Radow Honors World History Final Exam Study Guide

RADOW HONORS WORLD HISTORY FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

PART ONE: Pick from the following . About ½ to 1 page each. Prepare at least 4. WHAT does THIS refer to? WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS? WHAT IS THE CONTEXT? Dates have been supplied. For the items you choose, describe the historical context of the quote and its consequences. Identify key players and concepts and explain the point of view expressed by the author of the excerpt. I’ll do one.

A.“In the twenty years after they came to power the Nationalist leaders became conservatives increasingly concerned with the preservation of power. This is one of the oldest political phenomena in history. Beginning as revolutionists seeking to construct a new order, they became oligarchs [a small leadership clique] in defense of it, or rather in defense of their power, displaying the fixity of purpose and ruthlessness characteristic of self made men. BONUS QUESTION FOR #1. When else in history has the phenomenon the author mentions been shown? John K Fairbank, The United States and China 1958

B. article 42 Germany is forbidden to maintain or construct any fortification either on the left (West) bank of the Rhine or on the right bank to the west of a line drawn 50 kilometres to the east of the Rhine. article 160 not later than March 31, 1920, the German army must not comprise more than seven division of infantry and three division of cavalry article 198 The armed forces fo Germany must not include any military or naval air forces BONUS QUESTION FOR B. Use the map below to trace the subsequent history of this region.

C.1928 “We did not have an iron and steel industry . Now we have this industry We did not have a tractor industry. Now we have one. We did not have an automobile industry. Now we have one. We did not have a machine-tool industry. Now we have one. We did not have a big up to date chemical industry. Now we have one.” Who said it, HOW ACCURATE ARE THE CLAIMS HE MAKES? Why/not? What resulted from the changes made ****************

D. 1935 War alone brings up to its highest tension all human energy and puts the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to meet it. All other trials are substitutes which never really put men into the position where they have to make the great decision. Thus a doctrine which is founded upon this harmful postulate of peace is hostile to [us]. BONUS QUESTIONS FOR D. who is the speaker? describe actions taken by the speaker which support the view expressed in the quotation..

E. Complete the blanks: We have agreed on common policies and plans for enforcing the ______surrender which we shall impose together on ______after armed resistance has been finally crushed. There terms will not be made known until the the final defeat of Germany. Under the agreed plan, the forces of the ______will each occupy a separate ______of ______. We have agreed that a conference of ______should be called to meet at San Francisco in the United States on April 25, 1945 to prepare the charges of such an organization BONUS QUESTION FOR E. Each paragraph describes a plan to make changes. Define those changes and assess subsequent effectiveness of the organizations or structures set up by these plans.

F. 1925 All citizens engaged in agriculture are to be insured at the expense of the state against loss of life, old age. sickness, accident, and disability all the land is handed over without compensation (open or secret) to the toiling masses for their use. BONUS QUESTION FOR F. Where was this written? Did the author follow through with these plans?

G. 1939 ARTICLE I Both High Contracting Parties obligate, themselves to desist from any act of violence, any aggressive action, and any attack on each other, either individually or jointly with other powers. ARTICLE II Should one of the High Contracting Parties become the object of belligerent action by a third power, the other High Contracting Party shall in no manner lend its support to this third power.BONUS QUESTION FOR G. What were the immediate consequences of this document. Who was surprised by it? PART TWO fill in any blanks and WRITE one short sentence explaining what this phrase refers to.

A. a principle of the Atlantic Charter.the right of all ______to choose the form of ______under which they will live.

C. I believe that we must assist _____ peoples to work out their own ______in their own way.

D. it is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world,. Without which there can be no political stability. Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger poverty desperation and chaos.

Part three ESSAY QUESTIONS Totalitarianism pick one

Which country most successfully transformed itself in the Twentieth Century, China or the Soviet Union? Explain your reasoning and support your answer with details about the most significant successes

Would you say the Compare and contrast the causes of the demise of Imperial Dynasties in Russia and China

What are the basic features of fascism in terms of system of government, treatment of minorities and opposition, economic organization, How did CHia and Soviet Union differ in terms of system fo government agricultural organization, industrial development, international supporters, attitudes andtoward Marxism Leninism, Sim and diff.

THE DEVELOPING WORLD ANSWER ONE What are some of the economic, political and environmental effects globalization can have on individuals and local communities?

In what ways have political, social, and economic inequities been both reduced and reinforced by the forces of globalization? Why are so many of the developing nations beset by poverty almost a half century after independence?

GLOBAL WARFARE IN C20 ANSWER ONE How did World Wars I and II differ? Consequences, techniques, strategies, impact on culture and society? How did global warfare in the twentieth century differ from previous conflicts? What were some of the global consequences of the twentieth-century World Wars? How did global capitalism and political changes in both Europe and Asia help give rise to global warfare in the twentieth century? How did the Cold War play out around the world, particularly in reference to developing nations? THE DECOLONIZATION QUESTION ANSWER ONE How did imperialism help to create the conditions for global war in the twentieth century, and what effects did those wars have on empires and colonies in both the short and long terms? In what ways did the colonial experience affect both colonizers and the colonized? Why decolonization following WW2?

COLD WAR Korean War, Berlin Airlift, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis nuclear weapons, stealth bomber, MAD, “Star Wars” détente, peaceful coexistence containment, Gorbachev, Reagan, Nixon, , Sputnik WWI and WWII fascism, Versailles Treaty, Munich Agreement, Auschwitz /holocaustAnschluss, Nazi Soviet Pact El Alamein, Midway Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, two front war D-Day, trench warfare, submarine, aircraft carrier, poison gas, radar,

Machukuo, Jiang Jieshi, Mao, Deng Xiaoping, Great Leap Forward, 100 Flowers Movement, Cultural Revolution, Chinese Civil War, iron rice bowl, , Sino Soviet Split,

Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah, Algerian Civil War, Mobutu Sese Seko Collectivization, 5 year plan, Khrushchev, Gorbachev, glasnost, perestroika, Crimea, Afghanistan, Manchukuo, Weimar Republic, Maginot Line, hyperinflation, Guernica, Mussolini , JFKennedy, Which has played a greater role in determining the shape of history-ideas or individuals? other key documents THE ID “bank” Rasputin Chiang Kaishek, Deng Xiaopeng, Mao Zedong, Sun Yat Sen Archduke Ferdinand Lenin Stalin Nicholas II Kaiser Wilhelm II Bloody Sunday Kulaks containment Stalingrad, D-Day Winston Churchill Franklin Delano Roosevelt Grand Alliance, United Front NAFTA Mahatma Gandhi People’s Republic of China dependency theory MyLai, , Hiroshima demography Hitler blackshirts Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Lend Lease NATO collectivization green revolution 5 year plan three principles, long march, show trials, purges, Kristallnacht the age of uncertainty in art, science…elements of … modern art? modern science

Major units World Wars I and II the years between the wars rise and fall of the Soviet Union China in the last 100 years the cold war decolonization

Major themes to know with examples

 revolutions from above and revolutions from below

 impact of geography on historical events

 the way we fight now… the century of total war

 modernization (various methods used in China USSR, Western Europe and US.

 the ideas of Karl Marx and how they were adopted and altered by Lenin, Stalin, Mao

 the policies and practices of communist and fascist dictatorships (econ, soc. polit, milit.)  imperialism and decolonization

 the role of nationalism in existing and emerging countries

 industrialism, capitalism and economic development

 social and environmental problems in the modern world  Sample questions. What disputes arose between members of the Grand Alliance during World War Two?

SAMPLE: ONE of these THINGS is NOT like the OTHERS

Vietnam War, Korean War, Berlin Airlift, Cuban Missile Crisis

El Alamein, Midway Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima,

Great Leap Forward, 100 Flowers Movement, Cultural Revolution, Chinese Civil War

Versailles Treaty, Munich Agreement, Anschluss, Nazi Soviet Pact

Auschwitz, Hutu Tutsi massacres, Rape of Nanjing, Fire bombing of Tokyo/Dresden trench warfare, submarine, aircraft carrier, poison gas,

Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, Mobutu Sese Seko

SAMPLE: HOW DO THESE THINGS ALL FIT TOGETHER Spanish Civil War, Manchukuo, Weimar Republic, Maginot Line, hyperinflation, Guernica, Mussolini nuclear weapons, stealth bomber, MAD, “Star Wars” , strategic defense initiative

Gorbachev, Reagan, Nixon, Brezhnev, Sputnik, JFKennedy,

SAMPLE: B. our meeting here in the Crimea has reaffirmed out common determination to maintain and strengthen in the peace to come that unity of purpose and action which has mad victory possible.