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Germany 1890-1945 Parts 1&2

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the Kaiser leave Germany?

a)

11th February 1919

b)

20th September 1990

c)

9th November 1918

d)

1st June 1967

2.

When did WW1 end?

a)

11th September 1918

b)

18th November 1918

c)

11th November 1918

d)

21st October 1918

3.

What were the Freikorps (Free corps)?

a)

Groups of soldiers going to war

b)

Zombie apocalypse

c)

Hitler's dogs

d)

Groups of ex-soldiers who had recently come home from WW1

4.

How many children in Germany were left without a father after the war?

a)

2,000

b)

200,000

c)

2,000,000

d)

20,000

5.

How many war widows were there after the war?

a)

600

b)

60,000

c)

6,000

d)

600,000

6.

When did Kaiser Wilhelm II reign?

a)

1898-1919

b)

1888-1918

c)

1877-1914

d)

1888-1919

7.

In what year did hyperinflation occur?

a)

1923

b)

1932

c)

1918

d)

1981

8.

When was the Munich Putsch?

a)

8-9th November 1923

b)

8-9th November 1932

c)

8-9th October 1923

d)

8-9th October 1923

9.

How many strikers in the Ruhr in 1923 were thrown out of their homes?

a)

15,000

b)

100

c)

50

d)

10

10.

Why did some middle class people support the 1898 and 1900 Naval Laws?

a)

Showed the Kaiser was making Germany a strong country

b)

Germany had no ships before hand

c)

So they could travel to Sweden safely

d)

To get revenge on the Swiss Navy

11.

Why were the Socialists against the Naval Laws?

a)

They thought the money should go to the army

b)

They thought the money should be spent on the poor

c)

Germany didn't have any coast line

d)

They thought the Kaiser would use the navy to crush them

12.

How much did German Industrial production fall to in WW1?

a)

33%

b)

50%

c)

66%

d)

75%

13.

How much did Germany have to pay in Reparations?

a)

£3.3 billion

b)

£6.6 billion

c)

£9.9 billion

d)

£10 billion

14.

How many troops were Germany reduced to under the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

10,000

b)

100,000

c)

500,000

d)

1,000,000

15.

Who tried to take power in Berlin in 1919?

a)

Dr Kapp

b)

Nazis

c)

Socialists

d)

Spartacist League

16.

What did the 1920 Kapp Putsch want?

a)

A Communist Government

b)

A Nazi Government

c)

An autocratic government like the Kaiser

d)

A Socialist Government

17.

How did the Kapp Putsch end?

a)

The Army attacked

b)

Kapp took over the Government

c)

A general strike cut off electricity and water

d)

Kapp makes way for Hitler

18.

Where did the Nazis stage a Putsch in 1923?

a)

Munich

b)

Berlin

c)

Nuremberg

d)

Cologne