your answers to Questions 21-23 on the passage and on your knowledge of social studies: "It took the Big Four just five hours and twenty five minutes here in Munich today to dispel the clouds of war and come to an agreement over the partition of Czechoslovakia. There is to be no European war, after all. There is to be peace, and the price of that peace is, roughly, the ceding by Czechoslovakia of the Sudeten territory to Herr Hitler's Germany. The German Führer gets what he wanted, only he has to wait a little longer for it. Not much longer though — only ten days. . . ." Source: William Shirer, recording of CBS radio report from Prague, September 29, 1938 21. The policy that the “Big Four” chose to follow at this meeting is known as 1) Self-Determination 2) Appeasement 3) Imperialism 4) Isolationism 22. Why did European political leaders most likely choose to follow the policy described in the passage above? 1) European leaders were reluctant to engage in another conflict after the devastation of World War I. 2) European leaders were more interested in maintaining colonial territories than concerned about German expansion. 3) European leaders wanted to deter Hitler from seeking to further expand his territory. 4) European leaders believed Czechoslovakia rightfully belonged to the German state. 23. Which of the following historical developments ended the policy described in this passage and started World War II? 1) The Nazi Party’s “Final Solution” 2) The attack on Pearl Harbor 3) Hitler’s invasion of Poland 4) The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinandall ansers

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your answers to Questions 21-23 on the passage and on your knowledge of social studies: "It took the Big Four just five hours and twenty five minutes here in Munich today to dispel the clouds of war and come to an agreement over the partition of Czechoslovakia. There is to be no European war, after all. There is to be peace, and the price of that peace is, roughly, the ceding by Czechoslovakia of the Sudeten territory to Herr Hitler's Germany. The German Führer gets what he wanted, only he has to wait a little longer for it. Not much longer though — only ten days. . . ." Source: William Shirer, recording of CBS radio report from Prague, September 29, 1938 21. The policy that the “Big Four” chose to follow at this meeting is known as 1) Self-Determination 2) Appeasement 3) Imperialism 4) Isolationism 22. Why did European political leaders most likely choose to follow the policy described in the passage above? 1) European leaders were reluctant to engage in another conflict after the devastation of World War I. 2) European leaders were more interested in maintaining colonial territories than concerned about German expansion. 3) European leaders wanted to deter Hitler from seeking to further expand his territory. 4) European leaders believed Czechoslovakia rightfully belonged to the German state. 23. Which of the following historical developments ended the policy described in this passage and started World War II? 1) The Nazi Party’s “Final Solution” 2) The attack on Pearl Harbor 3) Hitler’s invasion of Poland 4) The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinandall ansers

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21. The correct answer is 2) Appeasement.

22. The most likely reason why European political leaders chose to follow the policy of appeasement described in the passage is 1) European leaders were reluctant to engage in another conflict after the devastation of World War I.

23. The historical development that ended the policy described in this passage and started World War II is 3) Hitler's invasion of Poland.