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Final Exam Study Guide
World History
Chapter 26
This nation's actions caused the United States to fight in World War I.
These are the years in which World War One was fought
This was the purpose of the Fourteen Points.
This country was forced to assume the greatest responsibility for the war under the Treaty of Versailles.
This is what the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare meant.
This is how most of the German people felt about did the Treaty of Versailles.
This is how the American public felt about joining the League of Nations.
This is the event in Sarajevo ignited the Great War?
This is the information contained in the Zimmermann note, which pushed the United States to enter the
war.
This is how the entry of the United States in World War One was seen as a turning point
These are some of the goals and accomplishments of Joseph Stalin.
This is how Joseph Stalin planned on paying for the rapid industrialization of Russia in the 1930’s.
This is how the Bolsheviks can best be described.
This is the description of a totalitarian state.
Chapter 27
• This was best description of the state of Mexico from 1910 to 1920.
• These are some of the effects of the Mexican Constitution of 1917.
• These are the ways in which colonial powers tried to control African life.
• This is why Palestine became a center of interest after World War One.
• These are methods used by Indians under Gandhi to resist British rule.
• These were the two phases of civil war in China.
• These are the changes made by Japanese militarists when they came to power.
Chapter 28
o How did flappers symbolize changes in Western society in the 1920s?
o List the causes of the Great Depression in 1929.
o How did Japan, Italy, and Germany defy the wishes of western democracies?
o Explain the ideology of fascism.
o How did Hitler take advantage of German’s hatred for the treaty of Versailles to help him gain power?
o What is the ideology that stresses nationalism over the interest of the people?
o List the effects of the Great Depression, both in the U.S. and worldwide.
o Compare and Contrast Fascism and communism?
Chapter 29
Describe the Nuremberg laws.
What is the name of the book Hitler was used to inspire Nazism?
Name the event that initiated WWII.
When and why was the United Nations established?
What was the significance of the Truman Doctrine?
What occurred during the holocaust?
How was Japan defeated in WWII?
Explain the condition of the United States when FDR became president in 1933.
What event caused Hitler to order the pogrom, kristallnacht in 1938?

What did German leaders consider the “Final Solution”
How did that Manhattan project offer a solution to war?
How were the Tuskegee Airmen an indication of American society at the time?
What factors contributed most to Truman’s decision to drop the bomb?
List the countries that belonged to the Axis powers.
What was the significance of D-day?
Why did the United States enter WWII in 1914?
In what two cities were the atomic bomb dropped in 1945?
What two countries emerged as the two powerful and socially/economically influential countries in the
world after 1945?
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
What two countries were the most powerful countries in the world after 1945?
What is the Cold War?
Why did the superpowers not use their nuclear weapons during the Cold War?
Why was Cuba a threat to the US in the 1960’s?
What was the main goal of the “superpowers”?
What were the results of the civil rights movements?
How did China’s relationship with the Soviet Union and the US change during the Cold War?
During Mao Zedong’s leadership many changes occurred in China. What were the changes and failures of
his regime?
What was the effect of the Korean War?
During the Cold War, why did the US start investing on education and technology?
What kind of alliances are NATO and the Warsaw pact?
Gorbachev wanted to reform the Soviet Union. How did his reforms lead to the collapse of the Soviet
Union?
What were the causes for the collapse of the Soviet Union?
What were the causes and effects of the Vietnam War?
What countries had the responsibility to oversee a section of post-war Germany in 1945?
What kind of a political system did Japan adopt after WWII?
Who became a major ally of Japan after WWII?
Why did Vietnamese guerrillas fight the French in Indochina?
What countries did Vietnam dominate after the Vietnam War?
Explain how the Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved!
• Why was British India partitioned into India and Pakistan?
• What are the OPEC members?
• What were the long-term negative effects of the war in Afghanistan?
• Why do Islamists resent the U.S. and British governments?
Chapter 32
What general reason contributed to conflict in Eastern Europe?
What specific reasons contributed to conflict in: North Ireland and Yugoslavia
Compare genocide in Darfur and in Rwanda. What role did government play in both?
Define “apartheid”. What factors ended apartheid in South Africa?
What role did international forces have in Yugoslavia, concerning “ethnic cleansing”?
What is the main cause in the Israeli-Palestine conflict?
Why did Iraq face internal conflict after Sadamm Hussein lost power?
Chapter 33

What are the goals and characteristics of a “developing nation”?
Disadvantage of the “green revolution”.
Describe the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Contrast government in India and China.
Identify problems between rich and poor in Latin America.
Why does the U.S. interfere with Latin American elections?
Define the role of military in Latin America during political unrest.