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Weimar Germany Quick Quiz
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There are 20 Questions
1. Which respected politician became
Chancellor in 1923 and promptly ended
the occupation of the Ruhr?
a. Hindenburg
c. Stresemann
b. Cuno
d. Bruning
2. What is the name of the left-wing
extremists who attempted to overthrow
the new Republic in 1919?
a. Spartacists
c. Freikorps
b. Falangists
d. Nazis
3. Under the Locarno Treaties, Germany
agreed to respect her what?
a. Eastern borders
c. Southern borders
b. Western borders
d. Northern borders
4. The right wing Freikorps rebellion of
1920 was known as the?
a. Spartacist Rebellion
c. Munich Putsch
b. Kapp Putsch
d. Pitch Putsch
5. Following the French invasion of the Ruhr
in 1923, the workers adopted a tactic of ?
a. Mud-wrestling
c. Passive Resistance
b. Morris Dancing
d. Car-Bombing
6. The government responded to the
French invasion of the Ruhr by printing
off more money which set off ?
a. Hypermarkets
c. Hyperventilation
b. Hippie Communists
d. Hyperinflation
7. The election of which ancient right-wing
figure as President ni 1925 showed that
Germany was still not reconciled to the
young Republic?
a. Hindenburg
c. Ludendorf
b. Kaiser Wilhelm
d. Hitler
8. Who led the Munich Putsch of 1923
against the Republic?
a. Lubknecht
c. Kapp
b. Hitler
d. Luxembourg
9. One worrying thing about the Dawes Plan
was that it left Germany reliant upon?
a. American Loans
c. French goodwill
b. Italian Pasta
d. English armaments
10. The instability of the new Republic was
stressed by the Communist take-over of
which German state in 1919?
a. Bielefeld
c. Kassel
b. Bavaria
d. Brandenburg
11. In which year did Ebert die, to be
replaced by the much more reactionary
Hindenburg?
a. 1925
c. 1926
b. 1927
d. 1929
12. The Kapp Putsch was only defeated in
1920 because the workers ?
a. Took a holiday
c. Attacked the rebels
b. Went on strike
d. Demanded a pay rise
13. One weakness of the Weimar Constitution
was that it gave the President the power to
rule alone. In other words, he could
become a ?
a. Democrat
c. Dictator
b. Descriptor
d. Monarch
14. Upon becoming Chancellor in 1923,
Stresemann immediately called off
passive resistance and introduced a new
stable currency called ?
a. Euro
c. Deutschmark
b. Dollar
d. Rentenmark
15. Stresemann helped the country to
recover immediately following the 1923
crisis by negotiating the ?
a. Munich Agreement
c. Dawes Plan
b. Young Plan
d. Kellogg
16. After defeating the Spartacists in 1919,
Ebert then faced a rebellion from which
right-wing group in 1920?
a. Nazis
c. Freikorps
b. DVP
d. Young Conservatives
17. In which year did the French and
Belgians invade the Ruhr?
a. 1921
c. 1929
b. 1923
d. 1925
18. Which article of the Weimar Constitution
gave the President the power to rule as a
dictator in a state of emergency?
a. 33
c. 101
b. 48
d. 69
19. A worrying feature of the Weimar
Constitution was that it used proportional
representation to elect representatives,
leading to ?
a. Cheaper food
c. Strong government
b. Weak coalitions d. Fast decisions
20. Following the signing of the 1925 border
agreements, Germany had a warm
relationship with Western Europe called
the ?
a. Sicilian Song
c. Washington Warm-up
b. French friends
d. Locarno Honeymoon
Answers
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10.
Stresemann
Spartacists
Western borders
Kapp Putsch
Passive Resistance
Hyperinflation
Hindenburg
Hitler
American loans
Bavaria
11. 1925
12. Went on strike
13. Dictator
14. Rentenmark
15. Dawes Plan
16. Freikorps
17. 1923
18. 48
19. Weak coalitions
20. Locarno Honeymoon
Exam Technique
• Types of Questions:
• Comprehension
• This is where you have to show that you
understand sources.
• E.g What can learn from sources A and B
about the effects of the Depression?
• To answer these questions you must refer
to both the sources.
Comprehension in Context
• These questions are asking you to use
your own knowledge and the sources.
• E.g. Using the sources and your own
knowledge explain how Hyperinflation
effected the Weimar government?
• You must refer to the sources in your
answer, but to get the higher marks you
must include your own knowledge.
Value/Usefulness/Utility
• These questions are asking you to compare sources and
evaluate them.
• These questions carry the most marks.
• Again you must use the sources in your answer and you
MUST evaluate them.
• Questions now ask the ‘value’ of a source e.g. Are the
sources of value to someone enquiring about how Hitler
came to power in 1933?
• You have to use the sources and your own knowledge to
say how valuable/useful the sources are.
• You need to look at the providence of the source - who
wrote it, when was it written, bias of source.
Essay Questions
• These are the ones you spend the longest
on. – Make sure you have left enough time!
• You will be given 3 bullet points to help you
– don’t just repeat these in your answer.
You must explain them and add more
information.
• Make sure your conclusion focuses on the
question you are being asked.
Revision Questions
• Between 1924 – 1929 the Nazi party made little
progress. Do you agree?
• How did the Nazi party develop its ideas and
organisation up to 1929?
• How was Hitler able to become Chancellor in 1933?
• Hitler was able to take control because of the weakness
of the Weimar Government. Do you agree?
• To what extent did propaganda help the Nazis rise to
power?