This document contains 30 multiple choice questions from a study guide about Germany. The questions cover topics related to the Weimar Republic, rise of the Nazi party, policies and organizations under Nazi rule, and key events in Germany in the 1930s such as the Night of Broken Glass. The questions are part of a revision for the Cambridge IGCSE Depth Study exam on Germany.

1. DEPTH STUDY
REVISION GERMANY
REVISION SUMMARY
30 QUESTIONS
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2. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q1
• What was the name of the first president of the Weimar Republic?
Which party did he belong to?

3. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q2
• Why was the government based at Weimar?

4. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q3
• What was the name of the Parliament in the Weimar Republic?

5. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q4
• Name the force which was started to keep the peace in Germany.

6. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q5
• Give three reasons for discontent in Germany after World War 1.

7. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q6
• Where did the Spartacist Revolt and the Kapp Putsch take place?

8. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q7
• Give the main results of the French occupation of the Ruhr in 1923.

9. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q8
• Write a paragraph outlining the work of Gustav Stresemann.

10. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q9
• Which party was responsible for the Munich Putsch? Who was its
leader?

11. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q10
• Name the paramilitary force which was set up to support the Nazis.

12. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q11
• What was the title of the book Hitler wrote in prison?

13. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q12
• Who beat Hitler in the Presidential elections of April 1932?

14. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q13
• How did Hitler use the Reichstag Fire?

15. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q14
• What did Hitler’s Enabling Bill allow him to do in March 1933?

16. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q15
• What was the Night of the Long Knives?

17. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q16
• What title did Hitler give himself on the death of Hindenburg in
1934?

18. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q17
• What were Gaue?

19. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q18
• Which Nazi was put in charge of propaganda? Write about some
methods he used.

20. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q19
• What was the SS? What was the Gestapo?

21. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q20
• Give an achievement of the Nazi programme of public works.

22. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q21
• What was the “Strength Through Joy” programme? What
organisation did workers have to join instead of trade unions?

23. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q22
• Name the leading Nazi who was put in charge of the Luftwaffe.

24. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q23
• In what ways did the Nazis make sure that young people followed
their cause?

25. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q24
• Which organisation did teachers in Nazi Germany have to join?

26. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q25
• Give eight reasons why the German people followed the Nazis.

27. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q26
• Give two reasons why opposition was weak under the Nazis.

28. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q27
• What was the name of the church set up by Protestants who
opposed the Reich Church?

29. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q28
• Name the African-American athlete who won four gold medals at
the Berlin Olympics in 1936.

30. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q29
• What were the Nuremberg Laws? What did they do?

31. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY – MR. D
Q30
• Describe what happened on the “Night of Broken Glass”.