Unit 2 Part 2 Study Guide: Development of Europe (modern history)
Name ___________________________ Date ______________ Class _________
To prepare for the test, review the handouts and notes in your binder sections.
Complete and review this study guide as well. The standards covered in this unit are:
SS6H6d: Explain the impact of European empire building in Africa and Asia on the outbreak of WWI.
SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 20st century.
a. Describe major developments following WWI: the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles, worldwide
depression, and the rise of Nazism.
b. Explain the impact of WWII in terms of the Holocaust, the origins of the Cold War, and the rise of the
Superpowers.
c. Explain how the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the end of the Cold War and German reunification.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
1) Name 2 positive effects of the Industrial Revolution
a. _________________________________________________________
b. _________________________________________________________
2) Name 2 negative effects of the Industrial Revolution
a.____________________________________________________________
b.____________________________________________________________
IMPERIALISM
3) Define imperialism________________________________________________
4) On what continents did Europeans primarily colonize?
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5) Which country had the most colonies? ________________________________
IMPERIAL RUSSIA and RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
6) Who am I? Why am I important?
a) Czar Nicholas II
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b) Vladimir Lenin___________________________________________________________
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7) Why were the Russian people accepting of communism after WWI?
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8) Name the four events that led to the fall of the Russian Empire:
a)
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b)
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c)
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d)
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WORLD WAR I
9) Define:
a) Communism___________________________________________________
b) Reparations___________________________________________________
10) Name 4 causes of World War I: (MAIN)
a) ______________________________________________
b) ______________________________________________
c) ________________________________________________
d) __________________________________________________
e) What was the “spark”?_____________________________________________
11) Name the three countries for each that formed the:
a) Allies________________________________________________________
b) Central Powers _______________________________________________
12) What was the Treaty of Versailles? What effect did it have on Germany?
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GREAT DEPRESSION
13) What event in 1929 began the Great Depression? What happened to end it?
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World War II
14) Define:
a) Holocaust______________________________________________________
b) genocide ______________________________________________________
c) anti-Semitism___________________________________________________
15) Who am I? Why am I important?
a) Nazis -________________________________________________________
b) Adolf Hitler-___________________________________________________
16) Name 4 causes of World War II: (TGIF)
a. _________________________________________________________
b. _________________________________________________________
c. _________________________________________________________
d. _________________________________________________________
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WWII
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COLD WAR
18) What was the Marshall Plan designed to accomplish? How did it differ from the
Treaty of Versailles?
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19) When and what was the Cold War?
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20) What two superpowers disagreed during the Cold War and over what?
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21) What was the most prevalent form of government in Eastern Europe during the Cold
War? ______________________________________________________________
Unit Enduring Understandings:
~ When there is conflict between or within societies, change is the result.
~ While change occurs over time, there is continuity to the basic structure of a society.