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?

1. Treaty of Versailles [ver-sahy]2. League of Nations3. Appeasement4. Nazi – Soviet Pact5. Great Depression6. Adolf Hitler7. Axis Powers

With the partner assigned to you, discuss the following question.

1.What were the seven causes of World War II?

With the partner assigned to you, discuss the following questions about the Treaty of Versailles.

1.Where have we heard the term Treaty of Versailles before?2.What was the Treaty of Versailles?

Discussion Points

1. Didn’t solve much of anything2. Angered Germany

a. Lost Landb. Guilt War Clausc. Drastically Decreased Military Sized. 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. Weak to Begin with2. Didn’t achieve Disarmament3. Countries began to leave

1. What does appeasement mean?

With the partner assigned to you, discuss the following question about appeasement.

1. France & England refused to help with Austria & Czechoslovakia

1. Believed Hitler would stop once Germans were united

2. Afraid of another World War2. Hitler believed no one would step up

to challenge him1. Encouraged him to keep going

With the partner assigned to you, discuss the following questions.

1.How did the Treaty of Versailles help cause World War Two?2.In what ways did the League of Nations fail?3.What does appeasement mean?4.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, USA2. Allowed for extremist to gain

political power1. 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.

1.What two countries were involved in the Nazi-Soviet Pact?2.What three things were agreed upon in the Nazi-Soviet Pact?3.What two world wide trends did the Great Depression allow for in countries?4.What are the five causes of World War II discussed so far?5.What is one thing that sticks out to you so far?

1. Believed Germany could be great again

2. Felt best way to improve economy was militaristically

3. A “Greater Germany”4. Reverse Treaty of Versailles

1. Germany, Italy & Japan1. Agree to work and fight together2. Will look out for each others interest3. Made a super power/super team

1. Hitler – Germany2. Mussolini – Italy3. Hirohito - Japan

Discuss the following with your partner1.What were the 7 causes of World War II?2.How did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the start of World War II3.Why did the League of Nations fail?4.What does appeasement mean?5.Name the three things agreed upon in the Nazi-Soviet Pact.6.What two world wide trends did the Great Depression allow for in countries?7.What did Adolf Hitler want?8.Who were the Axis Powers?