Mapping the Past for Chapter 25

Figure 25.4: MAPPING THE PASTMAP 25.4 Territorial Changes After World War I World War I brought tremendous changes to eastern Europe. New nations and new boundaries were established, and a dangerous power vacuum was created by the relatively weak states established between Germany and Soviet Russia.ANALYZING THE MAP What territory did Germany lose, and to whom? Why was Austria referred to as a head without a body in the 1920s? What new independent states were formed from the old Russian Empire?CONNECTIONS How were the principles of national self-determination applied to the redrawing of Europe after the war, and why didn’t this theory work in practice?