New State Structures 1914 – Present
1. Describe why it became so easy for new leaders to manage large states. ______
2. What are the three reasons bureaucracies rose to manage large states?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
3. How did technology impact the state?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
4. How did technology impact mass movements?
a. ______
b. ______
5. What is a “total state”? ______
6. List the “total states” of the 20th Century:
a. ______h. ______
b. ______i. ______
c. ______j. ______
d. ______k. ______
e. ______l. ______
f. ______m. ______
g. ______
1 7. Why did the Welfare State develop? ______
8. Describe the Socialist, Populist Movements vision of what a Welfare State could do.
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
9. What does the Welfare State provide for its citizens and how does it work?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
e. ______
10. By 1980 where do you find Welfare States? ______
11. What are the conditions necessary for Classic Marxism?
a. ______
b. ______
12. How did Marxist-Leninist change these conditions?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
13. List the Communist Revolutions that occurred after World War I:
a. ______e. ______
b. ______f. ______
2 c. ______g. ______
d. ______
14. Describe Stalin’s actions in the Soviet Union and the reason he started the Cold War. ______
15. List the wars of National Liberation that were supported by the Soviet Union (Communism):
a. ______f. ______
b. ______g. ______
c. ______h. ______
d. ______I. ______
e. ______
16. Define Hypernationalsim: ______
17. List the types of Nationalism we have seen since World War I:
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
18. List the empires that fell due to Nationalism:
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
19. Why did the allies link Nationalism to Decolonization? ______
20. Define Balkanization: ______
3 21. What destroys the multi-national states? ______
22. Using the map of democracy, which two continents have the fewest democracies?
a. ______
b. ______
23. Why can you argue that North America is not 100% democracies? ______
24. What four continents are almost 100% democracies?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
25. In 2004 which continent had the most dictatorships? ______
26. In 2004 which continent had the most democracies? ______
27. Between 1945 and 1995 how many nations in South America are not under military dictatorships? _____
28. Between 1945 and 1995 which region of Africa was more likely to have military dictatorships? ______
29. From 1945 to 1995 what kind of political system does most of Asia have? ______
30. What are the two largest democracies in 2000?
a. ______
b. ______
31. List the continents that have no communism in 1960.
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
4 32. During the Russian Revolution what were the three sides in the civil war from 1918 – 1920?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
33. How did the Bolsheviks secret police deal with the anti-communist white party? ______
34. How many Russians lost their lives during the Russian Revolutions Civil War? ______
35. In what ways did Lenin’s “war communism” transform the Russian economy?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
36. By 1920 did these policies prove to be a success or a failure? Explain. ______
37. In what ways did Lenin reverse his “war communism” policies with the NEP: New Economic Policy?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
e. ______
38. What occurred to the other Communist Revolutions that immediately followed Russia’s? ______
5 39. As soon as Lenin died what occurred in Russia? ______
40. How did Stalin’s view of Russia’s role in the world differ from Lenin’s? ______
41. Describe Stalin’s first Five Year Plan: ______
42. Describe what collectivization of agriculture is: ______
43. What was the result of Stalin’s collectivization of agriculture? ______
44. Why did Stalin engage in the Great Purge of 1935 – 1938? ______
45. List the results of Stalin’s Great Purge of 1935 – 1938:
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
46. Describe the aspects of a Fascist state:
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
6 e. ______
f. ______
g. ______
h. ______
47. Who was the founder of Italian Fascism in Italy in 1919? ______
48. Describe the aspects of the Fascist state n Italy:
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
49. What were the other Latin Fascist states that modeled themselves on Italy?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
50. Did the Nazi party (National Socialist German Workers Party) take over Germany legally or illegally? ______
51. Between 1933 and 1935 how did the Nazi Party consolidate power?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
e. ______
52. Describe the Nazi ideology:
a. ______
b. ______
7 c. ______
d. ______
e. ______
f. ______
53. What was the British response to the Iraqi nationalist movement in 1941? ______
54. Who opposed the division of Palestine into two states? ______
55. List the countries that declared war on Israel in 1948 after it declared itself a state.
a. ______d. ______
b. ______
c. ______
56. What was the end result of the Israeli War in 1948? ______
57. How did Egypt gain its independence in 1952? ______
58. What were President Nasser’s two goals?
a. ______
b. ______
59. Describe the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956 and explain how it divided the United States from Europe? ______
60. Define Pan-Arab Nationalism: ______
61. Describe the events of the Seven Days War of 1967:
a. ______
8 b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
62. What were the goals and methods of the Palestinian Liberation Organization? ______
63. How did the Yom Kipper War of 1973 lead to an end of hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians?
a. ______
64. How did Israel finally de-escalate the violence between the two sides in the 1990’s? ______
65. Which side did most Arab countries side with during the Cold War? ______
66. Define Islamism:
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
67. What are the major Islamist groups?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
68. What was the American CIA’s role in Iranian politics in 1953? And why did they do it? ______
69. From 1953 to 1979 Iran was headed in which ideological direction? ______
70. Describe the actions of the theocratic revolution in Iran in 1979:
9 a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
71. List the Wars of Islam
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
e. ______
f. ______
72. Why did the USSR invade Afghanistan in 1980? ______
73. Why did the United States invade Afghanistan in 2002? ______
74. List Iraq’s three wars and the circumstances around each:
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
75. Why did the French refuse to give up Algeria as a colony? ______
76. When did Algeria receive its’ independence and what were the costs? ______
77. List the obstacles to African Independence:
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
10 d. ______
78. Which West African nation achieved independence first? What was the date? ______
79. Why did the United States support the British against the Mau Mau in Kenya? ______
80. How many Kenyans died and when did they achieve their independence? ______
81. Why did South African independence in 1901 mean very little to the black South Africans? ______
82. Who was the first black president in 1994? ______
83. Create a timeline of events in the Congo with descriptions of events
a. 1961: ______
b. 1965 – 1997: ______
c. 1997: ______
d. 2001: ______
84. Describe Africa’s modern economy:
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
11 85. Why can India’s Independence in 1947 be considered a sad period of Indian history?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
e. ______
86. What was the non-alignment movement of Southeast Asian nations? ______
87. While India’s democracy was an exception to SE Asian dictatorships what was the cost for Nehru’s children and grandchildren? ______
88. Which direction has the Pakistani government continuously moved towards? ______
89. Describe the differences between U.S. trade with Europe and Asia from 1970 to 1982: ______
90. List the key players in the Pacific Rim markets:
a. ______g. ______
b. ______h. ______
c. ______I. ______
d. ______j. ______
e. ______
f. ______
91. List these countries in order of richest to less rich in world trade: Japan, U.S., China,
a. Richest: ______
b. ______
12 c. ______
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