The document outlines objectives and topics related to World War II, including: 1. Events leading to tensions prior to WWII like the 1918 flu pandemic and Great Depression. 2. How failures of WWI led to WWII starting, including nationalist responses by countries and declining exports. 3. Differences between fascism, communism, and democracy. 4. How dictators like Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin seized power. 5. Japan's actions in the Pacific including invading China and leaving the League of Nations. 6. The situation in Spain helped Hitler's military practice, siding with Franco. 7. Hitler's motives for expansion and Britain/France's appeasement response