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The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Comp I - Bologna January 2011 EUROPEAN STUDIES COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY AND IDEAS TIME ALLOWED: FOUR (4) HOURS SECTION I: Identify and explain the significance of TEN (10) of the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. London Economic Conference of 1933 Boer War Locarno Agreement of 1925 Robert Steward, Viscount Castlereagh Jean-Baptiste Colbert Maximilien Robespierre Agostino Depretis 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Triple Alliance Potsdam Conference Maxim Litvinov The Duke of Marlborough The siege of Vienna (1683) Émile Ollivier Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz Eduard Benes ANSWER ONE (1) QUESTION FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: SECTION II 1. What were the main features and rational for European mercantilism in the 17th and 18th centuries? 2. What were the causes and consequences of the Seven Years War? 3. How did the French Revolution contribute to the transition of states to “nation states?” SECTION III 1. What were the main issues raised by Joseph Chamberlain in the British imperialist and tariff policy? 2. How did the Concert of powers affect the European state system after 1815? 3. What were the consequences of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire for Europe and the global system generally? SECTION IV 1. What was the impact of decolonization of the European nation states and the process of European integration after 1945? 2. What were the arguments of John Maynard Keynes opposing Winston Churchill’s decision to return Britain to the Gold Standard in 1925? 3. What was the impact of the Russian Revolution of 1917 on the European state system in the 1920s and 1930s? 4. Why, according to Joseph Schumpeter, does “creative destruction” lead to socialism? The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Comp I - Bologna May 2011 EUROPEAN STUDIES COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY AND IDEAS TIME ALLOWED: FOUR (4) HOURS SECTION I: Identify and explain the significance of TEN (10) of the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Cardinal Mazarin Albrecht von Wallenstein William III Frederick the Great Karl Philipp Schwartzenberg Friedrich Engels Louis Philippe Wilhelm II 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Sun Yat Sen Russo-Japanese War Boer War Gustav Stresemann Leon Gambetta Giovanni Giolitti Giuseppe Verdi ANSWER ONE (1) QUESTION FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: SECTION II 1. What were the main features of and rationale for European mercantilism in the 17th and 18th centuries? 2. How did England’s “Glorious Revolution” affect the European balance of power? 3. What did the French Revolution have to do with the transition from states into “nation states?” SECTION III 1. “The English Reform Bill of 1832 was a conservative revolution.” Discuss. 2. Discuss the political evolution of France under the Third Republic, until World War I. 3. “No sooner did Bismarck make an alliance with Austria-Hungary than he tried to escape its consequences.” Discuss. SECTION IV 1. What were the consequences of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire for Europe and the global system generally? 2. What was the impact of decolonization on the European nation states and their integration after World War II? 3. Discuss the significance of the Russian front in World War II. 4. What was Keynes’ response to “Say’s Law”? The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Comp I - Bologna September 2011 EUROPEAN STUDIES COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY AND IDEAS TIME ALLOWED: FOUR (4) HOURS SECTION I: Identify and explain the significance of TEN (10) of the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Blitzkrieg Battle of Stalingrad The “Winter King” Charles I Louis XV Poor Law Reform, 1834 Alfred Thayer Mahan Count Segei Witte 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Sino-Japanese War Franz Joseph Dino Grandi Pierre Laval Walther Rathenau Dawes Plan Winston Churchill ANSWER ONE (1) QUESTION FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: SECTION II 1. Compare the strengths and weaknesses of English and French colonialism in the 17th and 18th centuries. 2. “The Habsburgs failed to transform the Holy Roman Empire into a modern state.” Discuss. 3. “Napoleon was more ‘modern’ than his opponents.” Discuss. SECTION III 1. Discuss the foreign policy of Napoleon III. 2. In what respects did the foreign policy of Gladstone differ from that of Disraeli? 3. How did Bismarck unite Germany? SECTION IV 1. 2. 3. 4. “Everyone lost World War I.” Discuss. Analyze the foreign and domestic policy of Neville Chamberlain. “Thanks to Roosevelt, Stalin won World War II.” Discuss. How did Lenin explain World War I? Does he provide a “Marxist theory of international relations”? The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Comp I - Washington January 2011 EUROPEAN STUDIES COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY AND IDEAS TIME ALLOWED: FOUR (4) HOURS SECTION I: Identify and explain the significance of TEN (10) of the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Blitzkrieg Battle of Stalingrad Hugo de Grote Charles I Louis XV Richard Cobden Alfred Thayer Mahan Edmund Burke 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Sino-Japanese War Congress of Vienna Georges Jacques Danton Pierre Laval Walther Rathenau Dawes Plan Winston Churchill ANSWER ONE (1) QUESTION FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: SECTION II 1. How did monarchies consolidate power in 17th and 18th Century Europe? 2. “The Habsburgs failed to transform the Holy Roman Empire into a modern state.” Discuss. 3. What was the rationale for European mercantilism in the 17th and 18th Centuries? SECTION III 1. Why was it so difficult to “modernize” the Czarist regime? 2. In what respects did the foreign policy of Gladstone differ from that of Disraeli? 3. What was the significance of the Eastern Question to European diplomacy in the 19th Century? SECTION IV 1. 2. 3. 4. Why did European states decolonize? Analyze the foreign and domestic policy of Neville Chamberlain. Discuss the significance of the “Eastern Front” in World War II. What was Keynes’ response to “Say’s Law”? Spring 2011 COMP I Time Allowed: Four (4) hours: Section I (Required): Identify and explain the significance of ten (10) of the following: 1. Fascism 9. Egyptian Campaign 2. Spanish Civil War 10. Treaty of Tilsit 3. Verdun 11. Creditanstalt 4.Talleyrand 12. Brest-Litovsk 5. Opium Wars 13. Brussels Pact 6. Alexander II 14. Helsinki Accords 7. Dien Bien Phu 15. Tennis Court Oath 8. Attaturk ANSWER ONE (1) QUESTION FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: SECTION II 1. Assess France’s policy in the Seven Years War. 2. Did the American Revolution cause the French Revolution? 3. What was Louis XIV’s greatest achievement? SECTION III 1. What caused the revolutions of 1848? 2. Why did the European powers fail to resolve the Eastern problem in the 19th century? 3. How effective was Bismarck’s foreign policy? SECTION IV 1. 2. 3. 4. Explain America’s policy toward the United Nations. What were the main links between the Great Depression and World War I? Why couldn’t Germany pay reparations? How did Ricardo’s thinking influence Marx’s? Fall 2011 Comp I Time Allowed: Four (4) hours: Section I (Required): Identify and explain the significance of ten (10) of the following: 1. Kellog-Briand Pact 9. Diplomatic Revolution of the 18th century 2. Coudenhove-Kalergi 10. Pact of Steel 3. Operation Torch 11. Jacques Rueff 4. Metternich 12. Minister Colbert 5. Trafalgar 13. Robert Schuman 6. Alexander I 14. Corn Laws 7. Battle of Algiers 15. Sobieski 8. Cecil Rhodes ANSWER ONE (1) QUESTION FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: SECTION II 1. Who won the Seven Years War and why? 2. What was the basis of Peter the Great’s foreign policy? 3. Why was the French Revolution so violent? SECTION III 1. Who was a better statesman, Metternich or Talleyrand? 2. What were the causes and consequences of the Great Depression of the 1870s? 3. What was the effect of the scramble for Africa? SECTION IV 1. 2. 3. 4. Explain America’s strategy in World War II. Why did Churchill revalue the pound in 1925? Why did the Schlieffen plan fail? What was Hayek’s critique of centralized planning?