Download Three Hundred Essential Questions Global History and Geography

Survey
yes no Was this document useful for you?
   Thank you for your participation!

* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project

Document related concepts
no text concepts found
Transcript
Three Hundred Essential Questions
Global History and Geography
CUSUMANO
1. On what continent did the first humans appear?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
2. Who was Mary Leakey and what did she believe?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
3. Define the following terms: Archaeologist, Artifact, and Anthropologist.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
4. State two facts about a traditional economy.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
5. Define nomad. Why were early humans nomadic?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
6. Define culture and identify specific characteristics of culture.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
7. What was the Neolithic Revolution?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
8. What were the effects of the Neolithic Revolution?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
9. Define civilization and identify specific characteristics of civilization.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
10. Identify the four early river valley civilizations.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
11. What was Mesopotamia?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
12. List two significant facts about the Sumerians.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
13. Define cuneiform and define ziggurat.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
14. What was the Code of Hammurabi? Prove the following statement: The Code of Hammurabi was
harsh and had class divisions.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
15. Think Ancient Egypt and define pharaoh and hieroglyphics.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
16. Describe urban planning in the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro of the Indus River Valley
Civilization (Harappan civilization).
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
17. Where did China’s earliest civilization develop?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
18. Who invaded the Indian subcontinent around 1500 B.C.E.?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
19. Where did the Persian Empire stretch at its height?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
20. State three significant facts about Athens.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
21. State three significant facts about Sparta.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
22. Describe Athenian democracy (Who voted and who could not vote).
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
23. List three accomplishments of the ancient Greek Golden Age (Include one architectural
accomplishment and one philosophical accomplishment).
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
24. Who was Alexander the Great and what did he spread?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
25. Describe the Roman republic.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
26. Identify the Twelve Tables of Roman law.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
27. How did Rome change as it became an empire?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
28. What was the Pax Romana?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
29. Who was Emperor Constantine and why was he significant?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
30. State two causes of the fall of Rome.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
31. State three facts about the Mauryan king Asoka.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
32. What were the Pillars of Asoka?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
33. What happened during the Gupta Empire (Include specific accomplishments)?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
34. What was the Mandate of Heaven?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
35. State facts about the Qin dynasty of China.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
36. List the similarities of the Han dynasty of China and the Roman Empire.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
37. What was the Silk Road and provide examples of cultural diffusion on the Silk Road?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
38. List three Chinese inventions.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
39. Define animism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
40. Explain the following terms associated with Judaism: Monotheism and the Torah.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
41. Explain the following terms associated with Hinduism: Caste System, Reincarnation, Karma,
Dharma, Brahma, and Moksha.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________
42. Explain the following terms associated with Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold
Path, and Nirvana.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
43. Explain the following terms associated with Confucianism: The Five Relationships, Inferiors and
Superiors, Filial Piety, and the Examination System.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________
44. Explain one belief of Daoism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
45. Explain two Christian beliefs regarding Jesus Christ.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
46. Identify and describe three significant facts about the Mayas, a pre-Columbian group that
flourished in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
47. What happened to the Eastern Roman Empire after the collapse of the western half of the Roman
Empire in the 5th century?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
48. What was the Code of Justinian?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
49. What form of Christianity was practiced in the Byzantine Empire?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
50. What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and why did it have a great location for trade?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
51. List two accomplishments of the Byzantine Empire.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
52. How did the Byzantines influence Russia (Consider cultural diffusion)?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
53. Who was Muhammad and how did he change world history?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
54. What happened to Muhammad in 622? What is the name of this event?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
55. List the Five Pillars of Faith that Muslims follow.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________
56. What is the Qu’ran (Koran)?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
57. Why did Islam quickly spread?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
58. List two accomplishments of the Islamic Golden Age.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
59. Describe life in the early Middle Ages or Medieval period.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
60. Define feudalism and explain why feudalism existed in the European Middle Ages.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
61. Define the following terms associated with the European Medieval Period: Manor, Serf, and Lord.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
62. Why is the Middle Ages often referred to as the Age of Faith?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
63. What did the Roman Catholic Church provide during the Middle Ages?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
64. What were the Crusades?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
65. The Crusades are sometimes referred to as “Successful Failures” for the Europeans. Why?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
66. List several accomplishments from China’s Golden Age (the T’ang and Song Dynasties).
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
67. Explain to beliefs associated with the Shinto religion of Japan (Include a belief associated with the
emperor).
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
68. Describe the Trans-Saharan trade.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
69. Identify the three West African Kingdoms that controlled the Trans-Saharan trade.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
70. Who was Mansa Musa and why did he take a famous pilgrimage to Mecca?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
71. What was Timbuktu and why was it significant?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
72. Identify and describe three significant facts about the Aztecs, a pre-Columbian group that
flourished before the arrival of the Europeans.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
73. Identify and describe three significant facts about the Incas, a pre-Columbian group that
flourished before the arrival of the Europeans.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
74. Who was Chinggis (Genghis) Khan and how did he change world history?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
75. State two facts about Kublai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty of China.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
76. Who was Marco Polo and what did he do?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
77. Describe the extent of the Mongol Empire (What lands did the Mongols conquer?).
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
78. Explain the following terms associated with feudalism in Japan: Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, and
Bushido.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________
79. Describe the role of the Japanese emperor during the Japanese feudal period.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
80. How did the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) enter Western Europe?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
81. What were the effects of the Bubonic Plague on Western Europe (Consider direct and indirect
effects)?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
82. What was the Renaissance?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
83. Identify several artists, one philosopher, and one scientist of the Renaissance.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
84. Define secularism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
85. Define humanism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
86. Who was Copernicus and what was the heliocentric model of the universe?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
87. What happened in 1453 (Consider Constantinople)?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
88. What was an indulgence?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
89. Who was Martin Luther and why did he challenge the Roman Catholic Church?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
90. What were the Ninety-Five Theses?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
91. Why did some German princes protect Martin Luther?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
92. Who was John Calvin?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
93. What did Johann Gutenberg invent and how and why did his invention help spread ideas?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
94. What was the Counter-Reformation?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
95. What happened at the Council of Trent?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
96. What was the Inquisition?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
97. Who were the Jesuits?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
98. Provide one fact about each of the following explorers of the European Age of Exploration:
Christopher Columbus, Vasco Da Gama, and Ferdinand Magellan.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
99. What was the Columbian Exchange and how did it change world history?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
100.
Why was Hernán Cortés able to conquer the Aztecs?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
101.
Why was Francisco Pizarro able to conquer the Incas?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
102.
Explain the impact of European diseases on the Native American Indians, the indigenous
peoples of the Americas.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
103.
Describe the class hierarchy or ranking system in colonial Latin America.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
104.
Define the following terms associated with the class hierarchy of Latin America:
Peninsulares, Creoles, and Mestizos.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
105.
How did a dying Native American Indian population impact Africans?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
106.
Explain three facts about the tragic Atlantic Slave Trade.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
107.
Define mercantilism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
108.
Define capitalism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
109.
What was the Commercial Revolution?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
110.
Explain Divine Right Theory.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
111.
Who was Thomas Hobbes and what did he believe regarding absolutism?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
112.
Why was Louis XIV of France a model of an absolute ruler?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
113.
Define tsar.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
114.
How did Peter the Great change Russia?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
115.
How did Catherine the Great change Russia?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
116.
What was the Magna Carta and how did it limit the power of the king?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
117.
State the most significant effects of the Puritan Revolution and the Glorious Revolution.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
118.
Who was John Locke and what did he believe?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
119.
Describe the scientific method.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
120.
What did Sir Isaac Newton discover?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
121.
How did the Scientific Revolution change world history?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
122.
What was the European Enlightenment?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
123.
The Enlightenment is also known as the Age of Reason. Why?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
124.
Identify and explain one belief of each of the following Enlightenment philosophers:
Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Adam Smith.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________
125.
Identify and explain three facts about the Ottoman Empire (Include a statement on
cultural diversity).
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
126.
Where did the Safavids establish an empire (Include the land’s ancient name and its
present name)?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
127.
How did the Mughal rulers of the Indian subcontinent differ from the majority of their
subjects?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
128.
Who was Akbar the Great and why was he significant?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
129.
What is the Taj Mahal and why was it built?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
130.
What was the British East India Company and how did it change India?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
131.
What dynasty ruled after the Yuan Dynasty in China?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
132.
Identify the last Chinese dynasty.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
133.
Identify and explain two causes of the French Revolution.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
134.
Why did the Third Estate declare a National Assembly?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
135.
What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
136.
What was the purpose of the Committee of Public Safety and who was its leaders?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
137.
What happened during the Reign of Terror?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
138.
Why did Napoleon Bonaparte seize power in France?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
139.
What was the Napoleonic Code?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
140.
Why did the invasion of Russia lead to the downfall of Napoleon?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
141.
What did the Congress of Vienna want to restore?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
142.
Who was the most significant leader of the Congress of Vienna?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
143.
Explain the “balance of power.”
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
144.
Define nationalism and explain how the French Revolution encouraged nationalism but the
Congress of Vienna discouraged nationalism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
145.
Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture and how did he change the history of his nation and the
world?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
146.
State two reasons why Latin Americans wanted independence?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
147.
Which social class generally led Latin American independence movements?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
148.
Simón Bolívar is often called the “Great Liberator”. Why?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
149.
What conflicts existed in Latin America after the success of the independence movements?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
150.
How did the Industrial Revolution change production?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
151.
In what nation did the Industrial Revolution begin?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
152.
What factors encouraged industrialization (Consider energy sources and resources)?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
153.
Why did industrialization encourage urbanization?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
154.
Define Laissez-faire capitalism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
155.
What was the Irish Potato Famine?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
156.
Describe working conditions in factories at the start of the Industrial Revolution.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
157.
What did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels write?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
158.
What group in society did Karl Marx believe would lead a revolution and why did he
believe this group would lead a revolution?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
159.
According to Marx, who are the proletariat and who are the bourgeoisie?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
160.
Compare and contrast Capitalism and Communism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
161.
Compare and contrast the Free Market and a Command or Centrally Planned Economy.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
162.
What do the following individuals have in common: Count Cavour and Giuseppe
Garibaldi?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
163.
Explain Otto Von Bismarck’s policy of “blood and iron”.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
164.
When did Italy and when did Germany achieve independence?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
165.
Who did Tsar Alexander II emancipate in 1861?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
166.
Explain the policy of Russification in Russia.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
167.
What were pogroms?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
168.
State two reasons for the decline of the Ottoman Empire.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
169.
Define imperialism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
170.
Define Social Darwinism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
171.
What was the Sepoy Mutiny?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
172.
What was the “Scramble for Africa”?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
173.
List two causes of imperialism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
174.
What was the impact of European “spheres of influence” in China?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
175.
Explain the causes and effects of the Opium War in China.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
176.
What happened during the Taiping Rebellion?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
177.
What happened during the Boxer Rebellion?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
178.
Why had the Tokugawa Shogunate isolated Japan?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
179.
Who was Commodore Matthew Perry and why did he travel to Japan?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
180.
State three significant facts about the Meiji Restoration.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
181.
What event triggered the alliance system which led to the First World War?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
182.
Identify and explain four causes of the First World War (Consider MAIN).
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________
183.
Identify the members of the two opposing alliances in the First World War.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
184.
Describe trench warfare.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
185.
What nation withdrew from the First World War in 1917 and what nation entered the
First World War in 1917?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
186.
Why did this nation withdraw from fighting in the First World War in 1917?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
187.
Why did the other nation enter the First World War in 1917?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
188.
Explain two facts about U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
189.
What was the Treaty of Versailles and why was it harsher than the Germans had expected?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
190.
How did the Treaty of Versailles affect the German people?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
191.
What was the League of Nations?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
192.
Identify and explain two causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
193.
Who were the Bolsheviks and who was Vladimir Lenin?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
194.
What did the Bolsheviks promise the Russian people?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
195.
What happened in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
196.
What did the Bolsheviks rename Russia after they won the civil war?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
197.
What was Vladimir Lenin’s New Economic Policy?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
198.
Who succeeded Lenin in the Soviet Union?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
199.
Why was the Soviet Union a totalitarian state under Joseph Stalin?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
200.
Where were dissidents and opponents to Stalin’s regime sent?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
201.
Stalin ordered the creation of collective farms. What is a collective farm?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
202.
Why did many peasants oppose collectivization?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
203.
State two facts about Stalin’s Five Year Plans.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
204.
What was the Great Depression?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
205.
Define Fascism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
206.
Who was Benito Mussolini and how did he change Italy?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
207.
Who was Adolf Hitler and how did he change Germany?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
208.
Define anti-Semitism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
209.
What was the “Rape of Nanjing”?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
210.
How did the League of Nations fail to prevent the Second World War?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
211.
Define appeasement and explain how it led to the Second World War.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
212.
What event marked the beginning of the Second World War (Consider a nation that was
invaded)?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
213.
What nation launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
214.
Identify the members of the two opposing alliances in the Second World War.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
215.
Define genocide and discuss the tragedy of the Holocaust.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
216.
What happened in August in 1945 in Japan?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
217.
What were the Nuremberg Trials and what is a “crime against humanity”?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
218.
What nation occupied Japan after the Second World War and how did this nation change
Japan?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
219.
What was the United Nations and when was it formed?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
220.
Define collective security.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
221.
Why did independence movements and decolonization in Africa and Asia increase after the
Second World War?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
222.
Who was Mohandas Gandhi and what did he believe?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
223.
Provide several facts about Gandhi’s boycott of British Cloth and the “Salt March”.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
224.
Define civil disobedience.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
225.
Who was Kwame Nkrumah and what nation did he lead to independence?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
226.
Who was Jomo Kenyatta and what nation did he lead to independence?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
227.
Who was Julius Nyerere and what nation did he lead to independence?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
228.
List three significant facts about the Cold War.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
229.
Explain the following terms: Soviet satellites and “Iron Curtain”.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
230.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
231.
Define containment.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
232.
What was the Marshall Plan and what was its purpose?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
233.
Compare and contrast NATO and Warsaw Pact.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
234.
Who was Mao Zedong and how did he change China?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
235.
What happened to Chiang Kai-shek?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
236.
What were the causes of the Korean War?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
237.
What were the effects of the Korean War?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
238.
State two facts about the Great Leap Forward.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
239.
Why did the Great Leap Forward fail?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
240.
State two facts about the Cultural Revolution.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
241.
Who were the Red Guards and what did they do?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
242.
What happened when Hungarian leaders threatened to leave the Warsaw Pact in 1956?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
243.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
244.
Why was the Berlin Wall built?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
245.
Who was Fidel Castro and how did he change Cuba?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
246.
What happened at the Bay of Pigs?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
247.
State two facts about the Cuban Missile Crisis.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
248.
Who was Ho Chi Minh and what did he do?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
249.
State two causes of the Vietnam War.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
250.
State two effects of the Vietnam War.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
251.
Define apartheid.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
252.
Describe life in South Africa during apartheid.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
253.
State three significant facts about Nelson Mandela.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
254.
Define Zionism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
255.
When and why was the country of Israel created?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
256.
How did the Arab nations respond to the creation of Israel?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
257.
Who was Anwar el-Sadat and what did he do?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
258.
State two facts about the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
259.
What is OPEC?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
260.
State two causes of the Iranian Revolution.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
261.
Who was Ayatollah Khomeini?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
262.
State two effects of the Iranian Revolution.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
263.
Define “Green Revolution”.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
264.
Identify two problems affecting Africa today.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
265.
Identify two problems affecting Latin America today.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
266.
Identify two problems affecting India today.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
267.
State one cause and one effect of overpopulation.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
268.
State one cause and one effect of pollution.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
269.
What is nuclear proliferation?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
270.
When was the nation of Bangladesh formed? Why?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
271.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev and how did he change the Soviet Union?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
272.
What was Glasnost?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
273.
What was Perestroika?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
274.
Who was Boris Yeltsin and what did he do?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
275.
What happened in the nations of Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
276.
What happened to the Berlin Wall in 1989?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
277.
Who was Deng Xiaoping and how did he change China?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
278.
What happened at Tiananmen Square?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
279.
How did apartheid end?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
280.
Who was F.W. De Klerk and what did he do?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
281.
Who was elected President in 1994 in an historic election in South Africa? Why was the
election historic?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
282.
State two facts about the Irish Republican Army (I.R.A.).
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
283.
State one cause and one effect of the Rwandan Genocide.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
284.
State one cause and one effect of genocide in the former Yugoslavia.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
285.
What was “ethnic cleansing”?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
286.
Who was Saddam Hussein and why did invade Kuwait?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
287.
How did the United State respond to Hussein’s invasion of Iraq?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
288.
Why did the United States invade Iraq again after the first Persian Gulf War?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
289.
What happened to Saddam Hussein in 2006?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
290.
State two facts about the Taliban.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
291.
State two facts about Al-Qaeda and two Osama bin Laden.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________
292.
Why did the United States invade Afghanistan?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
293.
What factors led to the Japanese “economic miracle” in the 1970s?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
294.
What is the European Union?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
295.
What is the Euro?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
296.
Define famine.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
297.
Who were the Sandinistas?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
298.
Define terrorism.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
299.
State one cause and one effect of Global Warming.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
300.
How has the Computer Revolution changed human life?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

Practice!