17.6 Knowledge Check

Why did governments use propaganda during World War I?

• to educate citizens about the pros and cons of each side in the war
• to control the spread of their own government information
• to confuse the governments of the countries they were fighting
• to increase support for the war among their own citizens

What was the main goal of France as delegates negotiated the terms for peace following World War I?

• security against further attacks
• the creation of the League of Nations
• the creation of Yugoslavia as a Slavic state
• self-determination for all free territories

What was a desired outcome of imposing harsh penalties on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles following World War I?

• to create a buffer state
• to enable a compromise
• to prevent future aggression
• to avert a revolution

The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to

• join and participate in the new League of Nations.
• return the Rhineland to France.
• draft increasing numbers of young men.
• pay for all damages the Allied countries had sustained.

Which empire was broken up after World War I and the Treaty of Versailles?

• French
• Ottoman
• British
• Russian

Which actions in World War I opened the door for European governments to take more power over their people afterward?

• limiting free speech in order to protect national security
• sending delegates to meet together to discuss peace agreements
• changing goals for conditions they wanted to emerge from the war
• creating refugees when their homelands became dangerous

Like David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau believed that Germany should

• be stripped of all weapons.
• pay heavy reparations.
• be excluded from the League of Nations.
• Form a defensive alliance with France.

The mandate system allowed the Allies to

• officially govern colonial territories.
• recognize the independence of Syria.
• redraw borders in Eastern Europe.
• arrest protestors as traitors.

The destruction of World War I

• undermined the idea of progress.
• made total war a way of life.
• contributed to decentralized authority.
• enabled the emergence of new empires.

Why did Germany object to Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?

• It required Germany to return Alsace and Lorraine to Austria.
• It reduced the size of the German air force to 100,000 men.
• It held Germany and Austria responsible for starting the war.
• It made the German people directly responsible for reparations.