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World Studies Study
Final Exam Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The most important effects of the Enlightenment | The Scientific Revolution Ideas about life and purpose Space and the earth Government and politics Religion Science and reasoning |
| During the Reign of Terror | no one was safe from the guillotine |
| Napoleon rose to power during | French Revolution |
| In 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia. This decision to do so was unwise because | they were not prepared to fight Russia’s army who burned crops so the French could not use them, weather conditions were bad (cold weather killed men and horses), many men died of exhaustion, cold, and hunger. |
| The industrial revolution began in Great Britain first for several reasons including | The Agricultural Revolution Population Growth Financial Innovations The Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution Navigable Rivers and Canals Coal and Iron deposits World Trade |
| Working conditions were dangerous and challenging | for women and children |
| factories and lights allowed for longer work days and more production, but | lead to bad working conditions which in turn lead to the creation of workers unions and better conditions. |
| Imperialism spread western values by spreading religion through | missionaries, western education, art, architecture, social darwinism, racism. |
| India was being controlled directly by | Great Britain |
| Gandhi lead the famous protest known as | The Salt March |
| Gandhi lead the famous protest known as | because of their desire to improve their working and living conditions |
| What were the MAIN causes of WWI | - Militarism - Alliances - Imperialism - Nationalism |
| The reasons for the extensive loss of life and property damage in WWI were | due to advances in technology such as tanks, gases, total war, and fighting in towns and cities. |
| In the 1920’s fascist leaders came to power because of | -Economic depression put country in shambles -Suffering Germans wanted a solution -Weak government (no strong leader) -Wanted revenge on other countries because they were not satisfied in Treaty of Versailles |
| To end WWII against Japan | the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on two Japanese cities: Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
| Who were dictators who came to power in between the world wars | Benito Mussolini of Italy, Adolf Hitler of Germany, Hideki Tojo of Japan, and Joseph Stalin of Russia |
| Totalitarian State | a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life |
| “A date which will live in infamy” is a quote from | December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor |
| Axis Power was the term was used to identify | the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| Imperialism is.... | the control by a stronger nation over a weaker nation |
| Racism is the name for | the belief that one race is superior to others and the actions that result from that belief |
| Hitler’s master plan | to create a perfect Aryan racial empire consisted of exterminating all Jews and anyone else who was considered not pure German. |
| After WWII, the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) became involved in | a nuclear arms race known as the Cold War. |
| Although the Cold War didn’t involve actual fighting, the United States was involved in two “proxy wars” | during this time--The Korean war in the 1950’s and and The Vietnam War in the 1960’s and 1970’s. |
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