France, 1918–1939
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write three gains and three problems of France after the First World War.
Gains: Alsace–Lorraine, the Saar, mandates. Problems: ruined industry, weak franc, debt.
2
Why was the Popular Front formed? Write 3–4 sentences.
The far-right threat of 1934 and the crisis united the left parties.
3
Divide the reasons for the fall of the Third Republic into internal and external ones.
Internal: division, unstable governments; external: German military superiority, isolation after Munich.
4
Write three events in Franco-German relations 1923–1939 (the Ruhr and others).
1923 – occupation of the Ruhr; 1925 – Locarno agreements; 1936 – remilitarisation of the Rhineland.
5
Describe on a map where Alsace, Lorraine and the Saar lie: on whose border?
In the Franco-German border region.