CIE iGCSE History Germany depth - 01. Weimar

German Revolution of 1918, correct order:

• Kaiser abdicates, German sailors mutiny, armistice signed, Weimar Republic founded

• German sailors mutiny, Kaiser abdicates, armistice signed, Weimar Republic founded

• German sailors mutiny, Kaiser abdicates, Weimar Republic founded, armistice signed

• Weimar Republic founded, Kaiser abdicates, German sailors mutiny, armistice signed

Which of these is NOT an economic impact of WWI upon Germany?

• Industrial production in 1918 was 2/3 of 1913 levels

• National income in 1918 was 1/3 1913 levels

• 300,000 died in 1918 from starvation and hypothermia due to lack of money/fuel

• Many Germans felt the new democratic leaders were traitors

Germany's style of government from 1918-1919 had changed from:

• Autocratic to democratic

• Democratic to autocratic

• Communist to fascist

• Fascist to communist

Who could vote in German elections according to the Weimar constitution?

• Anyone over 18

• Anyone over 20

• Only men over 20

• Only men over 18

Elections in Germany were held:

• Reichstag every 5 years; president every 6

• Reichstag every 4 years; chancellor every 7

• Reichstag every 5 years; chancellor every 6

• Reichstag every 4 years; president every 7

Who controlled the armed forces according to the constitution?

• The President

• The Chancellor

• The Reichstag

• The Fuhrer

Article___gave the President emergency powers in a crisis

• 48

• 58

• 38

• 68

The voting system in the Weimar Republiuc, proportional representation, could be described as? (pick 2)

• Fair as it meant that every vote counted.

• Unfair as it meant that a party that got lots of votes nationally would get no seats unless it won them locally.

• Problematic as it led to lots of small, sometimes radical, parties in the Reichstag, leading to arguments.

• Good because it keept small radical parties out of the Reichstag if they failed to win any local seats, no matter how big their share of the national vote.

Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Leibknecht led the:

• White Rose group

• Kapp putsch

• Spartacists

• Red Rising in the Ruhr

The Spartacist uprising happened in:

• 1919

• 1920

• 1921

• 1922