final review test questions

module 19

• what were the 14 points

  • plan for postwar world

• what did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to

  • germany’s policy to sink any ship in British waters without warning

• how did the treaty of Versailles affect postwar germany

  • left a legacy of bitterness and hatred in the hearts of the German people

• main acronym

  • militarism - policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war

  • alliances - joining with another country

  • imperialism - fight for colonization

  • nationalism - support for ones country

• what was trench warfare intended to accomplish

  • to protect soldiers from enemy gun fire on the front lines

    • no mans land - in-between trenches

• what action on Nov 11, 1918 brought ww1 to an end

  • armistice was signed

• example of total war

  • women took over many jobs in the war industries

• what statement summarizes the Schlieffen plan that Germany created to prepare for a two front war

  • attack France first then russia

• what region was referred to as the “powder keg” of europe

  • the

  • peninsula

module 20

• what group was known for taking a 6,000 mile journey known as the king march

  • Chinese communists fleeing the nationalists

• compare Stalin and gandhi

• happened as a result of the rowlatt acts

  • Amritsar massacre

• what was not part of the transformation of the Soviet union into a totalitarian state

  • creation of the first soviets

• what is a totalitarian state

  • government controls every aspect of public and private life

• what was the purpose of stalin’s five year plans

  • economic development

• what led great Britain to finally grant India limited self rule

  • worldwide demonstrations in support of india’s independence

• what resourced caused major competition in the middle east

  • oil

• who did china’s peasants align themselves with in the 1920s

  • communists

• what is a weapon of totalitarianism

  • police terror

module 21

• what was the major cause of the collapse of the stock market

  • stocks sold for more than they were worth

• what effect did the Dawes plan have on the economy of postwar germany

  • saved Germany from its inflation crisis and stabilized the economy

• as a result of the great depression the US turned to what policy regarding international affairs

  • isolationism

• what was not a problem helping contributing to the great depression

  • too much reliance on international trade

• which of the following used my mussolini to maintain control of italy

  • abolished democracy

  • banned all other political parties

  • used violence and terror

• who was president at the beginning of the great depression

  • hoover

• extreme right wing form of government with leaders like Hitler and mussolini

  • fascist

• beginning of hitler’s final solution which means “night of the broken glass”

  • kristallnacht

• what group was the scapegoat for germany’s problems

  • jews

• what scientists focused on the idea of the “unconscious”

  • Sigmund freud

• what was the name of the government reform program started by FDR to help the US after the great depression

  • new deal

• at the munich conference this person felt that giving Hitler the Sudetenland would help avoid war

  • Neville chamberlain - appeasement

• what form of government did many European nations experiment with for the first time after ww1

  • democracy

• how did literature change after ww1

  • turned to a dark, uncertain future

module 22

• what prompted great Britain and france to declare war on germany

  • German invasion of poland

• what crucial lesson was learned in the battle of britain

  • hitler’s advances could be stopped

• who was the British prime minister who declared they would never give in to hitler

  • winston churchill

• what occurred on d-day

  • allied invasion of france

• how did civilians join the war effort

  • scrap metal drives

  • working in war industries

  • rationing

• why were the Pacific islands attacked and seized during the allied island hopping strategy

  • they were the least heavily defended by japan

  • came up by Douglas macarthur

• what was the main target of the kamikazes

  • ships

• what was the name of the top secret project responsible for building the atomic bombs

  • Manhattan project

• why were thousands of us citizens put in internment camps during the war

  • they were of Japanese descent and falsely labeled as enemies

• what event occurred on the day of infamy

  • pearl harbor

• where did the British miraculously rescue over 300,000 trapped allied soldiers

  • dunkirk

• what was the turning point in the war of the pacific

  • battle of midway

• what was the allies plan for victory over the nazis

  • allies would fight Germany on two fronts to weaken it