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WORLD WARS

The document outlines the objectives and key questions related to the causes, courses, and results of the First and Second World Wars, as well as the formation and performance of the League of Nations. It includes specific inquiries about military strategies, treaties, and political impacts associated with the wars. The content serves as a guide for understanding the historical significance and consequences of these global conflicts.

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WORLD WARS

The document outlines the objectives and key questions related to the causes, courses, and results of the First and Second World Wars, as well as the formation and performance of the League of Nations. It includes specific inquiries about military strategies, treaties, and political impacts associated with the wars. The content serves as a guide for understanding the historical significance and consequences of these global conflicts.

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WORLD WARS (Paper 2)

Objectives

a) explain the causes, of the First and the Second World Wars;
b) describe the course of the First and the Second World Wars;
c) discuss the results of the First and the Second World Wars;
d) explain the reasons for the formation of the league of Nations;
e) describe the organisation of the league of Nations;
f) analyse the performance of the league of Nations.

1. Give two reasons why there was a military stalemate on the Western Front during the 1st World war.
2. What is the main event that prompted the USA to join the First World War?
3. Describe three factors that enabled the Allied powers to win the 2nd world war.
4. Explain the results of the 2nd world war
5. Outline two losses incurred by Germany in the Versailles Treaty.
6. Give one way in which World War II led to increased dependency of European countries on colonies.
7. Give three reasons why the Von Schrieffer’s plan of Germany failed during the First World War.
8. Explain six ways in which the effects of the Versailles Treaty contributed to the outbreak of the Second
World War in 1939.
9. Give two major events which made 1917 the decisive year for the end of World War 1.
10. Give two regions that were declared mandate territories after Versailles treaty of 1919.
11. Identify two factors that undermined the effectiveness of the League of Nations
12. What three reasons made (U.S.A) Americans Reluctant to join World War I in the early stages?
13. State the main reason that led to the end of Second World War
14. What were the demands issued by Austria Hungary to Serbia in 1914
15. Name three countries that formed the axis powers during World War II.
16. Explain six reasons why the allies won the Second World War.
17. Give two reasons why the League of Nations was formed in1919
18. State one major event that led to the outbreak of the First World War.
19. Give one main function of the international labour organization (ILO)
20. Give two shortcomings of the treaty of Versailles
21. Name one European country which was a member of Triple Entente during the First World War.
22. Mention any two ways in which blockading of the sea lanes disadvantaged the central powers during the
First World War
23. What was the policy of appeasement?
24. Identify two ways in which European nations ensured effective occupation of their colonies in Africa.
25. What was the immediate cause of the Second World War?
26. What are the aims why the League of Nations was formed?
27. Give two factors that contributed to the defeat of Germany in world war 11
28. Explain the political effects of the world war II
29. State one reason why U.S.A took a neutral stand at first during the 2nd world war.
30. Explain five results of the 1st world war
31. Name two dictators responsible for the outbreak of the World War II
32. State ways in which the treaty of Versailles affected Germany.
33. Mention two new methods used during World War 1.
34. State two social results of world war 11

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35. Mention any two states that were nearly formed and became part of the state of Yugoslavia after the peace
settlement of 1919-1920.
36. Explain any reason why the Allied power won the First World War.
37. State five causes of the Second World War.
38. What was the main reason why the U.S.A. joined the Second World War on the side of the allies?
39. Identify any three treaties that were signed at Versailles after World War I
40. Explain six economic results of the Second World War
41. Give two ways in which the Versailles treaty of 1919 affected the Germans
42. Identify one member country of the Triple alliance in World War I
43. How did the weakness of the League of Nations contribute to the outbreak of the Second World war
44. Give reasons why the united states of American was reluctant to join the first world war during the initial
stage.
45. Explain the political results of the Second World War.
46. Give five reasons why the First World War was referred to as the greatest war ever fought by 1914.
47. State one problem which faced the League of Nations
48. Give one reason for the USA’s entry into World War 1
49. Give the names given to the two alliances that fought during the First World War
50. Give one reason for the failure of the peace settlement after the First World War.
51. What was the immediate cause of Britain entry into the First World War?

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