The Treaty Of Versailles

Question 1

Who were the Big 3?

Answer 1

Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson and David Lloyd George.

Question 2

What did France want from Germany?

Answer 2

Revenge, money, to weaken and to rob them.

Question 3

What did America want from Germany?

Answer 3

Fairness, peace and disarmament.

Question 4

What did Britain want from Germany?

Answer 4

Justice and to compromise.

Question 5

What does BRAT stand for when remembering the TOV?

Answer 5

Blame, Reparations, Army and Territory.

Question 6

What forced Germany to accept the blame for WW1?

Answer 6

Clause 231

Question 7

How much did Germany have to pay for WW1?

Answer 7

6600 million marks (equivalent to £500 billion in today’s money.

Question 8

How many men were Germany allowed in their army?

Answer 8

100,000

Question 9

What military services were Germany not allowed?

Answer 9

an air force and submarines.

Question 10

How many battleships and cruisers were Germany allowed?

Answer 10

6

Question 11

How many destroyers and torpedoes were Germany allowed?

Answer 11

12

Question 12

How many colonies did Germany lose?

Answer 12

All 11 at the time.

Question 13

What was demilitarised?

Answer 13

The Rhineland.

Question 14

Why was losing so much territory bad for Germany?

Answer 14

It weakened the economy because they lost expensive coal fields and steel industries.

Question 15

Who was blamed for signing the TOV?

Answer 15

The Weimar Republic

Question 16

What does diktat mean?

Answer 16

dictated peace without negotiation (forced upon them)

Question 17

What were the MP’s who signed the TOV known as?

Answer 17

The November Criminals for the weakness the Treaty inflicted upon Germany.

Question 18

What does Dolschstoss mean?

Answer 18

Stabbed in the back - critics said the German Army had been betrayed by politicians as the did not believe they had been defeated.