What is one of the causes of the Stock Market Crash?

1. Germany has too much debt
2. Americans borrow too much
3. Americans sell shares en masse
4. Americans bought shares en masse

The NSDAP's thugs and security are ... called?

1. Gestapo
2. SA
3. SS
4. Hitlerjugend

Hitler's bodyguard/army is called ... called?

1. NSB
2. SA
3. SS
4. VS

What is wrong? Why does the NSDAP grow in the year 1929?

1. economic crisis
2. Good use of modern media by NSDAP
3. Mein Kampf was a popular book
4. Mass meetings of NSDAP

What characteristic of fascism?

1. feelings over reason
2. nationalism
3. people are unequal
4. glorification of violence

Explain how the 1929 US crisis could affect the situation in Germany

Which term best fits the picture?

1. Antisemetic Ideas
2. Racial Doctrine
3. Dictatorship
4. Gleichschaltung

Characteristic?

1. nationaal- socialisme: levensruimte
2. nationaal- socialisme: nationalisme

What is it called when you are brainwashed into thinking that all the ideas of e.g. Hitler are true?

"We need to talk to Hitler to prevent war" What term fits this?

1. Indoctrination
2. Gleichschaltung
3. Pleasen
4. Appeasement