A)GeographyB)CausesC)WarfareD)Outcome

WORLD WAR 1

1914 - 1918

CasualtiesMore than 8.5 million

people were dead

More than 16 million

wounded

Famine in many regions

More than 50 million people

died from the Influenza

Pandemic (1918-1919)

WWI - HUMAN TOLL

Political Turmoil

4 collapsed empires : Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary &

Ottoman

Radical political parties emerged to build new social orders

from the chaos

Colonies began to revolt as colonial troops returned home –

Europe was no longer seen as invincible

Financial Situation

France to Russia - homes, farms, factories, roads & cities in

rubble

WWI – POLITICAL IMPACT

27 nations participated

France, England & United States dominated

Russia was immersed in civil war

THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE THE BIG THREE – JANUARY 1919

Forced Germany to accept full responsibility

for the War

Ended the Paris Peace Conference and

Punished Germany in 3 Areas

1. Financial Reparations

2. Territorial provisions

3. Military provisions

THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES, JUNE 1919

Within 20 years of signing the treaty, Europe was at

war Germany simmered with revenge for the humiliation

Italy was angry, it did not receive promised territory

Japan was angry for not securing claims to China

Russia resented being excluded from the peace process & for the

creation of new nations on land that had been part of Russia

Peoples from Africa, Asia and the Middle East felt betrayed by the

Europeans

The failures of the Paris Peace Conference lead to the

rise of Fascism, dictators, revolution and World War II

FAILURES OF THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE

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