Successor states

Question 1

Czechoslovakia

Answer 1

Mixed population of all sorts

3 million Germs in Bohemia, Moravia & Sudetenland

Set up Democratic govt., prosperous during 1920s

Set up protective alliances with Yugoslavia, Romania, Italy & France

militarily weak & was taken over by Hitler in 1938

Question 2

Poland

Answer 2

Had 1 Million Germans

14 political parties made democracy unstable

1926 Joseph Pilsudski lead military coup & established himself as dictator

Question 3

Hungary

Answer 3

Lost 2/3 of population in peace treaties

lost most of its industrial land in treaties

authoritarian regime established

Question 4

Austria

Answer 4

Saint-Germain gave industrial area Poland & Czechoslovakia

Increasingly reliant on foreign loans

wanted to unite with Germ but was forbidden by Versailles

Question 5

Yugoslavia

Answer 5

Mixed population of all sorts, ethnic & religious conflicts inevitable

1929 King Alexander 1 banned all political parties & established himself as dictator

Got involved in border disputes with Greece, Bulgaria & Italy