Nazism and the Rise of Hitler Class 9 Extra Questions Short Answer Type

I. Very Short Answer Type Questions (1 Mark)

1. What was Hitler’s world view?
2. Who, according to Hitler, topped the racial hierarchy? Who formed the lowest ring of the
   hierarchy?
3. Who according to the Nazis were ‘desirables’?
4. Who were regarded and treated as ‘undesirables’ during the Nazi regime?
5. Hitler’s ideas on racialism were based on which thinkers?
6. What do you know about Darwin?
7. Who was Herbert Spencer?
8. What was Aryan race in view of Nazi?

Answers

1. As per Hitler’s world view there was no equality between people, only racial hierarchy.
2. The Nordic German Aryans were at the top while the Jews were located at the lowest rung
   of the racial hierarchy.
3. Pure and healthy Nordic Aryans alone were considered ‘desirables’ by the Nazis.
4. Jews, many Gypsies, Blacks living in Nazi Germany, Poles and Russian civilians belonging
   to German occupied territory, were treated as ‘undesirables. Even Germans who were
   seen as impure or abnormal were classed as ‘undesirables.
5. Hitler’s ideas on racialism were borrowed heavily from thinkers like Charles Darwin and
   Herbert Spencer.
6. Darwin was a natural scientist who tried to explain the creation of plants and animals
   through the concept of evolution and natural selection.
7. Herber Spencer believed in the idea of survival of the fittest. According to him only those
   species survived on earth that could adapt themselves to changing climatic conditions.
8. According to Nazis, the strongest race of world survives and the weak would perish. The
   Aryan race was the finest, it had to retain its purity, become stronger and dominate the
   world.