The Interwar Period & The Great Depression

Question 1

A period of low economic activity and rising unemployment is known as _____.

Accepted Answer

Depression

Question 2

Which political party was associated with the Spartacist Revolt?

Accepted Answer

The Communist Party

Question 3

A violent attempt to overthrow the government is known as a/an _____.

Accepted Answer

Putsch

Question 4

Which African country did Italy invade?

Accepted Answer

Ethiopia, Abyssinian Empire

Question 5

Why did the people of Germany dislike the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 6

What power was given to the president under the new Weimar Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Power to declare state of emergency and rule by decree, Power to choose a chancellor of the Reichstag

Question 7

Which German leader stepped down near the end of WWI?

Accepted Answer

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Question 8

The Great Depression was caused by what?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 9

Which country suffered most during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 10

Which of these helped make Germany's reparations payments more manageable?

Accepted Answer

Dawes Plan

Question 11

Who was chosen as the first president of the Weimar Republic?

Accepted Answer

Friedrich Ebert

Question 12

All countries joined the League of Nations.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Germany was set to pay 132 million Marks in reparations.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

An extreme rise in prices caused by a government printing too much money is known as...?

Accepted Answer

Hyperinflation

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