Huvelle: World History 2
2ND Semester Final Study Guide
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1. Name some changes that took place in the economy and industry of Europe during the Industrial Revolution. 25:3<729>
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2. Which social philosopher discussed supply and demand in economics, self-interest and laissez faire? 25:4<734>
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3. What is Urbanization? 25:2<723> ______________________________________________________________________
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4. What is the economic system developed by Karl Marx? Describe it. 25:4<736> __________________________________
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5. Why did the eighteenth century Industrial Revolution begin in England? 25:1<717>
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6. At the height of imperialism, on which country’s empire did the sun never set?
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7. What were European nations competing with one another for when they raced to claim territories in Asia & Africa in
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8. During the late 19th and early 20th century, South Africa was where these three groups fought each other for control:
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9. What is the main purpose of Imperialism? 27:1<773> ___________________________________________________
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10. Who were the Boxers? Why did they rebel in 1900? 28:1<808> __________________________________________
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11. This mutiny was a response in India to British rule. 27:4<793> _____ ______________ ______________
12. This continent was divided up by European nations at the Berlin Conference. 27:1 <776> ______________
13. What policy did China adopt during Imperialism? 28:1 <807-808> _____ _____________ ________ ___________
14. How was European Imperialism caused, in part, by the Industrial Revolution? 27:1 <773>
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15. What was the name of the conflict over the drug trade between China and Britain called? 28:1 <806>
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16. A nationalist from this country was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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17. How did Germany demonstrate the concept of Militarism before World War I? 29:1 <842>
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18. A strong patriotic identity with one’s country is called 24:2 <687> ______________
19. Because of ethnic tensions and nationalism, the Balkans were the 29:1 <843> ______________ _______ of Europe.
20. What caused the stalemate on the Western Front? 29:2 ______________ __________________
21. What weapons were first used during WWI? 29:2
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22. Lenin promised 30:1 <870> __________, ____________ and _________________ to gain support from the Russian
people in 1917.
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was the name given to a Russian worker and Lenin follower.
24. In WWI, Germany tried to avoid a fight with Russia on the eastern front with this strategy: 29:2 _____
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25. The Treaty of Versailles blamed 29:4 <859> __________________ the most for WWI.
26. A 30:2 <874> ________________________________ government controls almost every aspect of society.
27. Before World War II, what kind of government did Italy, Germany and Spain have? 31:3 <910> __________________
28. Who was the leader of Germany’s National Socialist Party in the 1930s and early 1940s? 31:3 <912> ______________
29. China suffered invasion by this country in the 1930s. 31:4 <915-917> __________________
30. What is blitzkrieg? What technology did Hitler use to engage in it? 32:1 <925>
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31. What is appeasement? Why did Britain use it before World War II? 31:4 <917>
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32. What is the persecution and murder of approximately 6 million Jews and others during World War II known as?
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33. How did the German people allow the Holocaust to happen? 32:3 <936>
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34. What does Kristallnacht mean in English? 32:3 <936> _________________________________________________
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How did life change for European Jews afterwards? ____________________________________________________
35. What is genocide? 32:3 <936-938> _________________________________________________________________
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36. How was Great Britain different from most other European countries during World War II? 32:1 <927>
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37. Who were the national leaders during World War II? Chapter 32 ___________________________________________
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38. How did the U.S. bring an end to World War II with Japan? 32:4 <945-947> ______________________________
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39. Who was charged with crimes against humanity during the Nuremberg Trials?
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40. When and why was The United Nations formed? 33:1<966> ___________________________________________
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41. When Israel was created, how did Middle Eastern countries react? 34:4<1017>
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42. What defensive alliance did France, Britain, the US and other western European nations form after WWII? 33:1<969>
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43. Describe the period of hostility between The United States and The Soviet Union. 33:1<969>
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44. Who named the Iron Curtain? 33:1<967> ___________________________________________________________
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45. What happened when the Soviets blockaded Berlin? 33:1<969> _________________________________________
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46. What did Mao Zedong lead in China? 33:2<975> _____ ______________ ______________
47. What is perestroika? 35:3<1046-1047> ____________________________________________________________
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48. What is containment? 33:1<967> ________________________________________________________________
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49. What was the legacy of Gorbechev’s leadership in the Soviet Union? 35:3<1049>
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50. What belief helped democracy develop in Latin America? 35:1<1034> ___________ __ _____ _________________
51. Why was Ho Chi Minh important in Vietnam? 33:3<978>
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52. Who was Golda Meir? 34:4<1019>
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53. What caused the Mexican Revolution to erupt in 1910? 28:4<826>
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54. Who was Mohandas Gandhi? 30:4<888>
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55. What did Nelson Mandela fight for? 35:2<1043>
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56. What is terrorism? 36:3<1087>
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57. What causes global warming? 36:2<1079>
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58. What is sustainable growth? 36:2<1080>
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59. What happened in Beijing in 1989 and why? 35:5<1061-1062>
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60. What disease has plagued Africa worse than any other continent? 36:3<1085> ___________