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AP European History
Mr. Gillespie
Northampton Senior High School
Textbook & Resources:
Kagan, Donald, Steven Ozment & Frank Turner. The Western Heritage: Since 1300. 9th
ed., AP edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007.
Rogers, Perry M. Aspects of World Civilization: Problems and Sources in History.
Volume II, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003.
Course Objectives:
 Students will be able to understand the importance of the principal themes in modern
European history.
 Students will be able to analyze historical evidence and express their comprehension in
writing.
 Students will be prepared to successfully pass the AP European examination.
Course Summary:
 This is a two semester length course on Modern European history from 1300 CE to the
present. The course will incorporate the studying of cultural, economic, political, and social
history of Europe and the impact this history has on our modern world. A strong background
in persuasive writing and a keen analytical mind are essential to success in the course.
Course Outline:
Unit 1: Introduction to history and civilizations of antiquity
Topic 1: Why Study History?
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Explain when history began.
2. Identify advantages studying history offers the individual.
3. Explain why understanding European history is important.
4. Analyze the importance of cause and effect relationships in history as well
as roles played by compromise and cooperation.
5. Describe theories of historical change.
6. Differentiate between primary and secondary sources.
Topic 2: The Role of Geography in History
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Explain how the distribution of resources affected the rise and fall of
civilizations.
2. Describe how geography played a role in world trade patterns prior to 1500.
3. Describe the geographic features that assisted European dominance in
global affairs from 1500 onward.
4. Identify the concept of “geopolitics”.
Topic 3: Civilizations of Antiquity
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Explain why Mesopotamia is the cradle of Western Civilization.
2. Describe the contributions that Hellenic Civilization made to the modern
world.
3. Analyze the factors that led to the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
4. Describe the factors that led to the decline of Roman Civilization in Europe.
5. Explain the role Christianity played in European development in the Middle
Ages.
6. Analyze the influence the Byzantine Empire would have on Europe and
Christianity.
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1. Sumerians
2. Judgment
3. Hegelian dialectic
4. Conflict theory
5. Primary vs Secondary Source
6. Mediterranean climate
Unit Assignments & Assessment
1. Introduction in Text Book
2. Review questions #1-7 page LXXVII
3. Report on Epaminondas
Unit 2: Europe in Transition
Topic 1: The Late Middle Ages
Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Explain the preconditions and causes of the Black death.
2. Describe popular remedies for dealing with the plague.
3. Analyze the social and economic consequences of the plague and its impact
on the course of history.
4. Explain the causes and course of the Hundred Years War including its longterm impact on Europe.
5. Describe the changes within the Church that will ultimately lead to the
Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism.
6. Explain the factors that would lead to the emergence of a modern Russia.
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Joan of Arc
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Crecy & Agincourt
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John Wycliffe
Jan Huss
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Babylonian Captivity
Assignments & Assessment:
1. Read Chapter 9 pp. 292 – 314.
2. Do AP Test Prep Questions #1-20 pp. 314-15
3. DBQs
a. Boccaccio describes the ravages of the Black Death in Florence
b. Joan of Arc refuse to recant her beliefs
4. Chapter 9 Quiz
Topic 2: Renaissance and Discovery
Objectives: Students will be able to
1. Explain where, how and why the Renaissance began in Northern Italy.
2. Explain Humanism and its impact on the Renaissance.
3. Describe the factors that led to break down of cooperation among Italy’s
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Analyze the purpose and meaning behind Machiavelli’s The Prince.
Explain the cultural, social, and political impact of the Renaissance in
Northern Europe.
Compare and contrast the Renaissance in Northern Europe with the
Renaissance in Italy.
Describe the social, cultural and political factors leading to European
exploration of the New World.
Evaluate how 16th century European beliefs influenced attitudes toward the
native peoples of the New World.
Analyze how the invention of the printing press possessed the potential to
transform European society.
Perspective & Shadowing
Vernacular
Medici
Renaissance
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Gutenberg
Machiavelli
Michelangelo
Petrarch
Humanism
Da Vinci
Condottieri
Platonism
Ferdinand & Isabelle
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Conquistadores
Encomienda
Assignments & Assessment:
1. Read Chapter 10 pp. 316-350.
2. Do AP Test Prep Questions #1-20 pp. 350-51
3. DBQs
a. Michelangelo and Pope Julius II
b. Machiavelli discusses the most important trait for a ruler
4. Chapter 10 Quiz
5. Chapter 9-10 Test
6. Written analysis of passages from Machiavelli’s The Prince
7. Written analysis comparing and contrasting Renaissance art with Medieval
art.
Topic 3: The Age of Reformation
Objectives: students will be able to
1. Evaluate past events that would enhance acceptance of the Protestant
Reformation by comparing Luther’s revolt with that of Jan Huss.
2. Compare and contrast Luther’s beliefs with that of the Roman Catholic
Church.
3. Explain the events that precipitated Luther posting his 95 Theses.
4. Describe the contents of the 95 Theses.
5. Explain how Luther’s revolt was able to succeed in Germany.
6. Compare and contrast the views of Zwingli and Calvin with those of Luther.
7. Explain how the Reformation in England differed from the Reformation in
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Edict of Worms
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Augsburg Confession
Peace of Augsburg
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Ulrich Zwingli
Henry VIII
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Act of Supremacy
Anglican Church
Edward VI
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Second Act of Uniformity
Jesuits
Council of Trent
Assignments & Assessment:
1. Read Chapter 11 pp. 352-386.
2. Do AP Test Questions #1-20 pp. 386-387
3. DBQs
a. Zwingli Lists the errors of the Roman Church
b. Martin Luther’s 95 Theses
c. Ignatius of Loyola’s “Rules for Thinking with the Church”
4. Show movie Luther
a. History vs Hollywood assignment
5. Chapter 11 Quiz
6. Group debate on the German Peasants Revolt of 1524-25 using document
presented in the text book. Negotiations between peasants group and
princes group.
Topic 4: The Age of Religious Wars
Objectives: Students will be able to
1. Describe the conflict between French Catholics and French Protestant
Huguenots.
2. Explain the significance of the Edict of Nantes.
3. Asses the achievements of Elizabethan England.
4. Explain the origins and outcome of England’s war with Spain during the
reign of Elizabeth.
5. Analyze the origins and outcome of the Thirty Years War.
6. Evaluate the short-term and long-term consequences of the Peace of
Westphalia.
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Bohemia
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Treaty of Westphalia
Assignments & Assessment:
1. Read Chapter 12 pp. 387-414
2. Do AP Test Questions #1-20 pp.414-15
3. DBQs
a. Theodore Beza defends the right to resist tyranny
b. An unknown contemporary describes Queen Elizabeth
4. The movie Elizabeth
a. History vs Hollywood written essay assignment
5. Chapter 12 Quiz
Topic 5: Absolutism and Political Consolidation in Europe
Objectives: Students will be able to
1. Explain the transition from Tudor dynasty to Stuart dynasty in England.
2. Analyze how the actions of James I and Charles I angered English
Protestants and members of Parliament.
3. Describe the events that would precipitate the English Civil War.
4. Explain the significance of the English Civil War and analyze why the
Republic failed to survive.
5. Analyze Parliament’s justification for breaking with James II.
6. Assess the significance of the Glorious Revolution and Bill of Rights in the
relationship between Parliament and the Monarchy.
7. Describe the how Louis XIV was able to suppress the French nobility and
become the absolutist rule of France.
8. Describe why Louis XIV was referred to as the Sun King.
9. Analyze the short-term and long-term implication of Louis XIV’s
persecution of the Huguenots.
10. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the various kingdoms of Central
and Eastern Europe.
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Roundheads vs Cavaliers
New Model Army
Test Act
Habeas Corpus Act
Glorious Revolution
Bill of Rights
William & Mary
Act of Settlement 1701
Versailles
Cardinal Mazarin
Mercantilism
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
17. Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg-Prussia
18. Peter the Great
19. Ottoman Empire
Assignments & Assessment:
1. Read Chapter 13 pp. 416-450
2. Do AP Test questions #1-20 pp. 450-51
3. DBQs
a. King James I defends popular recreation against the Puritans
b. Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes
4. Chapter 13 Quiz
5. Chapter 12-13 Test includes Free Response Question
Topic 6: The Progress of Civilization in 18th Century Europe
Objectives: Students will be able to
1. Explain how the scientific revolution would change religious, philosophical,
cultural, and political views in Europe.
2. Differentiate between heliocentric and geocentric universes.
3. Describe the contributions of Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo to
understanding the universe.
4. Compare and contrast the scientific philosophies of Bacon and Descartes.
5. Compare and contrast the political philosophies of Hobbes and Locke.
6. Explain why women were unable to fully participate in the new science.
7. Describe why and how the Church condemned Galileo.
8. Characterize the relationship between religion and science.
9. Explain the characteristics of Baroque art.
10. Characterize the composition of European social classes in the 17th and 18th
centuries.
11. Explain the composition of the family in 18 th Century Europe.
12. Describe the individual and technological advances that would lead to a
revolution in agriculture.
13. Explain how and why the industrial revolution began in England.
14. Describe how the technological advances of the industrial revolution slowly
changed the social dynamics in English families.
15. Explain where and under what conditions did Jews in Europe live.
16. Define mercantilism and explain how it influenced relations between
Europe and other parts of the world.
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Deductive Reasoning
Natural Rights
Margaret Cavendish
General Will
Crop rotation
Enclosure
Jethro Tull
Spinning Jenny
Cottage industry vs factory system
Mercantilism
Assignments & Activities:
Read Chapter 14 pp. 454 – 478
Read Chapter 15 pp. 480 - 512
Read Chapter 16 pp. 514 – 542
Questions #1-20 pp. 478 - 79
Questions #1-20 pp.512 - 13
Questions #1-20 pp 542 - 43
DBQs
a. Copernicus Ascribes Movement to the Earth
b. Galileo Discusses the Relationship of Science to the Bible
c. Rules are established for the Berlin Poor House
d. Belorussian Jews Petition Catherine the Great
e. A slave trader describes the Atlantic Passage
8. Chapter 14-16 Quiz
9. United Streaming video on Industrial Revolution in textiles
10. Map Analysis of Industrial & Resource Centers in Europe
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Unit 3: Enlightenment & Revolution
Topic 1: The Enlightenment
Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Explain the role Salons played in the spread of enlightenment ideals.
2. How did the Enlightenment change basic Western attitudes toward reform,
faith, and reason?
3. Describe the role Voltaire and Diderot played in the success of the
Enlightenment.
4. Explain the similarities and differences between the Enlightenment
evaluation of Islam and its evaluations of Christianity and Judaism.
5. Compare and contrast the political views of Montesquieu and Rousseau.
6. Evaluate to what extent the enlightened monarchs were true believers in the
ideals of the Enlightenment.
7. Compare and contrast the ideas of Adam Smith with mercantilism.
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Assignments & Activities:
1. Read Chapter 17 pp. 550 - 590
2. Questions #1-20 pp. 590 - 91
3. DBQs
a. Immanuel Kant defines the Enlightenment
b. Rousseau Argues for separate spheres for men and women
4. Chapter 17 Quiz
5. Chapter 14-17 Test includes Free Response Question
Topic 2: The French Revolution
Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Explain how the financial weaknesses of the French monarchy lay the
foundations of the revolution.
2. Describe the other variables that played a role in the revolution of 1789.
3. Analyze the personality traits of Louis XVI & Marie Antionette and explain
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how they exacerbated the revolution.
Compare and contrast the competing factions within the National
Assembly.
Analyze how the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen reflected
enlightened thinking.
Describe the reforms the French Revolution made to French society.
Explain why the revolution transitioned from a Constitutional Monarchy to
a Republic.
Evaluate the French decision to go to war in 1792 and explain how it
influenced the course of the French Revolution.
Explain who were the sans culottes and describe the role they played in the
revolution.
Describe why and how the formation of a republic resulted in a reign of
terror.
Analyze how Robespierre came to dominate the Committee of Public
Safety.
Evaluate the causes and effectiveness of the Terror.
Explain the factors that led to the demise of Robespierre.
Describe how women were affected by the revolution.
Evaluate to what extent the French Revolution exemplified the ideals of
“equality, liberty, and fraternity.”
Estates General
Bastille
Louis Necker
Oath of the Tennis Court
Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen
Jacobins
Girondists
San culottes
Guillotine
National Assembly
Legislaive Assembly
Convention
Committee of Public Safety
Robespierre
Danton
Reign of Terror
Great Terror
Festival of the Supreme Being
The Directory
Assignments & Activities:
1. Read Chapter 18 pp. 592 - 624
2. Questions #1-20 pp. 624 - 625
3. History Channel French Revolution Video
4. Analysis of French Revolutionary Art and in particular the works of
Jacques-Louis David
5. DBQs
a. The Third Estate of a French City Petitions the King
b. The Convention establishes the Worship of the Supreme Being
4. Chapter 18 Quiz
Topic 3: The Age of Napoleon
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Describe how Napoleon Bonaparte’s background and success as a military
commander made him a popular figure in France.
Analyze the factors and groups that helped Napoleon achieved power in
1799.
Evaluate the domestic changes Napoleon made in France in terms of their
success and/or failure.
Compare and contrast Napoleon’s empire with that of the Bourbon’s. In
what way were they similar and in what ways were they different?
Analyze the military changes Napoleon enacted and how they were a key
factor in the success of his armies.
Explain why the Continental System was a primary reason for Napoleon’s
foreign policy failure and military defeat.
Describe the factors behind Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and why it ended
up being a major military defeat.
Explain how Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated by the Allied Powers
in 1814.
Evaluate to what extent Napoleon promoted or destroyed the ideals of the
French Revolution.
Describe the terms and conditions of Napoleon’s first exile on Elba.
Analyze how the actions of Louis XVIII encouraged support for Napoleon’s
return.
Describe how Napoleon was able to escape from Elba and rule France for
another 100 days.
Evaluate why Napoleon was defeated for the final time at Waterloo.
Explain the goals of the Congress of Vienna and consider how successful it
was in achieving those goals.
Directory
Corsica
Josephine
Campaign in Egypt
Coup d’etat
Plebiscite
Concordat with Rome
Code Napoleon
Lycees
Austerlitz
Trafalgar
continental system
Marie Louise
Invasion of Russia
Tsar Alexander I
Elba
100 days
Waterloo
St. Helena
Congress of Vienna
Prince Klemmons von Metternich
Assignments & Activities:
1. Read Chapter 19 pp. 626 - 654
2. Questions #1-20 pp. 654 - 655
3. Napoleon Documentary/Biography
4. DBQs
a. Napoleon advises his brother to rule constitutionally
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b. Hegel explains the role of great men in history
c. Quotations from the “Mind of Napoleon”
Chapter 19 Quiz
Chapter 18 & 19 Test Includes a Free Response Question
PBS Lesson on Napoleon Tyrant or Hero
http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/n_clas/heroortyrant.html#materi
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Topic 4: Conservatism & the Concert of Europe [Ch 20]
Objectives: students will be able to:
1. Define nationalism and explain its goals.
2. Explain why nationalism was a threat to the Austrian Empire.
3. Describe the significant nationalist movements between 1815 and 1830.
4. Identify the tenets of liberalism and explain how this influenced political
developments in the early 19th century.
5. Analyze the relationship between liberalism and nationalism.
6. Evaluate the aims of the Concert of Europe and explain to what extent it
was successful.
7. Describe the main reasons for Creole discontent with Spanish rule.
8. Differentiate between Brazil’s path to independence from the rest of Latin
America.
9. Analyze the purpose and impact of the Decembrist Revolt of 1825.
10. Explain how Charles X antagonized certain elements within France.
11. Identify the factors that precipitated the revolution of 1830.
12. Analyze how Britain avoided revolution in 1830 and explain the purpose of
the great reform Bill.
13. Evaluate how the ideas of nationalism and liberalism began to undermine
Ottoman territories in Europe.
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Conservatism
Creole
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Jose de San Martin
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Louis Philippe
Belgium
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Emancipation of 1829
Great Reform Bill of 1832
Decembrist Revolt
Assignments & Activities:
1. Read Chapter 20 pp. 656 - 686
2. Questions #1-20 pp. 686 - 687
3. DBQs
a. Mazzini defines nationality
b. Metternich discusses sources of political unrest
4. Chapter 20 Quiz
Topic 5: Economic, Social & Political Unrest 1830-1850
Objectives: students will be able to:
1. Analyze the development of industrialism and its effect on the organization
of labor and the family.
2. Explain how the role of women in society and the family changed as a
result of the industrial revolution.
3. Evaluate how industrialization changed the composition of the city and how
this led the creation of a permanent police force.
4. Identify Karl Marx and describe his philosophy of socialism.
5. Analyze the causes of the Revolutions of 1848.
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Karl Marx
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Marxism
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Habsburg
Louis Kossuth
Assignments & Activities:
1. Read Chapter 21 pp. 688 - 720
2. Questions #1-20 pp. 720 - 721
3. DBQs
a. Women Industrial Workers Explain the Economic Situation
b. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engle Describes the Class Struggle
4. Chapter 21 Quiz
5. Chapter 20-21 Test
Unit 4: Toward a Modern World 1850 - 1939
Topic 1: The Age of Nation States
Objectives: students will be able to:
1. Identify the reforms of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of the Crimean
War and analyze their effectiveness.
2. Explain why the unification of Italy was a challenge and describe the
contributions of both Camillo Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi.
3. Describe the methods by which Otto von Bismarck unified Germany.
4. Evaluate Bismarck’s methods in terms of the question, “do the ends always
justify the means?”
5. Analyze the impact German unification had on Europe.
6. Identify the events that led to the establishment of the Second Republic in
France.
7. Compare and contrast the early and later years of Napoleon III’s reign.
8. Describe the events that led to the establishment of the Third Republic in
France and explain the goals of the Paris Commune.
9. Analyze the impact the Dreyfus Affair had on the Third Republic.
10. Identify the problems the Austrian Empire faced in the aftermath of the
1848.
11. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Compromise of 1867 and the creation of a
Dual Monarchy.
12. Explain the motives behind the reforms of Alexander II and evaluate their
effectiveness.
13. Compare and contrast the policies of British Conservatives and Liberals.
14. Explain why Irish home rule was such a divisive issue in British politics.
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Austro-Prussian War
North German Confederation
Reichstag
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Hall of Mirrors
Paris Commune
Dreyfus Affair
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The People’s Will
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Home Rule
Assignments & Activities:
1. Read Chapter 22 pp. 730 - 758
2. Questions #1-20 758 – 59
3. DBQs
a. Heinrich von Treitschke Demands the Annexation of Alsace &
Lorraine
b. The Peoples Will issues a revolutionary manifesto
4. Chapter 22 Quiz
Topic 2: European Society 1850 – 1914 The Birth of Modern European Thought
Objectives: students will be able to:
1. Identify European population and migration changes from 1850-1914.
2. Describe the second industrial revolution and how it transformed European
urban life.
3. Analyze the status of women in the latter half of the 19 th century and how
they attempted to change that status.
4. Explain to what extent European women were able to achieve
emancipation.
5. Identify the characteristics of Jewish emancipation.
6. Explain why and how the working classes in European were able to create
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Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of industrialization in Russia.
Describe how Lenin’s brand of socialism differed from that practiced in
Central and Western Europe.
Identify the events that led to the Russian Revolution of 1905.
Evaluate how successful the revolution in Russia was in achieving change.
Identify the key trends and movements in late 19th century intellectual
thought.
Analyze the trends in 19th Century Art such as Realism, Impressionism and
Post Impressionism.
Explain why science was dominant in the second half of the nineteenth
century.
How did Darwin and Wallace's theory of natural selection affect ethics,
Christianity, and European views of human nature.
Differentiate between realism and modernism in literature and explain how
it impacted 19th century society.
Describe how Nietzsche and Freud challenged traditional morality.
Analyze were the challenges feminism faced in the late 19th century.
Second Industrial Revolution
Bessemer process
Gottlieb Daimler
Petite bourgeoisie
Cholera
Suffragettes
Feminism
Pogroms
Anti-Semitism
Trade union
Karl Marx
First International
Fabian Society
Second International
Opportunism
Revisionism
Sergei Witte
Kulaks
Zemstvos
Bolsheviks
Mensheviks
Revolution of 1905
Bloody Sunday
Duma
Darwim
Social Darwinism
Psychoanalysis and Freud
Einstein
Zionism
Assignments & Activities:
1. Read Chapter 23 pp. 760 - 792
2. Read Chapter 24 pp. 794 - 824
3. Questions #1-20 pp. 792 – 93
4. Question #1-20 pp. 824 – 825
5. DBQs
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a. A French Physician describes a slum in Lille
b. Eduard Bernstein Criticizes Orthodox Marxism
Chapter 23-24 Quest
Chapter 22-24 Test Free Response Question
Topic 3: Imperialism, Alliances, and War
Objectives: students will be able to:
1. Analyze the economic, social and strategic reasons for European
imperialism in the late 1800s.
2. Describe the formation of alliances in Europe prior to WWI and explain
how Bismarck used them to maintain Germany’s position in Europe.
3. Analyze the decision of Kaiser Wilhelm to abandon Bismarck’s foreign
policy and explain how it would play a role in the outbreak of war in 1914.
4. Compare and contrast the motives and actions of the European participants
in starting WWI.
5. Explain how WWI was different from all previous wars and how this might
have influenced people’s opinions regarding their faith in technology and
progress.
6. Compare and contrast the war on the Eastern Front with the war on the
Western Front.
7. Analyze the causes of the Russian Revolution in 1917 and explain its
impact on WWI.
8. Identify the most important factors that led to Allied victory in 1918.
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Scramble for Africa
Imperialism
Joseph Conrad
Treaty of San Stefano
Congress of Berlin
Reinsurance Treaty
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Balkans Wars
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Schlieffen Plan
Trench Warfare
Stalemate
Somme
Verdun
Ypres
Gallipolli
Tsar Nicholas II
Rasputin
March Russian Revolution
Provisional Government
Bolsheviks
Fourteen Points
Armistice
Mandates
League of Nations
Reparations
War Guilt Clause
Assignments & Activities:
1. Read Chapter 25 pp. 826 – 868
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Questions #1-20 p. 868-69
DBQs
a. Bismarck Explains His Foreign Policy
b. Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points
c. A German soldier returns home: a complete stranger
d. French baker’s wife’s role in the war
e. The Outbreak of the Russian Revolution
Chapter 25 Quiz
Historical Analysis of the Origins of World War I by analyzing
historical works espousing the numerous theories on the Origins of
World War One. The focus will be on the following theories:
a. Those who place the blame for the war on the Germans.
b. Those who saw the war as an accident.
c. Those who blame domestic politics and in particular the Berlin
War Party.
d. Those who saw the important role other countries played.
**Selected readings from A.J.P. Taylor, D.C.B. Lieven, Paul
Kennedy, James Joll, Fritz Fischer, V.R. Berghahn and Arno
Mayer. Students will be asked to write their own opinions
regarding these theories and debate them in class.
Topic 4: Totalitarianism in Europe and the Road to War
Objectives: students will be able to:
1. Describe how the Bolsheviks were able to secure victory in the Russian
civil war.
2. Explain how the Bolshevik Revolution posed a threat to rest of Europe.
3. Analyze Stalin’s rise to power in the aftermath of Lenin’s death.
4. Compare and contrast fascism with communism.
5. Explain how Benito Mussolini was able to secure power in Italy.
6. Evaluate to what extent that Fascist Italy was a totalitarian state.
7. Analyze the impact World War I had on Britain and France in terms of
strengths and weaknesses.
8. Explain why France decided to occupy the Ruhr.
9. Compare and contrast the newly created governments in Eastern Europe.
10. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the Weimar Republic.
11. Evaluate the influence the Treaty of Versailles had on post war German
politics.
9. Describe the position of the Nazi party throughout the 1920’s.
10. Evaluate the causes of the Great Depression in Europe and how it
influenced political developments in European nations.
11. Analyze how the depression influenced the Nazi rise to power.
12. Explain how Hitler was able to seize control of the German government.
13. Identify the changes Hitler made to German society and the economy.
14. Evaluate how successful Stalin was in industrializing Russia.
12. Describe the causes and outcome of Stalin’s purges of the 1930s.
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War communism
NEP
Leon Trotsky
Josef Stalin
Comintern
Fascism
Benito Mussolini
March on Rome
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Labour Party
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Sinn Fein
Pilsudski
Czechs vs Slovaks
Bela Kun
Admiral Horthy
Weimar Republic
Gustav Stresemann
Sturm Abteilung
Popular Front
Reichstag Fire
Enabling Act
Nuremburg Laws
Kristallnacht
Collectivization
Kulaks
Five Year Plan
Great Purges
Assignments & Activities:
1. Read Chapter 26 pp. 876 - 904
2. Read Chapter 27 pp. 906 - 934
3. Questions #1-20 pp. 904 – 905
4. Questions #1-20 pp.934 – 935
5. DBQs
a. An American Diplomat Witnesses Kristallnacht in Leipzig
b. Hitler Rejects the Emancipation of Women
c. Stalin Calls For the Liquidation of the Kulaks as a Class
6. Chapter 26-27 Test Free Response Question
Unit 5: Global Conflict and a New World Order 1939 – Present
Topic 1: World War II
Objectives: students will be able to:
1. Compare and contrast the origins of WWII with WWI.
2. Describe Hitler’s foreign policy aims and explain how it was inevitable that
they would lead to war.
3. Analyze the purpose and effectiveness of Britain and France’s policy of
appeasement.
4. Explain why the German offensive in the West was so successful.
5. Evaluate how Britain was able to defeat the Germans in the Battle of
Britain.
6. Identify the key components of Japanese foreign policy in Asia.
7. Explain how the Japanese took advantage of the war in Europe to enhance
their position in Asia.
8. Describe the events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
9. Identify how the American entry into WWII changed the war in Europe.
10. Explain why Hitler decided to invade Russia.
11. Analyze why the Germans were unable to achieve their objectives on the
Eastern Front.
12. Compare and contrast the war on the home front in WWI with that of WWI.
13. Identify the phases of the Holocaust and explain the transitions from one
phase to another.
14. Analyze the American decision to use the atomic bomb and how it might
influence the post WWII world.
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Lebensraum
Appeasement
Anschluss
Guernica
Munich Agreement
Polish Corridor
Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression pact
Blitzkrieg
Quisling
Vichy
Atlantic Charter
East Asian Co-prosperity sphere
Manchukuo
French Indochina
Anti-Comintern Pact
Russo-Japanese Non-aggression Pact
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Blue
Stalingrad
Afrika Corp
El Alamein
Kursk
Operation Overlord
Battle of the Bulge
Einsatzgruppen
Wansee Conference
Adolph Eichmann
Death Camps
Zyklon B
Auschwitz
Yalta
Potsdam
Assignments & Activities:
1. Read Chapter 28 pp. 938 - 976
2. Questions #1-20 pp. 976 – 977
3. DBQs
a. Hitler speeches
b. Hitler Describes His Goals in Foreign Policy
c. Churchill’s Response to Munich
d. Mass Murder at Belsen
4. Reading from “Night” by Elie Wiesel
5. Chapter 28 Quiz
Topic 2: From the Cold War to the European Union
Objectives: students will be able to:
1. Differentiate between a hot war and a cold war.
2. Identify the causes of discord between the Soviet Union and the United
States.
3. Evaluate why Stalin decided to blockade Berlin.
4. Explain the tenants and purpose of the Truman Doctrine.
5. Summarize the purpose and effectiveness of the Marshall Plan.
6. Describe the events leading to the creation of the state of Israel and how it
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would impact the Cold War.
Explain how the Korean War was an example of the American policy of
containment.
Identify the purpose of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
Evaluate how the Khrushchev regime sent mixed signals the people of the
Eastern Bloc and the Western Powers.
Analyze why the East German government resorted to building a wall in
Berlin and explain how this wall came to symbolize the Cold War.
Describe the major Cold War events that took place under the Breshnev
regime.
Evaluate the impact World War II had on European decolonization.
Explain how India achieved independence from Britain under the leadership
of Mohandas Gandhi.
Describe the problems France had in trying maintain control of Algeria and
French Indochina.
Analyze how and why the US became involved in the war in Vietnam.
Summarize Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost and perestroika.
Describe the events leading to the collapse of communist control in Eastern
Europe.
Explain how the communist party fell from power in Russia.
Evaluate the origins and purpose of the European Union.
Identify the areas of ethnic unrest in the former Soviet Union.
Explain the origins of ethnic violence in the former Yugoslavia.
Analyze how radical Islam has impacted European politics.
Identify the political, social, and economic challenges the European Union
faces today.
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Blockade
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Balfour Declaration
Suez Crisis
Hungarian Uprising
Solidarity
Mohandas Gandhi
FLN
Ho Chi Minh
Dien Bien Phu
Ngo Dinh Diem
Vietnamization
Perestroika
Glasnost
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vaclav Havel
Nicolae Ceausescu
Commonwealth of Independent States
Boris Yeltsin
Chechnya
Euro
EU expansion
Assignments & Activities:
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Read Chapter 29 pp. 978 - 1021
Read Chapter 30 pp. 1024 - 1050
Do questions #1-20 pp. 1021 – 1023
Do questions #1-20 pp. 1050 – 1051
DBQs
a. The Truman Doctrine Declared
b. The Church & The Communist Party Clash Over Education in
Hungary
c. Khrushchev Denounces the Crimes of Stalin: The Secret Speech
d. Gandhi explains His Doctrine of Non-violence
e. Gorbachev Proposes the Soviet Communist Party Abandon Its
Monopoly of Power
f. Margaret Thatcher Asserts the Need for Individual Responsibility
g. Sartre Discusses His Existentialism
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Chapter 29-30 Quest
Chapter 28-30 Test Free Response Question
*Map work and Geography are incorporated throughout the course individually, in the form of multiple
choice questions and in the form of data based questions.
*All tests include a free response type question. In addition, assigned reading in the text often requires a
written summary.