Global History Semester II-Final Exam Review

Global History Hour:______

Date and time of final: ______

Final Exam Format

Part I:

You may use one note card to assist you with this part of the exam. The note card must:

  • be 3 inches by 5 inches or smaller
  • be handwritten
  • be turned in once you have completed Part I of the exam
  1. Definitions: Below is a list of terms we’ve studied second semester. From this list, I will be choosing SIX that you will have to both define AND give an example of on your final. Each of these will be worth two points; one for the correct definition, and one for a correct example.

Imperialism

Economics

Boycott

Urbanization

Industrialization

Subsistence Farming

Enlightenment

Absolutism

Militarism

Desertification

  1. Map Skills: You must be able to locate and label the following places on a world map:
  2. Africa
  3. India
  4. Pakistan
  5. France
  6. Germany
  7. Italy
  8. Great Britain
  9. United States
  10. Russia
  11. Atlantic Ocean
  12. Pacific Ocean
  13. Indian Ocean
  1. People: You should know the following people and the roles they played in History:
  2. Lenin
  3. Napoleon
  4. Hitler
  5. Louis XIV
  6. Benito Mussolini
  7. Joseph Stalin
  8. Archduke Ferdinand
  9. Woodrow Wilson
  10. Nelson Mandela
  11. Mahatma Gandhi

Unit IV: Absolutism, Enlightenment, and French Revolution

  1. Who was Louis XIV? What was the name of his palace called?
  1. What was the cause of the War of Spanish Succession?
  1. Know the three key attributes of Absolutism.
  1. Which group was taxed most heavily in France before the revolution?
  1. Know the beliefs of the following thinkers:
  2. Thomas Hobbes
  1. John Locke
  1. Baron de Montesquieu
  1. Adam Smith
  1. Know which groups made up each of the three estates in France before the revolution.
  1. Be able to put the following events of the French Revolution in order:
  2. Capture of the Bastille
  3. Tennis Court Oath
  4. Execution of Louis XVI
  5. Reign of Terror
  1. What is Robespierre most closely associated with during the French Revolution?
  1. What was the main goal of the Congress of Vienna?
  1. Know which people were guillotined during the French Revolution
  1. There will be a matching section on revolutions-know basic facts about each of the following:
  2. American Revolution
  3. Russian Revolution
  4. French Revolution

Unit V: Industrialism, Economics, and the Russian Revolution

  1. Know the basic beliefs associated with Marxism, as well as the five steps to the communist state.
  1. Know how life changed during the Industrial Revolution.
  1. Know the reasons why the Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain.
  1. Be able to recognize and give examples of Free-Enterprise companies.
  1. What was Russification? What was its goal?
  1. Why did German authorities help Lenin return to Russia after exile during the first World War?

Unit VI: Nationalism and WWI

  1. What is the relationship between propaganda, nationalism, and militarism during WWI?
  1. Know which country supported Austria-Hungary at the start of WWI, and which country supported Serbia.
  1. Know the reasons the United States joined WWI.
  1. Why did the Germans devise the Schlieffen plan?
  1. Know which countries made up both the Allied and Central Powers during WWI.
  1. Why is it thought that the Treaty of Versailles caused WWII?

Unit VII: Imperialism

  1. Know which political activists Gandhi inspired.
  1. What was the primary reason behind the Sepoy Mutiny?
  1. Which two countries remained independent after the partition of Africa?
  1. Know the definitions of the following terms:
  2. Homeland
  1. Pass Laws
  1. Minority Rule
  1. Apartheid

Unit VIII: WWII

  1. Know both the similarities and differences between Communism and Fascism.
  1. What is appeasement?
  1. Which countries made up the Axis Powers during the Second World War?
  1. What was the Beer Hall Putsch? What was the result of that event?
  1. During the writing of Mein Kampf, what did Hitler realize about democracy?
  1. Who was Paul von Hindenburg? Why was his death significant?
  1. What is the Reichstag in Germany? How did the burning down of the Reichstag help Hitler’s rise to power?
  1. What is anti-Semitism?
  1. What were the Nuremberg Laws? Be able to recognize examples of these laws.
  1. What happened during Kristallnacht?
  1. Which country did Hitler invade to begin WWII?

**There will be a large number of skills-based questions on this exam; that is, you will be given charts, graphs, and primary documents and will have to answer questions that go with those items.

Part II:

You may use no notes to assist you with this portion of the exam. The essay questions for the exam are as follows:

Regular Only:

Answer ONE of the following questions in one well-written paragraph. See rubric on the next page

Question 1: Using the industrial revolution as the point of analysis, is inhumanity a necessary by-product of progress?

Question 2: Based on what you have learned about Gandhi, what rights should human beings have, and why should they have those rights?

Accelerated Only:

Answer ONE of the following questions in one well-written paragraph. See rubric on the next page.

Question 1: Using the Enlightenment and Gandhi as the point of analysis, what rights should all human beings have, and why should they have those rights?

Question 2: Using early 20th century Europe as your point of analysis, how is nationalism a cause of both WWI and WWII?