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World History – Final Review 2014
Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment
Galileo Galilei- contradicted traditional
beliefs
Montesquieu- philosopher/Age of
Enlightenment
Isaac Newton- Gravity/Scientific Revolution
Voltaire philosopher/Age of Enlightenment
Johannes Kepler- Universe in elliptical
circles
Rousseau philosopher/Age of
Enlightenment
Divine Right- God gives me the right to rule
1. Explain what the Scientific Revolution was and some new theories/inventions that
developed as a result of it. Scientists questioned traditional beliefs.
2. Explain the central beliefs of the Enlightenment.- improve society through the use of reason.
Political Revolutions
Magna Carta limit power to monarch
Berlin Conference- Imperialism in Africa, no
Africans attended.
English Bill of Rights limit power to monarch
Checks and balances- Judicial, Executive,
Legislative
Imperialism- strong nation takes over a
weak nation
Labor Union- help workers with rights
Robespierre- Leader French Revolution
Napoleon- Leader during the French
Revolution
White Man’s Burden- poem about
imperialism to civilize them
3. What Enlightenment thinker influenced Thomas Jefferson in his writing of the Declaration of
Independence? Beccaria
4. List some ways the American colonists showed their disapproval of the British government
before the outbreak of the American Revolution. Riots, protesting,
5. Compare/Contrast the American and French revolutions- want independence/ lots of death
during the French Revolution
6. Compare/Contrast the Haitian and Latin American revolutions. Influenced by North
American and European influences.
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7. Describe the 3 estates in France and note which estate paid the majority of French taxes. 1stClergy, 2nd- Nobles, 3rd- Everyone Else
8. What were some of the underlying causes of the French Revolution? Taxes, power of nobles
9. What were some of the underlying causes of the Latin American Revolutions? Want
Independence
Industrial Revolution/Imperialism
Urbanization- cities are slums bad pollution
Labor Union- better working conditions
Berlin Conference-
White Man’s Burden-
Imperialism
10. Explain Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and how that was used to justify racism.
Survival of the fittest- Imperialism / White race will advance
11. How did the population change because of the Industrial Revolution? Population increase
12. List some environmental effects of the Industrial Revolution.- pollution, slums, bad food
13. What were the effects of imperialism in Africa? Slavery, treated badly and racism
14. Explain the difference between communism and Laissez-faire capitalism- Communism-govt
controls everything Laissez-faire capitalism- Business rules!
15. What was the effect of Imperialism on Africa environmentally?- Natural resources were
exploited
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WWI/Russian Revolution
League of Nations- goal promote peace
Triple Entene
Vladimir Lenin- Leader of Soviet Union/
Peace Land and Bread
5 year plans- Heavy industry Stalin
Balkan Peninsula- Powder Keg WWI begins
Czar Nicholas II- Last Tsar of Russia and
executed
Trench warfare- ditches
Triple Alliance- ADD COMMUNISM- PUT
INTERESTS OF THE STATE BEFORE
INDIVIDUAL GAIN
16. List some of the causes of WWI. Assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Balkans powder
Keg.
17. Why was it dangerous for all the Western European countries to be building up their
weapons and their militaries? Lead to Totalitarian government
18. What aspects of the Treaty of Versailles would have angered Germans? Pay reparations,
will lead to WWII
19. List some characteristics of a totalitarian government. Use censorship, secret police and
repression
20. What group in Russian society where in support of communism? Peasants, lower class
Interwar Years/WWII
Adolf Hitler- leader of Germany
Auschwitz- Concentration Camp Poland
Appeasement- give into aggression to keep
peace
Genocide- destroy a race
Final Solution- Holocaust
Military Expansion-expand territory using
the military
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21. Explain how the Great Depression and the rise of the Nazi party in Germany are related.Nazi’s exploited economic hardships to gain popular support
22. List some common characteristics of a fascist government. Use violence, censorship,
nationalism, blind loyalty
23. What event marks the beginning of the Great Depression? Stock market Crash 1929
24. What is similar about Germany, Italy, and Japan’s actions leading up to WWII? They
successfully invaded other nations
25. What are the causes of WWII? Global economic depression
26. What event marks the beginning of WWII? What event marks the end of WWII? Germany
attacks Poland and Japan attacks China….. US using atomic bomb
27. Explain Truman’s reasons for using the atomic bomb.- shorten the war, save American lives
Cold War-Present
Iron Curtain-imaginary line/divided West
and East Europe/communism
Fidel Castro- used communist principles
United Nations-promote democratic govt
Vietnam War- Ho Chi Minh commie leader
Cuban Missile CrisisBerlin Blockade- Stalin blockades West
Berlin
NATO- defend West Europe from Soviets
Korean War- divided by 38th parallel
Mahatma Gandhi- practice
humanitarianism
Apartheid- Segregation in South Africa
One-Child Policy- reduce population growth
rate
Nelson Mandela- protested against
apartheid
Ho Chi Minh- used communist principles
Globalization- higher life expectancy
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28. Compare/Contrast Stalin’s 5 year Plans and Mao Zedong’s Great leap forward.- increase
agricultural and industrial production
29. Explain why the British chose to partition India into two separate countries known as India
and Pakistan.- Religion (India- Hindus Pakistan-Muslims)
30. What is the purpose of the United Nations?- Global Peacekeeping
31. Explain some of the causes of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.- (Jewish State is Created, Six-Day
War, Withdrawal from West Bank)
32. Describe the process of de-colonization in South Africa- End European influence in Africa.