Your homework for 15th December 2016 is to complete part one of the Weimar Germany recall test shown bellow. Remember to take note of how many marks are awarded for each question (there is not enough room to complete the questions on the sheet, you will have to complete them in your exercise book, a separate piece of paper or you may copy the questions into a Word document and type your answers). If you fancy a challenge then you can have a go at analysing the visual source included in this post. First complete a NOPA analysis, and then look at the details of the image and describe what it INFERS (what can you learn from it?/what does it tell you?).

 

Weimar Germany- Part One- Recall Test

Germany and World War One

1. Describe how life in Germany worsened during World War One.   (3)

2. What was the ‘Turnip Winter’?        (1)

3. What was ‘Spanish flu’?          (1)

4. What happened on 10 November 1918?       (1)

5. What happened on 11 November 1918?       (1)

Treaty of Versailles

6. Describe four ways in which the Treaty of Versailles damaged Germany      (4)

The New Constitution

7. Describe how Germany had been run under the Kaiser (draw a diagram if you like).             (3)

8. What is a constitution?          (1)

9. Describe the new constitution that was set up in Germany (draw a diagram if you like).            (3)

10. Why did the government move from Berlin to Weimar?    (1)

Elections

11. Describe what each of the following parties stood for:

a. Communists

b. Nationalists

c. Nazis

d. Socialists           (4)

12. What is meant by ‘left wing’ and ‘right wing’?      (2)

13. List the parties in Q10 from ‘left’ to ‘right’ starting with the most ‘left wing’ and ended with the most ‘right wing’        (2)

The Six Problems

14. Describe the Spartakist revolt        (2)

15. Explain how the Spartakist revolt was defeated     (2)

16. Describe the problem that Bavaria posed to the Weimar govt   (2)

17. How was the problem posed by Bavaria solved?     (2)

18. What was the German reaction to the announcement of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?          (2)

19. Describe the Kapp Putsch         (2)

20. How did the govt overcome the Kapp Putsch?      (2)

21. Describe the Red Rising in the Ruhr       (2)

22. How did the govt regain control in the Ruhr?      (2)

23. Why was Walther Rathenau targeted by assassins?     (2)

24. What was the public reaction to Walther Rathenau’s death?   (2)

Total marks: 49