Y314.2 Economic forces Quiz: OCR History, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. In which year was the Prussian-led customs union, the Zollverein, formally established?

   • 1848
   • 1834
   • 1871
   • 1815

2. Which major empire was intentionally excluded from the German Zollverein customs union?

   • Austria
   • Bavaria
   • Saxony
   • Prussia

3. Which economist championed 'economic nationalism' and protective tariffs for young German industries?

   • Friedrich List
   • Karl Marx
   • Max Weber
   • Adam Smith

4. What key infrastructure expansion played a vital role in integrating the 19th-century German economy?

   • Canal system
   • Telegraph lines
   • Railway network
   • Postal service

5. Which political party emerged in 1875 to represent the growing industrial working class?

   • Social Democratic Party
   • Centre Party
   • National Liberal Party
   • German Conservative Party

6. In which year did Otto von Bismarck introduce protective tariffs, ending German free trade?

   • 1890
   • 1879
   • 1862
   • 1871

7. Which two powerful economic groups formed the 'Alliance of Steel and Rye' in 1879?

   • Merchants and clergy
   • Industrialists and Junkers
   • Peasants and workers
   • Artisans and academics

8. What economic agreement served as a primary non-military step towards German national unification?

   • Gastein Convention
   • North German Confederation
   • Treaty of Prague
   • The Zollverein

9. What agricultural failure contributed heavily to the economic distress preceding the 1848 revolutions?

   • Vine mildew
   • Potato blight
   • Wheat rot
   • Rinderpest

10. Which political party strongly supported free trade policies in Germany during the 1860s?

    • Social Democrats
    • Centre Party
    • National Liberals
    • Prussian Conservatives

11. What size indemnity was France forced to pay Germany following the Franco-Prussian War?

    • 10 billion reichsmarks
    • 1 billion marks
    • 5 billion francs
    • 500 million pounds

12. Which term describes the rapid economic growth and speculation after German unification in 1871?

    • Sonderweg
    • Wirtschaftswunder
    • Gründerzeit
    • Kulturkampf

13. Which region became Germany's primary heavy industrial centre during the late nineteenth century?

    • Schleswig-Holstein
    • The Ruhr Valley
    • East Prussia
    • Bavaria

14. What state policy did Bismarck introduce in the 1880s to weaken socialist support?

    • Anti-clerical laws
    • Income taxation
    • Agrarian reform
    • Social welfare legislation

15. Which agency was established in Germany in 1914 to manage critical industrial war supplies?

    • Imperial Economic Office
    • Central Marketing Company
    • War Raw Materials Department
    • Reich Grain Office

16. What name was given to the severe starvation crisis in Germany during winter 1916–1917?

    • Potato Famine
    • Black Winter
    • Turnip Winter
    • Hunger Winter

17. What was a major economic goal of Bismarck's 1879 protective tariff legislation?

    • Expanding free trade
    • Funding naval expansion
    • Protecting German agriculture
    • Promoting foreign imports

18. Which natural resource gave Prussia a decisive economic advantage over Austrian-led German states?

    • Coal reserves
    • Copper mines
    • Oil fields
    • Gold deposits

19. What political ideology gained mass support among urban factory workers due to rapid industrialisation?

    • Liberalism
    • Socialism
    • Anarchism
    • Fascism

20. How did the German state primarily fund its massive military expenditures during World War One?

    • Raising direct taxes
    • Issuing war loans
    • Printing gold coins
    • Selling state land

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