Lesson Y9-U04-L04

Weimar's Golden Years, 1924-29 Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 17

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U04-L04, Weimar's Golden Years, 1924-29: 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. Which new currency replaced the worthless German mark in November 1923?

    • Reichsmark
    • Papiermark
    • Deutschmark
    • Rentenmark

  2. Why did ordinary Germans regain trust in the new Rentenmark currency?

    • Fixed exchange rates
    • Backed by gold
    • Strict supply limits
    • Allied government backing

  3. How many marks in American loans did the Dawes Plan bring into Germany?

    • 800 million marks
    • 5 billion marks
    • 100 million marks
    • 50 million marks

  4. In which year was the Young Plan agreed?

    • 1924
    • 1933
    • 1925
    • 1929

  5. By which year did the Young Plan give Germany to finish paying reparations?

    • 1929
    • 1988
    • 1945
    • 1960

  6. In which year did French troops leave the Ruhr?

    • 1923
    • 1929
    • 1933
    • 1925

  7. What major hidden vulnerability underpinned Germany's economic recovery after 1924?

    • American loans
    • Tax increases
    • British trade
    • Gold reserves

  8. Roughly how many people were unemployed in Germany by 1929?

    • 100,000
    • 6 million
    • 1.9 million
    • 500,000

  9. What did the Locarno Pact of 1925 successfully settle?

    • Western borders
    • Reparation payments
    • Eastern borders
    • Naval fleet sizes

  10. In which year did Germany join the League of Nations as a permanent council member?

    • 1938
    • 1919
    • 1926
    • 1923

  11. What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 internationally promise?

    • Reduce military sizes
    • Renounce war
    • Cancel all debts
    • Share colonies equally

  12. Why did German nationalists accuse Gustav Stresemann of being a traitor?

    • Refusing foreign loans
    • Joining the Nazis
    • Starting hyperinflation
    • Accepting Versailles terms

  13. What did Stresemann mean by describing Germany as 'dancing on a volcano'?

    • Imminent communist revolution
    • High cultural spending
    • Fragile underlying economy
    • Frequent volcanic tremors

  14. Which director made the world-famous film 'Metropolis' in 1927?

    • Fritz Lang
    • Charlie Chaplin
    • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Walt Disney

  15. What was the Bauhaus during the Weimar golden years?

    • Design school
    • Trade union
    • Newspaper publisher
    • Political party

  16. Which major new social freedoms did women gain in Weimar Germany?

    • Voting and working
    • Royal titles
    • Land ownership
    • Military service

  17. Which group viewed the new Weimar culture as decadent and un-German?

    • Young students
    • Foreign diplomats
    • Traditional conservatives
    • Industrial workers

  18. How did Source B depict Weimar Germany's golden years?

    • Poor and starving
    • Violent and lawless
    • Strict and religious
    • Glamorous and carefree

  19. What role did Gustav Stresemann hold that made him a key figure in economic recovery?

    • Chief Justice
    • Foreign Minister
    • Kaiser
    • Supreme Commander

  20. Which major international prize did Stresemann win for his foreign policy?

    • Pulitzer Prize
    • Victoria Cross
    • Olympic Gold Medal
    • Nobel Peace Prize

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