FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

FINAL EXAM TIME: NOVEMBER 23, 5-7:30pm

Dr. Schmoll/History 102/Final Exam Study Guide

I. Identifications—4 of 6 (40%)
Remember, each term requires a complete paragraph
defining the term with sufficient detail and explaining why the term is significant.

White Man’s Burden
October Revolution in Russia
Representation of the People Act of 1918
Willy and Nicky Correspondence
Bloody Alliances
Treaty of Versailles
SA
SS
Kristallnacht
Goebbels
Lebensraum
Neville Chamberlin
Winston Churchill
Battle of Britain
Operation Sealion
Guernica
NSDAP (National Socialism)
D-Day
Nuremburg Laws
Reinhard Heydrich
Lend-Lease Act
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift


II. Cumulative Essay: 1 of 2 (60%)
One of the following questions will appear on the exam. You will write a complete, detailed, and thorough essay answering the questions as fully as possible.

1. Considering the books and other documents we read in this course (for example, Candide, the Communist Manifesto, Forgotten Voices of the Great War, and Survival in Auschwitz), and the historical context surrounding those books, what are the most important historical factors that transformed Europe from 1750 to 1945?

2. How would you define a “great” leader? Is a great leader someone who is successful economically, is victorious in war, who creates a country full of happy people, someone who establishes a just legal system, or something else? Refer to at least four of the following leaders in your answer: Louis XIV, Napoleon, Bismarck, Wilhelm II, Nicholas II, Lenin, Stalin, Churchill, and/or Hitler.

3. Compare and contrast Absolutism and Totalitarianism. Give clear historical examples of the two systems. Is one of the two systems more destructive of humanity?