CIE 01 Peace Treaties keywords

Define Anschluss.

• Joining of Austria and Germany as one state.

• Arrangement between two countries to help each other, usually in trade or war.

• End to fighting.

• Competition to build stockpiles of weapons.

Where is the Saar?

• An area of Russia that bordered Belarus.

• An area of Germany that bordered Denmark.

• A region on the border of France and Germany.

• An area of Germany that was run by the German secret police.

Finish the definition of Democracy: "Political system in which..."

• The population is ran by a one-party government who take control of political, economic and social life.

• There is a group of people who run a country.

• The government is decided by whoever has the most money.

• The population votes for its government in elections held on a regular basis.

Who wrote the Fourteen Points?

• UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George

• US President Woodrow Wilson

• French Prime Minister Geroges Clemenceau

• Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando

What were the Big Three? (1919)

• The three main leaders at the Paris Peace Conference (Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Wilson)

• Leaders at Yalta and Potsdam Conferences (Roosevelt/ Truman, Churchill/ Atlee, Stalin)

• The three main leaders of the Allies at the beginning of WW1 (Asquith, Poincaré and Wilson)

• The areas of Germany that were taken away in the terms of the Treaty of Versailles

What did the Paris Peace Conference result in?

• End to fighting

• Agreement between all countries to split Germany in East and West.

• The Treaty of Versailles and three other treaties.

• The discussion of the Atomic bomb and Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe.

What is the main industrial area of Germany?

• Ruhr

• Saarland

• Berlin

• North Schleswig

Define self-determination.

• The ability for people in a country to decide who they want as their leader.

• The right of countries to take over weaker countries and govern them.

• A government's foreign policy to ally with their neighbours.

• The right of nations to rule themselves rather than be part of larger empires.

What is the name given to the money Germany was forced to pay to France, Belgium and Britain as a result of WW1?

• Repayments

• Reparations

• Restitution

• Recompense

Which treaty ended the war between Germany and Russia?

• Treaty of Sevres

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of St. Germain

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk