World History II Final Exam-­-­Review Sheet
General History Skills
A. Social, Political, Economic
B. Cause and Effect
C. Fact vs. Opinion
D. Primary vs. Secondary Sources
E. Map & Geography Skills
Age of Absolutism
A. Louis XIV
B. divine right
C. Versailles
D. Glorious Revolution
E. Catherine the Great
F. Peter the Great
French Revolution & Enlightenment
A. Philosophes—who were they, what did they believe?
a. Hobbes
b. Locke
c. Rousseau
d. Voltaire
e. Montesquieu
B. Causes of French Revolution
a. American Revolution
b. Old Regime (1st, 2nd, 3rd Estates)
c. Financial problems
C. Estates General
D. Tennis Court Oath
E. National Assembly
F. Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen
G. The Bastille
H. Maximilien Robespierre
I. The Reign of Terror
J. Louis XVI
K. Marie Antoinette
L. The Directory
M. Effects of the French Revolution
Napoleon, the Congress of Vienna
A. Napoleon’s empire
B. Napoleonic Code
C. “Continental System”
D. Waterloo
E. Congress of Vienna
a. Goals
F. Clemens von Metternich
G. Concert system
H. Conservatism
I. Liberalism
J. Nationalism
Revolutions (European & Latin American)
A. European Revolutions in early-­mid 1800s
a. Causes
b. Effects
B. Latin American Revolutions
a. Haiti
b. Simon Bolivar
The Industrial Revolution
A. Causes
a. Why was Great Britain first to industrialize?
B. Results
a. Conditions in cities, factories
b. Rise of labor unions
C. Inventions
D. Adam Smith
E. David Ricardo
F. laissez-­faire
G. socialism
H. Karl Marx
I. capitalism v. communism
J. proletariat v. bourgeoisie
German & Italian Unification
A. Bismarck
B. “Blood and Iron” speech
C. Franco-­Prussian War
D. Zollverein
E. Realpolitik
F. Cavour, Mazzini, Garibaldi
G. Risorgimento
New Imperialism
A. Reasons for Imperialism
a. Social Darwinism
b. Economic (raw materials, markets)
c. Land, expansion, power
B. Scramble for Africa
a. Ethiopia
C. Berlin Conference
D. British East India Company
E. Sepoy Rebellion
F. Boxer Rebellion
G. Thomas Macaulay
a. “On Indian Education”
H. Open Door Policy
I.
Opium Wars
WWI: The Great War
A. Causes
a. Militarism
b. Alliances (Triple Alliance, Triple Entente)
c. Imperialism
d. Nationalism
B. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
C. Schlieffen Plan
D. Central Powers
E. Allies
F. Trench warfare
G. All Quiet on the Western Front
H. U-­boats & unrestricted submarine warfare
I. U.S. entry into war
J. Isolationism v. Interventionism
K. Zimmerman Note
L. Treaty of Brest-­Litovsk
M. Woodrow Wilson
N. 14 Points
O. self-­determination
P. League of Nations
Q. Paris Peace Conference
R. Treaty of Versailles
Between the Wars
A. Russian Revolution of 1917
B. Lenin
C. Bolsheviks
D. Great Depression
a. Causes
b. Effects
E. Gandhi
F. Civil disobedience
G. Salt March
H. Balfour Declaration
I. Ataturk
Rise of Dictators/Causes of World War II
J. Totalitarianism
K. Fascism
L. Communism
M. Italy
a. Mussolini
b. Ethiopia
N. Japan
a. Ultranationalists
b. Invasion of China
c. Nanking Massacre
O. Germany
a. Weimar Republic
b. Inflation
c. Hitler
d. Mein Kampf
e. Aryan race
f. Nazi Party
g. Militarization of the Rhineland
h. Anschluss
i. Sudetenland
P. Appeasement
Q. Munich Pact/Agreement
R. Neville Chamberlain
S. Winston Churchill
WWII & The Holocaust
A. Nazi-­Soviet Nonaggression Pact
B. Axis Powers
C. Allies
D. Invasion of Poland
E. Battle of Britain, London Blitz
F. Franklin Roosevelt
G. Atlantic Charter
H. Pearl Harbor
I. Battle of Stalingrad
J. D-­Day
K. Battle of the Bulge
L. Yalta Conference
M. Harry Truman
N. Manhattan Project, atomic bombs
O. Hiroshima, Nagasaki
P. United Nations
Q. Nuremberg Laws
R. Kristallnacht
S. Concentration camps
T. genocide
U. “Final Solution”
V. Nuremberg Trials
Cold War
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
Causes?
Superpowers
Leaders during Cold War
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Containment
“iron curtain” speech
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Arms race
K. Korean War
38th parallel
Kim Il-­Sung
General MacArthur
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
a. Sputnik
De-­Stalinization
a.
b.
c.
L.
M.
N.
O.
P.
Post-­Colonial World & Collapse of Soviet Union
A. Creation of Israel
B. Decolonization
C. Mao Zedong
D. Vietnam War
a. Indochina
b. Domino Theory
c. Ho Chi Minh
d. Cambodia
E. Apartheid
F. Gorbachev
G. Glasnost & Perestroika
H. Fall of Berlin Wall
I. Collapse of the Soviet Union