War guilt
Who had to accept the blame for starting the war?
Germany
Which territory was extensive and complicated to divide?
Germany's European borders
What happened with Germany's overseas empire?
It was taken away.
Woodrow Wilson (USA)
Was the country considered guilty of starting the war consulted about the terms of the Treaty? Why?
No / It was a decision made by the Big Threes alone.
It was given to France.
Who started controlling the overseas former empire of Germany?
League of Nations (Britain and France)
Who was against the League of Nations?
Clemenceau (France)
What did all the major powers agree about the country they considered guilty of starting the war?
It had to pay reparations for the damage caused by the war.
What happened to the Rhineland?
It was demilitarised.
Germany's army was limited to...
100,000 men
What happened with previous methods of keeping peace?
They failed.
The terms of payment had been changed in...
1929
What happened with the Union between Austria and Germany?
It was forbidden.
Germany was not allowed to have...
Armoured vehicles, submarines or aircraft.
How was the League of Nations set up at first?
As a "police force"
If the terms of the payments had not later been changed, Germany would not have finished paying the bill until...
1984
What happened with Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia?
They became independent states. Germany had taken these states from Russia in 1918.
It was banned. Soldiers had to be volunteers.
When was Germany invited to the League of Nations?
When it had shown that it was a peace-loving country.