Treaty of Versailles (1918-1919)

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Versailles

What wasn't one of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?

1. The German Emperor needed to abdicate
2. Germany needed to pay war reparations
3. German soldiers couldn't enter the Rhineland
4. Germany couldn't have an airforce

At the Treaty of Versailles, it was decided that Germany had to be punished. Which statement is false?

1. Germany was not allowed to have an army bigger than a hundred thousand soldiers
2. Germany had to give up its colonies
3. Germany had to give up ten percent of its territory
4. Germany had to pay 10 billion gold marks as war reparations

A. What is this cartoon about?

1. The Treaty of Versailles
2. Stalin's Purges
3. the Alliance system
4. the Russian Revolution

Since the Treaty of Versailles, the Rhineland
was a demilitarized zone.
What does that mean?

1. it was occupied by French troops
2. German troops were present but they were not allowed any weapons
3. no German soldiers were allowed there
4. the Allies did not conquer this region

Study the cartoon.

B. When would this cartoon have been made?

1. Before the November 11 armistice
2. during the negotiations of the Treaty of Versailles
3. shortly after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles
4. several years after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles

What was not part of the treaty of Versailles?

1. The army of Germany could not by larger then 100.000 men.
2. No military was allowed in the Rijnland
3. Germany had to pay large sums of money
4. Germany got divided between East and West Germany

What did the Treaty of Versailles say about Germany's army?

1. They could only have transport planes, no fighters
2. They could only have surface ships, no submarines
3. They could have an army, but only 100k soldiers large
4. They were banned from having an army completely

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

1. A treaty signed in 1919
2. A new constitution in France
3. A truce between Germany and England
4. A treaty signed after World War II

What did the Versailles peace treaty NOT require Germany to do

1. Pay reparations
2. To change their democratic system
3. Limit their military
4. Demilitarised Rhineland

Treaty of Versailles

1. 1918
2. 1920
3. 1919
4. 1917

Who was blamed for WW1 in the Treaty of Versailles?

1. France
2. England
3. Germany
4. Austria-Hungary

Who were present at the Treaty of Versailles?

1. Germany, Britain, France and Russia
2. Russia, USA, Britain and France
3. Russia, France, Britain and Turkey.
4. USA, Britain, France and Italy.

How did the Germans call the Treaty of Versailles?

1. The humiliation
2. The diktat
3. The horror

put the events in chronological order.

Treaty of Versailles

the Schlieffenplan

archduke F. Ferdinand murdered

Lusitania sunk

armistice Compiègne

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Zimmermann Telegram

Put the events in the correct chronological order.

Drag the oldest event to the top, the next event under that, etc.

February Revolution in Russia

Treaty of Versailles

gas, tank, flamethrower new weapons

American troops join the fight 

Armistice

Assassination Franz Ferdinand

True

False

Drag the statements into the correct box

Thanks to the crisis, Hitler’s party grew immensely.

In 1928, the NSDAP was still a small political party.

In 1932, the NSDAP had an overall majority in 

the German parliament.

According to Hitler, poverty in Germany was caused by the Treaty of Versailles.

National Socialism has many aspects in common with Fascism.

The racial aspect is bigger in National Socialism than in Fascism

Timeline World War I

M

A

I

N

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Lusitania sunk by U-boat

October Revolution 

New weapons: tank & gas 

Assassination in Sarajevo 

USA declares war against Central Powers 

Schlieffenplan

February Revolution 

Treaty of Versailles 

US troops join the fight

armistice 

The Treaty of Versailles drastically changed the map of Europe.

Which countries were NEW in 1919?

Click on a hotspot to reveal the name of a country.

Drag ONLY the names of countries that were NOT an independent state in 1914 to their place on the map.

Yugoslavia

Russia / Soviet Union

Germany

Bulgaria

The Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Czechoslovakia

Norway

Italy

Turkey

Poland

Greece

France

Treaty of Versailles (June 28th, 1919)

Territorial

Military

Financial & economic

On top of this:

only 100,000 men army

war reparations

Alsace Lorraine back to France

Colonies to France and Britain

Alleinschuld

no union with Austria

not in League of Nations

no navy, no air force

the Saar to France (15 years)

Rhineland demilitarised

East Prussia to Poland

Cuban

crisis

Fall of the Wall

Treaty of Versailles

Republic of Indonesia

Russian Revolution

Bierkeller-

putsch

Trenches

Gravilo Princip

Franz Ferdinand

Treaty of Versailles

End of World War I

Archduke of Austria

1919

Narrow ditches & tunnels in the ground

1918

Murderer of the Archduke of Austria

Historical Sudoku

The arrows mean that the concepts are connected. Complete the puzzle on the left. Use nine of the twelve concepts below.

Nationalism

Treaty of Versailles

Militarism

Murder in Sarajevo

Allied forces

Occupation

Central powers

Trenches

Total War

Hitler

Arms race

Wilhelm II

To which concept does this picture fit well?

1. Hyperinflation
2. State coup
3. Demilitarisation
4. Stab-in-the-back-myth

What was the stab-in-the-back myth about?

1. Germany could have won the war if the government had not been betrayed by military commanders
2. German army did not lose the war, it was betrayed by (communist and Jewish) politicians who signed the armistice.
3. German politicians did not lose the war, but the army that had weak leadership
4. The kaiser betrayed the Germans by fleeing to the Netherlands. That is why Germany lost the war, not because the army was weak.

Who would most likely spread the Stab-in-the-back legend?

1. democrats
2. extremist right nationalists
3. extremist left communists
4. jews

Why was the weimar Republic unstable?

1. Because of the stab-in-the-back myth
2. Because it was made in Weimar
3. Because of Hitlers support
4. Because of the communists

Who got blamed according to the stab-in-the-back myth?

1. The German army
2. The Generals
3. The left-wing government
4. The Kaiser

The man who stabs the German soldier in the back is colored red. What does the artist want to say with that?

1. The German army was betrayed by socialists / communists
2. The German army was betrayed by nationalists / fascists
3. red represents the blood that was shed in this betrayal
4. the color is used to highlight the important part of the picture