Unit One > Chapter 9
Basic Knowledge Guide:
I. LITERAL COMPREHENSION:
1. In what year did the USA enter the war?
2. List Wilson's 14 Points.
3. What 2 events of spring 1918 made victory for the Allies seem less likely than ever?
4. How did Wilson undermine the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
5. Why did the German Chancellor ask for an armistice when he did?
6. Did the German Chancellor's gambit pay off?
7. How did the German generals avoid taking the blame for Germany's defeat?
8. Which country was the principal creditor at the end of the First World War?
9. Which country had no intention of paying its debts?
II. INFERENTIAL COMPREHENSION. Read between the lines to infer whether or not the following statements are true or false.
10. The sentence, "The Americans were coming . . .with the very best of intentions." was not meant to be flattering.
11. Germany nearly wnet Communist after the war.
12. France, Italy, Russia and Belgium owed more in total to the USA than to Britain.
III. APPLICATION. USE YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS THE TEXT TO DETERMINE IF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE OR FALSE:
13. Of the principles contained inb Wilson's 14 Points, free trade had the most far-reaching consequences.
14. The Second World War was the inevitable result of the First World War.
Links:
Notes on the terms of the Peace of Paris from Howarth
Notes from Howarth on PoP continued