All terms in this list:

Treaty of Versailles: - peace treaty that ended the first world war
blamed Germany for everything, and Germany was forced to pay reparation. Germans were resentful

Mussolini: Italian fascist party- dictator of italy.
fascism- extreme patriotism and nationalism

Hitler: Nazi party
Dictator
German superiority

Tojo: Japan prime minister
Invaded Asian territory
Wanted raw/natural resources

Totalitarianism: - citizens are subject too an absolute state authority (axis powers)
-Germany
-Italy
-Japan

Great Depression: - worlds economy to collapse
-spread of unrest and despair
-foreign countries turn to dictators to fix economic problems

Appeasement- Munich agreement: - germany threatens military force
-British Prime minister Chamberlain met Hitler in Munich
- Compromise- Hitler promised to stop future aggression if given Czechoslovakia
-Chamberlain gave in the Hitlers threat

Invasion of Poland: September first, 1939, germany invaded poland
-breaking promise made during Munich agreement to stop aggression
-France and Great Britain declare war on Germany

Pearl harbor: japan needed raw material
-U.S. navy in the pacific- in their way
-Japan attacked U.S. at pearl harbor on Dec. 7, 1941
-Brought U.S. into ww11 on the side of the allies