World History 2nd Semester Final Exam Review Sheet
What is historically significant about these terms;
Huguenots
divine right
mercenary
Segregation
abolition movement
electorate
Louisiana Purchase
Trade balance
trade surplus
trade deficit
mercantilism
Jamestown
Monroe Doctrine
Hermit Kingdom
French Indochina
total war
stalemate
neutrality
Bolsheviks
Central Powers
republic
scorched earth
social darwinism
reparations
propaganda
privateers
guillotine
gulag
apartheid
flappers
Gestapo
totalitarian state
Nuremberg Laws
nationalism
Nazism
Facism
Hiroshima
appeasement
Nuremberg Trials
blitzkrieg
anti-semitism
Rosie the Riveter
Manhattan Project
Kamikaze
D-Day
Communism
Truman Doctrine
Who led the first successful mission to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
How did European expansion of the slave trade affect African states in the 1600s and 1700s?
African states began to compete and kidnap enemies to dominate the slave trade.
What did the islands that Columbus discovered on his voyage become known as?
The West Indies
How did Europeans usually acquire African captives for the slave trade?
African traders brought captives to ports.
What was significant about the settlement at Cape Town, South Africa?
First permanent European settlement in Africa
To conquer the Aztec empire, Hernán Cortés formed alliances with conquered people who hated the Aztecs.
This conquistador conquered present day Peru, Ecuador and Chile. Pizarro
The English colonies of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Maryland were mainly set up as havens for persecuted
religious groups.
When he encountered the Taíno people in the West Indies, Christopher Columbus claimed their land for the Spanish
king.
What was the basic ideology of The Enlightenment? Science and intellectual explanations as opposed to superstition,
intolerance and abuses in church and state.
This French king had the palace at Versailles built and was known for his lavish lifestyle Louis XIV
Which group consisted of dissenters who sought to change Catholic practices in the Church of England? Puritans
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen in France was modeled on the US Declaration of Independence
Which country was able to remain outside Napoleon’s European empire? Great Britain
During the Reign of Terror, trials and executions were carried out under the authority of the Committee of Public Safety
Under the Napoleonic Code, men retained this right? Authority over their wives
Napoleon’s final defeat was at the Battle of Waterloo
Through reforms that took place during the late 1800s, Britain eventually transformed itself into a constitutional
monarchy
What was a result of widespread anti-Semitism in Europe in the late 1800s? Zionism was established where Jews
would return to Israel.
In the 1800s, what was a major reason why the Irish resented the British in Ireland? Irish peasants were forced to pay
high rents to absentee British landlords.
Which issue in the platform of the Populist party eventually became law in the United States?
8 hour work day.
These two African colonies were created for freed slaves in Africa. Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Why was it important for Russia to control the Dardanelles? So they could have access to the Mediterranean
Sea and beyond.
The interest of Europeans in Iran intensified with what discovery in the region? Oil.
In the Treaty of Nanjing, Britain gained control of Hong Kong
Britain went to war with China to preserve their right to sell _______________there. Opium
Which of the following events caused Britain to fight in World War I? Germany invaded Belgium with whom they
had an alliance.
Why did a stalemate develop on the Western Front? Trench warfare made it difficult for either side to gain an
advantage.
What was significant about the Zimmerman Note? It drew the US into WWI on the side of the Allies.
Why did the Irish Americans oppose the US joining the war on the side of the British? Because the Irish resented the
British over their occupation of Ireland.
In general, the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles focused mainly on punishing Germany
Who led the Bolsheviks in 1919? Lenin
What was one of the affects of Prohibition in the 1920’s? An increase in organized crime/bootlegging.
What event led to the Great Depression? An overproduction of goods.
For most of the 1920’s what was the American economy like? Booming until 1929.
What were three bad economic practices that the banks and citizens were engaging in that allowed it to happen?
Easy credit, risky investing by banks, lack of personal savings.
Be able to match WW2 leaders with their appropriate country. US – Roosevelt, GB- Churchill, USSR –Stalin
Germany-Hitler, Italy-Musolini, Japan-Tojo
What countries made up French Indochina? Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
How was Germany violating the Treaty of Versailles? They were building their military.
What did the Soviet Union do during Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939? They invaded from the other side.
Why did Hitler invade the Soviet Union? To have access to its natural resourses.
What U.S. action influenced the Japanese decision to attack the United States in 1941? The US banned the sale of iron,
steel and oil to Japan.
What was significant about The Battle of the Bulge? It delayed the Allied advance, but it spent the last of
Germany’s military power.
The US strategy of “island hopping” in the Pacific was meant to accomplish what? To get close enough to
Japan to launch bombers.
What were two of Stalin’s goals in retaining control over the countries of Eastern Europe after WW2?
To expand communism and create a buffer against invasion from Europe.
What event brought the US and Soviet Union closest to nuclear war?
Cuban Missile Crisis
In what two major conflicts did the US try to halt the spread of communism?
Korea and Vietnam
This Islamic Terrorist group was responsible for the events of 9/11 and other terrorist activities against the
West;
Al Qaeda
What is Al Qaeda’s major grievance with the US and the West in general?
The US support of Israel, which they believe does not have the right to exist.
Be able to locate on a map;
Great Britain
France
South Africa
Pakistan
Germany
Spain
Russia
Libya
Egypt
Saudi Arabia Syria
Israel
Iraq
Iran
Afghanistan
India
North Korea South Korea Japan
China
Vietnam