1. Identify Central Issues Why did the western
    powers follow a policy of appeasement
    even though it seemed to encourage more
    aggression?
    2. Synthesize Why did Germany and Italy become
    involved in the Spanish Civil War?
    3. Infer Why did Churchill believe the Munich Pact
    was the "beginning of the reckoning"?
    4. Describe How did the Nazi-Soviet Pact
    contribute to the start of World War II?
    5. Identify Central Ideas What reaction did Britain
    have to Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939?