1. How did the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression weaken the Weimar Republic and create support for right-wing parties?

2. What were Hitler's extreme views on race and how did he use them to gain political support?

3. How did Hitler consolidate power after becoming chancellor in 1933?

1. What did the Nuremberg Laws accomplish and how did they affect German Jews?

1. What were the Rome-Berlin Axis and the Anti-Comintern Pact, and why did these alliances form?

1. What was Kristallnacht and what did it reveal about Nazi persecution of Jews?

1. How did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles and what was the international response?

2. What was appeasement and why did Britain pursue this policy toward Hitler's actions?

1. What was the Anschluss and how did Hitler accomplish the union of Austria with Germany?

1. What was the Munich Agreement and why did it fail to prevent further German aggression?

1. What was the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact and how did it enable Germany to invade Poland?

2. How did the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 lead to the official start of World War II in Europe?