World History Final Exam Review Guide Name______Hour____
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World History Final Exam Review Guide Name______Hour____
THIS IS A MANDATORY STUDY GUIDE WORTH 15 POINTS. IT IS DUE THE DAY OF YOUR EXAM. IT MUST BE HAND WRITTEN.
My exam is on ______, May ______at ______AM.
Much like the midterm, the exam consists of reading text, maps, and charts that will be interpreted. The exam also includes facts, concepts, and patterns that pertain to the civilizations and events we studied. All exams are challenging; you will have to study for this exam to do well.
Please start to prepare early. Twenty minutes a day will go a long way toward your performance on the exam.
Absolute Rulers
1. What was an absolute monarch?
2. What is divine right?
3. What was the purpose of the Palace at Versailles?
4. What was the effect of the Spanish Armada of 1588?
5. List three major accomplishments and two weaknesses for each Absolute Ruler:
a. Philip II
b. Louis XIV
c. Frederick the Great
d. Peter the Great
6. What is a constitutional monarchy and where was it found in the era of Absolute Rulers? 7. Explain Montesquieu’s unique Enlightenment beliefs.
8. Explain Voltaire’s unique Enlightenment beliefs.
9. Explain Locke’s unique Enlightenment beliefs.
10. What led to the scientific revolution?
Revolutions
11. What enlightenment ideas are in the Declaration of Independence?
12. How were the American Revolution and French Revolution similar?
13. What were the causes of the French Revolution?
14. What is a coup d’etat?
15. How did Napoleon rise to power in France?
16. How did Napoleon fall from power in France?
Industrial Revolution
17. What was the Industrial Revolution?
18. List three reasons the IR began in Britain.
19. Briefly describe life as a proletariat during the Industrial Revolution. 20. Explain Karl Marx’s famous beliefs from this era.
21. Explain Adam Smith’s famous beliefs from this era.
Nationalism and Imperialism
22. What is Nationalism?
23. Give and explain an example of a Nationalist movement.
24. List three reasons the Europeans sought to colonize Africa.
25. What is Social Darwinism and how did it justify imperialism?
26. What is a sphere of influence and how did it impact European countries?
27. How did spheres of influence impact China?
28. What was the main cause of the Opium War?
29. How were the Sepoy Mutiny and the Boxer Rebellion similar?
30. Define cash crop and explain its impact on lands colonized by Europeans.
World War I 31. Define and give one specific example of each of the (4) M.A.I.N. reasons World War I started: Militarism:
Alliances:
Imperialism:
Nationalism:
32. Explain trench warfare—conditions and location.
33. What were the main provisions of the Treaty of Versailles and how did it impact Germany?
34. Explain the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman note and their impact the USA in WWI.
35. Name and briefly describe the goals of each Russian Revolution in 1917.
36. What was the final outcome of the Russian Revolutions of 1917?
37. Describe the behavior (and reasons for that behavior) of Japan towards its neighbors (like China) after World War I.
38. Explain the impact of Germany’s geography on its performance in the World Wars.
World War II
39. Define: appeasement
blitzkrieg
Holocaust Final Solution
genocide
anti-Semitism
Communism
Fascism
Totalitarianism
Isolationism
40. Who were the leaders of Germany, Italy, USSR, Japan, United States, and Great Britain during WWII?
41. What was the purpose of D-Day (Operation Overlord) and who participated?
42. List two reasons why the USA used the atomic bomb on Japan.
43. What was the purpose of the Nuremburg trials? What was the outcome?
The Cold War and Russia
44. Define the following: The Truman Doctrine
Containment
Self-determination
Iron-Curtain
Cold War
a. Satellite state
b. Marshall Plan 45. What was the reason Germany built the Berlin Wall?
46. What was the effect of the launching of Sputnik on the United States?
47. What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
48. What was the main difference between NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
China
49. What were the goals of the Communist Party in China?
50. Who was the leader of the Communist Party in China?
51. What was the Cultural Revolution?
52. Briefly explain what happened in Tiananmen Square.
53. What is the Red Guard?
Soviet Union
54. Define perestroika
55. Define glasnost 56. Why was the Berlin Wall built?
57. List two results of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
a.
b.
Other modern history
58. Why was Israel formed as a new country after WWII?
59. List two arguments for a Palestinian State.
60. List two arguments against a Palestinian State.
61. Why was India divided into Pakistan and India?
62. Define apartheid.
63. Who was Nelson Mandela and why was he important?