Paper 3 - Weimar And Nazi Germany Key Topic 1 Knowledge Check Flashcards
Give name of Germany during WWI
The second Reich
Who was monarch during WWI?
Kaiser Wilhelmina II
Give one statistic supporting the idea that France suffered great damage in WWI
4% of the population was killed
Who was in the triple entente?
Britain, France and Russia
Which 4 countries were in the central powers
Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (Italy was also part of the alliance for part of the war)
What is dolchstoss theory?
The German government had stabbed the people in the back by surrendering when Germany could have won the war (betrayal)
How many died of starvation from the naval blockade of WWI?
750 000
By what % did German industrial production decrease during WWI?
40%
Why did industrial production decrease?
Strikes and men away at war/dead
When did the kaiser abdicate (date)
9/11/1918
Which party and president and chancellor formed the first government?
SPD (social Democratic Party)
Friedrich Ebert
Philip Sheidemann
When does WW2 end?
1918 11nov
Give the name of the centre party
ZP
Name the communist party
KPD
Give the two centre left parties
SPD + DDP
Give the furthest right party
DAP/NSDAP as of Feb 1920
Give the name of the right wing party
DNVP (German nationalist people’s party)
What did DAP + NSDAP stand for?
German worker’s party and the nationalist socialist German workers party
How many seats did the SPD have in the first election?
163/500 (biggest party but not majority)
What was the November revolution?
A period of unrest/instability following the abdication of the kaiser (protest)
When was the treaty of Versailles signed?
28th June 1919
What did the treaty of Versailles set out?
The terms of peace
What was the Paris peace conference? Who was there?
A conference to discuss the terms of the treaty of Versailles
Italy, Britain, Russia, France (not Germany
What was signed on 11th nov 1918
Armistice
What type of surrender did the Weimar Republic give
Unconditional surrender
What was diktat?
Dictated peace - the idea that the terms of the treaty of Versailles were unfair and dictated by the allies