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World History Final Exam Review
Age of Exploration
1. Why were European countries engaging in exploration?
2. Describe the Columbian Exchange
3. Why did American Indian populations decrease rapidly after contact with Europeans?
4. Describe mercantilism:
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
5. Name some famous scientists that used the scientific method to solve problems:
6. Describe the Scientific Revolution:
7. Describe and draw the heliocentric model of the universe:
8. Describe the beliefs and ideas of the Enlightenment:
9. Why is the Enlightenment considered a turning point in history?
American, French, and Latin American Revolutions
10. Describe absolutism:
11. What is the significance of the date July 4, 1776?
12. Describe the constitutional principle “separation of powers”:
13. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are known as:
14. What were the causes of the French Revolution?
15. How did the Enlightenment, American Revolution, and French Revolution impact the independence movements of
Latin America?
Industrial Revolution
16. What is the Industrial Revolution?
17. The Industrial Revolution began in what country?
18. Describe the working conditions of factory workers during the Industrial Revolution:
19. Describe Karl Marx’s ideas of communism:
20.Describe laissez-faire capitalism:
Imperialism
21. Describe imperialism:
22. What continent controlled the largest amount of territories by the 19th century?
23. What were the main reasons European countries were colonizing other parts of the world?
24. What were the effects of European imperialism in Africa?
25. Describe nationalism:
26. China, Japan, and Korea tried to implement policies of isolationism, which means they tried to:
World War I
27. When did World War I occur?
28. List the MAIN causes of WWI:
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29. Describe the fighting along the Western Front during WWI:
30. What country paid the largest amount of reparations based on the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles?
31. Many historians believe that the harsh terms found in the Treaty of Versailles helped lead to this war:
32. How did the global depression in the 1930s contribute to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany?
Communism and the Russian Revolution
33. What were the causes of the Russian Revolution?
34. Describe collectivization:
World War II
35. Describe a totalitarian state:
36. Describe the characteristics of fascism:
37. What is appeasement?
38. What is anti-Semitism?
39. When did World War II occur?
40. Why did the Japanese want to expand into eastern Asia from 1905-1941?
41. The start of World War II begins in 1939 when Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. What prompted
this declaration of war?
42. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Why is this significant in U.S. history?
Cold War
43. Describe the Cold War:
44. Describe capitalism:
45. Describe communism:
46. What was the purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the Warsaw Pact?
47. Why didn’t the U.S. and Soviet Union want to get into direct conflict during the Cold War?
48. How did the Cold War impact Asia?
Post-WWII
49. What are the characteristics of the Arab-Israeli conflict?
50. What is decolonization?
51. What was the goal of the Hutus in control in Rwanda in 1994?
52. Describe how America responded to 9/11:
World Map:
Be able to locate the following countries on a world map:
China
Japan
India
United States
Saudi Arabia
Italy
Be able to locate the following bodies of water on a world map:
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Nile River
Panama Canal
Black Sea
Russia
Israel
Mediterranean Sea
United Kingdom
Germany