1. BGS History
GCSE Revision Tests
Germany after the War

2. 1) What was Germany called after the war?
Weimar
Republic

3. 2) Explain why it got this new name? [2]
WEIMAR – Because Germany’s capital (Berlin) was too unsafe to meet in, so they met in Weimar instead.
REPUBLIC – Because it now had an elected leader (a President) instead of a King or KAISER.
The Kaiser had run off to Holland at the end of the war!

4. 3) When did the war end?
11th
NOVEMBER 1918

5. 4) Which word is used for the official end of the war?
ARMISTICE

6. STABBED THEM IN THE BACK!!
5) What did many Germans believe their leaders had done to them by ending the war?
STABBED THEM IN
THE BACK!!

7. THE NOVEMBER CRIMINALS
6) What nickname was given to Germany’s leaders who had agreed to end the war (the armistice)?
THE NOVEMBER CRIMINALS

8. 7) What was the Reichstag?
German Parliament

9. 8) What does democracy mean?
One person =
One vote