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World History- Semester 2 Final Review
World War One
1. In 1907 how did Great Britain,
France and Russia respond to
Germany’s militarism?
2. What is Nationalism?
3. What was Germany’s Schlieffen
Plan?
4. Why did Czar Nicholas II lose his
monarchy?
5. When the US entered WWI how
did they help the allies?
6. What were the effects of Trench
warfare?
7. What government carried out the
Armenian Genocide?
8. What were the intentions of
Wilson’s 14 Points?
9. Why didn’t America ever join the
League of Nations?
10. The “War Guilt Clause” in the Treaty
of Versailles forced what country to
accept all the blame for WWI?
Between Wars
11. What happened to Austria
Hungary after WWI?
12. What factors led to Germany
and Italy to fall to dictatorial
governments?
13. What art styles were popular
after WWI? What style were they
straying from?
14. What were characteristics of the
Stalin Era from the 1930s?
15. Why did Stalin’s Soviet Union
spy on their citizens?
16. What was the main cause of the
Russian Revolution?
17. What common factors do Germany,
USSR, and Italy have to explain the rise
of totalitarian regimes in these
countries?
18. What form of government was
the Soviet Union?
19. Why did Hitler sign a nonaggression pact with Hitler?
20. Why did the Japan leave the
League of Nations?
World War Two
21. What was the goal of empire
building for Germany, Italy, and
Japan during the 1930s?
22. What was the outcome of the
Munich Conference and what policy
did the Allies follow?
23. How did the war in the European
Theatre end?
24. What battle was a major turning
point in the Pacific?
25. Who was the British Prime
Minister that rallied against Nazi
oppression?
26. In Hitler’s attempt for racial purity
what groups were targeted for
extermination?
27. What were events/acts carried
out Nazi’s racial policies?
28. How did the use of airplanes and
bombs effect civilian populations in
Europe and Asia during WW2?
Cold War
29. After WW2 Western Europe and the
United States were united in their
opposition to what country?
30. How was the Soviet Union able to
begin taking control of Eastern Europe
following WW2?
31. What was the purpose of the
Marshall Plan?
32. Due to the policy of containment
what wars did the US become
involved in?
33. Why did the US enter the
Vietnam War?
34. What was the Domino Theory?
35. Which country used military force to
crush uprisings in Eastern Europe?
36. Why did the Soviet Union aid
newly developing nations during
the 1960s?
37. How did Communists
governments finally fall in Eastern
Europe?
38. What goal was Mao trying to
accomplish with the Great Leap
Forward?
39. What was Mao’s perspective on
Revolutions?
40. How was the Soviet Union able to
begin taking control of Eastern Europe
following WW2?
41. What organization was created by the
USSR to unify defense of its satellite
countries?
Other
42. The Genocide in Darfur stems
from what divisions?
42. The United Nations formed the state of Israel to provide a homeland for Palestine Arabs
43. US support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 was a leading cause of the Arab oil embargo against the US
44. The organization of the United Nations that provided a forum for all member nations is the General Assembly
45. Which statement best summarizes the effects of globalization on the world economy? Nations have become more dependent on one another