WW1: Global Stratergy

Question 1

What was the impact of the Royals Navy power?

Answer 1

Gave Britain an iron grip on sea lanes and made them less likely to be attacked.

Question 2

What was the British rule regarding the Royal Navy?

Answer 2

Twice the size of the next largest navy

Question 3

What did the British prevent in Europe?

Answer 3

Unified Strong Europe who could oppose her

Question 4

What was the concert system?

Answer 4

Changing power dynamics between (Russia, Britain, Prussia, France and Austria) would be agreed by all

Question 5

What is splendid isolation?

Answer 5

Policy of avoiding alliances and maintaining naval superiority

Question 6

What was needed to maintain the empire even after the world war?

Answer 6

Balance of Power

Question 7

What was the sentiment of Germany after WW1?

Answer 7

Weak but angry

Question 8

What was the US state after WW1?

Answer 8

Unwilling to help

Question 9

What was Russia’s state after WW1?

Answer 9

Unlikely to fulfil the role as a barrier to German expansion

Question 10

What was the French state after WW1?

Answer 10

Increasingly anxious about German movement

Question 11

What happened in 1925?

Answer 11

Lorcano act

Question 12

When was the Lorcano act?

Answer 12

1925

Question 13

What was the 1925 Lorcano Act?

Answer 13

An act in which Germany agreed their borders and showed that they were willing to cooperate in the creation of a new ‘concert of Europe’

Question 14

What was an act in which Germany agreed their borders and showed that they were willing to cooperate in the creation of a new ‘concert of Europe’?

Answer 14

1925 Lorcano Act

Question 15

When was the Washington Conference?

Answer 15

1921

Question 16

What happened in 1921?

Answer 16

The Washington Conference

Question 17

What was the 1921 Washington Conference?

Answer 17

5:5:3 ratio between the British, US and Japan in terms of naval strength

Question 18

What was the act that agreed a 5:5:3 ratio between the British, US and Japan in terms of naval strength?

Answer 18

1925 Lorcano Act

Question 19

What was the US navy split between?

Answer 19

Atlantic and Pacific

Question 20

Whose navy had to be split between the Atlantic and Pacific?

Answer 20

US

Question 21

What was British naval funding in 1919?

Answer 21

£334 million

Question 22

In what year was the British naval spending £334 million

Answer 22

1919

Question 23

What did the British spend £334 million in 1919?

Answer 23

Naval Spending

Question 24

How much was the British naval spending in 1921?

Answer 24

£84 million

Question 25

When did the British spend £84 million on naval spending?

Answer 25

1921

Question 26

What happened in the 1930s?

Answer 26

Optimism in the 1920s was eroded
Rise of Hitler
Germany annexing Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland

Question 27

What was a massive threat to the Empire in 1939 and 1940?

Answer 27

1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact - Allying Nazi Germany with Soviet Russia
1940 - Surrender of France

Question 28

What happened in December 1941?

Answer 28

Japanese fighter planes had attacked Singapore

Question 29

When had Japanese fighter planes had attacked Singapore?

Answer 29

December 1941

Question 30

What was the impact of the December 1941 attack on Singapore?

Answer 30

Prince of Wales and Repulse (Two of the most powerful ships of the Royal Navy) sunk

Question 31

When had the Prince of Wales and Repulse (Two of the most powerful ships of the Royal Navy) sunk?

Answer 31

December 1941 after the Japanese fighter planes were attacked

Question 32

After the war, what was placed with more emphasis in terms of trade?

Answer 32

British trade and imports from the empire

Question 33

What reserves did countries have?

Answer 33

In sterling which shows their close relationship

Question 34

What was the impact of countries pegging to the sterling?

Answer 34

Access to British markets
Profitable outlet for British overseas investment, in a time where international opportunities were closed
Britain used this to soften the damaging impact of the collapse of the international economy

Question 35

What was the total value of British exports to the empire in 1913?

Answer 35

£195 million

Question 36

What was the total value of the British exports to the empire in 1934?

Answer 36

£166 million

Question 37

How many miles did the British gain as a result of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 37

1.8 million square miles

Question 38

What enabled the British empire to gain 1.8 million square miles?

Answer 38

1919 Treaty of Versailles

Question 39

How many new subjects did the British gain as a a result of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 39

13

Question 40

How did the British gain 13 new subjects?

Answer 40

1919: Treaty of Versailles

Question 41

What did President Wilson talk of during the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 41

National Self determination and countries wanting independence would go on to use this