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Modern World History II Mr. Normant Modern World History II – Final Exam Review Guide General Information Exam Date Exam Time Room Number Book Return Thursday, June 17th This is a review GUIDE! You still need to study notes, quizzes, handouts and your textbook to do well! Final Exam Format: The exam will consist of around 110 multiple guess questions including some matching and chronology. You will have 10-15 map questions You will have your choice of IDs World War I You Learned: About how and why WWI was different from previous wars, how it was such a devastating conflict, and how the aftermath led to the rise of totalitarianism and fascism You should be able to: Identify and explain the long and short term causes of the war Tell what the alliances were and which nations belonged to them Tell who joined the war on which side and why Identify and explain the roles of key people in the war Identify and explain the course of the war – major battles, turning points and events Describe conditions faced by soldiers during the war Explain how this war was different from other wars before it Tell how the war ended – who won? Explain the aftermath of war – the impact the war and the peace settlement had on future events Define the following terms: Triple Entente, Triple Alliance, Central Powers, Allied Powers, Balkans, Sarajevo, Eastern and Western front, Schlieffen Plan, Battle of the Marne, Battle of Verdun, Battle of Tannenberg, Battle of the Somme River, Battle of Gallipoli, stalemate, Lusitania, U-Boat, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Zimmerman Note, War of Attrition, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, 14 Points, Treaty of Modern World History II Mr. Normant Versailles, reparations, Black Hand, Otto von Bismarck, Gavrilo Princip, Woodrow Wilson, Kaiser Wilhelm, pan-Slavism, trench warfare,neutrality Russian Revolution You Learned: About how Russia ushered in a new era in world history with a successful revolution based on the communist ideas of Marx and Lenin You should be able to: Identify and explain the causes of the Russian Revolution Discuss the difference between the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks Identify the various sides in the Russian Civil War and explain what each side wanted Explain how and why the Bolsheviks were successful Compare and contrast the economic policies and leadership styles of Lenin and Stalin Define the following terms: Bolshevik, Menshevik, Rasputin, February/March Revolution, October/November Revolution, Bloody Sunday, Russification, “Peace Land Bread”, Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Provisional Government, Kulak, War Communism, NEP, 5 Year Plans, Purges, collectivization, politburo, Karl Marx, Emancipation Manifesto, Women’s March Interwar You Learned: About the rise of Totalitarianism and Fascism around the world, how the economy played a role in their rise, and how they ultimately led to the outbreak of WWII You should be able to: Define totalitarianism as a form of government Explain how totalitarianism works – tactics used to keep power Identify examples of totalitarian leaders and nations Define what fascism is and what a fascist believes Explain how fascism works – tactics used to keep power Identify examples of fascist leaders and nations Discuss the impact of the Great Depression Identify and describe the challenges faced by various nations in the interwar period Identify and explain the steps to war in Europe and Asia Define the following terms: Reparations, League of Nations, Dawes Plan, “spirit of Locarno”, Weimar Republic, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco, Nazi, Nuremburg Laws, Mein Kampf, Aryan, Rhineland, lebensraum, Anschluss, Munich Conference, Sudetenland, Nazi-Soviet Modern World History II Mr. Normant Non-Aggression Pact, Rape of Nanjing, Manchuria, Greater-East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere, Neville Chamberlain, Appeasement, Spanish Civil War, Ethiopia, Poland, 1984, fascism, totalitarianism, Joseph Stalin, March on Rome, “Black Shirts” World War II You Learned: About how the concept and practice of Total War made WWII the most devastating conflict in human history You should be able to: Identify and explain the causes of WWII Explain how this war was different from WWI Identify the various sides of the war and alliances and who belonged to them Identify and explain various tactics used during WWII and by whom Explain the role of the US in the war and why we eventually joined Discuss the course of the war in Europe and Asia (major battles, events, turning points) Discuss the concept and practice of total war by all sides in war and on the home front Tell who won and why Discuss the aftermath of war and the impact and cost (human, economic, political, social) Define the following terms: Blitzkrieg, Sitzkrieg, Axis powers, Allied powers, Maginot Line, Dunkirk, Operation Sea Lion, Battle of Britain, Operation Barbarossa, Invasion of the Soviet Union, Stalingrad, LendLease Act, Atlantic Charter, Pearl Harbor, Island Hopping, Iwo Jima, Battle of Midway, Battle of Guadalcanal, Coral Sea, Okinawa, kamikaze, Isoroku Yamamoto, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Manhattan Project, Vichy France, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Yalta, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Final Solution, Concentration Camp, Holocaust, Auschwitz, Wansee Conference, A-bomb, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Unconditional Surrender, Douglas MacArthur, scorched earth, Afrika Korps, Erwin Rommel, El Alamein, Luftwaffe, RAF, V-E Day, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leyte Gulf, Bataan Death March, Warsaw Modern World History II Mr. Normant Cold War You Learned: About the rivalry that emerged between the USA and the USSR following WWII and how the two nations struggled for dominance About how the Cold War impacted developments in other nations around the world You should be able to: Identify and explain the causes of the Cold War and define it Identify and explain various times and places when the cold war flared up Compare and contrast the goals and actions of the two superpowers during this time period Discuss the impact of the cold war on nations around the world (Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia) Discuss how the Cuban Missile Crisis led to Détente Identify and explain the factors that led to the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the USSR Discuss the different styles of leadership practiced by leaders of the Soviet Union Define the following terms: Arms race, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade & Airlift, Domino Theory, Containment, Iron Curtain, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Sputnik, Korean War, United Nations, Cuban Missile Crisis, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Nikita Khrushchev, Vietnam War, Ho Chi Minh, Vietcong, Vietminh, Ngo Dinh Diem, Cambodia, Pol Pot, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields, Operation Breakfast, détente, Bay of Pigs, ICBM, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Leonid Brezhvev, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, Glasnost, Perestroika, Democratization, Berlin Wall, SALT I and II, Star Wars, SDI, Brinkmanship, Surrogate Wars