Second Semester Exam Review—AP World History 2013
- What were Europeans’ main motives for making voyages of exploration?
- How did Prince Henry of Portugal influence exploration?
- What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?
- Which European country was the leader in developing and applying 15th century sailing innovations?
- Why was the caravel an important development in navigation?
- Who captained the first European ship to sail around the tip of Africa, now known as the Cape of Good Hope?
- Which of the following did NOT aid the Spanish in conquering the Aztecs?
- What was one result of the loss of native lives to disease?
- How was Africa affected by the Atlantic slave trade?
- Who contradicted the ideas of the U.S. Constitution?
- In the 1700s, which of the following showed the influence of Enlightenment ideas?
- Which of the following did the censors of the Catholic Church ban ?
- How did the Declaration of Independence embody Enlightenment ideas?
- The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by whom?
- Francis Bacon helped to develop what?
- The Bill of Rights was influenced by what?
- What did Isaac Newton explain?
- What accurately describes the tax system in France in the years preceding the French Revolution?
- What strategy did Czar Alexander I use to defeat Napoleon?
- What did Metternich NOT want to accomplish at the Congress of Vienna?
- What was one important effect resulting from the political changes made at the Congress of Vienna?
- What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?
- What was Napoleon able to accomplish during peacetime?
- Which of the following was an important goal of the Congress of Vienna?
- Nationalism was a force that ,. . .
- What impact did technological advances have on industry?
- Which of the following was NOT a positive aspect of industrialization?
- How did the impact of worldwide industrialization effect the relationships between industrialized nations and non-industrialized nations?
- What was the Industrial Revolution?
- What were the three factors of production required to drive the industrial revolution?
- What was the main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th century Britain and elsewhere in western Europe?
- Why did the Western nations desire lands in the Pacific Rim?
- What is the most probable link between militarism and imperialism?
- What event in Sarajevo ignited the Great War?
- What gamble did Germany make before the United States entered the war?
- How did the Allies respond to Wilson’s vision for peace?
- What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?
- What did the war become once the participating countries began devoting all of their resources to the war effort?
- What action on November 11, 1918, brought World War I to an end?
- What were the Fourteen Points?
- Who was forced to assume sole responsibility for the war under the Treaty of Versailles?
- Why did coalition governments usually prove unstable?
- Why did millions of Germans turn against the leaders of the Weimar Republic?
- What fear added to the appeal of fascism in Italy and Germany?
- Why did Hitler target the Jewish population?
- In what way was Japan different from its allies Germany and Italy?
- What was Roosevelt’s New Deal program?
- Whose title was Il Duce?
- Which German political party sought to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism?
- What term was used to identify the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan?
- What was the U.S. response to Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in mid-1941?
- How did civilians join in the war effort?
- What was the Allies’ plan for victory over the Nazis?
- Why were thousands of U.S. citizens put in internment camps during the war?
- Why did Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?
- The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
- What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain?
- What event occurred on the day described as “a date which will live in infamy”?
- What was significant about the Battle of Midway?
- Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?
- Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?
- Where were atomic bombs dropped?
- What was the purpose of the Nuremburg Trials?
- What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
- In the 1940s and 1950s, what did the region described as being “behind the iron curtain” include?
- What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
- What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations In response to NATO?
- Which two groups fought a civil war in China both before and after WWII?
- When did Chinese troops enter the war in Korea?
- What were Third World countries?
- Which European countries could receive aid through the Marshall Plan?
- What led the Soviets to blockade West Berlin?
- What event increased U.S. spending on education and technology?
- Which leader won China’s civil war?
- Who were most of the Vietcong?
- In what year did Saigon fall to the North Vietnamese?
- Saigon was renamed what?
- Where did the USSR place missiles, setting off a crisis with the U.S.?
- What was the name of the first satellite?
- Which three men are credited with ending the Cold War?
- What Indochinese country had one-third of its population die at the hands of the Khmer Rouge?
- Why was the Berlin Wall built?
- What group was behind the 9/11 attacks?
- What was NOT invented in the 19th century?
- What were Japan’s goals in the Pacific?
- What does “mutually assured destruction” mean?
- What is King Leopold famous for?
- Why is the 20th century called “America’s century”?
- What is Ms. Burlage’s favorite period of history?
- What were two major results of the Black Death (in addition to dying)?
- How did the Black Death spread?
- Where did the Renaissance begin? What was the “spark” that started it?
- Name four Renaissance artists.
- What were three of DaVinci’s accomplishments?
- What is the heliocentric theory, and who is its creator?
- John Locke believed that people were entitled to (three things)?
- What are “inalienable rights”?
- Define “Age of Enlightenment.”
- What is cultural imperialism?
- What are examples of genocide\?
Short answers/listings:
- How did each of these contribute to the end of the Middle Ages?
- Crusades
- Black Death
- Great Schism
- Hundred Years’ War
- How did the Renaissance ideas lead to the Reformation?
- List four results of the Age of Exploration.
- Compare socialism, communism, and capitalism.
- What were the four causes of World War I?
- How did World War I lead to World War II?
- What caused the Cold War? Name three big conflicts during this time.
- Explain globalization.