First Term Assignment 2023-24 Class IX Subject: History
NAZISM AND RISE OF HITLER – CHAPTER 3
I. OBJECTIVES
1. Which of the following statements is true about World War 1?
A) The soldiers led relaxed lives in trenches
B) they were given higher ranks
C)They were ready to die for the glory of their country
D) Aggressive propaganda glorified war
2. Which of the following is not correct about the Spartacist league?
A) The birth of Spartacist League coincided with the Weimar Republic birth.
B) They worked on the pattern of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia.
C) They later founded the Communist party of Germany
D) They joined hands with Free Corps.
3. Hitler took over the German Workers Party and renamed it as….?
A) Secular German Workers
B) Socialist Workers of Germany
C) National Socialist Party
D) National Workers of Germany
4. Identify the leader given in this picture.
A) Mussolini
B) Goebbels
C) Adolf Hitler
D) Hindenburg
5. The origin of the Weimar Republic coincided with the revolutionary uprising of the _________
on the pattern of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
A) Communist Party
B) Democratic Republic
C) Spartacist League
D) None of the above
6. Identify the arch enemies of Hitler.
A. Democrats
B. Communists
C. Radicals.
D. Liberals
7. War in 1917 led to the strengthening of Allies and the defeat of Germany because of the entry of
------------
8. The term proletarianization refers to ------------
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9. The invasion of --------- by Germany started a war with France and England.
A. Austria
B. Poland
C. Italy
D. Japan
10. Political parties and trade unions were banned under the -------
A. Article 48
B. Fire Decree
C. Enabling act
D. Dawes plan
11. Which one among the following pair is correctly matched?
LIST-A LIST-B
1. Pearl Harbor A. China
2. Tripartite Pact B. Germany, Italy and Poland
3. Hjalmar Schacht C. Propaganda Minister
4. People’s car D. Volkswagen
OPTIONS
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
12. Arrange the following in a chronological order.
I. Germany invaded Poland
II. Hitler re-occupied Rhineland
III. US entered the second world war
[Link] pact was signed between Germany, Italy and Japan
OPTIONS
A. I, III, II, IV
B. II, I, IV, III
C. IV, II, I, III
D. III, II, IV, I
II. ASSERTION REASONING QUESTIONS
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false but R is true.
1. Assertion (A): The USA was unwilling to join World War II.
Reason (R): The USA feared the comeback of economic problems that the First World War had
caused
2. Assertion (A): Nazi ideas were spread only through newspapers.
Reason (R): The Nazis made equal efforts to appeal to all the different sections of the
population
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3. Assertion (A): Nazism became a mass movement only after the Great Depression.
Reason (R): The Great Depression created heavy discontent among the people.
4. Assertion (A): Hitler was empowered to side-line Parliament and Rule by Decree.
Reason (R): The Enabling Act of 1935 established democracy in Germany
III. Answer the following questions
1. ‘The new republic established in Germany after the first World War was not received well by
its own people’. Give reason.
2. ‘The Weimar constitution had some inherent defects which made it unstable and vulnerable
to dictatorship’. Explain.
3. ‘Nazism became a mass movement during the great depression period’. Give reason for the
same.
4. Explain the impact of Germany of her refusal to pay war compensation in 1923.
IV. CASE STUDY
I. On 30 January 1933, president Hindenburg offered the chancellorship, the highest
position in the cabinet of ministers, to Hitler. By now the Nazis had managed to rally the
conservatives to their cause. Having acquired power, Hitler set out to dismantle the
structures of democratic rule. A mysterious fire that broke out in the German Parliament
building in February facilitated his move. The fire decree of 28 February 1933
indefinitely suspended civic rights like freedom of speech, press and assembly that had
been guaranteed by the Weimar constitution. Then he turned on his arch enemies the
communists most of whom were hurriedly packed off to the newly established
concentration camps.
1. What major developments took place when Hitler attained the position of chancellorship?
2. What do you mean by concentration camps?
3. Which act led to the establishment of dictatorship in Germany?
II. Hitler’s ideas were used by Racist thinkers and politicians to justify imperial rule over
conquered people. The Nazi argument was simple: the strongest race would survive and
the weak ones would perish. The Aryan race was the finest. It had to retain its purity,
become stronger and dominate the world. The other aspect of Hitler’s ideology related to
the geopolitical concept of Lebensraum or living space. He believed that new territories
to be acquired for settlement. This would enhance the area of the mother country, while
enabling the settlers on new lands to retain an intimate link with the lace of their [Link]
would also enhances the material resources and power of the German nation.
1. From whom did Hitler borrowed the Racist theories?
2. What is Lebensraum?
3. Mention the argument of Nazi party.
V. MAPSKILL
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1. On the outline map of the Europe, locate and label the following:
Major countries of the Second World War (Axis power and Allied power
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