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Quarter 3 Review Questions
World History
Directions: Answer these questions as fully as you can on a separate sheet of paper.
Prologue – Influences on Democracy
1. What is the primary similarity between Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian traditions?
2. Explain how the Greco-Romans view laws. What should they be based on?
3. According to Aristotle, what is the purpose of a government?
4. According to Plato, what is the best form of government?
5. How did the Greco-Roman philosophers (Plato and Aristotle) contribute to democracy?
Chapter 6 – Enlightenment and American Revolution
6. How did Thomas Jefferson influence the French Revolution? (Think about important documents in
your answer.)
7. Give an example of how we can see evidence of separation of powers in the United States today.
8. What was the Magna Carta?
9. What happened in England as a result of the Magna Carta?
10. How did the American Revolution inspire later revolutions?
Chapter 7 – French Revolution
11. What was the Tennis Court Oath? Why was it important?
12. Why were members of the Third Estate upset in France? Why did they want a change in French
government?
13. Why did nationalism spread in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars?
Chapter 9 – Industrial Revolution
14. Why were many cities located near running rivers or coalfields?
15. Where did most workers come from during the early years of industrialization in England?
16. What is urbanization? What was the primary cause of urbanization in England in the 1700s?
17. What effect did enclosures have on England during the 1700s?
18. What invention emerged in response to the increased need for electricity in the 1800s?
19. What is pasteurization?
20. Why were many women criticized during the Industrial Revolution?
21. What was the primary criticism of capitalism after the Industrial Revolution?
 Added question! What was the most common problem in cities? Poor Housing.
22. Define and list the characteristics of communism.
Chapter 11 – Age of Imperialism
23. Why was the Suez Canal significant to the colonization of Egypt by the British?
24. List the main causes of imperialism in Africa. What raw materials were the Europeans interested in
importing from Africa?
25. What were the agricultural effects of colonial rule in Africa?
 Which German colonies were taken from them due to WWI?
Chapter 13 – World War I
26. What is the primary goal of propaganda during wartime?
27. What were the two alliances during WWI? List the main countries in each.
28. Explain the MAIN causes of World War I. What was the event that sparked the war?
29. Where did most of the trench warfare occur during WWI? (Between which countries?)
30. What advantages did the Russians have in WWI?
31. What was decided in the Treaty of Brest Litovsk? What effect did the signing of the treaty have on
Germany?
32. Why were the Russians excluded from the Paris Peace Conference that produced the Treaty of
Versailles?
33. What were the goals of the British and the French at the Paris Pease Conference?
34. Explain the goals of the League of Nations.
35. List the major provisions in the Treaty of Versailles. What was decided?
Chapter 14 – Russian Revolution and Nationalism
36. Put the following events in chronological order: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Russia enters WWI, Stalin
takes control, Russian czar steps down.
37. Describe the characteristics of a totalitarian government.
38. How did Russia become communist? (Describe the Bolshevik Revolution.)
39. What were the goals of Stalin’s Five Year Plans? Were they successful?
40. What was the purpose of Stalin’s Great Purge? Who was victimized?
41. How did Stalin view religion?
42. How did Stalin control the information people in the Soviet Union received?
43. Why was there colonial participation from India during WWI?
Chapter 15 – Rise of Totalitarian Leaders
44. What was meant by the “lost generation”?
45. Explain why there was hyperinflation in Germany after WWI.
46. How was the hyperinflation “fixed”?
47. List two similarities and two differences between communism and fascism.
48. Define and list the characteristics of fascism.
49. What was the purpose of the Munich Conference? What was decided at the Munich Conference?
50. What is appeasement? What are the major consequences of appeasement?
51. How did Hitler try to achieve lebensraum?
52. Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
53. Why did Hitler and Stalin sign a non-aggression pact in 1939? What happened as a result?
 What was the main goal of Hitler and the Nazi party?
Chapter 16 – World War II
54. What was the purpose of the U.S. Neutrality Acts?
55. Where did the Germans successfully use the blitzkrieg? What were German troop movements in 1941?
56. What happened during the Battle of Britain?
57. Describe Stalin’s goals at the beginning of WWII. (Why did he sign a non-aggression pact with
Germany?)
58. Describe Churchill’s attitude towards Hitler.
59. Why didn’t the United States get involved in WWII after the invasion of Poland? What caused the
United States to officially enter the war?
60. Who were the “Big Three” during World War II?
61. Why were the Germans defeated by the Soviets at the Battle of Stalingrad?
62. What was the purpose of the General MacArthur’s invasion of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines? Was it
successful?
63. Describe what happened on Kristallnacht.
64. What was the purpose of the Nuremberg Laws in Germany?
65. What was Hitler’s Final Solution?
66. What were the Nuremberg Trials? What happened?
67. Describe the major consequences of the atomic bombs on Japan.
68. Explain the two major changes the United States forced on Japan after they lost WWII.
69. Which nations faced the most deaths during WWII?
70. Why were there so many civilian casualties during World War II?
 What was Stalin’s main goal during WWII?