With the partner assigned to you, discuss
the following questions about World War
II.
1. What countries do I think were involved in
World War II?
2. What do I think would cause a second World
War?
3. What are three things I know about World
War II?
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Treaty of Versailles [ver-sahy]
League of Nations
Appeasement
Nazi – Soviet Pact
Great Depression
Adolf Hitler
Axis Powers
With the partner assigned to you, discuss
the following question.
1.
What were the seven causes of World
War II?
Discussion Points
With the partner assigned to you,
discuss the following questions about
the Treaty of Versailles.
1.
2.
Where have we heard the term Treaty of
Versailles before?
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
1.
2.
Didn’t solve much of anything
Angered Germany
a. Lost Land
b. Guilt War Claus
c. Drastically Decreased Military Size
d. Reparations
With the partner assigned to you, discuss the
following questions about the League of
Nations.
1.Who proposed a League of Nations?
2.What was the purpose of the League of
Nations?
1.
2.
3.
Weak to Begin with
Didn’t achieve Disarmament
Countries began to leave
With the partner assigned to you,
discuss the following question about
appeasement.
1.
What does appeasement mean?
1.
France & England refused to help with
Austria & Czechoslovakia
1. Believed Hitler would stop once Germans were
united
2. Afraid of another World War
2.
Hitler believed no one would step up to
challenge him
1. Encouraged him to keep going
With the partner assigned to you, discuss
the following questions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
How did the Treaty of Versailles help
cause World War Two?
In what ways did the League of Nations
fail?
What does appeasement mean?
What two countries were the first
conquered in World War II?
1. Stalin (USSR) & Hitler (Germany) agreed to
take over Eastern Europe & split countries
between them
2. Secret Agreement was made before World War
II Started
3. Agreed not to attack one another
1.
Countries all over the world were
suffering the effects from the world
wide economic struggle
1. Japan, Germany, USSR, USA
2.
Allowed for extremist to gain political
power
1. Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, Militarists
3.
People accepted drastic changes in
hope it would put money in their
pocketbooks
With the partner assigned to you, discuss the
following questions.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
What two countries were involved in the NaziSoviet Pact?
What three things were agreed upon in the NaziSoviet Pact?
What two world wide trends did the Great
Depression allow for in countries?
What are the five causes of World War II
discussed so far?
What is one thing that sticks out to you so far?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Believed Germany could be great again
Felt best way to improve economy was
militaristically
A “Greater Germany”
Reverse Treaty of Versailles
1.
Germany, Italy & Japan
1. Agree to work and fight together
2. Will look out for each others interest
3. Made a super power/super team
1. Hitler – Germany
2. Mussolini – Italy
3. Hirohito - Japan
Discuss the following with your partner
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
What were the 7 causes of World War II?
How did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the start
of World War II
Why did the League of Nations fail?
What does appeasement mean?
Name the three things agreed upon in the Nazi-Soviet
Pact.
What two world wide trends did the Great Depression
allow for in countries?
What did Adolf Hitler want?
Who were the Axis Powers?