SOCIAL STUDIES/Europe/Unit 1 Study Guide
SOCIAL STUDIES- Unit 2- History of Europe
Study Guide
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1) Where did the early Portuguese voyagers sail?
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2) List 3 reasons why Prince Henry the Navigator helped Portugal become a leader in exploration.
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3) Which country conquered two major civilizations in Latin America?____________________________
4) Why did Prince Henry the Navigator want to send ships south to Africa?
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5) Which religion did Prince Henry the Navigator hope to spread?________________________________
6) What was the result of Christopher Columbus discovering the West Indies?
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7) Colonialism was important to many European countries during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as they colonized parts of Africa and Asia. Which of the following explains how colonialism might have helped cause World War I?
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8) What are three effects of European colonization?
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9) Which South American country was originally colonized by the Portuguese?
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10) In the 15th century, Prince Henry the Navigator sponsored many voyages. What part of the world did people sailing for Henry the Navigator explore? ____________________________________________
11) Why was colonialism, or the building of empires, so important to European nations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
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12) England claimed _______ in 1770. It established colonies in the region and gained more control over it than any other European empire.____________________________________
13) What was considered the beginning of WWI in the U.S.?
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14) After this war, the world was in a worldwide depression?
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15) List 3 things that led to World War I?
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16) This is the name of the WWI alliance of Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, and the US?
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17.) What was considered the beginning of WWI in Europe?
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18) The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that formally ended ______________ and made the German people ___________________________________________________________________________________
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19) Because of its_________ in World War I, Germany ____________ land after the war.
20) What were the causes of the Russian Revolution.
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21) The Russian Revolution had what effect on World War I?
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22) What is nationalism?
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23) At the end of World War I, what was paid to the Allied countries; this term is used to make
up a wrong usually by payment of money, goods, and services by the defeated power?
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24) What was the systematic murder of over 6 million European Jews and others by Hitler and the Nazis during WWII is called? ___________________________________________________
25) Which people did Hitler believe to be a superior race? _______________________________________
26.) What action caused the U.S. to enter WWII?
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27.) What was the purpose of the concentration camps in Europe during WW2?
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28. Which nations made up the Axis powers during WWII?
29. Adolf Hitler was the leader of what political party?
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30. After WWII ended, which country had to pay huge reparations to the countries it harmed?
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31. Which war involved money and propaganda rather than fighting and increased tensions between countries with the threat of nuclear weapons?
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32. Which two superpowers were involved in the Cold War?
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33. Gorbachev’s plan of Perestroika was used for what purpose?
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34. The Cold War was “cold” because
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35. What was the US worried that the Soviet Union would do?
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36. What happened to East and West Germany when the Berlin Wall fell?
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37. As the Cold War was coming to an end, what idea were Gorbachev and Yeltsin attempting to spread in the Soviet Union?
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Essay Question:
Choose of the following questions to answer and on an index card, write your outline for your essay. You will be allowed to use this on the test.
Option A:
The Treaty of Versailles had a number of consequences that effected Germany and eventually the rest of the world.
In a paragraph, explain the following:
a. What were the effects of the Treaty of Versailles? (name at least 3)
b. How did the treaty of Versailles lead to WWII?
Option B:
In complete sentences in paragraph form, answer the following question:
How did European Empire Building in Africa and Asia lead to war?
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