McCabe AP World History: March 2011

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Chapter 30 SPRITE Review.....

Social

Groups that were targeted during Adolf Hitler’s regime

Estimate on total number of people killed during Nazi regime=12 million

Political

Japanese government during the late 1930’s

Promises made to the German People by Adolf Hitler

Factors that contributed to the fall of France

Battle of the Bulge-Hitler’s last attempt to break through

Battle of Midway-Turning point in Pacific war-Japanese fleet out

How did India respond to British war effort in WWII?

What happens to India after Independence?

Jewish Homeland in Palestine

Japanese surrender

The Atlantic Charter

Religious

Hindus vs. Muslims in India Independence

Intellectual/Technology

Tripartite Pact

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Appeasement- When was this idea abandoned?

Blitzkrieg

Invasion of Soviet Union-Why a mistake

United Nations

Zionism

Apartheid

Economic

None for this exam!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Chapter 30 Study Guide.....

McCabe Name:__________________

A.P. World History

Chapter 30 Study Guide

A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order

Introduction/ Old and New Causes of a Second World War

1. Even more than the previous global war, World War II was a ________ conflict.

2. The defeats suffered early in the war by the western _________ powers doomed their ___________.

3. What area of the world was seized by Japan and renamed the State of Manchukuo?

4. Who was the political and ideological leader of the German National Socialist Party?

5. What were some of Hitler’s campaign promises to the German people?

6. What was the only nation to come to the aid of Spain’s republicans in their fight against Franco and the Axis forces of Germany and Italy?

Unchecked Aggression and the Coming of War in Europe and the Pacific

7. Although Germany is seen as the catalyst of World War II, it was actually _________ that moved first.

8. After the Guomindang capital located at Nanjing was captured, __________________ became the Nationalist headquarters for the remainder of the war.

9. What three countries were part of the Tripartite Pact that was signed in 1940?

10. Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with __________________ in 1939 to avoid fighting a two-front war.

11. The invasion of __________________ prompted the entry of France and Britain into World War II.

The Conduct of a Second Global War

12. In order to avoid the stalemate that was World War I, German strategy was centered on the concept of ______________________.

13. The Dutch port of _______________________ was leveled by German bombers in 1940 causing over 40,000 civilian deaths

14. What factors contributed to the fall of France

15. When northern France fell to German control, the Germans set-up a Nazi puppet regime in the city of _____________________.

16. Identify: Winston Churchill-

17. How did the British “win” the Battle of Britain despite the fact that they had a smaller air force than Germany.

18. What new device gave Britain an edge against German aircraft?

19. The Nazi failure to capture ________________________ in (1942/1943) was a major turning point in the war in the east.

20. Identify the groups that were targeted for persecution/ genocide by the Nazis.

21. At the _____________________________ in February 1942, Nazi officials proposed a “final solution” for the “Jewish problem”.

22. Approximately how many people were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust?

23. Identify: Battle of the Bulge-

24. In what year did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

25. What areas of Asia were captured by the Japanese by the early 1940’s?

26. Which Asian country was able to avoid attack and capture by cooperating with the advancing Japanese?

27. The Japanese defeat at _________________________ marked the turning point in the Pacific War.

28. Identify: Curtis Le May-

29. Which two Japanese cities were reduced to rubble by means of new nuclear technology?

War’s End and the Emergence of the Superpower Standoff

30. Which organization was formed by the allied powers at the conclusion of the war?

31. What were the three major conferences that were held by the allies to determine the fate of Europe following World War II?

32. What happened to Germany and Japan as a result of the decisions made at the above mentioned conferences?

Nationalism and Decolonization

33. Identify: Atlantic Charter of 1941-

34. Which political party in India was most closely aligned with the British during World War II

35. In 1947, what decision was made regarding the division between Hindus and Muslims living in India?

36. Identify: Kwame Nkrumah-

37. Around what year did the African nationalists gain independence of British nonsettler colonies in black Africa.

38. Identify: Jomo Kenyatta-

39. Was the Algerian independence movement more or less violent than the fight in Kenya?

40. In what African colony was the white minority able to keep power?

41. Identify: Apartheid-

42. Identify: Haganah-

43. A Jewish homeland was created in 1948 in a region known to the Arab community as ____________________.

This entire week our focus will be on the second World War. We will spend a great deal of time talking about combat but also discuss new colonial revolutions and attempts to break away from European control. This week we will also go over your practice exams that you completed before break. In the middle of the week, we will watch some war time propaganda courtesy of Walt Disney.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

SPRITE Notes for Chapter 29......

Social

Soviets

Proletariat

Political

Impact of WWI and the Mexican Revolution on Latin America?

Primary goal of the 1910 Mexican Revolution?

What is the PRI? How is it tied to the Mexican Revolution of 1910?

What country is the dominant foreign power in Latin America after WWI?

How did Russia end participation in WWI?

What Asian country played a major factor in domestic Chinese affairs from 1890-1945?

From what communist country did China receive foreign assistance?

Revolutionary Alliance/ Sun Yat-sen (China)

How was communism in China different than Russia? Proletariat

Guomindang

Chiang Kai-shek

May Fourth movement

Long March

Adolf Hitler

Totalitarian government

1932 German election results?

Religious

Nothing for this test

Intellectual/ Technology

Competing government systems (Democracy, Fascism and Communism)

Economy

Europe by mid-1920’s= stability (for most countries)

U.S. Economy is extremely strong immediately following WWI

New Economic Policy (NEP)

Features of the Soviet Economy?

What triggered the Great Depression?

Actions governments took in reaction to the Great Depression?

New Deal

Chapter 29 Notes......

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Chapter 29 Study Guide......

McCabe Name:__________________

A.P. World History

Chapter 29 Study Guide

The World Between the Wars: Revolutions, Depression, and Authoritarian Response

Introduction- The Roaring Twenties

1. In the art world, ______________________ became the head of the cubist movement.

2. What were some examples of middle-class women participating in popular culture?

3. Identify four countries that granted women suffrage rights following World War I.

4. Describe how Henry Ford’s assembly line worked.

5. The U.S. Senate rejected the __________________ Treaty refusing to enter the __________________________.

6. Diplomatically, the U.S. pursued an ____________________ policy for two decades, refusing _____________________ alliances.

7. What government system did people fear in the United States?

8. Describe Japan’s new phase of Industrialization during the 1920’s.

9. In Japan, a population of _______ million in 1900 had increased to _________ million by 1940.

10. Who formed the Fascist Party of Italy?

Revolution: The First Waves

11. Prior to the Mexican Revolution, the regime of _________________ had been in power since 1876.

12. Who was the first challenger to the regime mentioned above?

13. The Mexican revolution began in what year?

14. Identify: Pancho Villa-

15. Identify: Emiliano Zapata-

16. Identify: Victoriano Huerta-

17. The election of ____________________ brought an end to the revolution.

18. What were some of the promises contained in the Mexican Constitution of 1917?

C.
D.

19. Identify: ejidos-

20. . _____________________ was the name given to a Mexican movement that sought to glorify Mexico’s Native American heritage.

21. What did artists such as Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco paint on public buildings?

22. Identify: Cristeros-

23. What single party came to dominate Mexican politics during the 1920’s and 1930’s?

24. What city saw the beginning of the 1917 Revolution in Russia?

25. Identify: Soviet-

26. A ________________ provisional government took control of the country for 8 months after the revolution.

27. Identify: Alexander Kerensky-

28. List some of the reasons why Russia had a second revolution 1917 (shortcomings of the government)

29. What group took control after the second revolution in November (October on the Russian calendar).

30. After Lenin took over, how did Russia end the German threat during WWI?

31. Identify: Red Army-

32. The ____________________________ was Lenin’s answer to increase food production and control economic decisions

33. Identify: Comintern-

34. In what year did the last emperor of China abdicate his throne?

35. After the Qing dynasty fell, who was in the best position to take power?

36. What foreign power started to heavily affect China during the mid-1890’s (even defeating then in a war)?

37. Who was head of the Revolutionary Alliance?

38. The above mentioned leader conceded leadership of China in 1912 to which military warlord?

39. Japan was able to occupy territory in China held by ____________ after they entered an alliance on the side of the allies in World War I.

40. Identify: May Fourth Movement-

41. What nearby country’s socialist victory made China consider adopting a Marxist government to save China?

42. Identify: Li Dazhao-

43. Li Dazhao saw ____________________, rather than industrial workers, as the vanguard of the revolution.

44. The Nationalist Party of China was also known by what name?

45. Identify: Whampoa Military Academy-

46. As rival political groups struggled for power, what part of the population was suffering the most? What percentage of the population did they represent?

47. Who was the first to recognize the importance of the Chinese peasantry in the success of the revolution?

48. Who assumed power of the Nationalist Party after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925?

49. The open conflict between communists and Chiang’s Nationalist party started when Nationalists gunned down and beheaded workers in _________________.

50. Identify: Long March-

51. Where was the new communist center of China located in 1934?

The Global Great Depression

52. Why did the price of food dramatically decrease in the mid-1920’s?

53. Why was this bad for farmers?

54. In regards to their economies, Western nations were often more concerned about repayments of ____________ and constructing ___________________ to protect their own industries than about facilitating balanced world economic growth.

55. The collapse of which country’s stock market triggered a huge world-wide depression?

56. How did the depression affect the Soviet Union?

57. The worldwide depression caused citizens of many countries to seek solutions from radical parties on both the ___________ and the ___________.

58. Identify: Popular Front-

59. Many of the _________________________ states increased government spending, providing new levels of social insurance against illness and unemployment.

60. What country developed the world’s first television industry?

61. Identify: New Deal-

The Authoritarian Response

62. In Germany, the impact of the depression lea to a new______________ regime.

63. Fascism in Germany and Italy was a product of ________________________.

64. Why did the following groups with Germany support Hitler’s bid for power?

Artisans-

The middle class-

65. Did Hitler’s National Socialist Party (NAZI) win a majority of votes in the 1932 election?

66. Identify: Totalitarian State-

67. Government economic planning in Germany helped to restore production levels with a heavy emphasis on ________________ construction.

68. Before 1940, what measures were passed against the Jewish population of Germany?

69. What country did Mussolini’s fascist Italy successfully attack in 1935?

70. What was the name of the Spanish fascist party?

71. Identify: Corporatism-

72. President ___________________________ of Mexico (1934-1940) redistributed over 40 million acres of land to create communal farms.

73. Once _____________________________ had taken power of Brazil (1872-1954), he launched a new kind of centralized political program that imposed federal administrators over the state governments.

74. As president of Argentina, Juan Peron was able to forge an alliance between which three groups?

75. Military officers in Japan completed a conquest of the Chinese province of ___________________ without the consent of the civilian government.

76. By the end of 1938, what foreign territories (in part or whole) were held by Japan?

77. While the depression hit __________________ hard, it suffered far less than many western nations did as a result of active government policies.

78. Identify: Korekiyo Takahashi-

79. What percentage of the world trade was controlled by Japan in 1936?

80. ________________________ was the creation of large, state-run farms, rather than individual holdings as in the west.

81. _________________________ remained a major weakness in the Soviet economy, demanding a higher percentage of labor force than was common under industrialization

82. Stalin’s government developed the ___________________ to begin to clear priorities for industrial development including expected output levels and new facilities.

83. Identify: Socialist Realism-

84. Identify: Politburo-

Friday, March 11, 2011

Thesis hints for next Tuesday (3/15)....

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Chapter 28 GSPRITE Notes......

Geography

Which countries were on which side?

Western Front

Eastern Front

Southern or Italian Front

Colonies outside of Europe (Which countries had them and which did not)

Territory shifts after WWI

Social

Women in war

How did the war affect the home fronts of countries involved?

How many people died in the war?

What groups in Egyptian society benefited from British economic reforms

Dinshawai Incident

Political

How long was the war?

What part of Europe starts war?

Events leading to the outbreak of war?

Surrender of Germany at end of the war?

Treaty of Versailles

Indian National Congress Party

B.G. Tilak

Double colonization of Egypt?

How do the British handle Egyptian Independence?

Differences between Indian and Egyptian Independence?

Intellectual/Technological

New Weapons of war-Which is the most deadly?

Which new technology was responsible for bringing the US into conflict?

Economic

American involvement in WWI before 1917?

How did Japan profit from war?

Chapter 28 Notes......

Chapter 28 Study Guide......

McCabe Name:__________________

A.P. World History

Chapter 28 Study Guide

Decent into the Abyss: World War I and The Crisis of the European Global Order

Introduction + The Coming of War

1. The fact that the three main adversaries- _____________, _____________, and _______________- were colonial powers meant that when they plunged in to war, they pulled their _____________ into the abyss with them.

2. In addition to Europe, where else were major theaters of combat

3. What three countries comprised the Triple Entente Alliance?

4. Identify three countries in North Africa that were French colonies at the outbreak of WWI

5. The complex ethnic divisions and interstate rivalries of the _________________ area of Europe mirrored the growing crisis of Europe as a whole.

6. Identify: Archduke Francis Ferdinand-

7. The conflict between in the Balkans grew to include other countries as Serbia was allied with ____________ while Bosnia was backed by ________________________.

A World at War

8. What war tactic did German political and military leaders think would give them a decisive victory over France, thus ending the war immediately?

9. What military disadvantages/blunders did Russia face/make heading into World War I?

10. What new technological advances made the fighting in World War I more destructive and deadly than previous wars?

11. Was Russia able to successfully defend Serbia during WWI?

12. Why did the Italians refuse to honor their agreement to fight along side the Central Powers early in WWI?

13. As a direct result of the outbreak of war, what segment of the population participated in the workforces of warring countries in large numbers?

14. Sea warfare on open waters occurred when British naval vessels engaged German ________________________ in combat.

15. What Asian nation was able to seize control of German colonies in the Pacific region during the war?

16. The British participation in this war made it truly global as they drew support from these three British Dominions….

17. Although Germany had colonies in East Africa, most of its support outside of Europe came from the _____________________.

18. In 1915, the Young Turks launched a genocide against ____________________ living in Turkish areas that claimed the lives of as many as a million people.

19. What country was the last to enter the global conflict in 1917?

20. Most of the American public/businesses tended to favor which side in the conflict?

21. Germany was able to shift massive amounts of troops from the Eastern front to the Western Front because ______________ had been knocked out of the war.

22. On November 11, 1918, German commanders agreed to an _______________ with the allied armies.

23. In order to shift blame from_________________________, generals in the German army set up a _____________________ government made up of many members of the center and socialist parties.

24. Approximately how many soldiers were killed on both sides by the end of World War I?

Failed Peace

25. The treaties that ended World War I were negotiated in what French city?

26. What two participant countries were not allowed to participate in the drafting or revision of the Peace of Paris treaties?

27. What were some of the significant terms concerning territory in the peace treaties that emerged after WWI?

A. The Austro-Hungarian empire was ______________________

B. New countries emerged such as _________________, _______________ and _________________

C. The nation of ______________ was reborn

28. Identify: League of Nations-

World War I and the Nationalist Assault on the European Colonial Order

29. Independence movements in India arose earlier than they did in ______________ territories occupied by European powers.

30. Identify some of the key themes that were repeated in Asian and African independence movements

31. Identify: National Congress Party-

32. In the last years of the 19^th Century, the Congress party started to receive support from ______________________who were tired of the special treatment shown to British investors.

33. Much of the budget of India was put toward the country’s military that fought wars elsewhere in the British Empire, _________ and _____________ for British administrators and the purchase of ______________________ for public works projects.

34. Identify: B.G. Tilak-

35. What were some of Tilak’s proposed nationalistic reforms?

36. One of the largest terrorist cells in India before World War I could be found in ______________.

37. Thanks to British campaigns against terrorist activities, the more ________________ politicians of the Congress party became stronger.

38. Identify: Morley-Minto reforms (1909)-

39. In what ways did citizens of India initially support the British war effort during WWI?

40. Identify: Mohandas Gandhi-

41. _______________ is the one country in the Afro-Asian world in which the emergence of ___________________ preceded European conquest and domination.

42. In 1882, the British occupied Egypt which meant that Egypt was double colonized both by the British and the ____________.

43. Identify: Lord Cromer-

44. Which groups in Egyptian society were the benefactors of reform measures in the late 1800’s?

45. The cause of Egyptian independence was taken up mainly by the _______________, or the prosperous business and professional families that made up much of the new middle-class.

46. In contrast to the nationalists movement in India, a variety of rival _______________ formed in Egypt.

47. Identify: Dinshawai Incident (1906)-

48. By 1913, the British had been sufficiently intimidated by the rising tide of Egyptian nationalism to grant a _________________ and ____________________ in a parliament elected indirectly by men of wealth and influence.

49. Identify: Ataturk-

50. ____________________, the British foreign secretary in 1917 promised Zionist leaders that his government would promote the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine after the war.

51. In order to defend the Suez Canal area, the British declared ________________ soon after hostilities began.

52. Identify: Wafd party-

53. A British commission of inquiry recommended negotiations for eventual ____________________ from Egypt

54. African American political figures such as ___________________ and ____________________ had a major impact on emerging African nationalist leaders.

McCabe AP World History