Lesson Y9-U04-L01

Y9-U04-L01 The Treaty of Versailles A 'Diktat' Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 17

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Lesson Y9-U04-L01, The Treaty of Versailles A 'Diktat': 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 17: Year 9: Rise of the Nazis, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. On what date and in which place was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

    • 25 June 1876, in a tent near the Little Bighorn River in Montana
    • 28 June 1919, in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles
    • 1 July 1916, in a trench near the River Somme during the battle
    • 11 November 1918, in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne in France

  2. What do the letters BRAT stand for in the treaty's terms?

    • Britain, Russia, Austria, Treaty
    • Bombing, Regiments, Air force, Tanks
    • Blockade, Rations, Armistice, Trade
    • Blame, Reparations, Army, Territory

  3. What did Article 231, the War Guilt clause, force Germany to accept?

    • The return of all of its colonies to Britain
    • Full blame for starting the First World War
    • Responsibility for the cost of the Russian Revolution
    • A promise never to hold a national election again

  4. How much were reparations finally set at in 1921?

    • £6.6 thousand
    • £6.6 billion
    • £66 million
    • £660 billion

  5. How many men was the German army limited to by the treaty?

    • 1,000,000
    • 100,000
    • 10,000
    • 500,000

  6. Roughly what share of its land did Germany lose under the treaty?

    • About 90%
    • About 50%
    • About 1%
    • About 13%

  7. Which coalfield was run by the League of Nations for 15 years under the treaty?

    • The Ruhr coalfield
    • The Welsh coalfield
    • The Saar coalfield
    • The Silesian coalfield

  8. What does the German word 'diktat' mean?

    • A speech given by the Kaiser to the nation before he fled
    • A dictated peace, forced with no say
    • A list of the army's rules for daily drill on the parade ground
    • A promise of a fair peace agreed with all sides in advance

  9. Why did Germans feel humiliated when they were handed the treaty?

    • They were given the whole of France as a reward
    • They had no say in its terms and were told to sign
    • They were invited to share the League of Nations' seats
    • They were allowed to write every term themselves

  10. What had many Germans expected the peace to be based on?

    • US President Wilson's Fourteen Points
    • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk of 1918
    • The Kaiser's own plans for a German empire
    • The Schlieffen Plan of 1905

  11. What did supporters of the treaty point to about France's losses in the war?

    • About 1.4 million soldiers lost
    • No soldiers lost, because the war was won in Paris
    • About 140,000 soldiers lost, all at sea in the Atlantic
    • About 14 million soldiers lost in the air alone over the front

  12. Which harsh treaty had Germany itself forced on Russia in 1918?

    • The Treaty of Locarno, which settled Germany's western borders in 1925
    • The Treaty of Trianon, which broke up the Hungarian lands in 1920
    • The Treaty of Rapallo, which restored German ties with Russia in 1922
    • The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

  13. Which weapons did the treaty forbid Germany to have?

    • Radios, telephones and maps
    • Horses, carts and bicycles for the army
    • Rifles, bayonets and field kitchens
    • Tanks, submarines and an air force

  14. What had the British naval blockade caused in Germany by 1919?

    • A surplus of food across all German cities
    • Many Germans close to starvation
    • A complete end to the German navy
    • A boom in exports to Britain's colonies

  15. What did Scheidemann do after speaking against the treaty in Source B?

    • He led the army into battle against France
    • He fled to America with the Kaiser
    • He resigned rather than sign it
    • He signed it at once in Paris

  16. What did the newspaper headline in Source A demand?

    • Vengeance
    • Free elections
    • Forgiveness
    • Free trade with France

  17. Why are Sources A and B limited as evidence of how ORDINARY Germans felt?

    • They come from elite voices, not ordinary people
    • They were written after the Second World War had begun in Europe
    • They were printed in a secret underground newspaper
    • They were written in English for British readers only

  18. Which point would a supporter of the treaty use to argue it was fair?

    • Germany had been invited to write every term of the treaty
    • Germany had been given all of France as a prize
    • Germany had forced a harsher treaty on Russia in 1918
    • Germany had asked for the full blame to be placed on it

  19. Why did the feeling of being forced to sign make German anger so deep?

    • It made Germans feel powerless and humiliated
    • It meant Germans could ignore the treaty once it was signed by all
    • It gave Germany a stronger army than it had before the war
    • It let Germany keep all of its colonies in Africa

  20. Why was the full blame placed on Germany in Article 231 controversial?

    • It gave Germany the right to keep its colonies in Africa and the Pacific
    • It stopped Germany from joining the League of Nations for the next decade
    • It ignored that other countries shared responsibility
    • It was written by the German government itself, not by the Allies at all

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