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What is appeasement?
What is appeasement?
- A military strategy of attacking potential aggressors
- A diplomatic strategy of making concessions to a potential aggressor (correct)
- A political strategy of forming alliances to prevent aggression
- A social strategy of promoting peace and understanding among nations
Which country besides Britain practiced appeasement towards Nazi Germany?
Which country besides Britain practiced appeasement towards Nazi Germany?
- Spain
- France (correct)
- Italy
- Japan
Why is appeasement seen as a political insult?
Why is appeasement seen as a political insult?
- It is associated with aggression and violence
- It is associated with intelligence and strategy
- It is associated with cowardice and weakness (correct)
- It is associated with democracy and freedom
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Study Notes
- Appeasement is a diplomatic strategy of making concessions to a potential aggressor.
- It was not a well-known policy before the 1930s.
- Neville Chamberlain's diplomacy with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany is often associated with appeasement.
- Other states, including France and the USSR, also practiced appeasement towards Nazi Germany.
- Appeasement has been practiced in diplomacy since before the Third Reich and during the Cold War.
- Appeasement has a poor reputation and is seen as a political insult.
- Politicians do not want to be accused of conducting a foreign policy of appeasement.
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