* About how many states did the German Confederation (der Deutsche Bund) have when it was created in 1815?
* In the period c. 1820-70 Germany was widely admired abroad not only for its music, literature and philosophy but also for its ...?
* Many states in the German Confederation were 'police states', especially in the period 1815-1848. What, however, did these nineteenth-century police states NOT do to those whom they regarded as subversives?
* In 1848, German liberals, together with many conservative nationalists, rebelled against the police state. They elected a Parliament. Where did it meet?
* When (approximately) did industrialization start in Germany?
* Prussia was keen to advance its commercial development and to this end established the 'Zollverein', to which other German states also belonged. What kind of organization was this?
* In 1897, Germany embarked on unsuccessful negotiations to form an alliance with ...?
* From the late 1890's onwards, Germany antagonized Britain primarily by ...?
* What was the official name of the Weimar Republic?
* From 5-12 January 1919 there was a Spartacist uprising in Berlin, which was brutally suppressed. What were the Spartacists?
* A National Assembly met to draw up a new constitution for Germany. Where did it meet?
* The new Constitution had a flaw that proved fatal. What was it?
* In March 1920 there was an unsuccessful right-wing putsch in Berlin. How is it referred to?
* When was the Great Inflation stopped?
* In what year did Hitler acquire German citizenship?
* The Nazi Party (NSDAP - Nationalsozialistiche Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei = National Socialist German Workers' Party) was founded in 1920. Where?
* The 1900's: Germany participated in the run for colonies and in the build-up of arms that the major European nations competed in. What was the name of the German Emperor of these times?
* The 1910's: Germany was a main actor in World War I. The plan to attack France via Belgium was named after which German general?
* The 1920's: The first effort to establish a democracy on German soil was the Republic of Weimar. How many Presidents did this republic, which lasted from 1919 to 1933, have?
* The 1930's: Adolf Hitler's Nazi party wanted to establish an 'Empire of 1000 years', which in the end lasted only for how many years?