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World History - Spring Semester 2015 - Final Review Guide
Chapter 15 Years of Crisis (pages 460-475)
1. What was the conflict between the theory of relativity and the absolute laws of motion and
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2. Identify the writers of the 1920s and existentialism.
3. How did WWI affect art and literature?
4. What new styles of art emerged?
5. Why were Sigmund Freud’s ideas considered to be radical?
6. What new technology emerged after WWI?
7. What type of government emerged in Germany (and most European nations) after WWI?
8. Why were governments in Britain and France sometimes unstable?
9. How did the United States help the German economy?
10. How did the U.S. economy at the end of the 1920s start to weaken?
11. How did the Great Depression start?
12. How did the United States recover from the Great Depression?
13. Describe the New Deal.
Chapter 14 Revolution and Nationalism (433-445)
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How were religious minorities treated in Russia in the late 1800s?
What two groups fought in the Russian Civil War? Describe them.
Why were the czars unpopular?
How did the Russian people feel about the Russo-Japanese War and WWI?
How was the provisional government organized?
What were the goals of the Bolsheviks?
What type of government was established by the Bolsheviks?
Explain the economic plans of the leaders of the Soviet Union?
Describe how Lenin and Stalin ruled.
World History Chapter 16 World War II Review
Section 1 – Hitler’s Lightning War
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Blitzkrieg Describe Hitler’s expansion of Germany before WWII began.
When did France and Great Britain join the war?
What happened at the Battle of Britain? What was the outcome and why was it important?
What was the Atlantic Charter?
Section 2 – Japan’s Pacific Campaign
1. How did Japan expand its empire in mid-1941? How did the U.S. respond?
2. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? How did FDR respond? How did the U.S. respond?
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3. Identify and describe the Allies’ strategy in the Pacific Campaign (how did they fight the
Japanese)?
4. What battle “turned the tide of the war” for the Allies?
Section 3 – The Holocaust
1. What was Kristallnacht?
2. What was Hitler’s plan for the Jews of Europe when he first came to power? How did this
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3. Describe the extermination camps. Where were they?
Section 4 – The Allied Victory
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What happened at the Battle of Stalingrad?
How did the U.S. help the Allies before entering the war?
Describe how Japanese culture influenced the Japanese soldiers?
What were some domestic issues in the U.S. after the attack on Pearl Harbor? How were
Japanese Americans treated?
5. How did World War II end? Be specific.
Section 5 – Europe and Japan in Ruins
1. How did the leadership of Japan change after WWII?
2. How were Nazis dealt with after WWII?
3. What happened to many Europeans after the conclusion of the war? What happened to
civilians, Holocaust survivors, etc.?
Chapter 17 – Restructuring the Postwar World – Review Guide
Section 1 Cold War: Two Superpowers Face Off
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What does the term “iron curtain” mean?
Which countries were to the east? West?
What was the difference between the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan?
What was the West’s general plan for dealing with communism?
What was the difference between the Warsaw Pact and NATO?
How did the Americans and the Soviets deal with Berlin?
What was the significance of the Soviets launching Sputnik I?
After WWII what did Stalin promise to grant in Eastern Europe?
What did Stalin tell President Truman after hearing the “iron curtain” speech?
Section 2 Communists Take Power in China
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Who fought in the civil war in China?
What was the Cultural Revolution and who led it?
Describe the outcome of the Chinese civil war.
What were the two Chinas?
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Section 3 Wars in Korea and Vietnam
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Why did China enter the Korean conflict?
What did the U.S. believe would happen in the communists won in Vietnam?
Why was General MacArthur fired?
What role did the Vietcong play in the Vietnam War?
What did Vietnam except from America after the war finished?
Section 4 The Cold War Divides the World
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Define Third World nations.
How did the U.S. and Soviet Union try to gain influence with the Third World countries?
Who led the revolution in Iran?
What happened at the “Bay of Pigs?”
Why did the Soviets invade Afghanistan?
Describe the American policy in Nicaragua.
Section 5 The Cold War Thaws
1. What was SDI?
2. What is the difference between brinkmanship and détente?
3. Were the policies of Soviet leaders Brezhnev and Khrushchev more similar or dissimilar?
Ch. 18 The Colonies Become New Nations, 1945 – Present Review Guide
Section 1 The Indian Subcontinent Achieves Freedom
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What influenced independence movements throughout the world?
Why was India divided? What was this called? What happened after the division?
Who moved to which country?
After Pakistan was created why did Indian and Pakistan still fight each other?
Who fought in Sri Lanka?
Section 2 Southeast Asian Nations Gain Independence
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Why were the Philippines upset with the United States after WWII?
Why are the Philippines a poor country?
Why is Singapore different than its neighboring countries?
How were the Philippines, Myanmar, and Algeria similar?
Section 3 New Nations in Africa
1. Who were the Mau Mau?
2. Describe Algeria in the 1990s.
3. Why did newly independent nations in Africa struggle? Explain.
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Section 4 Conflicts in the Middle East
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Explain the 1956 Suez Crisis?
What is an intifada?
What happened after the Six-Day War?
Why was a Palestinian state not created in the 1940s?
Explain the overall conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians?
Section 5 Central Asia Struggles
1. Who took control of Afghanistan after the Soviet Union left?
2. Name the Central Asian republics?
Chapter 19 – Struggles for Democracy
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What is needed for a democracy to work?
Why did Latin American countries struggle sin establishing democratic governments?
Why were there so many wars in Nigeria?
What was apartheid?
How did Gorbachev try to open up the Soviet economy?
What happened after communism fell in East Germany?
What happened to the Muslim population in Bosnia?
What were the Four Modernizations?
What happened in China that made students want political reforms?
Explain the deal the British made with China in regard to Hong Kong?
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