REVISION IGCSE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY: PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE.

1. PARIS PEACE
CONFERENCE
IGCSE HISTORY
REVISION

2. DEFINITION
Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) ended the First World War and
determined the post-war peace settlement.

3. Question 1
Name the main peace treaty
signed at Paris in 1919.

4. Answer 1
The Treaty of Versailles (1919) between Germany and the Allies.

5. Question 2
What three major problems faced the
peacemakers as they gathered in Paris?

6. Answer 2
- Political chaos and economic ruin in Germany
- The differing agendas of the victorious Allies
- The desire for self-determination in central and eastern Europe

7. Question 3
Some historians describe the peace
conference as a “victors’ club”. Explain.

8. Answer 3
The decision were made by Britain, France and the USA.
Defeated powers had no real power of negotiation.

9. Question 4
Were the treaties decided at Paris fair?

10. Answer 4
Historians are divided on this: some see them as unduly harsh, while
others use the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk as evidence of what a victorious
Germany would have done.