WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR I

CONSEQUENCES OF WORLD WAR I

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What two empires no longer existed after World War I?
A
Austro-Hungarian Empire
B
Ottoman Empire
C
Germany
D
Russia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -2. Four empires collapsed: the Russian Empire in 1917, the German and the Austro-Hungarian in 1918, and the Ottoman in 1922.

Detailed explanation-2: -The war caused the disintegration of four empires: the Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman, and Russian. Germany lost its overseas empire, and new states such as Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were created, or recreated, as was Poland.

Detailed explanation-3: -Finally, after fighting on the side of Germany in World War I and suffering defeat, the empire was dismantled by treaty and came to an end in 1922, when the last Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed VI, was deposed and left the capital of Constantinople (now Istanbul) in a British warship.

Detailed explanation-4: -The dissolution of the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires created a number of new countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rise and Fall of Powers: World War I brought about the collapse of four empires: the Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman, and Russian.

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