Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Q1. Write the name any two ghettos.

Ans. Lodz and Warsaw

Q2. When did Hitler become chancellor of Germany?

Ans. January 30, 1933

Q3. Who were the arch-enemies of Hitler and the Nazis?

Ans. The Communists

Q4. To whom did Mahatma Gandhi write a letter for international peace?

Ans. Hitler

Q5. What did the term evacuation mean in Hitler's Germany?

Ans. Evacuation meant deporting people to gas chambers.

Q6. What was the holocaust?

Ans. Nazi killing operations was called the Holocaust.

Q7. Name the most infamous film about Jews.

Ans. The most infamous film was ‘The Eternal Jew’.

Q8. Who was Goebbels?

Ans. Goebbels was Hitler’s propaganda minister.

Q9. Who was Helmuth's father?

Ans. His father was a Nazi and a supporter of Adolf Hitler.

Q10. Who founded the communist party of Germany?

Ans. The Spartacists founded the Communist Party of Germany.

Q11. Which year is known as the beginning of Great Depression?

Ans. Year 1929 is known as the beginning of Great Depression.

Q12. When and where was Hitler born?

Ans. Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria.

Q13. Which science was introduced to justify Nazi ideas of race?

Ans. Racial science was introduced to justify Nazi ideas of race.

Q14. What do you understand by hyperinflation?
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What is Hyperinflation?

Ans. Hyperinflation is a situation when prices rise phenomenally high.

Q15. Name the countries which formed the Axis powers during the Second World War.
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Which countries made up the Axis powers in Second World War?
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Name three countries which made up the Axis powers during World War II?

Ans. Germany, Italy and Japan formed the Axis Powers.

Q16. Name any four countries which were occupied or attacked by Germany between 1936 to 1945.

Ans. Rhineland, Austria, Sudentenland and Poland

Q17. Name two thinkers who influenced the racial ideology of Hitler.

Ans. Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer influenced the racial ideology of Hitler.

Q18. Which sport according to Hitler, could make children iron hearted, strong and masculine?

Ans. Hitler believed that boxing could make children iron hearted, strong and masculine.

Q19. What was Free Corps?

Ans. The Weimar Republic crushed the uprising with the help of a war veterans organisation called Free Corps.

Q20. What does the term 'Genocidal War' refer to?
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Explain the term ‘Genocidal War’.
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What was ‘Genocidal War’?

Ans. Genocidal war means killing on large scale, leading to destruction of large sections of people.

Q21. What is Wall Street Exchange?

Ans. Wall Street Exchange is the name of the world’s biggest stock exchange located in the USA.

Q22. What is Proletarianisation?

Ans. Proletarianisation means to become impoverished to the level of working classes.

Q23. What was ‘Gestapo’?

Ans. Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe.

Q24. Name the treaty which was signed by the allies with Germany after the First World War.
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Which treaty which was signed by the allies with Germany after the First World War?

Ans. The treaty of Versailles was signed by the allies with Germany after the First World War.