Final Exam Study Guide, Honors 111


Remember that you are responsible for the material in the textbook Chapters 26-35.


Cumulative Sections

I. Map – See List         Map List

II. Quotes – See List   Quotes

III. Listing – See original list plus those below Listing

  1. Three tactics used to make Hitler dictator

  2. Dominoes to enter World War I

  3. Three issues that caused U.S. entry into WW I

  4. Sins of the Victorian middle Class

  5. Reasons that the Industrial Revolution began in Britain

  6. Four Social causes of the Industrial Revolution

  7. Three manifestations of Nationalism after 1850

  8. Seven Deadly Sins

  9. Seven Sacraments

  10. National Holidays: FR, UK, US, USSR (Names & Dates)

  11. Triple Entente  & Triple Alliance

  12. Two battle plans prior to WW I

  13. Allied Powers (WW I)  & Central Powers (WW I)

  14. Three battles of WW I

  15. New Weapons of WW I 

  16. Name the Big Four & their representatives at Versailles

  17. Five new countries after World War I

  18. Name three empires which crumbled as a result of World War I

  19. Name three territorial changes -- besides new countries

  20. Axis Powers (WW 2) & Allied Powers (WW2)

  21. Three theaters of WW II

  22. Four phases of World War II

  23. Three turning point battles of WW II

  24. Big Three of WW II

  25. Big Three at end of Cold War

 

IV. Be able to describe terms from the presentations -- List in class.

        

IV. Terms – Be able to Identify & Show the significance of the following.

Russian Authoritarianism Pogrom Night of the Long Knives Kristallnacht
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Munich Conference Appeasement Totalitarianism
Fascism Francisco Franco Anschluss Lebensraum
Mein Kampf Nuremberg Laws Auschwitz Age of the Demagogues
Manfred Von Richtofen Battle of Jutland Unrestricted Submarine Warfare League of Nations
Self-Determination Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Vichy France Miracle of the Marne
Miracle at Dunkirk Gallipoli Campaign Operation Overlord Erwin Rommel
Joseph Goebbels Winston Churchill  Neville Chamberlain  Samuel Smiles
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Schlieffen Plan Black Hand Franz Ferdinand
Kaiser Wilhelm II Wilfred Owen Trench Warfare Western Front
Tsar Nicholas II Gregor Rasputin V. I. Lenin British East India Company
Michelangelo "Blank Check" Martin Luther 95 Theses
Henry VIII Erasmus of Rotterdam Louis XIV Palace of Versailles
Voltaire Glorious Revolution Otto von Bismark Johann von Herder
Russo-Japanese War Cecil Rhodes Francesco Petrarch Five Year Plan
Entente Cordiale League of Nations Luisitania Zimmerman Note
John J. Pershing Battle of Amiens Battle of the Bulge Battle of Britain
Ramsay MacDonald Reichstag Fire Benito Mussolini Lateran Accord
Winston Churchill Neville Chamberlain The Slump  Popular Front
Coalition Government Phony War Spanish Civil War Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
Big Three Franklin Roosevelt Joseph Stalin Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima Yalta Conference Spanish Armada Waterloo
Warm Water Port Monroe Doctrine NKVD CHEKA



V. Essay. 

1. The Great War, or World War I, has been described as “drowning the rational reasonable world of the 19th century in a sea of mud and blood.” Describe how the Great War did, or did not, change warfare, society and politics in the Western world. Include the type of war it was, as well as the outcome of the war.


2. Compare and contrast the Peace of Paris, 1919 with the Congress of Vienna, 1815. What were the differences in the players, principles, treaty and results? Describe each of the primary players and their representatives at the two conferences and the treaties that resulted. Which one was more successful and why?


3. Compare and contrast the reasons, methods and results of the Napoleonic Wars, World War I and World War II. Who were the players? How did the outcomes change Western society? Or did they?


4. The Interwar Era is often described as an era of angst. Explain how this manifested in art, economics, politics and society. Compare and contrast the different methods for dealing with the problems – both economic and psychological – created by this era.

 

5. Nationalism has been called the “most dangerous ism.” Agree or disagree with this statement using specific examples from the 19th and 20th centuries. How did this create unity or cause conflicts or both?


6. Appeasement is often highlighted as one of the problems which lead to World War II. Explain this term and demonstrate how Hitler’s diplomatic moves took advantage of this mind-set.


7. Discuss the progress of the Second World War. Who were the major players? How did the war begin and progress in each theater of fighting? What were the turning points of the war and how did it come to an end?

 

8. Explain the rise of a totalitarian state.  What is the difference between totalitarianism and absolutism?  How does a totalitarian state come into power?  What tools and techniques are used?   Give a concrete example to explain each element. (Hint: Nazi Germany)