Journey Through History: New Topic-based Series Situational Worksheets
Topic 9 International conflicts and crises in the 20th century (I) – the two world wars
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Topic 9
International conflicts and crises in
the 20th century (I) –
the two world wars
Sub-topic: International relations and reasons for
conflicts before the two world wars (3)
Journey Through History: New Topic-based Series Situational Worksheets
Topic 9 International conflicts and crises in the 20th century (I) – the two world wars
Name: ____________________
Class Number: ____________________
Class: ____________________
Date: ____________________
Study the Sources and answer the questions that follow.
Source A: A British cartoon published in 1938.
Hints for Question (1)
Pay attention to the time the cartoon was published.
What was the clothing of the man marked X differ
from the rest in the cartoon?
What was the man marked X doing?
The clothing of the man marked X matched his
action, what did it symbolize?
Which countries did the two men who were closest
to the man marked X represent?
Source B: An excerpt from a radio broadcast about the Munich Agreement in 1938.
It took the Big Four just 5 hours and 25 minutes here in Munich today to dispel the clouds of war and
come to an agreement over the partition of Czechoslovakia. There is to be no European war… the
price of that peace is… the ceding by Czechoslovakia of the Sudeten territory to Herr Hitler's
Germany. The German Fuhrer gets what he wanted… His waiting 10 short days has saved Europe
from a world war. … most of the peoples of Europe are happy that they won't have to go marching
off to war… Probably only the Czechs… are not too happy.
Journey Through History: New Topic-based Series Situational Worksheets
Topic 9 International conflicts and crises in the 20th century (I) – the two world wars
1. Which country did the man marked X in Source A represent? Explain your answer with reference to the
Source and using your own knowledge.
2. If you were a French citizen in 1938, would you support your country to adopt the appeasement policy?
Explain your answer with reference to Sources A and B, and using your own knowledge.
Tips: Thinking steps
Step 1: Get into the role
What era / period do I live? What is my role?
1938; French citizen
Step 2: Study the two Sources
What was the political situation in Europe at that time? Do you think the appeasement policy
would be effective in dealing with the situation at that time?
What domestic problems did France have at that time?
What happened in Europe in 1914-18? Would this affect your attitude towards the policy?
Step 3: Answer the question after organizing clues and evidence from the Sources
Journey Through History: New Topic-based Series Situational Worksheets
Topic 9 International conflicts and crises in the 20th century (I) – the two world wars
1. Which country did the man marked X in Source A represent? Explain your answer with
reference to the Source and using your own knowledge.
Country represented:
Explanation (with reference to the Source and using own knowledge):
2. If you were a French citizen in 1938, would you support your country to adopt the appeasement
policy? Explain your answer with reference to Sources A and B, and using your own knowledge.
