Worksheets1. Germany after WW1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How many German troops died during the First World War?
1 mllion
2 million
3 million
4 million
What happened to Germany's debt as a result of the First World War?
It stayed the same
It doubled
It trebled
It quadrupled
How many German people died of starvation as a result of the British blocking food ships to Germany?
300,000
450,000
650,000
750,000
Which city was the capital of Germany?
Munch
Bonn
Berlin
Hamburg
Who was the 'leader' of Germany during the First World War?
Adolf Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm
Gustav Streseman
Friedrich Ebert
What term describes the protests by the German people for the condition of the country after the First World War?
The German Protests
The German Revolution
The German Rebellion
The German Anger
What happened to Kaiser Wilhelm on 9th November 1918?
He was promoted
He abdicated
He went on holiday
He got the full support of the army.
After the abdication of the Kaiser in 1918, Germany no longer had a monarchy. What term describes this?
A constitution
A democracy
A republic
Who became the President of Germany after the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm?
Gustav Streseman
Franz Von Papen
Friedrich Ebert
Rosa Parks
What was signed on the 11th November 1918?
The Treaty of Versailles
The Armistice
The period throughout the 1920s in Germany was known as what?
1920s Germany
The Weimar State
The Weimar Republic
The Nazi State
Ebert created a new Weimar Constitution. A Constitution is what?
A set of rules about how a country is run.
The name for the German parliament building.
The person who works below the President.
A voting system
Which of the following TWO were problems with Ebert's new Weimar Constitution?
The voting age was reduced from 25 to 21.
Women could vote for the first time.
It allowed too many political parties to have a say.
Decision making was far too slow.
Which of the following TWO were strengths of the new Weimar Constitution?
The President made too many Emergency Laws called Article 48.
The President and Chancellors had to be voted in by the public.
There was democracy (voting) for the first time in Germany.
There were too many political parties to make a decision.
What name was given to the Emergency Law used by the President to pass laws when no decisions were made.
Article 65
Article 48
Article 42
Article 84
What name do we call the German Parliament building?
The House of Commons
The House of Parliament
The Reichstag
The Constitution
The role second in charge below the President in Weimar Germany was who?
Chancellor
Deputy Prime Minister
Sub - President
Sheriff
What was the name of the biggest political party in Weimar Germany during the Weimar years?
The Social Democrats
The NSDAP
The Labour Front
The Liberals
The First World War ended in which year?
1917
1918
1919
1920
What do we call a country which allows people to vote?
A Constitution
A Republic
A Democracy
A Dictatorship
