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3rd 9 Weeks Study Guide
Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. You do not have to
answer in complete sentences. Remember to use the index and table of contents to guide you to
the right section. Also remember the 5 Ws Who did what, what occurred, When and where
did they do it or it happened, Why or how it is important?
Imperialism:
Chapter 12 sec 1-5 and Chapter 13 sec 1, 2, 4
1. Why did European countries participate in imperialism and a race for colonies?
2. What were some responses of colonized peoples to European imperialism?
3. How did imperialist European powers claim control over most of Africa by the end of the
1800s?
4. How did European contact with Africa increase in the late 1800s?
5. How did King Leopold II set off a scramble for colonies in Africa?
6. How did Ethiopians resist imperialism?
7. How did the Qing respond to Britain’s diplomatic mission?
8. What are the reasons for the Open Door Policy in China?
9. What was the importance of the Canals throughout the world?
World War I:
Chapter 14 sec. 1-4
10. What was the M.A.I.N cause of WWI?
11. What were the major events of the war?
12. Identify and compare political boundaries before and after WW I.
13. What happened because of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand and his wife?
14. Describe the results from fighting on the western and eastern fronts.
15. What impact did the Zimmerman note and unrestricted submarine warfare have on the
United States entering the war?
16. What made World War I much more deadly than previous wars?
17. Why did Germany ask the Allies for an armistice in November 1918?
18. What were the outcomes and global effects of World War I?
19. What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
20. Why did the League of Nations fail to accomplish Wilson’s dream?
21. Why was self-determination so important to Wilson?
Communism and Totalitarianism
Chapter 14 sec 5 and Chapter 16 sec 4
22. Why was Bloody Sunday a turning point for the Russians?
23. Why did Russia erupt in revolution while fighting in World War I?
24. How did communism rise in Russia?
25. How did Lenin’s policies change economic and social life in Russia?
26. What were Stalin’s goals for the U.S.S.R., and how did he achieve them?
Rise of Fascism and Militarism
Chapter 15 sec 5 and Chapter 16 sec3- 5
27. How did these regimes affect the world after World War I?
28. How did postwar disillusionment contribute to Mussolini’s rise?
29. How did the Fascist party transform Italy’s government and economy?
30. What political and economic problems did the Weimar Republic face?
31. Describe the Nazi party’s ideology and Hitler’s plans for ruling Germany.
32. How did democratic participation in Japan both grow and stagnate in the 1920”s?
33. What changes did militarists make when they came to power?
34. What role did geography play in Japan’s desire to expand its empire?
35. How did the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles cause the problems in Germany?
World War II
Chapter 17
36. Describe the German, Italian, and Japanese drives for empire.
37. What convinced Britain and France to end their policy of appeasement? Why?
38. Which regions fell under Axis rule between 1939 and 1941?
39. What were the causes of World War II?
40. Why did the United States enter the war?
41. What were the major events of World War II?
42. Who were the major leaders of World War II?
43. Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic bomb?
44. What was Hitler’s final solution?
45. Why do you think that an event as horrifying as the Holocaust was able to occur?
46. Explain the impact of the Holocaust/genocide?
47. What were the long-term effects of World War II?
48. What was the war crimes trial?
49. How was the United Nations different from the League of Nations?
Cold War (Extra Points on your study guide since we did not cover this as a class)
Chapter 18
50. Explain the differences between Capitalism and Communism.
51. What events lead to the Cold War?
52. What is the policy of containment?
53. How did the threat of nuclear weapons discourage war during the Cold War?
54. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
55. Explain the differences between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, which countries belonged
to which and why?
56. Why was the Berlin Wall built? Why did it fall?
57. Explain the importance of Perestroika, Glasnost and Mikhail Gorbachev and how the led
to the collapse of the Soviet Union?