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Key Facts: Saxony Abitur History Exam

4 GK Lernbereiche

Grundkurs Oberstufe: moderne Gesellschaft; Demokratie und Diktatur I; Demokratie und Diktatur II; Herausforderung Frieden (plus Wahlpflicht Geschichtskultur)

Lehrplan Geschichte Gymnasium Sachsen, Jahrgangsstufen 11/12

315 / 255 min

Written Bearbeitungszeit LK / GK including Lese- und Auswahlzeit under VwV Abiturprüfung 2026

VwV Abiturprüfung 2026, REVOSax

1 of 2 Aufgaben

Each Prüfling chooses one of two vorgegebene Aufgaben in the written Geschichte paper

VwV Abiturprüfung 2026, gesellschaftswissenschaftliches Aufgabenfeld

21.04.2026

Written Geschichte date in the 2026 main session; Nachprüfung 11 May 2026

VwV Bedarf und Schuljahresablauf 2025/2026; schule.sachsen.de

0–15 Punkte

Grading scale for each Prüfungsfach, from Note 1 (15–13 Punkte) to Note 6 (0 Punkte)

Oberstufen- und Abiturprüfungsverordnung (OAVO), Freistaat Sachsen

EPA + Saxon Operatoren

Tasks use KMK EPA Geschichte operators, supplemented by Saxon operators listed in VwV Abiturprüfung 2026

VwV Abiturprüfung 2026; EPA Geschichte (KMK 10.02.2005)

Free 100-question English-language MCQ study bank for Sachsen Abitur Geschichte, mapped to Lehrplan Lernbereiche from Industrialisierung to Friedliche Revolution and Geschichtskultur. Official exam: German source-based Klausur (1 of 2 Aufgaben), LK 315 min / GK 255 min incl. Lese-/Auswahlzeit (VwV 2026); written date 21.04.2026 (Nach 11.05.2026). Not an official-format simulation; no fee for regular school candidates.

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1Which country does the Saxon Lehrplan Geschichte name as the Vorreiter of the Industrialisierungsprozess that German developments are measured against?
A.England
B.France
C.the USA
D.Russia
Explanation: The Grundkurs Lernbereich on moderne Gesellschaft begins by gaining insight into England's pioneering role in industrialisation — steam power, factory system and early railway networks — before turning to the German and specifically Saxon path.
2Which regional case does the Saxon Lehrplan explicitly flag for studying Industrialisierung in Germany?
A.Industrialisierung in Sachsen
B.Industrialisierung im Ruhrgebiet only
C.Industrialisierung in Ostpreußen
D.Industrialisierung in Bayern's Alpine valleys
Explanation: Under 'Kennen der Entwicklung der Industrialisierung in Deutschland' the Lehrplan lists Regionalgeschichte: Industrialisierung in Sachsen — textiles, mining and machine-building in Chemnitz, Zwickau and the Erzgebirge — as the obligatory regional anchor.
3What economic arrangement, in force from 1834, reduced internal customs barriers among many German states and accelerated industrial markets?
A.The Deutscher Zollverein
B.The Rheinbund
C.The Warschauer Pakt
D.The Marshallplan
Explanation: The Deutscher Zollverein, led by Prussia and joined by most German states including Sachsen (1834), abolished many internal tariffs and created a larger common market that supported industrial take-off.
4Which pair of Prussian reformers is most closely associated with the early-19th-century Abbau der Feudallasten and administrative modernisation that prepared industrial society?
A.Stein and Hardenberg
B.Bismarck and Caprivi
C.Adenauer and Erhard
D.Ulbricht and Honecker
Explanation: The Preußische Reformen under Karl Freiherr vom Stein and Karl August von Hardenberg (from 1807) abolished hereditary serfdom in Prussia, reorganised local government and promoted Gewerbefreiheit — the Lehrplan's 'Wandel der Rahmenbedingungen' for industrialisation.
5In the Saxon Lehrplan, which concept labels the social problems of industrial labour — poverty, housing misery, child labour — that parties, churches and the state tried to address into the 1920s?
A.Soziale Frage
B.Dolchstoßlegende
C.Appeasement
D.Gleichschaltung
Explanation: The Soziale Frage is the curriculum's key term for the social consequences of industrial capitalism and for judging Lösungsansätze by state, churches, entrepreneurs and the Arbeiterbewegung.
6Which sectors does the Lehrplan treat as Leitsektoren of Germany's first industrialisation phase?
A.Coal, iron/steel and railways (plus textiles in regions such as Sachsen)
B.Software, semiconductors and biotechnology
C.Oil refining and automobile assembly only after 1950
D.Shipbuilding exclusively in Hansestädte
Explanation: The first phase of German industrialisation is typically organised around Kohlenbergbau, Eisen- und Stahlindustrie and Eisenbahnbau, with textiles as a regional Leitsektor — especially in Sachsen. The Lehrplan expects recognition of these Führungssektoren and of a second phase of Massenproduktion (Fließband, Automatisierung) into the 1920s.
7What was the main thrust of Bismarck's Sozialistengesetz (1878)?
A.It banned socialist organisations, meetings and publications while leaving individual SPD voting rights formally intact
B.It introduced universal free healthcare for all Germans overnight
C.It outlawed all trade unions including Christian ones permanently until 1918
D.It transferred industry into state ownership
Explanation: The Sozialistengesetz (1878–1890) outlawed social-democratic associations, assemblies and press under the pretext of protecting the Reich, while SPD candidates could still stand as individuals. Together with Kulturkampf it exemplifies Bismarcksche Innenpolitik in the Lehrplan.
8Bismarck's Kulturkampf mainly targeted which group?
A.The Catholic Church and political Catholicism (Zentrum)
B.Lutheran confessional schools exclusively
C.Jewish communities in Eastern Prussia
D.Social Democratic trade unions only
Explanation: In the 1870s Bismarck's Kulturkampf sought to subordinate the Catholic Church to state authority through laws on education, civil marriage and the Jesuit order, colliding with the Zentrumspartei — a core example of Kaiserreich Innenpolitik in the Lehrplan.
9How does the Lehrplan characterise the political result of German unification in 1871?
A.Reichseinigung von oben under Prussian leadership, with a Verfassung that preserved strong monarchical and federal elements
B.A unitary republic proclaimed by the Frankfurter Nationalversammlung
C.A Habsburg-led Großdeutschland including all of Austria
D.A customs union without a common emperor or army
Explanation: The curriculum speaks of Reichseinigung von oben and the Verfassung of 1871: Prussian military victories, Bismarck's diplomacy, a hereditary Kaiser, Bundesrat dominance for Prussia, and limited parliamentary power for the Reichstag — 'Einheit vor Freiheit' in the Leistungskurs framing.
10Which statement best captures the 'Doppelgesicht des Fortschritts' framing of industrialisation in Saxon history teaching?
A.Industrialisation brought rising productivity and new goods but also exploitation, urban misery and existential Angst vor der Moderne
B.Industrialisation abolished all social conflict by 1900
C.Industrialisation was purely cultural and left the economy unchanged
D.Industrialisation occurred only after 1945 in both German states
Explanation: The Lehrplan links Leitsektoren and Massenproduktion to Kapitalismus and the Soziale Frage, and notes Zeitgefühl: Angst vor der Moderne — progress as a two-faced process students must judge, not celebrate uncritically.

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