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Unit 7 Test Study Guide
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1. What region was referred to as the "powder keg" of Europe?
2. Which nation's actions caused the United States to fight in World War I?
3. What action on November 11, 1918, brought World War I to an end?
4. What were the Fourteen Points?
5. Who was forced to assume sole responsibility for the war under the Treaty of
Versailles?
6. What did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to?
7. How did the Treaty of Versailles affect postwar Germany?
8. What was the American public's opinion about joining the League of Nations?
9. Compare militarism and imperialism?
10. What key factor led to the formation of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente?
11. What event in Sarajevo ignited the Great War?
12. In 1917, Germany returned to its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, hoping to
13. World War I was a "total war" in the sense that?
14. What is the Zimmermann note
15. What impact did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk have on Germany
16. Why was World War I was more destructive than earlier wars because of what?
17. Which of the following was an effect of militarism in Europe in the late 1800s?
18. Why was it difficult to gain an advantage over the enemy in trench warfare?
19. Describe Stalin
20. How did Joseph Stalin plan on paying for the rapid industrialization of Russia in the 1930’s?
21. What was the main purpose of the pogroms of late 19 century Russia?
22. Who were the Bolsheviks?
23. What is a totalitarian state?
24. The main purpose of the Soviet state's Five-Year Plans is?
25. Which bodies of water were used by the White Army and their allies?
26. What happen as an immediate result of the Bolshevik
Revolution?
27. The Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact in 1939 with who?
28. What is the Red Scare?
29. What is overproduction, and why was it such a major global problem in the twenties?
30. What was economic conditions prior to the great depression?
31. What was the motive behind margin buying?
32. Why were there tensions between allies Britain and France following the Treaty of
Versailles?
33. What was the purpose of the Maginot Line, and did it work?
34. Why were coalition governments in France a source of weakness in post-WWI France?
35. What was the condition of the United States when Franklin D. Roosevelt became president in
1933?
36. What was one of the long-term effects of FDR’s “New Deal”?
37. How did the conditions of post-war Italy make it possible for Benito Mussolini to come to
power?
38. Facism?
39. Describe the runaway inflation in Germany.
40. What is lebensraum, and why did Hitler believe it was the key to German revival?
41. How did Hitler take advantage of Germany’s hatred for the Treaty of Versailles to help him
gain power?
42. What was one reason that ultranationalists gave to support the policy of Japanese expansion?
43. How did the Manchurian Incident provide an example of how powerless the League of
Nations really was?
45. What does the “Rape of Nanking” refer to?
46. Why do you believe that mass meetings and marches were so important in a totalitarian state?
47. Compare and contrast how Mussolini and Hitler achieved taking power in Italy and Germany
respectively.
48. What would life for an average citizen probably be like in a nation with a totalitarian
government?
49. Compare the similarities and differences of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy.
50. What happened at the Munich Conference of 1938?
51. What event initiated World War Two?
52. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad significant?
53. When and why was the United Nations established?
54. How did Japan, Italy, and Germany test the resolve (challenge) of western democracies before
1937?
55. How did democratic governments mobilize their economies for World War Two?
56. The Holocaust .
57. How was Japan defeated in World War Two?
58. How did the Allies try to hold the Axis leaders responsible for the suffering they caused
during World War Two?