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What was the ceasefire of November 1918 called?  
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Armistice

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When did the Versailles Conference begin?  
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Jan 1919

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How many countries attended the Conference?  
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32

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What did Sir Eric Geddes want?  
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'everything you can squeeze out of a lemon, and a bit more'.

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Who were the three most important men at the Conference?  
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Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George

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What was their nickname?  
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The Big Three

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Who was the prime minister of France?  
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Georges Clemenceau

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List 4 things Clemenceau wanted from the peace.  
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revenge

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punish

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make Germany pay reparations

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weaken

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Who was the President of America?  
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Woodrow Wilson

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Give 7 things Wilson wanted from the peace.  
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make the world safe

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end war

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fair peace

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14 Points

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disarmament

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League of Nations

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self-determination

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What were his ideas for a better world called?  
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14 Points

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What were the 3 main ideas of the Fourteen Points?  
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disarmament

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League of Nations

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self-determination

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What was the name for the assembly, where Wilson wanted countries to talk about their problems, instead of going to war?  
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League of Nations

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Who was the Prime Minister of Britain?  
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David Lloyd George

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Give 5 things Lloyd George wanted from the peace.  
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'make Germany pay', but not too much

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justice, 

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not revenge

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not too harsh

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halfway point

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What were the FOUR terms of the Treaty of Versailles?  
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Blame

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Reparations

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Armed forces  

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Germany lost Territory.

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Which Clause blamed Germany for the war?  
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Clause 231

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What were ‘reparations’?  
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Money Germany had to pay for the damage done during the war

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How much were reparations eventually set at?  
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£6,600 million

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Explain the 5 things the Treaty said about Germany’s armed forces.  
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Germany was forbidden to have submarines

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Germany was forbidden to have an air force.   

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Germany could have a navy of only six battleships

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Germany could have an Army of just 100,000 men.   

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Germany was not allowed to place any troops in the Rhineland, the strip of land, 50 miles wide, next to France.

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List 5 areas of land in Europe that Germany lost.  
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Alsace-Lorraine

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Schleswig

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Polish Corridor

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Saar

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Danzig

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What is the word which means that troops were not allowed in the Rhineland?  
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Demilitarisation

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What happened to Germany’s colonies?  
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Given as League of Nations 'mandates' to Britain and France.

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What did the Treaty say about Austria?  
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Anschluss with Germany was forbidden

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Why did the Germans refuse to agree to Clause 231?  
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They did not believe it was true -- they said Russia had started the war.

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What made the Germans pay reparations in January 1921?  
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Britain, France and Belgium invaded.

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Why were the Germans angry about their tiny army?  
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They could not  defend themselves

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What did the German sailors do to the fleet?  
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Scuttled (sank) it.

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How much of its land did Germany lose?  
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12%

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Explain why the Germans thought the Treaty was unfair.  
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They had not been asked to Versailles, and few of the 14 Points got into the Treaty.

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What did the Germans feel when they heard about the Treaty?  
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‘pain and anger’ - a German newspaper called it 'the disgraceful Treaty'

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Who did the Treaty helped to rise to power.  
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Hitler.

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What did a German newspaper promise?  
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We will never stop until we win back what we deserve.

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List 4 things Clemenceau liked about the peace.  
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Reparations (would repair the damage to France),

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The tiny German army, and the demilitarised zone in the 

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Rhineland (would protect France),

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France got Alsace-Lorraine, and German colonies.

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Why did he dislike it?  
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He wanted the Treaty to be harsher.

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He wanted Germany to be split up into smaller countries.

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What two things did Wilson get that he wanted?  
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League of Nations

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Self-determination

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Why did he hate the Treaty?  
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Some of his 14 Points did not get into the Treaty.

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Two things happened when Wilson went home. What?  
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When Wilson went back to America, the Senate refused to join the League of Nations, and even refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles!

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Lloyd George liked two things about the Treaty. What?  
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The fact that Britain got some German colonies (expanded the British Empire),

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The small German navy (helped Britain to continue to 'rule the waves').

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What did Lloyd George hate about the Treaty?  
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He thought it was too harsh and would start another war in 25 years' time.

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List the four other treaties of 1919–20.  
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Saint Germain (with Austria)

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Neuilly (with Bulgaria)

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Trianon (with Hungary)

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Sèvres (with Turkey)

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List four reasons the Treaty of Versailles was more important than these treaties.  
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with Germany, 

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decided by the Big Three,

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set up the League of Nations,

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set down the principles of how the defeated countries would be treated.

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What were the four main principles of the Treaty of Versailles?  
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reparations/ disarmament/ loss of land/ self-determination

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What does ‘self-determination’ mean.  
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The right to rule yourselves.

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List 5 new nation-states created by the treaties of 1919–20.  
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Czechs and Slovaks in Czechoslovakia

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Hungarians in Hungary

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Austrians in Austria

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Poles in Poland

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Slavs in Yugoslavia

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Which empire did it split up to make these new nation-states?  
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Austro-Hungaria

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Which races ruled in Czechoslovakia?  
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Czechs and Slovaks

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Which people ruled in Yugoslavia?  
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Serbs

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List four problems with self-determination.
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It caused small Wars in Poland, Teschen and Fiume.

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It was not allowed for Germany.

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It created many small, Weak countries, which Hitler easily conquered later.

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The new nation-states had racial Minorities living there.