Causes of WWII
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This harsh peace treaty blamed Germany for WWI and created conditions that led to WWII
What happened in 1939?
The war began in this year with Germany’s invasion of Poland.
What is GDP (Gross Domestic Product)?
This common economic indicator measures a country’s total wealth.
What are NGOs?
These types of organisations (like Red Cross) help improve wellbeing globally.
This 2020 Korean show about deadly children's games became a global hit on Netflix.
Squid Game
What is the Great Depression?
This global economic crisis led to unemployment and extremism, paving the way for dictatorships.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
This surprise attack brought the USA into the war.
Name TWO reason why some rural areas may have lower wellbeing than cities.
lack of services/access to healthcare/employment
What is spatial inequality?
This term describes the imbalance between rich and poor areas of a country.
The process plants use to make food from sunlight.
Photosynthesis
What is fascism?
The political system where one leader controls everything, like Hitler and Mussolini used.
Name two locations where Australian troops fought in WWII.
(any two): North Africa, Greece, Crete, Papua New Guinea, Kokoda, Malaya, Singapore
What is political wellbeing?
This type of wellbeing refers to freedom, safety, and human rights.
Name TWO ways the Australian government controlled civilian life during WWII.
(any of the following): censorship, rationing, propaganda, internment camps
The capital of Canada.
Ottawa
What is appeasement?
This policy, used by Britain and France, aimed to avoid war by giving into Hitler’s demands.
Identify one reason Hitler gave for invading the USSR in his letter to Mussolini.
(any of the following): need for resources, ideological war against communism, strategic advantage
What is wealth distribution or access to services?
When high GDP does not result in high HDI, it may indicate inequality in this.
Name TWO challenges faced by Indigenous soldiers after returning home.
discrimination, lack of recognition, or unequal treatment
The chemical name for common table salt
Sodium Chloride
Name FOUR ways in which WWI influenced the causes of WWII.
(any of the following): economic instability, national resentment, military restrictions, rise of fascism, political vacuum?
What is the Kokoda Campaign?
This battle marked the furthest advance of the Japanese and involved Australian troops in dense jungle conditions.
What is HDI (Human Development Index)? How do we measure it?
This index combines data on income, education, and life expectancy to measure wellbeing.
Measured by: Life expectancy at birth
Education: Mean years of schooling etc.
standard of living GNI
Compare how the war ended in Europe vs. how it ended in the Pacific.
Europe – conventional military surrender; Pacific – atomic bomb and surrender after devastation
I’m tall when I’m young, and short when I’m old. What am I?
Candle