AP European History Question of the Day

Practice AP European History with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk did what?

Facilitated Russia’s exit from the First World War
Ceded the Rhineland to Nazis Germany
Removed French troops from the Swiss Alps
Helped unify Germany
None of these answers is accurate.

Explanation: At the beginning of the 20th Century there was a lot of political and economic turmoil in Russia, due to the policies of the tsar, humiliating military defeats, and poor economic activity. This eventually led to the Russian Revolution, when the tsar was overthrown by the Bolsheviks. While this was going on Russia was involved in World War I, where it had not been faring well fighting the Central Powers. The new government wanted to remove Russia from the conflict to focus on internal issues and negotiated the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers in 1918. The treaty called for Russia to forfeit some of its land and also to pay Germany for damages in exchange for peace. The terms of the treaty were essentially rendered irrelevant following the defeat of the Central Powers.

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AP European History

AP European History Question of the Day

Practice AP European History with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk did what?

Facilitated Russia’s exit from the First World War
Ceded the Rhineland to Nazis Germany
Removed French troops from the Swiss Alps
Helped unify Germany
None of these answers is accurate.

Explanation: At the beginning of the 20th Century there was a lot of political and economic turmoil in Russia, due to the policies of the tsar, humiliating military defeats, and poor economic activity. This eventually led to the Russian Revolution, when the tsar was overthrown by the Bolsheviks. While this was going on Russia was involved in World War I, where it had not been faring well fighting the Central Powers. The new government wanted to remove Russia from the conflict to focus on internal issues and negotiated the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers in 1918. The treaty called for Russia to forfeit some of its land and also to pay Germany for damages in exchange for peace. The terms of the treaty were essentially rendered irrelevant following the defeat of the Central Powers.