Assessment/Test and Answer Sheet:
Study Source A
Give two things you can infer from Source A about how well Germany was being governed in November 1918.
Source A:
…Mother land of our civilisation lies in ruins, exhausted by the most terrible struggle in history, with its peoples broke, starving, despairing from sheer nervous exhaustion, mechanically struggling forward along paths of anarchy (disorder with no strong authority) and war.
From the papers of Jan Smuts, a South African who visited Germany in 1918.
Exam tips:
A good answer will select details from the source for example ‘civilisation in ruins’, ‘its peoples broke, starving, despairing’ and will suggest what can be inferred from these details about how Germany is being run.
What does Source E tell us about the state of Germany in 1918?
Exam tip a good answer will make inferences from the picture and build upon these. For example, the presence of soldiers reveals that maybe people were concerned that law and order was being effected by recent troubles.
