Industrial Reform 1. Describe some of the living and working conditions of the Industrial Revolution 2. Explain the trend towards urbanization during the second half of the 19 th Century. 3. Evaluate the methods that reformers used to solve the problems of the Industrial Revolution. Define / Identify Mary Wollstonecraft               Robert Owen              Emmeline Pankhurst  John Stuart Mill                       David Ricardo             Karl Marx                    Adam Smith Nationalism in Europe 1. As Prime Minister of Sardinia, Count Camillo di Cavour stood for four principles.  Name them. 2.  What was Garibalbi’s main contribution to the unification of Italy? 3.  How were Sardinia and Prussia similar in the movement of Nationalism? 4.  Otto von Bismark’s policy of realpolitik meant that he: 5. Why was Prussia was eager to go to war with France in 1870? 6.  Describe ways that Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were similar in the 1880s and 1890s. 7. List several of the many ethnic groups in Austria Hungary. 8. In 1876, Emperor Francis Joseph created the Dual Monarchy of Austria –Hungary to satisfy the demands of the ________. 9. Nationalism can serve as both a unifying and divisive force.  Give examples of each in different parts of the world and explain what factors make it happen each way. Imperialism Terms to define / People to Know             Menelik II                                Muhammad Ali                       David Livingstone Colony                                     protectorate                             sphere of influence Berlin Conference                   Matthew Perry                                    Opium War             Banana republics                    Zulu Uprising                           Roosevelt Corollary 1.  List examples for each of the following reasons for Imperialism: A. political                                B. economic                            C. social          2. What theory was used by European imperialists to justify their exploitation of the native peoples in Asia, Africa, and the Americas? 3. List four results of reforms made during the Meiji period in Japan 4. What is the main reason that the Japanese began the Seclusion policy (keeping out Europeans)? 5. While most of Africa was under European control, which two countries maintained independence? 6. How did native peoples generally view European imperialism? 7. What did the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War have in common? 8. By 1914, what was the situation in the Ottoman Empire? 9. Explain the change in China’s attitude toward Imperialism and trade with the West from the 1600s to the 1800s. 10. What was unethical about the way that Great Britain opened trade with China? 11. What was the goal of the Boxers in China? 12.  List three improvements the British made in India. 13.  Explain why the Sepoy Rebellion occurred. 14. The Suez Canal was built by the combined efforts of what two countries? 15. How d.

1. Industrial Reform
1. Describe some of the living and working conditions of the
Industrial Revolution
2. Explain the trend towards urbanization during the second half
of the 19
th
Century.
3. Evaluate the methods that reformers used to solve the
problems of the Industrial Revolution.
Define / Identify
Mary Wollstonecraft Robert Owen Emmeline
Pankhurst
John Stuart Mill David Ricardo Karl
Marx Adam Smith
Nationalism in Europe
1. As Prime Minister of Sardinia, Count Camillo di Cavour
stood for four principles. Name them.
2. What was Garibalbi’s main contribution to the unification of
Italy?
3. How were Sardinia and Prussia similar in the movement of
Nationalism?
4. Otto von Bismark’s policy of realpolitik meant that he:
5. Why was Prussia was eager to go to war with France in 1870?
6. Describe ways that Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire
were similar in the 1880s and 1890s.
7. List several of the many ethnic groups in Austria Hungary.
8. In 1876, Emperor Francis Joseph created the Dual Monarchy
of Austria –Hungary to satisfy the demands of the ________.
9. Nationalism can serve as both a unifying and divisive force.
Give examples of each in different parts of the world and
explain what factors make it happen each way.

2. Imperialism
Terms to define / People to Know
Menelik II Muhammad Ali
David Livingstone
Colony protectorate
sphere of influence
Berlin Conference Matthew
Perry Opium War
Banana republics Zulu
Uprising Roosevelt Corollary
1. List examples for each of the following reasons for
Imperialism:
A. political B. economic
C. social
2. What theory was used by European imperialists to justify
their exploitation of the native peoples in Asia, Africa, and the
Americas?
3. List four results of reforms made during the Meiji period in
Japan
4. What is the main reason that the Japanese began the
Seclusion policy (keeping out Europeans)?
5. While most of Africa was under European control, which two
countries maintained independence?
6. How did native peoples generally view European
imperialism?
7. What did the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War
have in common?
8. By 1914, what was the situation in the Ottoman Empire?
9. Explain the change in China’s attitude toward Imperialism
and trade with the West from the 1600s to the 1800s.

3. 10. What was unethical about the way that Great Britain opened
trade with China?
11. What was the goal of the Boxers in China?
12. List three improvements the British made in India.
13. Explain why the Sepoy Rebellion occurred.
14. The Suez Canal was built by the combined efforts of what
two countries?
15. How did the United States act as an Imperialist power in
Latin America without taking direct control?
16. What four countries dominated world trade and political
affairs through imperialism by the mid 19
th
Century?
World War I
Terms to define:
Dardanelles Armistice
Reparations War Guilt Clause
1. Britain entered World War I in August of 1914 because
Germany:
2. World War I occurred between the years of:
3. How did developments in weaponry, transportation, and
communication (Address all three aspects) change the nature of
warfare during the “Great War” (WWI)?
4. Why did a stalemate develop on the Western Front?
5. How and why did the attitude towards WWI change
throughout 1915?
6. The action that sparked World War I was:
7. The first step in Germany’s war strategy called for:
8. Explain some of the messages spread through propaganda
during WWI
9. The United States entered WWI mainly because of:
10. A major problem faced by Russian troops on the eastern
front was:

4. 11. List the member of these groups:
A. Triple Alliance B. Triple Entente C.
Allied Powers D. Central Powers
12. What was the message of the “War Guilt Clause” in the
Treaty of Versailles?
13. The armistice ending WWI was signed on:
14. What three countries were most bitter over the Treaty of
Versailles?
15. Two major European empires no longer existed after WWI.
What were they and what happened to them?
The Russian Revolution and the Rise of Dictators / Between
Two Fires
Terms to define / People to Know
Leon Trotsky Fascists
Benito Mussolini
Mohandas Gandhi Mustafa Kemal (Attaturk)
1. Why did Russia make a separate peace treaty with Germany
in World War I?
2. The Bolsheviks slogan called for revolution on the part of:
3. Explain how Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini exemplify the Key
Traits of Totalitarianism
4. The outbreak of what disease followed immediately after
WWI? What was the result?
5. What new technology, popularized between the two World
Wars, brought world events more directly into people’s daily
lives?
6. Why were people in Italy and Germany so willing to accept
the dictators that rose to power in their countries in the 1920s
and 1930s?
7. Why did governments become increasingly involved in their
national economies after WWI?
8. How did economic depressions in major world power nations
impact less developed parts of the world?
9. List Hitler’s main goals in Germany.

5. 10. Both Hitler and Mussolini sponsored large, military style
youth leagues that encouraged what characteristics?
11. Starting in the 1920s, Japan began militaristic expansion in
Asia. Where did they invade and why did they do so?
12. The League of Nations’ response to Japan’s aggression in
Manchuria proved …
13. Outline the progress of Nationalist movements in China,
India, and Turkey between the World Wars.
World War II and the Holocaust
Terms to define / People to Know
Scorched earth policy
kamikaze
Erwin Rommel
Winston Churchill Benito Mussolini
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
appeasement Neville Chamberlin
Harry S. Truman
Bernard Montgomery Rescue at Dunkirk
Island Hopping
Genocide anti-Semitism
Kristallnacht
1. What German action finally caused Britain and France to
declare war?
2. What was the “phony war”?
3. What was agreed in the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact?
4. After the fall of France, a puppet government was set up in
the city of
5. What city was the target of a Nazi “
blitz
” for 57 straight nights?
6. The United States was able to help its allies and still remain

6. neutral through what three policies?
7. What event led to the United States entry into the war?
8. D-Day refers to what event?
9. Explain what is meant by the term “Turning Point Battle.”
Be able to site and explain examples.
10. What was the main factor in Germany’s inability to take
Moscow?
11. Where were atomic bombs dropped in Japan and in what
order?
12. The Soviet victory at which city is viewed as a major
turning point in the war?
13. Capturing the island of _______ allowed the Allies to fly
bombing raids over Japan.
14. The major people involved in the conference at Potsdam
were:
15. What important principle was established by the Nuremburg
Trials?
16. In addition to Jews, what groups were targeted for
extermination in the Holocaust?
17. At which concentration camp did the most successful escape
take place?
18. What country was successful in evacuating most of the
Jewish people from their country before Hitler took over?
19. Explain several ways that European colonies became
involved in WWII.
Cold War
Terms to define / People to Know:
Super Powers
De-Stalinization Mao Zedong
Berlin Airlift Berlin
Blockade Berlin Wall Torn Down
Marshall Plan NATO Established
Containment

7. Iron Curtain Reunification of Germany
Yalta Conference
Satellite Potsdam
Conference Soviet Bloc
Nuclear Arms Limitations (SALT / INF Treaties)
1. What was the name of the plan to rebuild economic stability
in Europe?
2. What was the central conflict of the Cold War? Explain the
major concerns of Western Europe and the United States in
post-WWII Europe.
3
. Both the Soviets and the United States sought to expand their
influence in non-western nations. What methods did they use?
4. Name and explain the policies implemented by Mikhail
Gorbachev to increase freedoms and opportunity in the Soviet
Union.
Crisis of the Modern World
Ho Chi Minh decolonization
Tiananmen Square
1. Describe the rise of Turkey to a modern nation after the
collapse of the Ottoman in Empire in 1916.
2. How did many Asian and African countries achieve
independence?
3. How would you characterize the relationship between Israel
and other Middle Eastern nations?
4. What factors led to the partition of Pakistan and India?
5. How has the issue of nuclear capability added complexity to
international relations?
6. Where has the concept of genocide continued to be a problem
in the world?

8. 7. In what ways has the issue of Human Rights been a driving
force in World History over the past 25 years?
Be able to locate the following on a blank world map.
China Egypt
France Germany
Great Britain India
Italy Japan
Mexico Nicaragua Russia /
Soviet Union United States