Download UNIDAD EDUCATIVA PARTICULAR ECOMUNDO RECOVERY

UNIDAD EDUCATIVA PARTICULAR ECOMUNDO
RECOVERY EXAM STUDY GUIDE
SUBJECT: World History
VERSION: 1 – 2 – 3
GRADE: 2nd Baccalaureate
SECTION: A – B – C – D
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2014 – 2015
TEACHER: Ms. Daniela Celleri / Ms. Isabel Banegas
NAME: ___________________________ DATE: ___________________
Wars in the 20th century
- Total war.
- Civil wars.
The causes of World War 1
- Key characteristics of the European powers of 1900s: Turkey, Germany, AustriaHungary, Russia, France and Britain.
- Short-term causes: the crisis years.
o The Bosnian crisis.
o The first and second Moroccan crisis.
o The first and second Balkan wars.
o Other developments.
- Immediate causes of the war: July crisis.
- The contribution of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, France and Britain to the
outbreak of World War 1.
Overview of the war
- Western Front:
o Failure of the Sclieffen Plan.
o The USA joins the war.
o The victory of the allies.
o The Armistice
- Eastern Front:
o 1914
o 1915
o 1916-17
- Ways in which World War I is a total War
o Aims of belligerents
o The use of weaponry
o Role of civilians
Results of World War I
- Impact of the war in Europe
o Political consequences
- Impact of the war outside of Europe: the situation in 1919
o America
o Japan and China
- Armistice settlement and the mood of the German population
- Terms of the Treaty of Versailles
o War guilt
o Disarmament
o Territorial changes
o Mandates
o Reparations
o Punishment of war criminals
- Contemporary response to the Treaty of Versailles
- Criticism of the Treaty of Versailles
Causes of World War II in Europe: The Failure of Collective Security
- Failure of Collective Security
o Collective Security and the League of Nations
o The Covenant of the League of Nations
o Dealing with international dispute
- Problems for the League of Nations in the 1920s
o Absence of major powers
o Absence of the USSR
o Absence of Germany
Causes of World War II in Europe: Hitler’s War
- Hitler’s foreign policy aims and his rise to power
- Short-term causes of World War II
o Revising the Treaty of Versailles
o German Militarization of the Rhineland
o Rome-Berlin Axis and the Anti-Comintern Pact
- Immediate causes of World War II
o The invasion of Poland
Causes of World War II in the Pacific
- Japan and the long-term causes of WWII in the Pacific
o Sino-Japanese war
- Japan and Versailles: a “mutilated victory”
- Sino-Japanese War: no retreat
-
The immediate cause of the war
o Tripartite pact
The role of the emperor in Japan’s road to war
Spanish Civil War
- Long-term causes of the Spanish Civil War
o Role of the Spanish army
o Role of the Church
o The Civil Guard
o The UGT and CNT
o Political opposition
- Immediate causes of the Spanish Civil War