Exercises on the Treaty of Versailles

(Mackenzie) At the end of the First World War, the victorious powers held Germany responsible for the war and imposed a punitive treaty, the Treaty of Versailles, which had the following consequences:

a) degradation of liberal and democratic ideals, left-wing political unrest - such as the Spartacist movement -, economic crisis and unemployment.

b) weakening of national sentiments, militarization of the German state, economic recovery and incorporation of Gdansk.

c) annexation of the colonies of Togo and Cameroon, the affirmation of liberal and democratic ideals and the valorization of the German mark.

d) economic prosperity, German rearmament, dismemberment of Germany and strengthening of liberal parties.

e) emergence of the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, strengthening of Nazism, militarism and reduction of unemployment.

In terms of Germany's territorial loss after World War I, territories were taken from:

a) Rhineland

b) Bavaria

c) Alsace and Lorraine

d) Munich

e) Stuttgart

The Treaty of Versailles, with more than 400 resolutions, is considered by many authors as a compendium of humiliations to Germany. Among the defining factors of this humiliation, it can be pointed out (a):

a) The loss of German national sovereignty to France.

b) The merger of the German and Austrian territories.

c) The forced exodus of the German population to other regions of Europe.

d) Germany's admission of guilt and sole responsibility for the occurrence and damages of the Great War.

e) Delivery to France of overseas possessions in South America.

Among the sanctions of the Treaty of Versailles that dealt with the new configuration that the German army should follow, was:

a) the ban on the use of cavalry on the battlefronts.

b) the ban on the manufacture of atomic bombs.

c) the limitation of the army and navy to a contingent of 100,000 men each, and the deprivation of all heavy artillery, tanks, planes, submarines, etc.

d) the limitation of the use of bomber planes, from 200,000 to 150,000.

e) the ban on wearing uniforms.

Letter A

After the end of the war, in 1918, Germany went through one of the periods of great political apprehension and economic difficulties, known as the Weimar Republic. In this period, there was the Spartacist revolution commanded by communist leaders, such as Rosa Luxemburg, and the rise of Nazism, commanded by Adolf Hitler.

Letter C

The regions of Alsace and Lorraine, formerly belonging to France, had been annexed by Germany after the victory in the Franco-Prussian War. With the end of World War I, these regions were reclaimed by France.

Letter D

One ​​of the main items of the Treaty of Versailles was the obligation of Germany to recognize and admit that it was, solely and solely, responsible for triggering the Great War and the damage it caused in Europe.

Letter C

The German army was the institution most humiliated by the sanctions of the Treaty of Versailles. Its structure was reduced to the capacity of internal security, without the possibility of developing technology and recovering what was lost during the war.