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Treaty of Versailles

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many soldiers were Germany allowed because of the ToV?

a)

10,000

b)

50,000

c)

500,000

d)

100,00

2.

What was the article called which meant Germany had to accept full responsibility for WW1?

a)

Article 123

b)

Article 321

c)

Article 231

d)

Article 132

3.

What % of its land mass did Germany lose?

a)

21

b)

13

c)

45

d)

8

4.

True or false. Germany was allowed submarines?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

True or false. Germany was allowed an airforce?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which part of Germany was demilitarised?

a)

Rhineland

b)

Ruhr

c)

Saar

d)

Alsace-Lorraine

7.

Which region of Germany was lost (returned) to France?

a)

Rhineland

b)

Ruhr

c)

Saar

d)

Alsace-Lorraine

8.

True or false. Germany was not allowed to become part of the League of Nations?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Germany had to pay reparations. How much and when was the sum of money agreed?

a)

$6.6million, announced in 1921

b)

$6.6million, announced in 1920

c)

£6,600 million announced in 1921

d)

£6.6million, announced in 1919

10.

What happened to Germany's overseas empire?

a)

Germany's colonies became mandates controlled by the League of Nations

b)

The Big Three shared out Germany's colonies between themselves

c)

Germany was allowed to keep it.

11.

Which of the following are ‘true’ of Lloyd George?

a)

He wanted reparations more than Clemenceau

b)

He was under pressure from the British public

c)

He feared a weak Germany would be bad for British trade

d)

He wanted reparations

12.

What did Germany call the Treaty?

a)

A ‘fair & just’ peace

b)

A Diktat

c)

A good basis for European peace

13.

Which Treaty made by the Germans might have made the Versailles settlement seem ‘reasonable’?

a)

The Franco-Prussian Treaty 1871

b)

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

c)

The Treaty of Lausanne

14.

Lloyd George was ‘probably’, more interested in ensuring Germany’s navy was weakened than extracting punitive reparations

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What happened to Danzig?

a)

Made into a free port

b)

Retained by Germany

c)

Ceded to Poland

d)

Run by the League of Nations

16.

True of

Schleswig?

a)

Southern Schleswig voted to stay with Germany

b)

2 plebiscites were held

c)

Northern Schleswig voted to join Denmark

d)

There was a civil war

17.

What did Germany cede to Poland?

a)

Upper Silesia (after a plebiscite)

b)

East Prussia

c)

Posen

d)

West Prussia

18.

The message is....

a)

Germany and her allies will get a fair peace

b)

The terms of the peace treates will be ‘painful’

c)

The Peace treaties will be based on Wilson’s 14 points

19.

The cartoonist thinks.....

a)

Reparations were fair - Germany has nothing to complain about

b)

Reparations were unfair - they are right to be dissatisfied

c)

Reparations were uneconomic - Germany can’t afford them

d)

Reparations were unnecessary - everyone was to blame for war

20.

The cartoonist thinks....

a)

Wilson’s ideas for peace will be successful

b)

Wilson can make peace work by keeping everyone together

c)

Wilson is idealistic - there are too many political agendas for peace to work

d)

Wilson should keep trying - it’s worth it if he can bring peace