World War II: resolved and unresolved

Yes, the conclusion of war did address the causes of the war

Causes:
-Japan left the League of Nations and invaded China
-Mussolini leads Italy to invade Ethiopia
-Hitler leaves League of Nations after Germany recieves harsh terms with Treaty of Versailles

Resolved or not?
Resolved :
Japanese emperor Hirohito surrendered after the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and after Russia declared war on Japan. Therefore, the Japanese expansion becomes halted and Japan becomes subject to the terms of the allies.

Germany's surrender after British and US forces bombed German cities and Hitler's suicide brings an end to Hitler's regime. The Allies divide up Germany into east and west Germany and take possessions. However, the split of the Soviet Union in the east and other allies in the west brings rise to problems.

Unresolved:
Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia is not discussed later in the chapter and the book leaves you hanging on what happened. The brutal overkill of Ethiopians brought anger to non-revisionist states, but apparently they did nothing about it.

The division of Germany into east and west creates the "iron curtain", an ideological separation between communist Soviet Union in the east and the other European powers in the west. This could lead to future conflicts between the two sides.

The two new leading powers of the world, the United States and the Soviet Union both develop seperate ideologies. The United States turns to democracy while the Soviet Union turns to communism. This separation of ideas and the competitive nature that would develop from being the leading powers would eventually lead to the division of the former allies and to the start of the Cold War.

World War I before and after pics

World War I: change and continuity

A change in the world between pre-World War I and post-World War 1 is that Europe developed new boundaries and thus, new countries. A continuity between these two time periods is that Africa remained predominantly British colonies.

Change:
- Austria-Hungary empire before; Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia after
- Romania's boundary expands northern border after WWI into previous Austria-Hungary region
- Russia's western border turns into Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Poland

Continuity:
- colony of Sudan before and after World War I belongs to Britain
- colony of Egypt stays with Britain before and after war