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1. Germany after WW1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many German troops died during the First World War?

a)

1 mllion

b)

2 million

c)

3 million

d)

4 million

2.

What happened to Germany's debt as a result of the First World War?

a)

It stayed the same

b)

It doubled

c)

It trebled

d)

It quadrupled

3.

How many German people died of starvation as a result of the British blocking food ships to Germany?

a)

300,000

b)

450,000

c)

650,000

d)

750,000

4.

Which city was the capital of Germany?

a)

Munch

b)

Bonn

c)

Berlin

d)

Hamburg

5.

Who was the 'leader' of Germany during the First World War?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Kaiser Wilhelm

c)

Gustav Streseman

d)

Friedrich Ebert

6.

What term describes the protests by the German people for the condition of the country after the First World War?

a)

The German Protests

b)

The German Revolution

c)

The German Rebellion

d)

The German Anger

7.

What happened to Kaiser Wilhelm on 9th November 1918?

a)

He was promoted

b)

He abdicated

c)

He went on holiday

d)

He got the full support of the army.

8.

After the abdication of the Kaiser in 1918, Germany no longer had a monarchy. What term describes this?

a)

A constitution

b)

A democracy

c)

A republic

9.

Who became the President of Germany after the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm?

a)

Gustav Streseman

b)

Franz Von Papen

c)

Friedrich Ebert

d)

Rosa Parks

10.

What was signed on the 11th November 1918?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles

b)

The Armistice

11.

The period throughout the 1920s in Germany was known as what?

a)

1920s Germany

b)

The Weimar State

c)

The Weimar Republic

d)

The Nazi State

12.

Ebert created a new Weimar Constitution. A Constitution is what?

a)

A set of rules about how a country is run.

b)

The name for the German parliament building.

c)

The person who works below the President.

d)

A voting system

13.

Which of the following TWO were problems with Ebert's new Weimar Constitution?

a)

The voting age was reduced from 25 to 21.

b)

Women could vote for the first time.

c)

It allowed too many political parties to have a say.

d)

Decision making was far too slow.

14.

Which of the following TWO were strengths of the new Weimar Constitution?

a)

The President made too many Emergency Laws called Article 48.

b)

The President and Chancellors had to be voted in by the public.

c)

There was democracy (voting) for the first time in Germany.

d)

There were too many political parties to make a decision.

15.

What name was given to the Emergency Law used by the President to pass laws when no decisions were made.

a)

Article 65

b)

Article 48

c)

Article 42

d)

Article 84

16.

What name do we call the German Parliament building?

a)

The House of Commons

b)

The House of Parliament

c)

The Reichstag

d)

The Constitution

17.

The role second in charge below the President in Weimar Germany was who?

a)

Chancellor

b)

Deputy Prime Minister

c)

Sub - President

d)

Sheriff

18.

What was the name of the biggest political party in Weimar Germany during the Weimar years?

a)

The Social Democrats

b)

The NSDAP

c)

The Labour Front

d)

The Liberals

19.

The First World War ended in which year?

a)

1917

b)

1918

c)

1919

d)

1920

20.

What do we call a country which allows people to vote?

a)

A Constitution

b)

A Republic

c)

A Democracy

d)

A Dictatorship