WH Part II Final Exam 2011 Study Guide

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World History Part II exam study guide

1. Who was the queen who reigned from 1837 to 1901 and reflected the British Feeling of

2. With the end of the American Civil War, created a nation that once was divided but became______.

3. The Cotton Cloth industry was one of the first industries to experience ____ in the Industrialrevolution.

4. Lawful monarchs from the royal families that had ruled before Napoleon would be restored topower through what Principle of Kemens von Metternich?

5. What is the political philosophy that maintains that people should be as free as possible ofgovernment restraint?

6. A theory of politics based on practical matters rather than theory or ethics known as Realpolitikwas advanced by what German Chancellor?

7. The formation of the Confederate States of America was sparked by what event?

8. According to Darwin, the driving force of organic evolution was what process?


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9. James Watt is responsible for what invention that could drive machinery?10.11.Socialism, in which society owns and controls the means of production, was the response of the

pitiful working conditions created in what period of history?

12.What principle gave the great powers of Europe the right to send armies into countries wherethere were revolutions in order to restore legitimate monarch to power?

13.What political philosopher provided the basis of the ideas of the socialist party?

14.The process of a therapist and patient probing deeply into the patients memory throughpsychoanalysis was created by what psychiatrist?

15.By 1914 Trade Unions had almost 4 million members in which European nation?

16.Where did Amalie Sieveking create the Female Association for the Care of the Poor and Sick?

17.Czar Nicholas created a Russian legislative Assembly known as what?

18.The Alliance prior to World War I between Russia, France and Great Britain is known as what?


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19.The popularity of the automobile, airplane and improved ocean liners was largely based on theinvention of what kind of engine?


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20.The 80% of the people of the Second Industrial Revolution were considered to be in what socialclass?

21.Who founded the Womens Social and Political Union?

22.The Prime minister is responsible to the popularly elected legislative body and not to theexecutive officer is a principle known as what?

23.By 1914 only 2 African Nations remained free of European control. Which two African nationswere independent?

24.British administrators use of indirect rule did not disrupt local customs and institutions but didcreate tribal tensions, kept the old African elite in power, but all decisions were made by whom?

25.When a colony had the local elites remove from power and replaced with a new set of officialfrom the mother country, this type of rule is known as what?

26.As a result of the prosperity that came from increased exports. Latin America saw a growth inwhich economic sector of their society?

27.What Egyptian leader seized power in 1805 and established a separate Egyptian state?


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28.Which social classes choose Agustin de Iturbide to lead the Mexican revolt against the Spanish?


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29.Native American, Benito Juarez brought reforms to Mexico, including land distribution to thepoor. These reforms are thought to be of which political approach to government?

30.Who overthrew Porfirio Diaz to gain control of Mexico?

31.What was the slogan of the Boxers regarding foreigners?

32.General Yuan Shigai agreed to serve as president of China after the collapse of which dynasty inChina?

33.Who was the emperor at the time of the Meiji Restoration in Japan?

34.Which country did Japan defeat in 1905, forcing the world to recognize Japan as a great WorldPower?

35.Who did Ci Xi imprison ending all of his reform efforts?

36.Shipping opium grown in India directly to China was Great Britains attempt to correct whatproblem with China?


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37.The Treaty of Kanagawa opened up trade relations with the United States and Japan and wasmade possible largely by the presence of the American fleet in Japan commanded by whom?

38.The practice of Europeans living by their own laws while on Chinese soil is known as what?

39.The group that conspired to assassinate the Arch Duke Francis Ferdinand was known as what?

40.Mobilization of a nations army in 1914 was considered to be what kind of action?

41.A council of representatives from the workers and soldiers in Russia was known as a what?

42.A Red terror campaign to destroy all those who opposed the new regime was led by the RedSecret police group known as what?

43.The Germans considered which Treaty to be a harsh peace?

44.The approach to peace by the French was largely effected by the desire for nation al what?


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45.What is militarism?


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46.Germanys plan for a two- front war with Russia and France, was called what?

47.The party of violent revolution was the Bolsheviks were led by which individual?

48.The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany gave up much of Russias lost territory but fulfilledLenins promise to do what?

49.What article of the Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany and Austria for WWI?

50.How did the United States help to cause the failure of the League of Nations?

51.What do you call a society in which the government aims to control the political economic,social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens?

52.Stalins plan to transform the USSR from an agricultural economy into an industrial economywas to be achieved through a series of plans known as what?

53.The Night of the Broken Glass a destructive Nazi rampage against German Jews is known bywhat term?


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54.Nazi Secret forces were set up by which Nazi leader?

55.The plan that reduced Germanys reparations debt and brought the runaway inflation undercontrol was known as what plan?

56.What is the leading policy making body of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union?

57.Who led the military revolt against the Spanish Government?

58.The laws which excluded Jews from German citizenship and forbade marriages between Jewsand Germans were known as what laws?

59.Adolf Hitlers book that he wrote in prison is known as what?Mein Kampf

60.The Great Depression encouraged what type of rule in Latin American nations?


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61.Using methods of civil disobedience against the British who became a leader of theindependence movement?

62. In China, the communists were fighting a much larger Nationalist army so resulted in usingwhich tactic of warfare?

63.Which policy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt rejected the use of military force in Latin America?

64.What is PEMEX?

65.Genocide or the deliberate mass murder of particular racial, political or cultural groups is alsoknown by what term?

66.Who started the modern state of Iran in 1935 in what was known as Persia?

67.Mohandas Gandhis march to the sea to protest new British Taxes and restrictions on saltbecame known as the what?

68.Chaing Kai-sheks attempt to promote traditional Confucian values while reject Westerncapitalist values was known as what?

69.Mao Zedong was convinced that the Chinese revolution would be driven by which group ofpeople?


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70.Hitler demanded and was given, which area of northwestern Czechoslovakia?

71.Two days after Hitlers invasion of which country did Britain and France declare war onGermany?


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72.The German strategy of using tank divisions supported by air attacks became known aslightening war or ________?

73.74.The Turning point of the War in the Pacific is thought to be which Battle?

75.When the Einsatzgruppen proved to be too slow for the Nazis, they built special__________camps in Poland.

76.77.At what Conference did Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill meet to discuss the final assault on

postwar Germany?

78.At the Potsdam Conference Truman demanded what kind of Governments in Eastern Europe?

79.Great Britains policy of ______ toward Germany was based on the belief that the satisfaction ofreasonable demands would maintain peace in Europe.

80.The incident that was used by Japan to seize Manchuria was an attack on a Japanese e railwayby Japanese soldiers disguised as Chinese is known by what name?

81.The German Special strike forces charged with the task of rounding up and killing Jews wasknown as what?


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82.The term used to identify the slaughter of Jews during WWII is known as what?

83.Which military Alliance did Poland belong to with the Soviet Union following WWII?

84. In which country did a civil war in 1946 create tension between the USSR and Great Britain?

85.Which military Alliance did Poland belong to with the Soviet Union following WWII?

86.The US feared that the Soviet Union was ahead in the production of missiles after what event in1957?

87.The US governments support for a failed attempt to overthrow the Cuban government is knownas what?

88.At what University did 4 students die from the Ohio National Guard shooting at anti wardemonstrators?


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89.What was the alliance that was created by the Soviet Union and various Eastern Europeannations as a response to the Creation of NATO?


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90.Which nation after WWII became communist but remained independent of the Soviet Union?

91.What did French President Charles De Gaul invest heavily into in an attempt to return France toa nation of world power?

Nuclear weapons

92.Which US president signed the US Civil Rights Act into Law?

93.What political policy advocated the 39 hour work week, a minimum wage, and higher taxes onthe wealthy?

94. Improved relations between the USA and the USSR in the 1970s are known by what term?

95.What two things weekend the Soviet economy during the Brezhnevs leadership?

96.What happened between the Serbs and Albanians when Slobodan Milosevic stripped Kosovo ofit autonomy in 1989.

97.The period of detente between the USA and the USSR ended when the Soviet Union invadedwhat country?


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98.The policy that the Soviet Union had a right to intervene if communism was threatened inanother communist nation became known as what?

99.What two groups were fighting in Northern Ireland?

100. Which US president resigned from office after the Watergate Scandal?

101. After what war did many Latin American nations suffered economic difficulties becauseof overdependence on foreign nations and a dramatic increase in population.

102. January 3, 1959 Cuba was overthrown when what Cuban Leader seized control ofHavana?

103. Which two countries fought for control of the Falkland Islands in 1982?

104. In 1973 who overthrew Salvador Allende to become military dictator of Chile?


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105. What Latin American nation has had problems with stability because of the influence ofthe drug trade?


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106. After what announcement did Fidel Castro did the US break of diplomatic ties withCuba?

107. Which President was in office at the time of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

108. A farm owned and operated by a group of peasant workers is known as what?

109. The name al- Qaeda means what?

110. Pan Africanism promotes the view that all black Africans share a common what?

111. The African Union or AU aims to promote democracy and economic growth where?

112. The Camp David Accords led to a peace treaty between Israel and what other nation?


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113. The shah of Iran was thought to promote a culture of greed and materialism accordingto which Iranian Muslim leader?

114. During 2006 more than 28 million people in Africa south of the Sahara had becomeinfected with the virus that causes what?

115. The term intifada, used to describe PLO protests in the 1980s for the eventual creationof an independent Palestinian state, means what?

116. Which nation held 52 Americans hostage for more than a year?

117. Old ideas, Old culture Old customs, and Old habits are known as the Four olds and wereattacked by which group?

118. Industry, agriculture, technology, and defense promoted by Deng Xiaoping are known aswhat?


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119. The Tiananmen Square demonstrations took place in which Chinese city?120.121. The 38th Parallel is famous for marking the borders of which two Asian countries?

122. In the Early 1970s China decided to improve relations with the USA because of serioussecurity threats with what nation?

123. The plan to combine Chinese collective farms in to larger communes was known aswhat?

124. Students who sought the resignation of communist party leaders demonstrated in whatfamous Beijing square?

125. At the end of WWII Indias populations were deeply divided, leading to the formation oftwo distinct countries. What are the two religions that divided the people politically?

126. US astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on theMoon in what year?


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127. The 1995 release of sarin gas in a Tokyo subway was an example of what kind ofterrorism?

128. A country that is a farming economy and little modern technology is known as what?

129. The North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA includes the USA, Canada and whatother country?

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