(WGU D266) HIST 1016 WORLD HISTORY FINAL
EXAM REVIEW Q & A 2025
Mutsohito - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Japanese Emperor, starts Meiji Era, wants to modernize
Japan to counter western influence
Berlin Conference (1884-1885) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>The meeting of European
imperialist powers to divide Africa among themselves
Opium War - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>War between Britain and the Qing Empire that was, in
the British view, occasioned by the Qing government's refusal to permit the importation
of opium into its territories; the victorious British imposed the one-sided Treaty of
Nanking on China.
Jewel in the Crown (of the British Empire) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>the British colony of
India--- so called because of its importance in the British empire, both as a supplier of
raw materials and as a market for British trade goods
Iron Curtain - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division
between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.
Nuremberg Trials - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Trials of the Nazi leaders after WWII, showed
that people are responsible for their actions, even in wartime
Cold War - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet
Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly
threats went on for years.
Richard Nixon - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>1968 and 1972; Republican; Vietnam: advocated
"Vietnamization" (replace US troops with Vietnamese), but also bombed
Cambodia/Laos, created a "credibility gap," Paris Peace Accords ended direct US
involvement; economy-took US off gold standard (currency valued by strength of
economy); created the Environmental Protection Agency, was president during first
moon landing; SALT I and new policy of detente between US and Soviet Union;
Watergate scandal: became first and only president to resign
Battle of Stalingrad - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Unsuccessful German attack on the city of
Stalingrad during World War II from 1942 to 1943, that was the furthest extent of
German advance into the Soviet Union.
China Open Door Policy - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>
, Vietnam War - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the
communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-
communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.; led to
sizeable, passionate, and sometimes violent protests, especially as the war went on -
seen as a failure in the US
Korean War (1950-1953) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>began as a civil war between North and
South Korea (which had been established by the USSR and US respectively), but the
conflict soon became international when, under U.S. leadership, the United Nations
joined to support South Korea and China entered to aid North Korea. The war left Korea
divided along the 38th parallel. The Korean War was an example of the U.S. Cold War
policies of containment and militarization, setting the stage for the further enlargement
of the U.S. defense perimeter in Asia (Vietnam)
Vietnamization - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S
involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops and
replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces
Great Depression causes - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>1)United State's stock market crash of
1929. 2)Big drop in the world's economy. 3)Overproduction of goods from World War I.
4)Decrease in the need for raw materials from non industrialized nations>>>LEAD TO
millions of people losing their jobs as banks and businesses closed around the world.
People were homeless, Relied on government to eat.
Truman Doctrine - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>President Truman's policy of providing economic
and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
Marshall Plan - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A United States program of economic aid for the
reconstruction of democratic Europe (1948-1952)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Military alliance created
in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries including the United States that
support each other if attacked.
Space Race - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A competition of space exploration between the
United States and Soviet Union.
Sputnik - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in
1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led
to the creation of NASA and the space race.
Nikita Khrushchev - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Also famous for denouncing Stalin and allowed criticism of Stalin within Russia.
EXAM REVIEW Q & A 2025
Mutsohito - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Japanese Emperor, starts Meiji Era, wants to modernize
Japan to counter western influence
Berlin Conference (1884-1885) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>The meeting of European
imperialist powers to divide Africa among themselves
Opium War - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>War between Britain and the Qing Empire that was, in
the British view, occasioned by the Qing government's refusal to permit the importation
of opium into its territories; the victorious British imposed the one-sided Treaty of
Nanking on China.
Jewel in the Crown (of the British Empire) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>the British colony of
India--- so called because of its importance in the British empire, both as a supplier of
raw materials and as a market for British trade goods
Iron Curtain - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division
between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.
Nuremberg Trials - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Trials of the Nazi leaders after WWII, showed
that people are responsible for their actions, even in wartime
Cold War - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet
Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly
threats went on for years.
Richard Nixon - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>1968 and 1972; Republican; Vietnam: advocated
"Vietnamization" (replace US troops with Vietnamese), but also bombed
Cambodia/Laos, created a "credibility gap," Paris Peace Accords ended direct US
involvement; economy-took US off gold standard (currency valued by strength of
economy); created the Environmental Protection Agency, was president during first
moon landing; SALT I and new policy of detente between US and Soviet Union;
Watergate scandal: became first and only president to resign
Battle of Stalingrad - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Unsuccessful German attack on the city of
Stalingrad during World War II from 1942 to 1943, that was the furthest extent of
German advance into the Soviet Union.
China Open Door Policy - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>
, Vietnam War - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the
communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-
communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.; led to
sizeable, passionate, and sometimes violent protests, especially as the war went on -
seen as a failure in the US
Korean War (1950-1953) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>began as a civil war between North and
South Korea (which had been established by the USSR and US respectively), but the
conflict soon became international when, under U.S. leadership, the United Nations
joined to support South Korea and China entered to aid North Korea. The war left Korea
divided along the 38th parallel. The Korean War was an example of the U.S. Cold War
policies of containment and militarization, setting the stage for the further enlargement
of the U.S. defense perimeter in Asia (Vietnam)
Vietnamization - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S
involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops and
replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces
Great Depression causes - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>1)United State's stock market crash of
1929. 2)Big drop in the world's economy. 3)Overproduction of goods from World War I.
4)Decrease in the need for raw materials from non industrialized nations>>>LEAD TO
millions of people losing their jobs as banks and businesses closed around the world.
People were homeless, Relied on government to eat.
Truman Doctrine - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>President Truman's policy of providing economic
and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
Marshall Plan - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A United States program of economic aid for the
reconstruction of democratic Europe (1948-1952)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>Military alliance created
in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries including the United States that
support each other if attacked.
Space Race - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A competition of space exploration between the
United States and Soviet Union.
Sputnik - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in
1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led
to the creation of NASA and the space race.
Nikita Khrushchev - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Also famous for denouncing Stalin and allowed criticism of Stalin within Russia.
