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Q1: Name the original name of the Nazi party. Ans: The original name of the Nazi party was the Nationalist Socialist German Workers' Party, which was later renamed the Nazi party. Q2: Who were mockingly called 'November criminals'? Ans: Those who supported the Weimar Republic, mainly Socialists, Cat...

Q1: Name the original name of the Nazi party. Ans: The original name of the Nazi party was the Nationalist Socialist German Workers' Party, which was later renamed the Nazi party. Q2: Who were mockingly called 'November criminals'? Ans: Those who supported the Weimar Republic, mainly Socialists, Catholics, and Democrats, became easy targets of attack in conservative nationalist circles. They were mockingly called the 'November criminals'. Q3: Explain the purpose of the Enabling Act passed on 3rd March 1933. Ans: This Act established a dictatorship in Germany, as it gave Hitler all powers to sideline Parliament and rule by decree. All political parties and trade unions were banned except for the Nazi party and its affiliates. The state established complete control over the economy, media, army, and judiciary. Q4: Which treaty was signed by Germany after its defeat in the First World War? Ans: The Treaty of Versailles was signed by Germany on 28th June 1919 after its defeat in the First World War. Q5: Which incident persuaded the USA to join the war? Ans: 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. When Japan extended its support to Hitler and bombed the US base at Pearl Harbor, the US entered the Second World War. Q6: What was the work entrusted to the International War Tribunal set up in Nuremberg after the war? Ans: It was set up to prosecute Nazi war criminals for crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Q7: Who were considered as the 'desirables' under Nazi rule? Ans: Nordic German Aryans were considered as the 'desirables' under Nazi rule. Q8: On whose thinking were Hitler's ideas of racialism based? Ans: Hitler’s ideas of racism were based on Emile Burnouf’s thinking. Emile Burnouf was a racialist whose thoughts and ideas highly influenced the development of Aryanism and theosophy. In all his writings and speeches, Adolf Hitler conveyed his belief and views about racial purity, as well as the superiority of the Germanic race that he considered to be an Aryan master race. Q9: What was the name given to separately marked areas where the Jews lived? Ans: The separately marked areas where the Jews lived were called Ghettos. Q10: Which sport did Hitler promote? Ans: Hitler promoted boxing because he believed that it would make children iron-hearted, strong, and masculine. Q11: What was the name given to the German Parliament? Ans: The German Parliament was called the Reichstag. : When was Hitler offered Chancellorship of Germany and by whom? Ans: On 30 th January 1933, President Hindenburg offered the Chancellorship, the highest position in the cabinet of ministers, to Hitler. Which country became a laboratory for the experiment of the concept of Lebensraum? Ans: Poland became the laboratory for this experimentation of the concept of Lebensraum. Q: What terms were used for ‘killing’ by the Nazis? Ans: Various terms like Euthanasia programme (killing of mentally or physically unfit Germans), ‘Final Solution’ (killing of Jews), ‘Special Treatment’ (mass killings), and similar other terms were used for killing ‘undesirables’ by the Nazis. Q: Which event was termed the ‘Holocaust’? Ans: The Nazi killing operations against the Jews were referred to as the ‘Holocaust’ by the Jews, as they wanted the world to remember the atrocities and sufferings, they had endured during the Nazi killing operations. Q -The US army dropped the atomic bomb in 1945 on which cities? Ans: The US army dropped the atomic bomb in 1945 on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima on 6 th August 1945, followed by another one over Nagasaki on 9 th August 1945. Q28: What was the name of the Nazi Youth organisation which consisted of all German boys of 14 to 18 years of age? Ans: The Youth League of the Nazis was founded in 1922. Four years later it was renamed as Hitler Youth and consisted of all German boys of 14 to 18 years of age. To unify the youth movement under Nazi control, all other youth organizations were systematically dissolved and finally banned. Q29: Who was Hitler? How did Hitler reconstruct Germany? Ans: Adolf Hitler was the founder of the Nazi party, who became the Chancellor of Germany in 1933. He soon became the dictator of Germany. To reconstruct Germany, Hitler did following things: Assigned responsibility of economic recovery to Hjalmar Schacht. Pulled out of the League of Nations in 1933. Reoccupied the Rhineland in 1936. Integrated Austria and Germany in 1938 under the slogan, ‘One people, one empire, and one leader'.