GermanyPastQs

=NATIONAL STUDY: GERMANY 1918–1939= =Past HSC Questions=

**2014 HSC**
(a) //Germany between 1918 and 1939 was the triumph of nationalism over democracy.// To what extent is this statement accurate? OR (b) Explain why the Nazis were able to consolidate power in the period 1933–1934.

**2013 HSC**
(a) To what extent was the Great Depression responsible for the collapse of the Weimar Republic? OR (b) Assess the impact of the Nazi state on social and cultural life in Germany in the period 1933 to 1939.

**2012 HSC**
(a) Hitler came to power as a result of a lack of opposition. To what extent is this statement true? OR (b) How successful was Nazi foreign policy in achieving its aims to September 1939?

**2011 HSC**
(a) //The impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the Weimar Republic to 1929 was more significant than any other factor.// How accurate is this statement? OR (b) Account for the initial consolidation of Nazi power in 1933-1934.

**2010 HSC**
(a) Assess the influence of the German army on the successes and failures of the Weimar Republic by 1933. OR (b) Evaluate Hitler’s role in the Nazi state between 1933 and 1939.


 * 2009 HSC**

(a) To what extent did weaknesses in the Weimar Republic account for the growth and rise to power of the Nazi Party to 1933? OR (b) Assess the impact of Nazi propaganda, terror and repression on the German people from 1933 to 1939.


 * 2008 HSC**

(a) Account for the successes and failures of democracy in Germany in the period 1918 – 1933. OR (b) To what extent can Nazism in power be seen as totalitarianism in the period 1933 – 1939?


 * 2007 HSC**

(a) Explain how and why German social and cultural life changed in the period 1923 – 1939. OR (b) Assess the impact of Nazism on Germany foreign policy in the period 1933 – 1939.


 * 2006 HSC**

(a) Assess the importance of nationalism as a cause of the failure of democracy in Germany in the period 1918–1934. OR (b) To what extent was Hitler responsible for the development and implementation of Nazi racist policies in Germany in the period to 1939?