Modern World History (CC) Modules 13/14 Study Guide

Nationalism in Asia

  • Important Leaders:
    • Mustafa Kemal, Reza Khan, Sun Yatsen, Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    • What did they have in common? How were they different?
  • Self-determination:
    • What did it mean and how was it expressed?
  • Mandate System:
    • Why was it despised?
  • Non-violent, non-cooperation:
    • Major events in the Indian Nationalist Movement up to WWII
  • Zionism, Balfour Declaration

Great Depression

  • When did it begin?
  • Why did the crash of US banks have a world wide ripple effect?
  • Why were Latin American countries and European colonies in Africa/Asia hit particularly hard?
  • How did governments gain power during this time?
  • Why did it end?

Rise of the Dictators

  • Be familiar with the characteristics most 20th Century dictators had in common.
  • Know the difference between “left wing” and “right wing” political stances.
  • Know nationalities, dates, ideologies, and characteristics of the following dictators:
    • Lenin / Stalin– how were they alike and how different in their policies / actions?
    • Hitler
    • Mussolini
  • Terms:
    • Holodomor
    • Gulags
    • Lebensraum

European Theater of WWII

  • Axis Powers - Which countries? What was their goal?
  • Allied Powers - Which countries? What was their goal?
  • Know the basic chronology of events
  • Terms (know basic definition, including date and consequence if relevant):
    • Anschluss
    • Appeasement
    • Vichy Regime
    • Blitz
    • Why didn't German Jews just move to another country when the Nazi regime started persecuting them?
    • What were four specific strategies the Nazis used in their quest to dominate/eliminate the Jewish people?
    • Tripartite Pact
    • Lend-Lease
    • Battle/Siege of Stalingrad
    • Yalta Conference
    • Potsdam Conference/Declaration
    • D-Day (must know this date)
    • VE Day (must know this date)
    • Nuremberg Trials

Rise of Imperial Japan and the Pacific Theater of WWII

  • Know the historical context of the rise of Imperial Japan, including:
    • European imperialism
    • Meiji Restoration (know year it began)
    • Increasing aggression in Asia (against Russia, Korea, China, desire for raw materials)
  • Terms (know basic definition, including date and consequence if relevant):
    • Emperor Hirohito
    • “Rape of Nanking”
    • Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
    • Pearl Harbor
    • Midway
    • Island Hopping
    • Kamikaze
    • Okinawa
    • Atomic Bombs
    • VJ Day (must know this date)

The Holocaust

  • Why did Hitler use the Jews as a scapegoat for all of Germany’s problems?
  • Terms:
    • Nuremberg Laws
    • Ghettos
    • Star of David
    • Final Solution
    • Concentration camps / extermination camps