Lesson Y9-U04-L02

Y9-U04-L02 Weimar A New Democracy in Crisis Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 17

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Lesson Y9-U04-L02, Weimar A New Democracy in Crisis: 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. In which town did Germany's new democratic government meet in 1919?

    • Potsdam
    • Weimar
    • Munich
    • Berlin

  2. From what age did the Weimar constitution give men and women the vote?

    • 18
    • 25
    • 21
    • 20

  3. What did Germany fail to do in 1922 that angered France?

    • It sent its navy to attack the French coast
    • It closed the Ruhr mines to all foreign owners
    • It refused to sign any peace treaty at all
    • It defaulted on its reparations payments

  4. How many French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr in January 1923?

    • About 600,000
    • About 60,000
    • About 600
    • About 6,000

  5. Why did France occupy the Ruhr in January 1923?

    • To protect German workers from unfair wages
    • To seize coal and goods by force as reparations
    • To capture the German capital of Berlin by surprise
    • To stop Germany from joining the League of Nations

  6. What was 'passive resistance' in the Ruhr?

    • Workers moved their factories to Britain for safety
    • Workers attacked French troops with weapons in the streets
    • Workers sent letters of protest to the League of Nations
    • Workers refused to work, going on strike without violence

  7. Roughly how many Germans were killed resisting the occupation of the Ruhr?

    • Over 130
    • Over 13
    • Over 13,000
    • None at all

  8. By November 1923, roughly what did a loaf of bread cost in marks?

    • 200 billion marks
    • 20 pfennigs, which was the usual price of bread before the war
    • 200 marks, about the price of a small meal in a Berlin restaurant
    • 2 million marks, roughly the price of a month's rent in Berlin

  9. Which groups were the main losers from hyperinflation?

    • People with large debts to repay
    • Industrial owners who had no debts at all
    • Foreign bankers who lent money to Germany
    • Savers, pensioners and the middle class

  10. Which groups gained from hyperinflation?

    • Workers who were paid in gold coins each week by their employers
    • Pensioners who had saved their money for decades in the banks
    • Foreign governments that held German bonds in marks and in gold
    • People with large debts, repaid in worthless money

  11. Why did the German government keep printing money in 1923?

    • To fund a holiday for all German citizens in the summer of 1923
    • To build a new navy for the Kaiser's return to the throne in Berlin
    • To pay off the Dawes Plan in full immediately after it was agreed
    • To pay reparations and the striking Ruhr workers

  12. Why might the government have called for passive resistance despite the damage to the economy?

    • It was the only way to win back the Saar in a vote held by the League
    • It kept national pride and political support
    • It was ordered by France to stop the German economy from recovering
    • It was a plan to pay all reparations in one go by the end of the year

  13. Why was the Weimar Republic blamed from the start?

    • Its politicians had signed the armistice and the treaty
    • It had refused to hold any elections for its people during the whole decade
    • It had ended the Kaiser's reign by force of arms in a brief civil war
    • It had started the First World War with a surprise invasion of France in 1914

  14. Which two groups tried to destroy Weimar from the extremes?

    • The Ruhr workers and the French army, who both wanted the treaty ended
    • Communists on the left and nationalists on the right
    • Monarchists in Bavaria and officials of the League of Nations in Geneva
    • Trade unions and the Catholic Church, which opposed every new law

  15. What does Source A reveal about daily life during hyperinflation?

    • Wages were abolished and replaced by free food rations for every family
    • Wages were spent at once because money lost value fast
    • Wages were saved safely in banks that never failed during the crisis
    • Wages were paid entirely in gold coins every single week to workers

  16. Why did the businessman in Source B do well during hyperinflation?

    • He had saved his money in gold bars held safely abroad in Switzerland
    • He had stopped trading with every country in the world after the war
    • He had borrowed heavily and repaid his debts cheaply
    • He had been paid by the French government to stay neutral in the crisis

  17. Why is Source A more useful than Source B for understanding ORDINARY Germans in 1923?

    • The teacher was on an ordinary wage, like most people
    • The teacher wrote the source for the government in 1923
    • The teacher was a famous politician who wrote for the press
    • The teacher was a factory owner who knew the economy well

  18. Why are Sources A and B useful TOGETHER for a historian?

    • They show hyperinflation created both losers and winners
    • They prove that hyperinflation never affected anyone in Germany
    • They show that Britain caused hyperinflation by blockading Germany
    • They show that the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1923

  19. Why was hyperinflation especially dangerous for a democracy?

    • It ended all trade between Germany and its neighbours
    • It made the army more popular than the government
    • It wiped out the savings and trust of the middle class
    • It gave the Kaiser a reason to return to power in Berlin

  20. What does the fact that Weimar survived 1923 show?

    • The crises had no effect on the Republic at all in the years that followed
    • The crises had completely destroyed the Republic by the end of the year 1923
    • The crises wounded the Republic but did not overthrow it
    • The crises were solved entirely by a return of the Kaiser to the throne

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