World History – Spring Semester Final Study Guide
Unit Seven – World War I
Textbook: Chapter 13, sections 1-4, pages 404-429
- The Franco-Prussian War
- Alliance systems, rise of nationalism and militarism in Europe (Triple Entente/Triple Alliance)
- What countries were the Allied/Central Powers?
- Crisis in the Balkans (Serbia vs. Austria-Hungary, Archduke Assassination)
- Battles and strategies on the Western Front (Schlieffen Plan, Trench Warfare, Marne, Somme)
- Battles on the Eastern Front/Turkey (Gallipoli Campaign)
- Weapons of World War I
- America’s entry into World War I (Zimmerman Note, Unrestricted Sub Warfare)
- A worldwide war – what other countries fought & role of colonies
- The Armenian Genocide
- Treaty of Versailles
Unit Eight – Revolutions and Nationalism
Textbook: Chapter 14, sections 1-4, pages 430-459; Chapter 10, pages 320-321; Chapter 12, section 4, pages 388-393
- Russian Revolution/Civil War (Lenin & Trotsky, Bolsheviks (Reds) vs. Provisional Govt & Whites)
- Lenin & creation of Soviet Union
- Rise of Stalin & Totalitarianism
- Ireland's War of Independence (Michael Collins/Eamon de Valera)
- India's Independence & Gandhi
- The Collapse of Imperial Chinese Rule (KMT, Sun Yatsen, Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong)
- Mexican Revolution (Porfirio Diaz, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Madero)
- Middle East Nationalism (Mustafa Kemal, King Saud, Shah Reza Pahlavi)
Unit Nine – Years of Crisis: Lead up to World War II
Textbook: Chapter 15, sections 1-4, pages 460-487
- Revolution in the Arts & Sciences (Existentialism, surrealism, jazz/blues, new inventions)
- Worldwide Depression (especially in Weimar Germany)
- Rise of Fascism in Italy (Mussolini) & Germany (Hitler/Nazis)
- Aggressors on the March (Germany & Italy)
- Role of Appeasement
Unit Ten – World War II
Textbook: Chapter 16, sections 1-5, pages 488-525
- Rape of Nanking
- Life in Nazi Germany (SS, Gestaop, Propaganda)
- Nuremberg Laws/Kristallnacht/Holocaust
- Who were Allied & Axis powers? Major Generals in the war (Eisenhower, MacArthur, Rommel)
- Hitler's Lightning War (Blitzkrieg) – Fall of France, Dunkirk, Phony War, Battle of Britain
- Japan's Pacific Campaign/America enters the war (Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadalcanal, Coral Sea, Iwo Jima, Okinawa)
- Allied Plan for Victory – N. Africa, Invasion of Italy, Stalingrad, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge
- Nuremberg Trials
- The Atomic Bombs (Hiroshima & Nagasaki)
Unit Eleven – The Cold War
Textbook: Chapter 17, Sections 1-5, pages 528-557; Chapter 18 section 4 pages 583-589
- Yalta & Potsdam – post war Germany & Japan
- Containment Policy, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan
- The Iron Curtain (who was on the US/Soviet side) plus NATO & Warsaw Pact
- Berlin Blockade/Airlift
- Brinkmanship/Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) – Eisenhower/Dulles years
- Arms & Space Race (ICBM’s Sputnik, U2, NASA)
- Chinese Civil War (Mao vs. Chiang)
- Korean War (Kim Il-Sung/Mao/Soviets vs. UN/US & MacArthur)
- Resistance to Communism (Berlin Wall, Hungarian Uprising, Prague Spring)
- Cuban Revolution (Fidel Castro/Che Guevara vs. Batista)
- Crisis in Congo (Patrice Lumumba, Joseph Mobutu)
- Vietnam War (Ho Chi Minh, Vietcong, Gulf of Tonkin, Tet Offensive, LBJ & Nixon)
- Cuban Revolution (Fidel Castro/Che Guevara vs. Batista)
- Pol Pot & the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia
- Cold War Thaws (Détente)
- Crisis in the Middle East – Israel/Palestine Wars, Egypt & Suez Canal Crisis, Oil Embargo
- Overthrow of Shah of Iran & Iran/Iraq War
- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan & Mujahideen
Unit Twelve – Struggle for Democracy/End of the Cold War
Textbook: Chapter 18, sections 1,3 & 5 pages 563-569, 578-582 590-593; Chapter 19, sections 1-4, pages 599-624
- Struggle for Democracy in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan.
- Struggle for Democracy in Africa (Kenya, Congo, Nigeria, S. Africa, Algeria, Rwanda, Angola, Uganda)
- Struggle for Democracy in Latin America (Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, Mexico)
- Collapse of Communism Eastern Europe (Poland, E. Germany, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia)
- Collapse of Soviet Union (Reagan/Gorbachev)
- Issues in Northern Ireland (The Troubles, Unionists vs. Republicans)
- Terrorism in Europe (Spain, Britain, France)
Good luck. Focus on your notes, old quizzes/tests and textbook. Assignments, especially primary source documents or chapter summaries will also be helpful. Maps of World War II, Cold War Europe, and Struggle for Democracy
Be sure to utilize the class website at http://cchs.ccusd.org for notes and what you needed to know for tests
Format: 100 scantron questions (multiple choice and maps), 4 Document Based Questions (DBQs), 2 Short Answer Questions (SAQs), 4 IDs. You may do up to 2 additional ID’s for extra credit. The final will be 250 points. Good Luck!
DBQs, SAQs and IDs will be posted on the website
WORLD HISTORY FINAL EXAM
Period 6 on Wednesday, June 7th, 8:05-10:05am