Treaty of Versailles
The percentage of land Germany lost under the Treaty of Versailles
What is 13%
This country lost land to Romania and Yugoslavia under Treaty of Trianon
What is Hungary?
The economic burden placed on Germany
What are Reparations Payments?
This country prioritised security and wanted Germany weakened due to its vulnerability to invasion.
What is France?
Payments for war damage
What are reparations?
The provision that stated Germany had to accept responsibility for the war
What was the “war guilt clause” (Article 231)?
This empire was dismantled under the Treaty of Sevres/Lausanne?
What is the Ottoman Empire?
The economic crisis of 1923 Germany
What is hyperinflation?
This country was concerned that punishing Germany too harshly would damage European economic recovery.
What is the UK?
Countries acting together to maintain peace
What is collective security?
The Treaty limited this to 100,000 men
What military restriction was placed on Germany’s army size?
This treaty reduced Austria's army to 30,000
What is the Treaty of Saint Germain?
Land dividing Germany to give Poland sea access
What is the Polish Corridor?
This concept reflects Wilson’s aim to allow nations to govern themselves after WWI.
What is self-determination?
The process of the reduction of a nation’s military capacity
What is disarmament?
The Rhineland
What area was demilitarised and occupied by France?
Identify TWO consequences of redrawing borders after WWI
What are unstable borders, ethnic tensions
This 1924 agreement restructured Germany’s reparations and was supported by international loans.
What is the Dawes Plan?
This disagreement between the Allies shows the tension between punishing Germany and rebuilding Europe.
What is the conflict between security and economic recovery?
Which economist called Versailles a “Carthaginian peace”?
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
Japan left the Paris Peace Conference unhappy that this clause was not in the Treaty
What is the Racial Equality Clause?
The newly drawn borders created this across Europe, particularly amongst new minority groups
What is nationalism?
This international organisation controlled the port of Danzig after World War I.
What is the League of Nations?
These countries formed the original "Big Five"
What are the UK, USA, France, Italy, and Japan?
This historian argued that the peace treaties attempted to impose order on a chaotic post-war world.