WWII Flashcards
Perspective
person’s point of view or position from which a person sees and understands events going on in the world around them
Continuity and change
helps recognise what changes and what continues in history.
Cause and effect
reasons why events have occurred and the resulting consequences or outcomes
Evidence
sources that prove historical events
Primary source
objects created or written at the time being investigated
Secondary source
accounts about the past that were created after the time being investigated.
Empathy
to understand the impact of past events on particular individuals or groups
Significance
relates to importance assigned to aspects of the past.
5 questions involved in finding significance
How important was this to people who lived at that time?
How many people were affected?
to what degree were people’s lives affected?
How widespread and long-lasting were the effects?
can the effects still be seen today?
Contestability
relates to explanations or interpretations of past events that are open to debate
Treaty of Versailles
treaty made by allies to hold Germany acountable for WWI
Made Germany economically and politically weaker.
main cause of WWII
Treaty of Versailles
antisemitism
Hostility towards jews
Blitzkrieg tactics
Use of coordinated air and land forces to quickly over run enemy, followed by slower moving forces which ‘mopped up’ the defenders and occupied territories
phoney war
period after Poland invasion, were no major battles between Britain, France against Germany from October 1939 – April 1940. Ended when Germany attacked Norway and Denmark.
