In what ways did the Nazi state seek to establish total control over its people ?
The Nazis established control over its people by the various means:
. They used different propaganda through posters or films to praise their behaviour.
. Media was carefully used to win and support for the regime, and popularize it.
. Nazim worked on the minds of the people, tapped their emotions and turned their hatred and anger against those which are pointed as undesirable.
. special surveillance and security forces to control and order society in several ways that the Nazis wanted, was created.
. the police forces had extra powers to rule with impunity. Genocide also created an atmosphere of fear and repression that helped them to establish total control over people.
Explain why Nazi propaganda was effective in creating a hatred for Jews.
Explain what role women had in Nazi society. Return to Chapter 1 on the French Revolution. Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the role of women in the two periods.
Discuss why Nazism became popular in Germany by 1930.
What are the peculiar features of Nazi thinking?
Describe the problems faced by the Weimar Republic.
Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.
What were the social, economic and political conditions in Russia before 1905?
Discuss how the changes in forest management in the colonial period affected the following groups of people:
! Shifting cultivators
! Nomadic and pastoralist communities
! Firms trading in timber/forest produce
! Plantation owners
! Kings/British officials engaged in shikar
Explain why nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another. What are the advantages to the environment of this continuous movement?
Which groups of French society benefited from the revolution? Which groups were forced to relinquish power? Which sections of society would have been disappointed with the outcome of the revolution?
In what ways was the working population in Russia different from other countries in Europe, before 1917?
What are the similarities between colonial management of the forests in Bastar and in Java?
Discuss why the colonial government in India brought in the following laws. In each case, explain how the law changed the lives of pastoralists:
! Waste Land rules
! Forest Acts
! Criminal Tribes Act
! Grazing Tax
Describe the legacy of the French Revolution for the peoples of the world 4during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Why did the Tsarist autocracy collapse in 1917?
Write a few lines to show what you know about:
! kulaks
! the Duma
! women workers between 1900 and 1930
! the Liberals
! Stalinís collectivisation programme.
Explain why nomadic tribes need to move from one place to another. What are the advantages to the environment of this continuous movement?
Discuss why the colonial government in India brought in the following laws. In each case, explain how the law changed the lives of pastoralists:
! Waste Land rules
! Forest Acts
! Criminal Tribes Act
! Grazing Tax
Why are forests affected by wars?
Make two lists: one with the main events and the effects of the February Revolution and the other with the main events and effects of the October Revolution. Write a paragraph on who was involved in each, who were the leaders and what was the impact of each on Soviet history.
What were the social, economic and political conditions in Russia before 1905?
How would you explain the rise of Napoleon?
Between 1880 and 1920, forest cover in the Indian subcontinent declined by 9.7 million hectares, from 108.6 million hectares to 98.9 million hectares. Discuss the role of the following factors in this decline:
! Railways
! Shipbuilding
! Agricultural expansion
! Commercial farming
! Tea/Coffee plantations
! Adivasis and other peasant users
Give reasons to explain why the Maasai community lost their grazing lands.
Draw up a list of democratic rights we enjoy today whose origins could be traced to the French Revolution.