Question: Appeasement

Answer: giving in to an aggressor to keep peace.

Question: Third Reich

Answer: German Empire.

Question: Munich Conference

Answer: was held on September 29, 1938. The Czechs were not invited. British prime minister Neville Chamberlain believed that he could preserve peace by giving in to Hitler's demand. Britain and France agreed that Hitler could take the Sudetenland. In exchange, Hitler pledged to respect Czechoslovakia's new borders. Less than six months after the Munich meeting, Hitler took Czechoslovakia.

Question: Francisco Franco

Answer: A Spanish general who favored a Fascist-style government and was backed by Germany and Italy.

Question: Isolationism

Answer: the belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided.

Question: Axis Powers

Answer: Germany, Italy, and Japan.

Question: How was the Japan's ideologies different from Germany and Italy's?

Answer: Unlike the Fascists in Europe the militarists did not try to establish a new system of government. They wanted to restore traditional control of the government to the military. Instead of a forceful leader like Mussolini or Hitler, the militarists made the emperor the symbol of state power.

Question: How was the Japan's ideologies similar to that of Germany and Italy's?

Answer: Like Hitler and Mussolini, Japan's militarists were extreme nationalists. They wanted to solve the country's economic problems through foreign expansion. They planned a Pacific empire that included a conquered China. The empire would provide Japan with raw materials and markets for its goods. It would also give Japan room for its rising population.

Question: What were the effects of isolationism and appeasement?

Answer: Escalation of war or aggression of the Axis powers.