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Key Facts: BY Abitur History in French (AbiBac gA) Exam
210 minutes
Working time of the written gA examination; GSO Anlage 8 states this gA time also applies to Geschichte auf Französisch
GSO Anlage 8 (gesetze-bayern.de)
4 tasks → choose 1
Same task-choice structure as Geschichte: four Aufgaben, one to be worked
GSO Anlage 8
French medium
Official Abibac written Geschichte is assessed in French (constructed-response source analysis), not as MCQ
KM Bayern Abibac / Moderne Fremdsprachen
11 May 2026
Written exam date for « alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – grundlegendes Anforderungsniveau » (including Geschichte auf Französisch gA)
KM Bayern Abiturprüfung 2026 schedule
≥300 / 900
Minimum Gesamtqualifikation for the Allgemeine Hochschulreife; exams contribute up to 300 of 900 points
KM Bayern
Abibac
Pathway to simultaneous German Abitur and French Baccalauréat with bilingual Geschichte instruction
KM Bayern Moderne Fremdsprachen / Abibac
100
Original English-framed MCQ study items in this bank (not the official format)
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Bavaria Abibac Geschichte auf Französisch (gA): French constructed-response source exam — four tasks, choose one, 210 minutes (GSO Anlage 8). KM lists it for Abitur 2026; gA written block 11 May 2026. This free English MCQ bank drills concepts and French terms only — not the official Klausur.
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1In French historical writing, what does the expression « la guerre froide » designate?
A.The Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, fought partly in winter
B.The Cold War: the global confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union after 1945, waged without direct war between the two superpowers
C.The Second World War on the Eastern Front
D.The Hundred Years' War between France and England
Explanation: « La guerre froide » is the standard French term for the Cold War, the ideological, nuclear and geopolitical rivalry between the USA and the USSR from the late 1940s to 1991. It is a Grundlegender Begriff in the LehrplanPLUS curriculum for the Qualifikationsphase. Knowing the exact French label matters because the AbiBac history exam is written and answered in French.
2When a French historian writes « la Troisième République » (1870–1940), what kind of regime does « République » denote?
A.A constitutional monarchy with a parliament
B.The restoration of the Napoleonic Empire
C.A federal union of German-style states
D.A regime without a monarch, headed by an elected president and based on representative institutions
Explanation: In French usage, « République » means a political order without a king or emperor: sovereignty rests with the citizens, who elect a parliament and, directly or indirectly, a president. The Third Republic, proclaimed after Napoleon III's defeat at Sedan in 1870, was the first durable republican regime in France. French history counts republics sequentially (Première, Deuxième, Troisième, Quatrième, Cinquième).
3What is « le suffrage universel » in the vocabulary of 19th- and 20th-century political history?
A.The right to vote granted to all adult citizens — in the 19th century usually understood as all adult men — rather than limited by property or estate
B.A voting system in which only taxpayers may vote
C.The right of parliament to elect the head of state
D.Compulsory voting introduced by the Catholic Church
Explanation: « Le suffrage universel » is universal suffrage: voting rights independent of wealth, tax level or estate. The 1848 February Revolution in France introduced it for men, as did the German Reichstag elections of 1871; women in Germany gained it in 1919, in France only in 1944/45. It contrasts with « le suffrage censitaire », where the franchise depends on tax paid.
4In expressions such as « le traité de Versailles » or « le traité de l'Élysée », what is « un traité »?
A.A unilateral ceasefire order issued by an army
B.A chapter of a national constitution
C.A formally concluded international agreement between states
D.A colonial charter granted by a king to a trading company
Explanation: « Un traité » is a treaty: a binding agreement negotiated and signed between states. The Traité de Versailles (1919) ended the state of war with Germany after the First World War; the Traité de l'Élysée (1963) sealed Franco-German friendship. The word appears constantly in the LehrplanPLUS themes on war, peace and European integration.
5In the context of France between 1940 and 1944, « la Résistance » refers to:
A.The strike movement of the Popular Front in 1936
B.The fighters of the Algerian war of independence
C.Royalist rebels who opposed the Revolution in the Vendée in 1793
D.The movements and networks that fought the German occupation and the Vichy regime, inside France and from abroad
Explanation: Capitalized, « la Résistance » designates the organized opposition to Nazi Germany's occupation of France and to the collaborating Vichy regime: internal networks (sabotage, intelligence, maquis) and the Free France of Charles de Gaulle in London. It is central to French mémoire of the Second World War. The word without capitalization simply means 'resistance' in a general sense.
6Germany's 1871 « annexion » of Alsace-Lorraine means that the region was:
A.Formally incorporated into the German Empire as its territory
B.Militarily occupied without any transfer of sovereignty
C.Joined to Germany in a free customs union
D.Declared a permanently demilitarized neutral zone
Explanation: « L'annexion » is annexation: the legal incorporation of a territory into another state. By the Treaty of Frankfurt (1871), most of Alsace and part of Lorraine became the Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen of the new German Empire. This annexation poisoned Franco-German relations for decades and fuelled French revanchism. An occupation, by contrast, leaves sovereignty formally untouched.
7« La séparation des pouvoirs », the principle associated with Montesquieu, requires:
A.The strict separation of church and state as in the French law of 1905
B.The division of state authority among legislative, executive and judicial branches so that power checks power
C.The division of Germany into four occupation zones after 1945
D.The federal distribution of competences between the Bund and the Länder
Explanation: In « De l'esprit des lois » (1748), Montesquieu argued that liberty is protected only when legislative, executive and judicial powers are held by different bodies that control one another. This horizontal Gewaltenteilung is a key Enlightenment concept in the LehrplanPLUS topic on the historical foundations of modern democracy. Do not confuse it with laïcité or with vertical federalism.
8Rousseau's concept of « la volonté générale » (the general will) means:
A.The will of the political community directed at the common good, which is more than the sum of particular private interests
B.Whatever a simple majority happens to vote for on a given day
C.The sovereign right of the monarch to issue laws
D.The doctrine of the church as supreme moral authority
Explanation: In « Du contrat social » (1762), Rousseau distinguished the volonté générale — the citizens' shared orientation toward the common good — from the mere « volonté de tous », the aggregate of selfish private wills. The idea grounds popular sovereignty (Volkssouveränität): legitimate law expresses the citizens' collective will. It became a cornerstone of revolutionary and democratic thought.
9When French historians speak of « les lieux de mémoire » (Pierre Nora), they mean:
A.State archives where administrative documents are stored
B.Memoirs written by retired politicians
C.Sites, symbols or events — from Verdun to the 14 juillet — in which a community's collective remembrance crystallizes
D.War reparations paid to preserve monuments
Explanation: « Lieux de mémoire » (realms/sites of memory) is the concept developed by Pierre Nora: places, monuments, dates, flags or figures where collective memory condenses and identity is negotiated. Verdun, the Mémorial de la Shoah, or the Berlin Wall remain function this way in French and German memory cultures. The concept links history to the curriculum's emphasis on Erinnerungskultur.
10« Le rapprochement franco-allemand » designates:
A.The German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine in 1871
B.The Entente cordiale of 1904 between France and the United Kingdom
C.The Confederation of the Rhine created under Napoleon's protection
D.The process of reconciliation and institutionalized cooperation between France and Germany after 1945
Explanation: « Rapprochement » means a drawing-closer. The rapprochement franco-allemand is the post-1945 reconciliation: from the Schuman Plan (1950) and the Élysée Treaty (1963) to joint institutions like the Franco-German Youth Office and the Aachen Treaty (2019). LehrplanPLUS explicitly highlights the deutsch-französische Verständigung as the engine of European integration.
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