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Geschichte und Regierung

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first chancellor of Germany?

a)

Friedrich II

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Otto von Bismarck

2.

What year did Hitler come to power and begin a dictatorship?

a)

1918

b)

1941

c)

1933

3.

How many people were murdered in the Holocaust?

a)

6 million

b)

5 million

c)

11 million

4.

The Allies won World War II in 1945 and gained control of Germany. Name the four allies who each took a sector of Germany.

a)

America, France, Italy, and Russia

b)

America, France, Great Britain, and

Russia

c)

France, Belgium, Great Britain, and

Russia

5.

What year was Germany’s constitution/Grundgesetz/Basic Law written? It was the same year the Allies left Germany as two separate countries.

a)

1871

b)

1949

c)

1961

6.

Respectively, what year did the Berlin Wall go up, and what year did it fall?

a)

1961; 1989

b)

1933; 1939

c)

1871; 1989

7.

What was the name of East Germany?

a)

Deutschland

b)

Ostdeutschland

c)

Deutsche Demokratische Republik

8.

What was the name of West Germany?

a)

Deutschland

b)

Westdeutschland

c)

Bundesrepublik Deutschlands

9.

What type of system did West Germany have?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Feudalism

10.

What type of system did East Germany have?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Feudalism

11.

Germany is a federal parliamentary republic with a

a)

dictatorship

b)

representative democracy

c)

monarchy

12.

The Head of Government is more powerful than the Head of State; they are, respectively:

a)

the president and the chancellor

b)

the chancellor and the prime minister

c)

the chancellor and the president

13.

The people elect representatives for the:

a)

Bundesrat

b)

Bundestag

c)

Cabinet

14.

This House of Parliament elects the Chancellor:

a)

Bundesrat

b)

Bundestag

c)

Cabinet

15.

This House of Parliament represents the states governments’ interests:

a)

Bundesrat

b)

Bundestag

c)

Cabinet

16.

Which court deals with civil and criminal cases?

a)

Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht)

b)

Supreme Court (Oberste Gerichtshöfe des Bundes)

c)

International Criminal Code (Völkerstrafgesetzbuch)

17.

The German penal system’s goal for the criminal is:

a)

Rehabilitation

b)

Punishment

c)

Work

18.

Germany is comprised of 16 states known collectively as:

a)

Städte

b)

Bundesländer

c)

Staaten

19.

Who is the current chancellor of Germany?

a)

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

b)

Gerhard Schröder

c)

Angela Merkel

20.

Who is the current president of Germany?

a)

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

b)

Gerhard Schröder

c)

Angela Merkel