Unit 2 Part 2 Study Guide

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Unit 2 Part 2 Study Guide: Development of Europe (modern history) Name ___________________________ Date ______________ Class _________

To prepare for the test, review the handouts and notes in your binder as well as chapter 10 sections 1 and 2 in your SS textbook. Complete and review this study guide as well. The standards covered in this unit are: SS6H6d: Explain the impact of European empire building in Africa and Asia on the outbreak of WWI. SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 21st century. a. Describe major developments following WWI: the Russian Revolution, the Treaty of Versailles, worldwide depression, and the rise of Nazism. b. Explain the impact of WWII in terms of the Holocaust, the origins of the Cold War, and the rise of the Superpowers. c. Explain how the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the end of the Cold War and German reunification.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 1) Name 3 reasons the Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain * * * 2) Name 2 positive effects of the Industrial Revolution * * 3) Name 3 negative effects of the Industrial Revolution * * *


IMPERIAL RUSSIA and RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 4) Who am I? Why am I important?  Peter the Great- _______________________________________________ 

Catherine the Great- ___________________________________________

Czar Nicholas II- ______________________________________________

Vladimir Lenin- ________________________________________________

5) What are the 3 reoccurring themes in Russian history (imperial Russia)? * * * 6) What were four events that led to the collapse of the Russian empire in 1917?

IMPERIALISM 7) Define imperialism- __________________________________________________ 8) On what continents did Europeans primarily colonize? ________________________

WORLD WAR I 9) Define:  Alliance- ______________________________________________________ 

Nationalism- ___________________________________________________

Armistice- _____________________________________________________

Communism- ____________________________________________________


10) Name 4 causes of World War I: * * * * What was the “spark”? _____________________________________________ 11) What were some new weapons introduced during WWI? _______________________________________________________________

12) What was the Treaty of Versailles? What effect did it have on Germany? ________________________________________________________________

GREAT DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II 13) Define: 

Great Depression-________________________________________________

Holocaust-______________________________________________________

genocide- ______________________________________________________

fascism- _______________________________________________________

14) Who am I? Why am I important?  Benito Mussolini-_________________________________________________ 

Adolf Hitler-____________________________________________________

Joseph Stalin-___________________________________________________

Winston Churchill-________________________________________________

Franklin D. Roosevelt-_____________________________________________

15) What event in 1929 began the Great Depression? What event ended it? __________________________________________________________________


16) Name 3 causes of World War II: * * * 17) 1) 2)

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WWII

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COLD WAR 18) What was the Marshall Plan designed to accomplish? How did it differ from the Treaty of Versailles? __________________________________________________ 19) Describe the Cold War_______________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 20) What were two ways Germany and Eastern European countries were affected by the Cold War? * *

Unit Enduring Understandings: ~ When there is conflict between or within societies, change is the result. ~ While change occurs over time, there is continuity to the basic structure of a society.


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