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WORLD HISTORY / GEOGRAPHY 2

FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

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1. What is Ho Chi Minh’s country of origin? What are some of his key accomplishments?

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2. Who were the Vietcong? What role did they play in the Vietnam War?

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3. Define the American policy of Containment and explain how it was used in the Cold War.

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4. Define the Domino Theory and explain it’s impact on American policy during the Cold War?

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5. When did the Soviet Union and its Eastern Empire collapse?

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6. Who were the leaders of U.S.A . & Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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7. Briefly describe the Bay of Pigs Invasion & the Cuban Missile Crisis. [pic] [pic]

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8. What type of government did Vietnam have after the Vietnam War? (it still exist today)

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9. Briefly describe the events of the Korean War.

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10. Define 38th parallel.

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11. Define Warsaw Pact and list some of its members.

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12. What is the significance of the Yalta Conference? Which major world leaders attended?

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13. Define Island Hopping & list the key accomplishment of U.S. General Macarthur [pic] [pic]

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14. Define Marshall Plan and describe assistance offered to Europe from U.S.A. after WWII.

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15. Describe the division of Germany and its capital Berlin after WWII.

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16. Define NATO and list some of its members.

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17. Who came up with the phrase Iron Curtain? What is its definition?

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18. What were the 2 Global Superpowers after WWII?

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19. Briefly describe the genocide of Bosnian Muslims & Catholic Croats by Serbian forces and list the decade it occurred.

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20. Define “ethnic cleansing”.

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21. Briefly describe the Rwandan Genocide. When did it occur?

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22. Briefly describe “The Great Purge”. Who was the leader?

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23. Briefly describe the Cambodian Genocide. What roles did Pol Pot & the Khmer Rouge play?

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24. Briefly describe the Armenian Holocaust. Where did it occur?

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25. Briefly describe Hitler’s “Final Solution”.

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26. Define genocide & list several examples.

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27. What was Dwight “Ike” D. Eisenhower’s country of origin? Why would time magazine call him “The Man who beat Hitler”?

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28. What is Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s country of origin? What are some of his key accomplishments?

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29. What are some of the Economic & Political causes of WWII?

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30. Define appeasement. How was this policy applied during the Interwar period?

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31. Define totalitarianism. Which countries had totalitarian regimes during the Interwar period?

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32. Which countries did Japan invade during the Interwar period in its quest for raw materials?

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33. What is Emperor Hirohito’s country of origin?

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34. What is Hideki Tojo & Isoruku Yamamoto country of origin? What are some of their key accomplishments?`

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35. What is Benito Mussolini’s country of origin? What are some of his key accomplishments?

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36. Describe the U.S.A. efforts to occupy & reconstruct Japan after WWII/

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37. Which country invaded Ethiopia during the Interwar Period & forced Emperor Haile Selaise to go to the League of Nations for help?

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38. What is Adolf Hitler’s country of origin? What are some of his key accomplishments?

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39. What is Anti-Semitism? What are some examples?

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40. What was Joseph Stalin’s country of origin? What are some of his key accomplishments?

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41. Put the following Soviet leaders in respective order: Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mikhail Gorbachev, & Nikita Khrushchev.

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42. What were some of the causes of the Great Depression?

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43. What were some of the effects of the Great Depression>?

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44. Describe Japan’s process of isolation, industrialization, imperialism, and finally pacifism.

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