IMPORTANT KEYWORDS (Part 2)

Question 1

mandates

Answer 1

the victors of World War I was given responsibility for governing former German and Ottoman territories as mandates from the League.

Question 2

Paris Peace Conference

Answer 2

Conference ran from 1919 - 1923 to decide how to officially end WW1. This resulted in the Treaty of Versailles and the other three treaties.

Question 3

reparations

Answer 3

Compensation to be paid by Germany to France, Belgium, Britain, and other states as a result of WW1.

Question 4

Rhineland

Answer 4

Area of Germany which bordered France. Under the Treaty Of Versailles, it was demilitarised. No German forces were allowed there.

Question 5

Rhur

Answer 5

Main industrial area of Germany.

Question 6

Saar

Answer 6

region of Germany was given to the League of Nations to control.

Question 7

self - determination

Answer 7

the right of nations to rule themselves rather than being a part of larger empires.

Question 8

Treaty of Brest - Litovsk

Answer 8

Treaty between Germany and Russia in 1918which ended war between the two. Germany took massive amounts of land and reparations.

Question 9

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 9

Treaty that officially ended the war between Allies and Germany in 1919. Controversial because of the terms Germany claimed to excessively harsh.

Question 10

war guilt

Answer 10

Clause (a sentence) in TOV that forces Germany to accept the blame for WW1.