Cambridge International History Year 1 (AS)-P.4

(On a separate document) Answer the following completely in academic language and complete sentences
based on Rau, "The Weimar Republic, 1917-33." Answers should be ~1 solid paragraph in length.

1) Why did the Spanish Civil War break out? Consider short and long-term causes.
2) What were the two factions of the Spanish Civil War? What groups supported them?
3) Why did Francisco Franco and the Nationalists prevail in the Spanish Civil War?
4) How were foreign countries involved in the Spanish Civil War? What were their impacts on the outcome?
5) What is the significance of the Spanish Civil War to understanding international relations in the 1930s?

(On a separate document) Answer the following completely in academic language and complete sentences
based on Williamson, International History, 1870-1945, pg.153-156. Answers should be ~1 solid paragraph in length.


1) Based on this reading, what was appeasement?
2) How did economic and military considerations impact British/French appeasement policy?
3) How did changing relations with the USSR impact impact British/French appeasement policy?
4) What were the major acts of appeasement from 1936-38? How did each “appease” Nazi Germany?
5) What is your take on appeasement? Was this a foolish policy that was pursued by the British and French that should have been avoided? Or is there merit to appeasement?