25.4 Post World War I Peace Talks Quiz

Who were the leaders known as the "Big Four" that dominated the peace talks after World War I?

• Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle

• U.S. president Woodrow Wilson, French ruler Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Vittorio Orlando of Italy

• Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Emperor Hirohito, Francisco Franco

• John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mao Zedong

What was the main goal of Wilson's Fourteen Points?

• To punish Germany severely

• To promote free trade and end secret alliances

• To expand the British Empire

• To establish a new world currency

What was one of the positive outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles?

• No more lead paint

• Increase in military spending

• Expansion of colonial empires

• Rise in global tariffs

What did Wilson's plan for peace promote regarding nations?

• Colonization

• Self-determination

• Isolationism

• Imperialism

What was the reaction of Britain and France to Wilson's ideas?

• They fully supported them

• They wanted to punish Germany

• They ignored them completely

• They sought to expand their empires

What was one of the mandates created in Southwest Asia?

• New colonies for Germany

• Territories for the United States

• Mandates from former Ottoman lands

• Expansion of the Russian Empire

What did the League of Nations aim to do regarding German colonies?

• Return them to Germany

• Rule them until ready for independence

• Sell them to the highest bidder

• Destroy them completely

What was one of the labor standards established after the conference?

• 12-hour workdays

• No work on weekends

• Standards for workdays and work week

• Mandatory overtime

Which countries were given Ottoman territory after WWI?

• Germany and Italy

• France and Great Britain

• Austria and Hungary

• Japan and India

What happened to the Austrian Hungarian Empire after WWI?

• It expanded into new territories.

• It remained a single nation.

• It was broken into numerous countries.

• It joined the Ottoman Empire.