Name:______Hour: ___ AP European History Mr. W.B. Brooks
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Chain of Events Leading to World War II Use the right column to make a story chain connection between the events in the left column. The right column should flow like a story and should make historical and factual connections between each term. Event Chain Event Connection The Versailles Treaty ↓ Ruhr Valley ↓ Locarno Agreements ↓ Hitler ↓ League of Nations ↓ Renouncement ↓ Rhineland ↓ Spanish Civil War ↓ Rome-Berlin Axis ↓ Anschluss ↓ Munich Conference ↓ Nazi-Soviet pact ↓ Invasion ↓ War Name:______Hour: ___ AP European History – Mr. W.B. Brooks
World War II – Discussion #1
1. Explain the connection between Lebensraum and Hitler’s racial theories.
2. What was Hitler’s justification for rearmament and withdrawal from the League of Nations?
3. Provide two examples of how the League of Nation failed to adequately deal with growing tensions prior to World War II.
4. What was Mussolini’s reasoning for attacking Ethiopia?
5. On a separate piece of paper provide as many examples of appeasement as you can leading up to World War II. Start with the remilitarization of the Rhineland. Explain the significance of each.
6. Identify the cause, major players, various country’s involvement, and outcome of the Spanish Civil War.
7. Define Anschluss.
8. What was the result of the Munich Conference? What was the great tragedy of the conference? Were the French and British naïve?
9. Explain the purpose of the Nazi-Soviet Pact.
10. In your own words explain the map on page 1003 based off of your reading. Be specific. (Explain on the back) Name:______Hour: ___ AP European History – Mr. W.B. Brooks
World War II – Discussion #2
1. T/F: Through 1943 the allied powers agreed to fight until the enemy surrendered unconditionally and to continue cooperating after the war in a united-nations organization. Support your answer.
Tehran 1. According to your book the most important decision in Tehran was that the “Big Three” chose Europe’s west coast as the main point of attack instead of the Mediterranean. Why is this important?
2. Who are the “Big Three”?
3. What agreement did Churchill and Stalin come to in regards to the USSR’s advancements in the Balkans?
4. What did the “Big Three” agree on in regard to Germany?
5. What solution did the “Big Three” negotiate for Eastern Europe? What were the concerns of the western powers? Of Stalin?
Yalta 6. Summarize the section on Yalta in fifty words.
Potsdam 7. How was the leadership different at Potsdam than at Yalta and Tehran?
8. What was the purpose of Potsdam?