Question

what happened to both the austro - hungarian empire and the ottoman empire after world war i?
a. the empires came under the control of great britain.
b. the empires took over former german colonies.
c. the empires split up into smaller territories.
d. the empires were completely absorbed into the ussr.

Explanation:

After World War I, the defeated Austro-Hungarian Empire was dissolved, splitting into nations like Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. The Ottoman Empire was dismantled, with its core becoming Turkey and its other territories forming new states or being placed under mandates. Options A, B, and D are incorrect: neither empire was controlled by Britain, they did not take German colonies, and they were not absorbed into the USSR (which was formed after the war and only took some former Austro-Hungarian/Ottoman lands, not the whole empires).

Answer:

C. The empires split up into smaller territories.