Which 1938 conference aimed to appease Hitler by handing over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand further?

• A. Yalta Conference
• B. Tehran Conference
• C. Munich Conference
• D. Potsdam Conference

Answer: (C)

This question tests understanding of appeasement before World War II. In 1938, European leaders met in Munich to resolve the crisis over Czechoslovakia. They allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland, a border region with many ethnic Germans, in exchange for Hitler’s promise not to pursue further expansion. The idea was to prevent war by yielding to some of Hitler’s demands, but it backfired, signaling weakness and encouraging more aggression, which soon followed when Germany moved to take the rest of Czechoslovakia. Other conferences, like Tehran and Yalta, dealt with wartime strategy and postwar plans rather than conceding territory to a aggressor.