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FINAL REVIEW FOR AP EUROPEAN HISTORY EXAM
RENAISSANCE
1. WHAT IS A GOOD DEFINITION OF THE RENAISSANCE? DID
WOMEN HAVE A RENAISSANCE? DID THE POOR HAVE A
RENAISSANCE?
2. WHY WAS THE REN. A TURNING POINT IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION? WHY WAS IT A
“REBIRTH”?
3. WAS IT A DISTINCT PERIOD OR A CONTINUATION OF THE
MIDDLE AGES?
4. WHY DID IT START IN ITALY?
5. HOW WAS THE REN. IN ITALY DIFFERENT FROM THE REN. IN
NORTHERN EUROPE? HOW WAS IT THE SAME?
6. THE REN. HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE
MEDIEVAL WORLD AND THE MODERN WORLD…WHY?
EXPLAIN.
7. DESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING: SECULARISM, HUMANISM,
FEUDALISM, INDIVIDUALISM, VIRTU, CHRISTIAN HUMANISM,
AND PATRONAGE.
8. DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERISTICS/ADVANCES IN REN. ART
9. HOW DID THE CATHOLIC CHURCH LOOSE ITS DOMINANT
POSITION IN THE REN.
MAJOR UPHEAVALS OF THE 14TH-16TH CENTURIES
1. DESCRIBE THE CAUSES OF THE 100 YEARS WAR
2. WHAT HAPPENED AT…AGINCOURT, POITIERS, AND CRECY?
3. DESCRIBE THE EFFECTS OF THE BLACK DEATH…SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC UPHEAVAL
4. HOW DID ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND SPAIN BECOME STRONGER
UNDER THE STRONGER MONARCHIES? WHY DID THE
MONARCHIES GET STRONGER AT THIS TIME?
5. DESCRIBE THE GENERAL NATURE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF THE NEW MONARCHIES
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6. TO WHAT EXTENT CAN MACHIAVELLI’S TEACHINGS FIT THE
NEW MONARCHIES?
REFORMATION
1. WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF THE REFORMATION? (ABUSES,
AVIGNON PAPACY, BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, CONCILLIAR
MOVEMENT, GREAT SCHISM…etc.)
2. “LUTHER WAS BOTH A REVOLUTIONARY AND A
CONSERVATIVE” EVALUATE THIS STATEMENT WITH RESPECT
TO THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL QUESTIONS OF HIS DAY
3. HOW/WHY DO THE IDEAS OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMERS
REFLECT THE IDEAS OF THE CHRISTIAN HUMANISTS?
4. WHAT WERE THE BASIC TENETS OF THE PROTESTANT
FAITHS? HOW DID THESE FAITHS DIFFER WITH
CATHOLICISM? (EACH OTHER)
5. WHY WAS THERE A STRONGER REFORMATION IN GERMANY
AND ENGLAND THAN IN THE REST OF EUROPE? (PEACE OF
AUGSBURG)
6. WHAT WERE THE LONG-TERM POLITICAL/SOCIAL EFFECTS OF
THE REFORMATION IN EUROPE?
7. WAS THE REF. PRIMARILY POLITICALLY OR RELIGIOUSLY
MOTIVATED?
8. WHY DID THE REFORMATION WORK IN NORTHERN EUROPE?
9. WHY DID IT NOT WORK IN ITALY?
10. DESCRIBE THE CATHOLIC RESPONSE TO THE REFORMATION
11. WHY DID THE COUNCI LOF TRENT MEET? WHAT DID THEY
ACHIEVE?
12. FRANCE IN THE 16TH CENTURY…THE HUGENOTS; WERE
THESE PRIMARILY WARS OF RELIGION OR OF POLITICAL
CONTROL?
13. THE 30 YEARS WAR (1618-1648): WHAT WERE ITS CAUSES
AND SIGNIFICANCE? RELIGIOUS OR POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED?
14. DESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING: INQUISITION, ANABAPTISTS,
TREATY OF WESTPHALIA, HENRY OF NAVARRE, POLITIQUES,
EDICT OF NANTES
15. THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND; DESCRIBE THE
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FOLLOWING: WAR OF THE ROSES, DEFENDER OF THE
FAITH, ACT OF SUPREMACY, CRAMNER, MORE, THE 6
ARTICLES, ANGLICANISM
16. WAS ELIZABETH I AN EXCEPTION TO THE LOW STATUS
OF EUROPEAN WOMEN? DISCUSS
THE ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION
1. NATIONS WERE LOOKING FOR NEW TRADE ROUTES…WHY?
2. WHAT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OPENING OF THE
ATLANTIC?
3. DEFINE MERCANTILISM
4. WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF THE COMMERCIAL REV. ON
EUROPE? ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS
5. DISCUSS THE TREATY OF TORDESILLAS
6. WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HENRY THE NAVIGATOR?
7. WHAT IS BULLIONISM?
8. WHAT IS THE AGE OF DISCOVERY? WHO WAS LOOKING FOR
WHAT…AND WHY?
9. WHAT WAS THE “REQUONQUISTA”?
10. COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE MOTIVES FOR EUROPEAN
EXPANSIONISM DURING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY (15/16 C.)
AND DURING THE AGE OF NEW IMPERIALISM (19/20 C.)
THE AGEOF ABSOLUTISM
1. DURING THE 17/18 C. ENGLAND AND FRANCE WENT VERY
DIFFERENT WAYS MONARCHICALLY. EXPLAIN/DESCRIBE
2. DISCUSS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TO THE
LEGITIMIZING OF ABSOLUTISM; POLITIQUE, HENRY IV,
RICHELIEU, MAZARIN, BISHOP BOSSUET, COLBERT, FRONDE,
LOUIS XIV.
3. DESCRIBE THE SUN KING…ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES TO FRANCE
4. DESCRIBE THE VERSAILLES SYSTEM
5. IN THE 17TH CENTURY, WHAT POLITICAL CONDITIONS
ACCOUNTED FOR THE INCREASED POWER OF BOTH THE
PARLIAMENT IN ENGLAND AND THE MONARCHY IN FRANCE?
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6. IN ENGLAND…WHY DID KING AND PARIAMENT COME INTO
CONFLICT IN THE 1640’S? WHAT WERE THE IMPORTANT
ISSUES? WHO BEARS MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WAR?
7. DISCUSS THE PURITAN REPUBLIC UNDER CROMWELL. WAS IT
REALLY A REPUBLIC? WHAT WAS THE BASIS FOR
CROMWELL’S RULE/AUTHORITY?
8. WHY WAS THE MONARCHY RESTORED IN 1660?
9. WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE CIVIL WAR? HOW DID
ENGLAND IN 1700 DIFFER FROM ENGLAND IN 1600?
10. WHAT WAS THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION? WHY DID IT TAKE
PLACE? WHAT MISTAKES DID JAMES II MAKE AND WHAT WERE
THE ISSUES IN1688? WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE
GLORIOUS REV.? ASSESS THE IMPORTANCE FOR THE FUTURE
WESTERN POLITICAL HISTORY
11. EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VIEWS OF
THOMAS HOBBES AND JOHN LOCKE WITH REGARDS TO
ABSOLUTISM AND GOVT.
12. HOW WAS THE GLORIOUS REV. DEPENDENT UPON
PREVIOUS ENGLISH HISTORY (MAGNA CARTA, etc.)
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
1. EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE TERM SCIENTIFIC REV.
2. WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS DID FRANCIS BACON MAKE/
3. HOW DID THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT
FROM COPERNICUS TO NEWTON CREATE A NEW CONCEPTION
OF THE UNIVERSE AND OF HUMANITIES PLACE WITHIN IT?
4. HOW DID THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCI.REV?
ARISTOTLE, PLATO, COPERNICUS, BRAHE, KEPLER, GALILEO,
DESCARTES, AND NEWTON
5. WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF THE SCI. REV.?
7. HOW DID PHILOSOPHERS DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF …WHAT
IS THE NATURE OF SOCIETY? CAN SCIENCE AND NATURAL
LAWS BE APPLIED TO FIND THE PURPOSE FO LIFE?
8. THE TRANSITION FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO EARLY
MODERN TIMES REPRESENTED A SHIFT IN EMPHASIS FROM
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AUTHORATATIVE TRUTH TO FACTUAL TRUTH. DISCUSS AND
EXPLAIN THIS STATEMENT
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
1. THE ENLIGHTENMENT HAD ITS ORIGINS IN THE SCIENTIFIC
AND INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTIONS OF THE 17TH CENTURY.
DISCUSS. WHAT WERE THE BASIC BELIEFS AND IDEALS OF
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
2. ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS FELT THAT CHANGE AND
REASON WERE BOTH POSSIBLE AND DESIREABLE FOR THE
SAKE OF HUMAN LIBERTY…HOW AND WHY?
3. HOW DID ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHERS PROVIDE A
MAJOR SOURCE OF IDEAS THAT UNDERMINED EXISTING
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRUCTURES?
4. DESCRIBE RATIONALISM
5. DESCRIBE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
6. IN WHAT WAYS DID ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS BUILD ON
THE IDEAS OF NEWTON AND LOCKE?
7. DESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING: VOLTAIRE, WOLLSTONCRAFT,
ROUSSEAU, ADAM SMITH, DIDEROT, MONTESQUIEU, KANT,
PAINE, CATHERINE THE GREAT AND PETER THE GREAT
8. DID VOLTAIRE’S LETTERS ON THE ENGLISH SET THE TONE
FOR THE FRENCH REVOLUTION?
9. DESCRIBE THE PARIS SALON AND THE LEADERSHIP OF
FRANCE IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS
OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIE
10.WHO WERE THE PHYSIOCRATS?
11.COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE CULTURAL VALUES OF THE
ENLIGHTENMENT WITH THOSE OF THE 16TH CENTURY
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
12.DESCRIBE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE
AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTIONS
13.DESCRIBE ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM AS PRACTISED BY
FREDERICK II (PRUSSIA), JOSEPH II (HAPSBURG EMPIRE),
CHARLES III (SPAIN), GUSTAVUS III (SWEDEN), CATHERINE THE
GREAT AND PETER THE GREAT OF RUSSIA
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14.EVALUATE THE REALITIES AND PROBLEMS OF ENLIGHTENED
DESPOTISM IN PRACTICE.
15.DISCUSS THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTIONARY WAR…AND BE CAREFUL!
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
1. WHAT WAS THE INFLUENCE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT ON THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION?
2. WHY DID THE FRENCH REV. BECOME INCREASINGLY RADICAL?
3. WHAT STAGES DID THE FRENCH REVOLUTION GO THROUGH?
4. THE CAUSE OF THE FR. REV. WAS A COLLISION BETWEEN A
POWERFUL, RISING BOURGEOSIE AND AN ARISTOCRACY
DEFENDIONG ITS PRIVILEGES. DISCUSS
5.DESCRIBE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SLOGANS OF THE FR. REV.
i.e. a) LIBERTE b)EGALITE c)FRATERNITE
6. DID THE 2ND FR. REV.(1792-1794) BETRAY THE IDEALS OF THE
1ST.
7. DISCUSS THE IDEAS AND IMPACT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF
1791
9. DESCRIBE THE POLITICAL COMPETITION BETWEEN THE
GIRONDISTS AND THE MOUNTAIN AND THE FALL OF THE
FRENCH MONARCHY
10. DISCUSS THE CHANGES MADE IN FRANCE DURING THE
THERMIDOREAN REACTION AND THE GOVERNING OF FRANCE
BY THE DIRECTORY
11. DISCUSS THE FIRST COALITION AGAINST REVOLUTIONARY
FRANCE
12. DISCUSS THE… a)TENNIS COURT OATH b)STORMING OF THE
BASTILLE c)ESTATES GENERAL d)THE GREAT FEAR
e)ASSIGNATS f)JACOBINS g)NATIONAL CONVENTION
13. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF…a)JACQUES NECKER
b)GEORGES DANTON c)JEAN PAUL MARAT d)ROBESPIERRE
NAPOLEON
1.DESCRIBE THE RISE OF NAPOLEON TO POWER AS FIRST CONSUL
2.EXPLAIN THE GOVERNING OF FRANCE, UNDER NAPOLEON, FROM
CONSULATE TO EMPIRE.
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3.DISCUSS NAPOLEON’S LEGAL REFORMS AND HIS DEALINGS WITH
RELIGION AND EDUCATION.
4.DESCRIBE THE NAPOLEONIC CODE
5.WHAT WS THE CONTINENTAL SYSTEM?
6.DESCRIBE THE NAPOLEONIC WARS OF 1800-1815…BE SURE TO
INCLUDE…THE PENINSULAR WAR, RISE OF GERMAN NATIONALISM,
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN, THE FALL OF NAPOLEON, AND THE 100 DAYS
REACTION, ROMANTICISM, AND REVOLUTION
1.EVALUATE THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA. WAS IT THE BASIS FOR A
LASTING PEACE? DID IT ESTABLISH A TRUE BALANCE OF POWER?
2.DISCUSS THE PRINCIPALS OF COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY
CONSERVATISM FOUND IN THE WRITINGS OF EDMUND BURKE AND
OTHERS (AND SUBSCRIBE TO BY THOSE AT THE CONGRESS OF
VIENNA)
3.DESCRIBE THE CONCERT OF EUROPE
4. DESCRIBE THE ROLES OF…a)METTERNICH b)CASTLEREAGH
c)TALLEYRAND
5.DESCRIBE THE BASIC PRINCIPLES AND BELIEFS OF
ROMANTICISM
6.WHAT WAS THE ROMANTICIST VIEW OF THE PAST AND ITS
INFLUENCE UPON MODERN NATIONALISM?
7.DESCRIBE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF…a)JOHANN WOLFGANG VON
GOETHE b)WORDSWORTH c)BEETHOVEN d)JACQUES LOUIS
DAVID e)FRANCISCO GOYA f)LORD BYRON g)MARY AND PERCY
SHELLEY h)KEATS I)COLERIDGE j)CHOPIN k)CONSTABLE
8.DISCUSS THE CAUSES, OCCURRENCES, AND CONSEQUENCES OF
THE 1820-1823 WAVE OF REVOLTS
9.WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THE DECEMBERIST REVOLT IN
RUSSIA?
10.WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THE 1830 REVOLUTION IN
FRANCE?
11.WHAT WERE THE REASONS FOR THE FAILURES OF THE
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN POLAND, ITALY, AND GERMANY
IN THE 1830’S?
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12.DISCUSS THE CAUSES, COURSE, AND OUTCOME OF THE 1848
REVOLUTIONS IN…a)FRANCE b)ITALY c)GERMANY d)HAPSBURG
EMPIRE
13.DEFINE THE FOLLOWING…LIBERALISM,
CONSERVATIVISM,REPUBLICAMISM,SOCIALISM,HUMANITARIANISM,
NATIONALISM
14.WHO WERE… CAVOUR, MAZZINI,NAPOLEON III, BISMARCK,
ALEXANDER II, LOUIS PHILLIPPE, MARX,FRANZ JOSEPH…AND
DESCRIBE THEIR IMPORTANCE.
INDUSTRIALIZATION
1.WHY DID THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BEGIN IN ENGLAND?
DISCUSS ENGLAND’S ADVANTAGES
2.HOW DID THE IND. REV. SPREAD TO OTHER COUNTRIES?
3.DESCRIBE THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
4.DESCRIBE THE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION ON THE
TEXTILE, COAL, AND IRON INDUSTRIES
5.DISCUSS THE TRANSFORMATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMUNICATION UPON SOCIETY
6.DESCRIBE THE CHANGES IN POPULATION AND THE STANDARD
OF LIVING WHICH EFFECTED EUROPE IN THE 18TH AND 19TH
CENTURIES
7.DISCUSS THE BELIEFS OF THE CLASSICAL ECONOMISTS AND THE
EFFECTS OF THOSE BELIEFS.
8.DISCUSS THE BELIEFS OF UTILITARIANISM, HUMANITARIAN
LIBERALISM, AND UTOPIAN SOCIALISM…WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS
OF THOSE BELIEFS?
9.DISCUSS THE IDEAS OF KARL MARX…AND THE COMMUNIST
MANIFESTO. ACCORDING TO MARX “EACH ACCORDING TO HIS….”
10.DESCRIBE THE IDEAS OF ANARCHISM AND ITS EFFECTS
11.DESCRIBE THE IDEAS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF THE
FOLLOWING…DAVID RICARDO, THOMAS MALTHUS, & ADAM SMITH
12.IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING…a)ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE
b)FACTORY ACT,1833 c)REFORM BILL, 1832 d)CHARTISM
e)LAISSEZ-FAIRE
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13.DESCRIBE THE TRENDS IN SCIENCE EMERGING FROM THE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION…
a)THEORIES OF DARWINISM AND ITS EFFECTS.
b)CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF RACISM AS IT EMERGED IN THE 19TH
CENTURY
c)POSITIVISM OF AUGUSTE COMTE AND THEIR EFFECTS
d)IDEALISM AND REALISM
e)ELITISM IN EUROPEAN THOUGHT
f)SOCIAL DARWINISM
UNIFICATION
1.DESCRIBE THE FINAL UNIFICATION OF ITALY
2.DISCUSSTHE ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES OF BEING ONE
NATION
3.DESCRIBE THE EMERGENCE OF PRUSSIAN LEADERSHIP AMONG
THE GERMAN STATES FOLLOWING THE REVOLUTION OF 1848
4.DESCRIBE THE FINAL UNIFICATION OF GERMANY INTO ONE
NATION
5.EXPLAIN: BISMARCK’S UNIFICATION OF GERMANY DESTROYED
THE BALANCE OF POWER IN EUROPE
6.WHICH WAS THE GREATEST CAUSE OF DISCORD AMONG
EUROPEAN NATIONS DURING THE YEARS 1871-1914, NATIONALISM
OR IMPERIALISM?
NEW IMPERIALISM AND THE GREAT WAR
1.DESCRIBE THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY IN G.B.
DURING THE 19TH CENTURY
2.DESCRIBE THE BACKGROUND AND CONFLICTS IN THE “IRISH
QUESTION”
3.DESCRIBE THE REASONS FOR THE SUDDEN WAVE OF NEW
IMPERIALISM AFTER 1870…AND DESCRIBE THE EXPANSION OF
EUROPEAN EMPIRES
4.DESCRIBE THE METHODS AND PLACES OF BRITISH
COLONOLIZATION
5.DESCRIBE THE EMPIRE BUILDING OF FRANCE, ITALY, GERMANY,
AND BELGIUM
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6.DISCUSS NATIONALISM AND POPULAR OPINION AS CAUSES OF
WWI
7.IDENTIFY THE SIGNIFICANT ALLIANCES OF THE PRE-WAR
PERIOD AND DISCUSS THE GROWING NATIONAL RIVALRIES AS
CAUSES OF WWI
8.DESCRIBE THE OUTBREAK OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN THE
SUMMER OF 1914
9.DESCRIBE THE ENTRY, AND THE MOTIVES, OF THE POWERS IN
WWI
10.DISCUSS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CAUSING THE FIRST WORLD
WAR AS SHARED BY THE GREAT POWERS OF EUROPE.
11.IDENTIFY THE MAJOR MEMBERS OF EACH SIDE IN THE “GREAT
WAR”…ALLIED POWERS/CENTRAL POWERS…AND DISCUSS THE
RELATIVE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF EACH
12.DESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING: a)TOTAL WAR b)STALEMATE
c)WESTERN FRONT d)EASTERN FRONT e)DARDANELLES
13.DESCRIBE THE EFFECT OF NEW WEAPONS UPON THE CHANGING
NATURE OF WARFARE IN WWI
14.TO WHAT EXTENT DID THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES ADDRESS
THE CAUSES OF WWI?
15.IN WHAT WAY DID THE CONCLUSION OF WWI LEAD TO THE
DISILLUSIONMENT OF THE 1920’S AND 1930’S?
16.DISCUSS THE INSTABILITY OF THE POST-WAR WORLD AND
DESCRIBE THE MAJOR ELEMENTS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF WILSON’S
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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
1.DISCUSS THE CAUSE AND BACKGROUND TO THE RUSSIAN
REVOLUTIONS
2.DESCRIBE THE MARCH REVOLUTION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A
PROVISIONAL GOVT.
3.DESCRIBE THE CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE NOVEMBER REV.
1917 IN RUSSIA
4.IDENTIFY THREE OR MORE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE
RUSSIAN REV. AND THE FRENCH REV.
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5.COMPARE LENIN’S USE OF THE SLOGAN “PEACE, BREAD, AND
LAND” TO THE FRENCH REV.’S CALL FOR “LIBERTY, EQUALITY,
FRATERNITY”
THE ROAD TO WORLD WAR II
1.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
2.
OUTLINE THE ROAD TO WWII NOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF:
THE INVASION OF MANCHURIA
GERMAN REARMAMENT & REOCCUPATION OF THE RHINELAND
THE INVASION OF ETHIOPIA
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
THE ANSCHLUSS
DISCUSS THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CRISIS OF 1938, THE MUNICH
CONFERENCE, AND THE FAILURE OF THE POLICY OF
APPEASMENT
3. DISCUSS THE GERMAN ATTACK ON POLAND IN SEPT. 1939 &
THE BEGINNING OF WWII
4. DISCUSS THE TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC INNOVATIONS OF
WWII AS IT DIFFERED FROM WWI
5. HOW CAN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, WWI, AND WWII BE VIEWED
AS A CONTINUUM?
6. DESCRIBE THE EARLY SUCCESSES OF THE AXIS FORCES IN WWII
FROM THE ATTACK ON POLAND THROUGH THE BATTLE OF
STALINGRAD
7. DESCRIBE THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
8. DESCRIBE THE WWII CAMPAIGN IN THE MEDITERRANAEN
9. DESCRIBE THE JUNE 1941 ATTACK ON THE SOVIET UNION
10. DISCUSS THE BATTLES THAT ARE REGARDED AS THE THREE
SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINTS OF WWII
11. DISCUSS THE CAMPAIGNS LEADING TO THE DEFEAT OF
GERMANY INMAY 1945
12. DISCUSS THE PROCESS AND RESULTS OF THE POST WAR
NUREMBERG TRIALS
13. ANALYZE THE “PHONY WAR”
14. DISCUSS DUNKIRK…SUCCESS OR FAILURE. WHY?
15. AUSTRIA…VICTIM OR WILLING PARTICIPANT
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16. ANALZE HITLER’S FOREIGN POLICIES…ARE THEY MORE
BISMARCKIAN OR WILHELMIAN?
17. DISCUSS HITLER’S FOREIGN POLICY AIMS
18. DISCUSS HOW THE GERMANS WERE ABLE TO DEFEAT
FRANCE SO EASILY IN 1940
19. DISCUSS WHY OPERATION BARBAROSSA WAS ULTIMATELY A
FAILURE
20. WHO CONTRIBUTED MOST TO THE GERMAN DEFEAT…GREAT
BRITAIN, USA., OR THE SOVIET UNION…SUPPORT YOUR
ANSWER
21. HOW AND WHY DID THE USSR AND ITS WARTIME ALLIES
COME INTO CONFLICT.
22. DECRIBE THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AT
THE END OF WWII
23. WHY DID THE WESTERN ALLIES ALLOW THE USSR THE
HONOR OF TAKING BERLIN?
24.DESCRIBE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE “SPIRIT OF LOCARNO”
AND THE FAILURE OF THE THREE MAJOR DEMOCRACIES TO
ESTABLISH A COOPERATIVE SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN PEACE
25.DESCRIBE THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE SOVIET UNION IN THE
INTER-WAR YEARS
26.IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING…a) COLLECTIVE SECURITY b)
WASHINGTON CONFERENCE TREATIES c) COMINTERN.
d)APPEASEMENT e)PACT OF STEEL
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