🧩 | Chapter 3 Flashcards
Define “appeasement”
An agreement to give into an aggressor’s demands to avoid conflict.
Define “deterrent”
An action that discourages an aggressor to cause conflict.
Define “pact”
An agreement between two parties to act towards a matter in a certain way.
Who was Neville Chamberlain?
Britain’s new pro-appeasement prime minister.
Define “annex”
To add an area to a territory.
Define “fascism”
Extreme militaristic nationalism.
Define “Wall Street”
The nickname given to the U.S market that involves the shares of companies and stocks.
Define “dictatorship”
A country being run by a person who wasn’t elected and has power from the military.
Define “Great Depression”
A series of economic changes between October 1929 and 1930 around the world.
Why was Italy dissatisfied with the peace talks/treaties?
Didn’t receive the territorial gains promised to them for joining the Allies (Apr 1915).
Didn’t get the Adriatic Port of Fiume or enough mandates.
British and French military bases in the Mediterranean were threatening Italian security.
Why was Germany dissatisfied with the peace talks/treaties?
- Treaty of Versailles (28 June 1919) was a diktat.
- German nationalism destroyed.
- 25000m² lost
- 7 million people lost
- Only 100000 soldiers allowed
Why was Italy dissatisfied with the peace talks/treaties?
- They did not gain the Adriatic Port of Fiume as they had been promised by the Allies
- They did not gain enough of Germany’s ex-colonies
What was the significance of the Anti-Comintern Pact?
It united Italy, Germany and Japan with their hatred for Soviet communism.
Dates: Italy’s path to the Anti-Comintern Pact
Sept. 1937 - Mussolini visits Berlin
Nov. 1937 - Italy signs the Anti-Comintern Pact (followed by Italy leaving the League in Dec. 1937)
