2. Who?
Allies
Germany
France
USSR
USA
China
Axis
Germany
Italy
Japan
Vs.

3. Where? When? Two main fronts: 1939-1945
Western Front in Europe (France, Britain, Russia)
Pacific Front

4. Why? Treaty of Versailles Totalitarianism in Germany, Italy, Japan
Appeasement
Competition for territories/resources
Depression

5. Appeasement What does it mean to appease. Examples
A teacher cancels a test to appease her students.
A mother appeasing a crying toddler.
Write your own example.

6. Vocabulary
Appeasement: policy of giving in to an aggressor's demands in order to keep the peace.
Sanctions: a penalty. Often a ban on trade or armaments.
Pacifism: opposition to war or violence.

7. Review Question How did WWI lead to WWII?
Name two other causes of WWII?

8. German, Italian, and Japanese Aggression
Read pg
Group 1: Japan
Group 2: Italy
Group 3: Germany
Write down examples of aggression by the country you were assigned to.

9. Have you Heard or Seen These Words?
Haile Selassie I
Rastafari
Jah
Babylon
Zion

10. Reggae is Rooted in HISTORY!
Tafari Makonnen became emperor of Ehtiopia in 1930.
Ras: prince, duke or chief
Then he took the name Haile Selassie I.
The only African monarch of a fully independent state.

11. Haile Selassie and Appeasement
1935 Mussolini invaded Ethiopia…Selassie was exiled.
Haile Selassie made a powerful speech before the League of Nations in Geneva.
Britain and France appeased Italy and allowed them to stay in Ethiopia.

12. After the war Selassie was returned to power.
He is believed to be the living incarnate of JAH (God).
Calling yourself Rastafari expresses the personal relationship each Rasta has with Selassie.

13. Silent Reading
Read pg starting at “German Aggression Continues.”
Answer the questions on your worksheet.
You will them in at the end of class.
Go over answers as a class.

14. Closure
Do you think the European powers could have prevented the war? Why or why not?