History EOY Revision Flashcards
How much money did Germany have to pay for the Treaty of Versailles?
£6.6 billion
What percentage of land and population and iron/coal production did Germany lose in the Treaty of Versailles?
13%, 12%, 48% and a large percent
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
June 28th 1919
What was invented (or first widely used) in WW1?
Flamethrowers, Mustard gas (and others), planes, tanks, machine guns, TNT, Mortars, Sonar
Who made the Haber process?
German chemist Fritz Haber
Facts about the Haber process:
Essentially allows us to do reactions faster, we would only be able to produce 2 thirds of the food we have without it
Invention of Mustard Gas led to…
Invention of mustine (the first chemotherapy drug)
What does historían Jon Guttman say?
The main military role of aircraft was for reconnaissance, in WW1
Sonar facts…
Invented in WW1, used in fishing, led or ultrasound being invented
What war (including Russia) happened before WW1
Russia lost a war against Japan
What did the discontent of Czar Nicolas II lead to (pre-ww1 )?
The Bloody Sunday Massacre
Issues with Russia during WW1
Czar Nicolas II was weak-willed. Russia was very corrupt. Massive wealth divide
Price of a loaf of bread in 1918 and 1923 Germany.
0.63 marks, 201,000,000,000 marks
What is historian Lynne Hartnett’s views on Russia?
It “trailed begin the rest of Europe in terms of economic and industrial strength”
Who was Knut Borchardt?
An incredibly influential German historian who wrote many books on how WW1 caused Germany’s Great Depression and allowed Hitler ot happen
