Look at the map. which countries are the allied powers? a. group a: england, france, russia, serbia b. group b: germany, austria-hungary, ottoman empire (turkey) c. group c: spain, italy, greece

The Answer to the question that you want to know is Group B. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire (Present day turkey)

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.

the authority to tax.