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The Weimar Republic (1919-1934)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

a)

Versailles

b)

Paris

c)

London

d)

Berlin

2.

What acronym can we use to remember the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

WIN (Weapons - Information - Nation)

b)

LUCK (Land - Unfair - Chancellor - Kaiser)

c)

BRAT (Blame - Responsible - Armistice - Treaty)

d)

BRAT (Blame - Reparations - Army - Territory)

3.

Who could vote in Germany under the Weimar Republic?

a)

Only men

b)

Every one

c)

Only women

d)

Women and men over 21

4.

Who were the Spartacists?

a)

50,000 communists

b)

70,000 army soldiers

c)

The French

d)

Spartans

5.

Who led the Spartacists?

a)

Rosa Parks and Karl Liebknecht

b)

Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht

c)

Ronnie Luxembourg and Karl Marx

d)

Rosa Liebknecht and Karl Luxembourg

6.

Who defeated the Spartacists?

a)

The Athenians

b)

The Freikorps

c)

The French

d)

The Police

7.

Who was the Freikorps?

a)

Ex-soldiers

b)

Communists

c)

Supporters of the Treaty of Versailles

d)

Weimar Politicians

8.

What was the uprising of the Freikorps called?

a)

Munich Putsch

b)

Spartacist Uprising

c)

The October Uprising

d)

Kapp Putsch

9.

In what year was the Treaty of Versailles signed and Weimar Republic created?

a)

1917

b)

1918

c)

1919

d)

1920

10.

How many soldiers could Germany keep under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

50,000

b)

100,000

c)

500,000

d)

1,000,000

11.

How much did Germany have to pay in reparations for the damage of World War One?

a)

63 billion marks

b)

132 billion marks

c)

398 billion marks

d)

476 billion marks

12.

When Germany could not afford its reparations in 1923, who invaded them?

a)

The French

b)

The Belgians

c)

The French and Belgians

d)

The English

13.

When Germany could not pay its reparations, France and Belgium occupied the industrial area of Germany, what is this area called?

a)

Berlin

b)

Munich

c)

FrankFurt

d)

Ruhr

14.

Who introduced the 'Golden Years' to Germany, fixing the relationship between the people and the Weimar Republic?

a)

Fredrick Ebert

b)

Gustav Stressman

c)

President Hindenburg

d)

Angela Merkel

15.

During the Golden Age, how long did Stresemann serve as Chancellor?

a)

3 months

b)

6 months

c)

1 year

d)

7 years

16.

Which treaty reduced the Reparations payments by 20%?

a)

Dawes Plan (1924)

b)

Young Plan (1925)

c)

Lacarno Treaty (1925)

d)

Kellog-Briand Pact (1928)

17.

What treaty involved 63 countries promising not to go to war without talking first?

a)

Kellog-Briand Pact (1928)

b)

Lacarno Treaty (1925)

c)

Dawes Plan (1924)

d)

Young Plan (1925)

18.

More women were in work by 1925 than there had been in 1907. How many more?

a)

1 million

b)

1.3 milliom

c)

1.5 million

d)

1.7 million

19.

Despite going to work and being able to vote, what percentage of parliament representatives were women?

a)

2.5%

b)

4.6%

c)

7.3%

d)

14%

20.

When Stressman ended hyperinflation by changing the German currency, what did it become?

a)

Mark

b)

Rentenmark

c)

Frank

d)

Euro