4º ESO A/B GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY ACTIVITIES

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MONDAY, 16 MARCH (CLASS)
BOOK, PAGE 52

 ACTIVIVITIES:
o WHY THERE WERE HIGH LEVELS OF DEBT DURING THE POST-WAR CRISIS?

CORRECT ANSWER: BECAUSE OF LOANS FROM THE UNITED STATES INTENTED TO PAY FOR THE
COSTS OF WAR, SUCH AS FOOD AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT. ONCE THE WAR ENDED, THE LOANS
HAD TO BE REPAID.

o EXPLAIN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POST-WAR ECONOMY

CORRECT ANSWER: MAIN CHARACTERISTICS:

1. IT WAS AN ECONOMY WITH HIGH LEVEL OF DEBTS (BECAUSE OF LOANS GIVEN BY EEUU
DURING THE WAR)
2. THERE WERE A SHORTAGE OF PRODUCTS (DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION DURING THE WAR)
AND INCREASE IN PRICES (AS A CONSEQUENCE)
3. GERMANY WAS THE COUNTRY MOST AFFECTED BECAUSE IT SUFFERED A HYPERINFLATION
IN ITS ECONOMY
o EXPLAIN THE EFFECTS OF HYPERINFLATION

CORRECT ANSWER: THE HYPERINFLATION CAUSED THE RISE OF PRICES OF THE BASIC GOODS (SUCH
AS A LOAF OF BREAD) AND THE LOSS OF MONEY OF THE GERMAN POPULATION (BUYING THIS
EXPENSIVE BASIC GOODS)

WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH (CLASS)

BOOK, PAGE 53

 ACTIVITIES:
o WHAT IS THE DAWES PLAN?

CORRECT ANSWER: IT WAS A SERIES OF ECONOMIY MEASURES WHICH INVOLVED LOANS AND
AMERICAN INVESTMENT IN GERMAN INDUSTRY WITH THE AIM OF INCREASING THE VALUE OF THE
GERMAN MARK (THE CURRENCY). THIS PLAN ALSO REVISED AND REDUCED WAR REPARATIONS
PAYMENTS

o WHAT WAS SOCIETY LIKE DURING THE ROARING TWENTIES?

CORRECT ANSWER: IT WAS A SOCIETY WHOSE LIFE WAS BASED ON ENJOYMENT. THESE YEARS
WERE CHARACTERISED BY NEW FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT SUCH AS CABARET, MUSIC-HALLS,
BALLROOMS, RADIO SHOWS AND CINEMA (HOLLYWOOD).

o WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POST-WAR AND INTER-WAR? WHAT ARE THE
DATES OF THE TWO PERIODS?

CORRECT ANSWER: THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM IS POST WAR PERIOD REFERS TO THE
YEARS WITH ECONOMIC CRISIS AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE INTER-WAR IS A PERIOD
BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR THAT INCLUDES PHASES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS
AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY

DATES: POST-WAR CRISIS (1918-1923) / INTER-WAR YEARS (1918-1939)