Treaties: The Effects of the

War in Europe and the Middle East

Discussion
Miss. Lomeli
 Instructions:
• Please remember to adhere to the Discussion Expectations at all times
(Each group has a copy of these. Please note these are the same one we
have used throughout the school year).
• One laptop per group the PowerPoint is posted on Google Classroom.
• Make sure you answer and engage in the critical thinking questions in
the provided handout (individually first, then discuss them as a group).
• Once discussions are complete, The final, summative assessment for the
discussion lesson will be a written analysis on Woodrow Wilson’s 14
Points in relation to the impact of peace treaties. (Please keep this in
mind).
• Lastly, we will close the discussion lesson as a class.
 Treaty of St. Germain
• Signed in 1919 between Austria and the Allied powers.
• Broke up the Habsburg empire.
• Forbade a union with Germany.
• Its military limited to 30,000 men.
• Gave independence to:
• Czechoslovakia
• Poland
• Hungary
 Treaty of Trianon
• Signed in 1920 with Hungary and the Allied Powers.
• Military restrained to 35,000 men and could only be active internally.
• Two-thirds of Hungary’s territory was taken.
• Czechoslovakia  Slovakia
• Austria  western Hungary
• Yugoslavia  Croatia
• Italy  Flume
 Treaty of Neuilly
• Signed on November 1919 between Bulgaria and the Allied Powers.
• Bulgaria's army was reduced to 20,000 men and had to pay reparations.
• Bulgaria ceded various territories: (loss access to the Mediterranean Sea)
• Romania
• Greece
• Yugoslavia
 Treaty of Sevres
• Signed on August 1920 with representatives of Ottoman Turkey and the
Allied Powers.
• The Ottoman Empire is abolished.
• Turkey is forced to give up all rights over North Africa and Arab Asia.
• Independency for:
• Armenia
• Greeks over Aegean islands
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
 Lesson Closure:

• (Based on the final, summative assessment in class

written response).

• How did Wilson’s Fourteen Points

influence Europe and the Middle
East?