HISTORY MISC World History Final Exam Study Guide

HISTORY MISC World History Final Exam Study Guide 1. What medieval ruler was crowned Emperor of Rome, was focused on education, and united the many areas of Europe? 2. What effect did Napoleon have on the French Revolution? 3. What were the MAIN causes as WWI? 4. The Renaissance and Reformation had what effect on the power of the Catholic Church? 5. Define Polytheism. 6. In WWII, the Allies in the Pacific used what strategy to fight against the Japanese? 7. What was SALT and SALT II? 8. What major pandemic was brought to Europe by fleas that lived on rats that traveled in cargo loads along trade routes? 9. What was Louis XIV’s nickname? 10. Horrible working conditions and crowed cities were negative side effects of what major event? 11. Freeing France from German control and forcing Germany to fight on two fronts were the main goals of what famous WWII operation? 12. What was the Space Race? 13. Which major war was characterized by stalemate and trench warfare? 14. What nomadic group conquered a vast empire across most of Asia and some of Europe and were known for their brutality and expansion of trade in their empire? 15. The War Guilt Clause of the Treaty of Versailles blamed what nation for starting WWI? 16. What were the Dark Ages and why were they called that? 17. What large empire of the ancient world was known for their roads, legal codes, and transition from Republic to Empire? 18. Who was Martin Luther and why is he significant? 19. What were the major philosophies of Voltaire, Locke, and Rousseau? 20. How did river valleys influence the location of the first civilizations? 21. What was the idea behind the White Man’s Burden? 22. What were the three reasons the US joined WWI on the side of the Allies? 23. Who were the Big Three of the Allies in WWII? 24. What was the Manhattan Project? 25. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? 26. What leaders of France leading up to the French Revolution were seen as apathetic and disconnected with their people? 27. What were the major contributions of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton? 28. What were the major differences in Athens and Sparta? 29. What were the two major ways in which Islam spread? 30. What invention allowed for the spread of ideas in the Renaissance and Reformation? 31. How was urbanization related to the Industrial Revolution? 32. What was the Domino Theory? 33. What was appeasement? 34. What were the two main theatres of WWII? 35. What was the Scramble for Africa? 36. How did the governments of other nations react to the French Revolution? 37. What was the Columbian Exchange? 38. What was the effect of the attack on Pearl Harbor on WWII? 39. Who moved the capital of Rome to Constantinople? 40. What was the Great Schism? 41. Explain divine right. 42. What overall impact did technology have on WWI? 43. What nations made up the Axis powers in WWII? 44. What were concentration camps? 45. What event reunited the capital of Germany in 1989 after years of separation? 46. A general feeling of betrayal by the Treaty of Versailles was shared by members of what group of WWII nations? 47. Who was Justinian and what are some of his accomplishments? 48. leader of the French Revolution was the organizer of the Reign of Terror? 49. Know the leaders of WWII and what nations they were associated with. 50. What was the Black Death’s impact on Feudalism?