Question

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey’s economic problems after World War I were compounded by

civil and military upheaval and rebellion
development of new alliances in Africa
harsh embargos on raw materials like metal
requirements to pay reparations to the Allies

Answer 1

Requirements  to pay reparations to the Allies. Stringent demands set by France and Britain would eventually lead Germany to world war 2

Answer 2

The correct answer here is the last option.

After the World War I and the Treaty of Versailles, the losing side, namely Germany and Austria-Hungary were obliged, by the aforementioned treaty, to pay the reparations for the damage caused during the War. It should not come as a surprise that the nations on the losing side were also in a bad situation and had great economic troubles because they could not pay the said reparations.