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Unit 6 Study Guide – 19th Century
and the First World War
The test will be on Friday, April 25, and will consist of 18 multiple-choice
questions, 2 map/geography questions, and an essay question (all questions are
worth 1 point save for the 5-point essay, for a total of 20 points on the test)
Utilize all the resources at your disposal – Text, Notebook, and the publisher's website:
Go to http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078799813/student_view0/
Use the drop-down menu at the bottom of the left column to choose the
chapter you wish to review, then explore what’s available. The "Vocabulary
eFlashcards" in the Chapter Review, as well as the "Study Central" area in the
Section Review, provide good materials
Review Vocabulary terms and Review Questions on slides 4, 8, 12-13, 18, 25, 34, 38, 43,
48, and 53 in the WAWDT? powerpoint
Review the geographic data associated with the civilizations we’ve discussed, and be
able to place them on maps of Europe and the Americas (notebook assignments; maps
on pgs 653, 659, 669, 687, 693, 759, 761, 763, 773, and 779)
Be familiar with the social and societal impacts of the industrial revolution (c19s1)
Be familiar with notable writers of the Romantic and Realist schools (c19s4)
Determine what “ism” is reflected by a quote from a notable figure (c19; NB assignment)
Know the composition of the various social classes, according to Marx (c20s1)
Be able to distinguish the subject matter of Romantic vs. Realist artists (c19s4)
Identify which countries were able to resist Western imperialism in the late 19th century
(c21s1)
Explain why the rule of the British East India Company was terminated before 1850
(c21s3)
Identify the main messages in the Kipling poem “White Man’s Burden” (Intro to
Imperialism PPT; notes)
Identify the “owner” of the Congo Free State (c217s2)
Identify which Asian regions/countries were dominated by which Western power (NB
assignment; map pg 687)
Define “Zionism” (c20s4)
Identify the members of the Triple Entente and of the Triple Alliance (c23s1)
Know the locations of the main battle fronts during the First World War (c23s2)
Identify some of the new technologies employed during WWI (c23s2)
Identify some of the important provisions of the Treaty of Versailles (c23s4)
Identify the MAIN causes of the First World War (MAIN Causes PPT; notes)
Explain the League of Nations, as envisioned by Woodrow Wilson (c23s4)
On a map, be able to identify the Schlieffen Plan, the Western Front, the Gallipoli
Peninsula, and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
There will be a five-point essay on this test – you will have a choice of any of
these five prompts:
What was the impact of industrialization on artisans? on peasants? on women? on
children?
Analyze the relationship between the Industrial Revolution and the main tenets of
Communism as described by Karl Marx.
What were some of the political, economic, social, intellectual, and military factors that
explained the sudden increase in the pace and importance of European imperialism in
the late 19c?
To what extent was the First World War a total war? Explain your answer providing
specific evidence to back your claim (note: you’ll first have to define what a “total war” is)
Identify the major agreements reached at the Paris Peace Conference concerning
THREE of the following: responsibility for causing the war; territorial changes; disposition
of the German colonies; restriction on German naval and military power; reparations.