Appeasement

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the historical context?Late 1930s, following World War I and preceding World War II
2. What is the key british prime ministers?Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain
3. Why did Britain try appeasement with Germany?Britain wanted to avoid another big war after the terrible war of 1914-1918, and many people thought giving Germany some of what it wanted would keep peace.
4. What was the Munich Agreement?In 1938, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy signed a deal that let Germany take a part of Czechoslovakia called the Sudetenland, hoping it would keep peace.

Interwar Period: The period between the end of World War I (1918) and the beginning of World War II (1939).
Treaty of Versailles: The peace treaty that officially ended World War I, imposing heavy penalties on Germany.
Geopolitical Realities: The combination of geographical factors and political power that influence international relations.