Ch. 31/Sec. 4 “The Aggressors Invade Nations” Guided Reading
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Directions: Use Ch. 31/Sec. 4 to complete the following questions (pg. 915 - 919)

“By the mid-_____’s, Germany and Italy seemed bent on ______. The major democracies---______—were distracted by ______at home and longed to ______. With the world moving towards war, many nations pinned their hopes ______. Following a period of reform and progress in the 1920’s, Japan fell under ______.

Japan Seeks an Empire

  1. Who had final control over military leaders?
  2. Who did the militarists use as the symbol of state power?
  3. Explain how the military leaders planned to solve Japan’s economic problems:
  4. How did Japan’s invasion of Manchuria impact the League of Nations?
  5. What did the Japanese military do in Nanjing?

European Aggressors on the March

  1. Describe the European reaction to Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia:
  1. In what two ways did Germany initially violate the Treaty of Versailles?
  2. Use the paragraph on p. 917 to define appeasement and given an example:
  3. In what three ways did the reoccupation of the Rhineland change the balance in Europe?
    a.
    b.
    c.
  4. Who made up the Axis Powers and in what year was the agreement made?
  5. How did Mussolini and Hitler help Francisco Franco in Spain?
  6. How did the Western democracies impact the Spanish Civil War?

Democratic Nations Try to Preserve Peace

  1. What three reasons did Britain and France give for making concessions?
    a.
    b.
    c.
  2. Use the glossary to define isolationism.
  3. Why did many Americans support isolationism?
  4. How did Hitler react to the prohibition of Anschluss?
  1. Why would Hitler want the Sudetenland?
  1. What agreement was made at the Munich Conference?
  1. How did Hitler and Mussolini behave after the Munich Conference?
  1. What was the Nonaggression Pact and when was it signed?
  1. Flip ahead to p. 925 and find nonaggression pact in bold. What other deal did Hitler and Stalin make?

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