Year 10 history quiz: Collapse of Peace

Who were the November Criminals?

• The German politicians who signed the Treaty of Versailles

• Fascist Italians who invaded Abyssinia

• German troops who surrendered in the Great War

• American bankers who caused the Wall Street Crash

What was the Saar Plebiscite?

• A vote taken by Austrian Nazis who wanted to unify with Hitler's Germany

• A vote taken by Germans wishing to seperate from Nazi Germany

• An anti-communist alliance of fascist states set up to challenge Soviet Russia

• A referendum on territorial status was held in the Territory of the Saar on 13 January 1935.

What does the term LEBENSRAUM mean?

• "Rearmament"

• "Living Space"

• "Rebuilding"

• "Minorities"

Why didn't Hitler take over Austria in 1934?

• He was not yet strong enough to challenge the League of Nations

• He was too busy consolidating his power in Germany

• Mussolini stopped him from taking over

• The Austrian people protested against his possible rule

What year did Hitler take over Austria and the Sudetenland?

• 1937

• 1935

• 1938

• 1939

What does "conscription" mean?

• The deliberate withholding of reparations payments due the allies

• Compulsory enrollment for service in a country's armed forces

• A junior rank in the German armed forces, similar to a lieutenant in the British Army

• The policy of uniting all German-speaking people under one 1,000-year reich

Which country did Hitler sign a deal with that allowed the German Navy to grow to 35% of their size?

• France

• Italy

• Japan

• Britain

Approximately what percentage of the Saar population voted to return to German rule?

• 77%

• 90%

• 98%

• 85%

Who was the German propaganda minister?

• Joseph Goebbels

• Adolf Hitler

• Hermann Göring

• Heinrich Himmler

Why was the remilitarisation of the Rhineland a gamble for Hitler?

• It wasn't. German had been rearming and had a very strong army

• The people of the Rhineland were not Nazis and could have rejected this move

• Mussolini was against German expansion and wanted Hitler to slow down

• The French Army was much stronger than the Germans at the time