WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Both Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were created in 1918, after the World War I collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The objective was similar in both cases: to unite different-but-similar peoples in common, independent states.

Detailed explanation-2: -The former empire of Austria-Hungary was dissolved, and new nations were created from its land: Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Both Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were created by the Versailles system, founded by the determination of their leading politicians, the national movements of the dominant “state” peoples, and Great Britain, France, and the United States in Paris.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thus many new countries like Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Finland were born post the First World War.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Central Europe, Czechoslovakia was formed, while the Balkans saw the birth of what will soon become Yugoslavia, the country of the South Slavs (with the exception of Bulgaria, which has often waged war with other South Slavic countries), at the time named the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Detailed explanation-6: -What do Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia have in common? They were both created by the Treaty of Versailles. Which is an example of a sphere of influence? A nation is politically independent, but an imperial power controls its trade.