World History 2nd Semester 2014Final Study Guide
Final will be 200 points – 100 Scantron Questions (Bring a #2 Pencil) and the Real to Reel History Movie review worth 100 points. All scantron questions come from test or quiz questions during the semester. The final is worth 10% of the semester grade. You may receive 4th Quarter extra credit for 100% completed study guides submitted with final.
The following 100 notes from the chapters which were tested by objective questions are divided by the chapter in which each is found. You may transfer whatever you would like about the answers to the items listed below from tests or quizzes this Semester on to one 8 ½” x 11” sheet of paper to use on the final. All of the items in the given chapters are fragments of the actual test questions.
Chapter 14 Crisis and Absolutism in Europe(4)
Who sought to increase France’s wealth and power through mercantilism? (444) What Baroque architect and sculptor completed Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome?(449)What granted Puritans, not Catholics, the right of public worship? (439)What was the “Glorious Revolution”? (439)
Chapter 15 The Muslim Empires(5)
Who brought an era of unity to the subcontinent of India in the 1600’s?(473) How did the zamindars earn a salary?(474) Name the group of Ottoman religious advisors that administered the legal system and schools for educating Muslims?(461)Who led the Ottomans to conquer Constantinople and gain dominance over the Balkans and the Anatolian Peninsula?(457) What areas of the world did the Ottoman Turks conquer? (458)
Chapter 16 East Asian World (5)
What was a daimyo?(496) How did reports of China from Christian missionaries affect European interest?(487) What Chinese novel is considered the first realistic social novel?(494) Why was Korea called the “Hermit Kingdom”?(500)Who were the eta under the Tokugawa class system?(499)
Chapter 17 Revolution and Enlightenment(5)
Who governs in the Rousseau concept of a social government?(522) Montesquieu’s analysis of what system is found in the US Constitution?(520) The 3 branches of the US national government are called what? What scientist was the first to argue the sun, not the earth, was at the center of the universe?(513) The Ptolemaic system says what about the structure of the universe?(512)
Chapter 18 The French Revolution(5)
What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaim for man and for women?(550) Which of the 7 legal codes established by Napoleon is considered to the most important?(565) How did the Russians defeat Napoleon’s Grand Army?(569)What was Napoleon’s Continental System designed to do?(568)What was Napoleon’s military force called?(566)
Chapter 19 Industrialization & Nationalism(6)
What did Louis Pasteur propose?(607)What was crucial to Britain’s Industrial Revolution?What was central to Darwin’s organic evolution theory? What was a major threat to American national unity during the 19th century?(602) Who developed a steam engine to drive machinery? What was one of the first industrial products affected by the Industrial Revolution?
Ch 20 Mass Society and Democracy(6)
What name did Karl Marx use for the working class? What had trade unions achieved by 1914?(619) Symbolists believed the world was a collection of symbols for what purpose?(637) What did the internal-combustion engine give rise to? What did Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters found? What did Sigmund Freud believe about repressed experiences?
Ch 21 The Height of Imperialism(7)
What did the Indians call the British Sepoy Mutiny?(666) Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar led independence movements against whom?(673)Who set up a non-violent movement for independence from British control? (670)What was the “white man’s burden” in European imperialism? Who seized power and set up a separate Egyptian state in 1805? What was the goal of the Indian National Congress?(669)Who hired Henry Stanley to go to Africa to find David Livingstone?(657)
Ch 22 East Asia under Challenge(7)
Who proposed the Open Door Policy for China? What group had the slogan, “destroy the foreigner”? (689)What was the practice of Europeans living by their own laws while on Chinese soil called?(685-extraterritoriality) What did the British sell to China to improve their balance of trade?(684) What standard did Meiji reformers base their 1871 imperial army on?(699)What was the result of the 1904 war between Japan and Russia?(703) What island was Britain given as a result of the Treaty of Nanjing?(685-Hong Kong)
Ch 23 War and Revolution(9)
In WWI, what did they mean by a complete mobilization of resources and people?(744) What WWI cause was the aggressive preparation for war?(718) What German activity was a cause of the US joining WWI? What Russian Bolshevik leader was dedicated to violent revolution? Who was in the Triple Alliance at the start of the war?(718) What did Pres. Wilson argue strongly for in the Paris Peace conference?(741) The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Big Three in an agreement with what country? What did democratic states (countries) use to maintain high morale and support for the war?(721) Why were new roles in the workforce created for women during the war?(727-so many men in service)
Ch 24 The West between the Wars(9)
What is a totalitarian state?(759) What was the purpose for Stalin’s Five-Year Plans?(762) What was the Kristallnacht?(771) What do you call a period of low economic activity and rising employment?(754) What was the Enabling Act and how did it affect the Nazi rise to power?(768) What did the Treaty of Locarno guarantee?(753) What was the leading policy-making body of the Communist Party?(761) What were Hitler’s political theories based on?(767) What are the goals of Fascism? (760)
Ch 26 World War II(May 7)(6)
In 1938, what area in northwestern Czechoslovakia did Hitler demand and why is it so important? (p. 811)
Explain the significance of the German blitzkrieg into Poland and why England declared war on Germany Sept. 3, 1939? (p. 814 & 815)
What did the Japanese do on Dec. 7, 1941 and how is it important to WW2? (p. 817 & 818)
Who were the Einsatzgruppenand their role in the Nazi plan? (p. 825 & 826)
Why did Truman avoid an invasion of Japan in 1945 and drop the A-Bombs? (p. 834)
What did Churchill, in 1946, call the postwar Soviet policy in Eastern Europe and how was it a Cold War event? (p. 836)
Ch 27 Cold War and Postwar Changes (May 9 & 12)(9)
What was the name of the Soviet alliance with various Eastern European nations in the 1950’s called? (852)
What did the Truman Doctrine state and say the US would provide? (850)
What policy did the US adopt toward the spread of communism? (850)
Why was the Berlin Wall built in 1961? (853)
What was the Marshall Plan designed to do in Europe? (850)
What was the name of the US-led attempt in April, 1961 to overthrow Cuba? (907)
Why was the Truman Doctrine created as a response to actions in 1946? (850)
Even after Stalin’s death in 1953, what did the Soviet Union make clear? (preventE. European satellites’ indep.)
What did the USA most fear when the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957? (853)
Ch 28-31 Contemporary World(May 13 & 14)(12)
What was the purpose of NAFTA? (888)Who did Fidel Castro overthrow in 1959? (907)Which US President was in office for the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion? (907)What did the Little Red Book describe? (943)What does détente mean in the Cold War in the 1970’s? (875)Who was the first black president of South Africa after 26 years in prison? (925)Who founded the Polish national trade union, Solidarity? (879)What were the first goals of the European Union? (884 – common currency)Modern African cultures are characterized by what tension? (927)What was the first African nation to gain independence from British colonial rule? (921)Who were the nations involved in the Suez War of 1956? (930)What is the significance of the 38th Parallel in the 1950’s and today? (945)
Ch 32 Challenges and Hopes for the Future (May 16)
What did many scientists warn about the effect of releasing chlorofluorocarbons? (970)In 1995, what was established as an international organization to deal with the rules of trade between countries? (972) What are the 2 main characteristics of “developing countries”? (972) After World War II, what did African and Asian leaders identify as the defining theme of their new political cultures? (973) The United Nations was founded in 1945 which city? (974)