World History II

Final Exam Review Sheet

Thursday, June 17 8:00 AM

**For each of the headings in bold below, you should study the causes, consequences, and major characteristics.

Europe from 1350-1550 (Renaissance, Reformation) Political Revolutions and Napoleon

Machiavelli Old Regime
The Prince 1st, 2nd 3rd Estates
Humanism Bastille
Secularism Declaration of the Rights of Man
Martin Luther Maximilien Robespierre and the Reign of Terror
Gutenberg Printing Press Congress of Vienna
Ninety-Five Theses Napoleon Bonaparte
Haitian Revolution (What are its major causes and
Exploration consequences? Compare with French Revolution)
Columbian Exchange
Mercantilism Industrial Revolution
Slave trade Why Britain?
Zheng He 7 Factors of Fatories
Vasco da Gama Laissez-faire
Christopher Columbus Karl Marx
Joint-stock company Steam power
Favorable balance of trade Proletariat/working class
Aztecs/Cortez Bourgeoisie
Incas/Pizarro Middle class
Urbanization
Absolutism/ Empires of Asia Communism
Divine Right of Kings Utilitarianism
Absolute Monarchs Capitalism
Mughal Empire
Ottoman Empire Imperialism and Industrialization in China and Japan
Russian Empire Japanese imperialism- compare w/ Chinese reaction to
Peter the Great industrialization
Mandate of Heaven Opium Wars
Louis XIV-Sun King-“I am the state” Meiji Restoration/Meiji era
Palace at Versailles
Imperialism
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Motives for imperialism
What is the relationship between the Enlightenment and the Social Darwinism
Scientific Revolution? Indirect rule
Nicolaus Copernicus Berlin Conference
Heliocentric theory “Scramble for Africa”
Natural rights Assimilation
Social contract White Man’s Burden
Voltaire Positive and negative impact on the colonized people
John Locke
Montesquieu WWI and the Russian Revolution
Jean Jacques Rousseau M.A.I.N. causes of WWI
Mary Wollstonecraft Central Powers/Allies
Catherine the Great Total War
Armenian Genocide
Trench Warfare
Treaty of Versailles
Zimmerman Note
Kaiser Wilhelm II
League of Nations
Communist Russia
Bolsheviks
V.I. Lenin/Stages of Revolution (Timeline)
 Atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Pearl Harbor
Interwar Years/ Rise of Totalitarianism
Fascist Italy
Weimar Republic The Cold War
Nazi Germany Cold War
Hyperinflation Communist China
Nazism Mao Zedong
Benito Mussolini Cultural Revolution
Adolf Hitler Cold War hotspots/proxy wars
Josef Stalin Relationship between Cold War and decolonization
Censorship Containment
Propaganda Iron curtain
Secret police
Global Depression Decolonization
Gandhi
WWII and the Holocaust Partition of India
Causes of World War II South Africa
Relationship between World War I and World War II Apartheid
Final Solution – Steps and Psychology Africa National Congress
Nuremberg War Crimes Trials Rwanda Genocide-causes and consequences
Munich Conference-appeasement
Rape of Nanjing Globalization
Kamikaze World Bank/IMF
Lebensraum Developing Countries and debt (T-Shirt Travels)
D-Day
ESSAY PROMPTS: One of the following questions will be the essay on the final exam. These essay topics are based off the
World History II Essential Questions.

1. Identity is an important theme in world history from 1400 to present. Understandings of identity and nationalism have been
forces for change and forces of destruction. Develop a thesis that addresses the following:
 How has identity and/or nationalism been a force for change?
OR
 How has identity and/or nationalism been a force of destruction?

2. The process of globalization is a prominent theme from 1400 to present. Globalization has taken many different forms and it
continues to shape the world today. Develop a thesis that addresses the process of globalization from 1400 to present. Consider:
o Causes
o Outcomes
o Causes and effects
o How it has have changed over time.

3. The concept of human rights is a prominent theme from 1400 to present. Throughout the course we have explored questions
such as, What are basic human rights? Who as access to these rights? How should human rights be protected? What happens when
human rights are violated? Develop a thesis that addresses the following:
 How has the definition of human rights changed over time?
Consider:
 Concept of natural rights
 Who has access to these rights
 Ideals of equality
 What political and social systems protect or deny rights