Year 11 - Spring Quiz 1

Which of the following was NOT a weakness of the Weimar Constitution?

• Proportional representation led to coalition governments
• Proportional representaton ensured that small parties had a fair share of seats
• Article 48 allowed the President to bypass the Reichstag in times of crisis
• The President was elected for a period of 7 years

Why did the German government print more money, resulting in the Hyperibflation Crisis of 1923?

• To pay off the Freikorps who refused to hand over their weapons
• To pay the Freikorps to oppose the invading French troops in the Ruhr
• To pay striking workers, who were passively resisting the Franch in the Ruhr
• To pay back bank customers who had lost their savings

What was the name of the labour service started by the Nazis to increase employment?

• RAD
• DAF
• SdA (Beauty of Labour)
• The SD

The Berlin Crisis of 1948 was triggered by which event?

• The creation of the Federal Republic of Germany
• The formation of NATO
• The Marshall Plan
• The creation of Trizonia and the formation of a new currency

Which of the following was a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The Limited Test Ban Treaty - banning tests of nuclear weapons above ground

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba

• SALT I - Limits on ABMs and ICBMs

• American Nuclear missiles being placed in Turkey

Which Eastern Bloc country was the first to hold free elections following Gorbachev's abandoment of the Brezhnev DoctrIne in 1988?

• Hungary
• Czechoslovakia
• Poland
• East Germany

The Pacification of Ghent in 1576 was a demand by the Dutch for Spanish Troops to leave following what?

• Elizabeth's caputuring of the Genoese Loan
• The establishment of the Council of Troubles (Blood)
• The arrival of the Duke of Parma, a much more effective military commander
• The Spanish Fury - a mutiny by unpaid Spanish troops in the Netherlands

What was the name of the treaty in which Elizabeth agreed to return Calais to France?

• Treaty of Joinville
• Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis
• Treaty of Nonsuch
• Treaty of Edinburg

Which event in 1580 increased the threat of Spain and particularly alarmed Elizabeth?

• Spain's acquisition of Portugal, along with its empire and naval forces
• Spain and France signed the Treaty of Joinville vowing to remove Protestant heresy from France
• The deaths of the Duke of Alencon and William of Orange
• The Spanish Fury when soldiers mutinied over unpaid wages