Final Exam Review



FINAL EXAM – STUDY GUIDE

2nd Semester

Part II

1. What were the four causes of World War I? (Notes)

2. Which three nations belonged to the Triple Alliance? (p. 408)

3. Which three nations belonged to the Triple Entente? (p. 409)

4. Which region was known as the “powder keg” of Europe? (p. 409)

5. Which two non-Balkan nations competed for dominance of the Balkans? (p. 409)

6. What event was the trigger that led to World War I? (p. 410)

7. Which two battles in 1916 resulted in huge casualties on both sides, but very little land gained? (p. 414)

8. What were the three Allied objectives at Gallipoli? (p. 417)

9. How were the colonies of Asia and Africa drawn into the war? (p. 418)

10. What were the reasons for the United States to enter World War I? (p. 418-419)

11. What was the purpose of propaganda in World War I? (p. 420)

12. What were the reasons for the Russians to drop out of World War I? (p. 420)

13. What effect did the United States’ entry have on the war? (p. 421)

14. Which country wanted to punish Germany the most? (p. 424-425)

15. Where did the idea for a League of Nations originate? (p. 424-425)

16. List all the new countries created in Europe after World War I. (p. 425-426)

17. What was left of the Ottoman Empire after it was broken up at the end of the war? (p. 425)

18. Which Allied nation was excluded from the League of Nations? (Notes)

19. What were the causes of the Russian Revolution? (pp. 433-435)

20. How did Lenin and the Bolsheviks (communists) gain control of the Russian government and keep it? (pp. 435-437)

21. Who became leader of Russia after Lenin’s death? (p. 439)

22. Why was the Weimar Republic considered weak? (p. 471)

23. In what ways was fascism different than communism? (p. 476)

24. Which of the European powers got involved in the Spanish Civil War and what actions did they take? (p. 483)

25. What was the non-aggression pact of 1939? (p. 485)

26. Besides European Jews, who else died in the Holocaust? (p. 524)

27. What areas were said to be “behind the iron curtain”? (pp. 533)

28. Why did the Soviets blockade West Berlin? (p. 534)

29. How did China become Communist? (pp. 538-539)

30. Where did the Chinese Nationalists go after losing the Chinese Civil War? (p. 539)

31. Why did the Soviets invade Hungary in 1956? (p. 554)

32. What happened when the state of Israel was created in 1948? (p. 584)

FINAL EXAM – STUDY GUIDE

2nd Semester

Part I

People: Identify the following people and explain their historical significance.

1. Woodrow Wilson (p. 424) –

2. Czar Nicholas (p. 433) –

3. Vladimir Lenin (p. 434) –

4. Joseph Stalin (p. 439) –

5. Franklin Roosevelt (p. 475) –

6. Winston Churchill (p. 493) –

7. Isoroku Yamamoto (p. 497) –

8. Harry Truman (p. 534) –

Key Battles: Explain the historical significance of the following battles.

9. Verdun and Somme River (p. 414) –

10. 2nd Battle of the Marne (p. 421) –

11. Midway (p. 500) –

12. Stalingrad (p. 507) –

13. D-Day (p. 509) –

14. Battle of the Bulge (p. 510) –

Key Terms: Identify or define the following terms and explain their historical significance.

15. Balkan “powder keg” (p. 409) –

16. Armenian Genocide (p. 410) –

17. Schlieffen Plan (p. 412) -

18. Western Front (p. 412) –

19. Total War (p. 419) –

20. Treaty of Brest Litovsk (p. 420) –

21. Fourteen Points (p. 424) –

22. Polish Corridor (Notes) –

23. Lost Generation (pp. 422, 464) –

24. Bolsheviks (p. 434) –

25. Provisional Government (p. 436) –

26. Totalitarianism (p. 440) –

27. Coalition Government (p. 470) –

28. Great Depression (p. 473) –

29. Fascism (p. 476) –

30. Mein Kampf (p. 478)–

31. Rape of Nanjing (p. 482) –

32. Appeasement (p. 483) –

33. Munich Conference (p. 485) –

34. Blitzkrieg (p. 491) –

35. Holocaust (p. 502) –

36. Nuremberg Laws (p. 502) –

37. Kristallnacht (p. 502) –

38. “Final Solution” (p. 503) –

39. Concentration camps (p. 504) –

40. Yalta Conference (p. 531) –

41. United Nations (p. 532) –

42. Containment (p. 533) –

43. Truman Doctrine (p. 534) –

44. Marshall Plan (p. 534) –

45. Berlin Airlift (p. 534) –

46. NATO (p. 535) –

47. Warsaw Pact (p. 535) –

48. Bay of Pigs (p. 551) –

49. Cuban Missile Crisis (p. 551) –

50. Détente (p. 556) –

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