Worksheet to accompany the interactive unit at www.activehistory.co.

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THE SCRAP OVER TERRITORY AT VERSAILLES [2]

TASKS:
• Standard Level: Colour
in the labelled areas.
Reproduce this colour
scheme in the left hand
column of each of the
rows in the first table.
• Higher Level: Find out
the location of the three
places mentioned in the
second table. Label
these 1, 2 and 3 on the
map.

STANDARD LEVEL POINTS:

KEY EXPLANATION
Saar – Industrial heartland of Germany. Given to France for 15 years,
S then a plebiscite to be held to determine its future (it voted to go back to
Germany)
C Colonies (off map) – divided as Mandates among the winners
Rhineland – “Permanently” demilitarised. Allied army of occupation to
R
stay there until 1935
Alsace-Lorraine – Returned to France (taken from her by Germany,
A
1871)
Polish Corridor – Given to Poland to give her access to the sea. This
P puts 1½ million Germans under Polish rule, and cuts off East Prussia
from the rest of Germany

HIGHER LEVEL POINTS:

KEY EXPLANATION
Upper Silesia – to Poland. Whole of Silesia had a plebiscite held in
1921. Two-thirds of the population voted to stay German; one-third voted
1
to go to Poland. The area was divided, with Poland getting the main
industrial areas.
2 North Schleswig – to Denmark
3 Eupen and Malmedy – to Belgium.