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Contemporary World History – Final Review
Part 1 World War I
1. Describe Trench Warfare:
2. Who were the Allies?
3. Who were the Central Powers?
4. Why is Archduke Franz Ferdinand so important?
5. What was the Zimmerman Note?
6. Reasons why the War started
7. Define Brinkmanship:
8. Why were the Balkans important?
9. Define attrition:
10. What were the reasons why propaganda was used?
11. Where was the Eastern Front?
12. Identify the new weapons that were used in WW I.
13. Who was the leader of Germany in WW I?
14. Where was the Western Front and why was it so important?
15. What were the main reasons why America gets involved in the War.
Part 2 Results of World War I
1. What was the treaty that ended WW I?
2. What were the 14 points?
3. Define: Triage
4. What was the Spanish Flu?
5. Who were the Big Three at Versailles?
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6. What are reparations?
7. What is the League of Nations and what was it’s purpose?
8. What is isolationism?
9. What are some examples of how Germany was treated so harshly?
10. List the new countries created from the break-up of Empires
11. Where do dictators come to power in the 20’s and 30’s?
12. How did WW I change Europe’s outlook?
Part 3 Russian Revolution
1. Why did people criticize Rasputin?
2. Why was Tsar Nicholas II such a poor ruler?
3. What was “Bloody Sunday”?
4. What was the name for the Russian Parliament?
5. This was when the Tsar was overthrown and the Provisional Government took over.
6. This was when the Communists overthrew the Provisional Government.
7. The leader of the Communist Revolution.
8. Who was Leon Trotsky?
9. Who was Josef Stalin?
10. What were the sides and results of the Russian Civil War?
11. He was appointed by Tsar Nicholas II as Prime Minister.
12. What were the effects of the Russo-Japanese War?
13. Why did Tsarina Alexandra trust Rasputin?
14. He was the leader of the Provisional Government.
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15. What were the problems created by Russia fighting in World War I
16. What was the NEP?
17. Who were the Cheka?
18. What was the October Manifesto?
Part 4 Fascism
1. What do you know about Adolf Hitler?
2. What do you know about Benito Mussolini?
3. Who was Hideki Tojo?
4. Who was Emperor Hirohito?
5. Define: Fascism
6. Who were the Black shirts?
7. Who were the Brown shirts?
8. What was the Beer Hall Putsch?
9. What was Mein Kampf?
10. What was the Night of the Long Knives?
11. What was the Third Reich?
12. Who was Victor Emmanuel?
13. What was the Reichstag?
14. What are the Lateran Accords?
15. What was the London Disarmament Treaty? Why did this upset Japan?
16. What was the Tripartite Pact?
17. What was the “March on Rome”?
18. What was the Manchurian Incident?
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19. What are the characteristics of Fascism?
20. How did the Showa Economic Crisis affect Japan?
21. How did the Kanto Earthquake affect Japan?
22. Who was Joseph Goebbels?
Part 5 World War II Prelude to 1942
1. What is Blitzkrieg?
2. What was Vichy France?
3. What was the Lend-Lease Act?
4. What are some reasons why Japan was upset with the West, particularly the US?
5. What country did Mussolini invade in 1935?
6. Define: Appeasement
7. What was the Munich Pact?
8. What was the Anschluss?
9. What was the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact? Why did this agreement shock the world?
10. Why is Winston Churchill so important in WW II?
11. What was “The Blitz?”
12. What was Operation Barbarossa?
13. Who was Franklin D Roosevelt?
14. What were the terms of the Atlantic Charter?
15. Why did the Japanese decide to attack Pearl Harbor?
16. What was the Japanese view of Americans?
17. What was the Japanese secret imperial code?
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18. Why was Stalingrad a turning point in WW II?
19. What was Hitler hoping to gain by invading the Soviet Union?
20. Why was Midway the turning Point in the Pacific?
21. Why was El Alamein the turning point in North Africa?
22. What did Isoroku Yamamoto feel about the Japanese war plans?
23. Who was Erwin Rommel?
24. What was Operation Sea Lion?
25. Why was the Spanish Civil War so important?
26. September 1, 1939 is important because?
27. Who were the Allies?
28. What countries made up the Axis powers?
Part 6 – World War II 1943-1945
1. What was the Manhattan Project?
2. Why was the Yalta Conference so important?
3. Why did Harry S Truman decide to drop the Atomic Bomb?
4. Where was the first atomic bomb dropped? The second?
5. What was D-Day?
6. Where did the Allies first attempt to open up second front in Europe?
7. What was the Battle of the Bulge?
8. What is V-E Day?
9. What is V-J Day?
10. What is Unconditional Surrender?
11. Who was the scientist involved on the Manhattan Project?
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12. Who was the American leader in charge of D-Day?
13. Identify some differences between the European and Pacific Wars.
14. Explain the American strategy of Island-Hopping.
15. What was the importance of the Battle of Guadalcanal?
16. What was the importance of the Battle of Saipan?
17. How did Iwo Jima and Okinawa affect American military planners?
18. What was Operation Coronet?