Global II Regents Exam Review
Questions and Answers
Leaders of Latin American Independence Movements - ANS-Simon Bolivar, Jose de
San Martin, Miguel Hidalgo, Toussaint L'Ouverture
Unification of Germany - ANS-Bismarck used his policy of "blood and iron" to unite the
German states
Unification of Italy - ANS-Mazzini, Garibaldi, & Cavour.
Zionism - ANS-A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine; Theodor Herzl
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England? - ANS-Great Britain had natural
resources (geographic factor) such as coal and iron, they had a stable government
(geographically an island so isolated from conflict)
Effects of the Industrial Revolution - ANS-Urbanization (growth of cities), child labor,
emerging middle class, spread of disease in living conditions
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations - ANS-Promoted laissez-faire (little government
involvement in business), free-market economy, and supply-and-demand economics.
SUPPORTED BY INDUSTRIALIST CLASS
Karl Marx - ANS-wrote The Communist Manifesto because of issues caused by
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, all of history is a class struggle between the haves and
have nots, one day the proletariat (worker class) will rise up and overthrow the
bourgeoisie (factory owners) and establish a classless society
Tokugawa Shogunate - ANS-Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to ISOLATE it from
foreign influences
Meiji Restoration - ANS-the modernization and industrialization of Japan in the 1800's
Periods of Modernization/Westernization - ANS-Meiji Restoration (Japan); Turkey under
Kamal Ataturk
Berlin Conference - ANS-Meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing
Africa (Scramble for Africa); divide MOST of Africa among the European countries to
avoid conflict
, White Man's Burden - ANS-the duty that white colonizers believed they had to CIVILIZE
the inhabitants of their colonies; Rudyard Kipling poem
Rebellions to rid country of foreign influence - ANS-Sepoy Mutiny (India); Boxer
Rebellion (China); Zulu Wars (Africa)
Social Darwinism - ANS-The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the
fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialism
Totalitarianism - ANS-One party system in which the government has total control over
the lives of individual citizens (censorship of media, secret police) Ex. Stalin (USSR),
Mussolini (Italy), Hitler (Germany)
Fascism - ANS-A political system headed by a dictator that calls for EXTREME
NATIONALISM and no tolerance of opposition ex. Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy)
Appeasement - ANS-Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict; what France and
Britain did at the Munich Conference (AKA the "Munich Mistake"- did not stop Hitler)
Genocide - ANS-systematic killing of a racial or cultural group (ex. Holocaust, Rwanda,
Cambodia, Armenia)
Nuremburg Trials (1945) - ANS-Series of trials in which former Nazi leaders were
charged with crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes (also
Tokyo Trials in Japan for same purpose)
Alternate attendance - ANS-Required Daimyos to spend every other year at the
Tokugawa court, keeping their power in check; similar to Louis XIV keeping nobles at
the Palace of Versailles
Opium War - ANS-1839-1842. Chinese attempted to prohibit the opium trade, British
declared war and won against Chinese. Treaty of Nanjing (unequal treaty), agreed to
open 5 ports to British trade (create spheres of influence)and gave Britain control of
Hong Kong.
Similarity between Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler - ANS-one-party totalitarian rule that
restricted the rights of the people (oppressed them)
Munich Conference - ANS-conference at which French and British leaders attempted to
appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that
Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further; appeasement failed!
Why did Japan pursue aggressive imperialism? - ANS-for raw materials
Atrocities committed during WWII - ANS-Holocaust (Germany) Rape of Nanjing (Japan)
Questions and Answers
Leaders of Latin American Independence Movements - ANS-Simon Bolivar, Jose de
San Martin, Miguel Hidalgo, Toussaint L'Ouverture
Unification of Germany - ANS-Bismarck used his policy of "blood and iron" to unite the
German states
Unification of Italy - ANS-Mazzini, Garibaldi, & Cavour.
Zionism - ANS-A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine; Theodor Herzl
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England? - ANS-Great Britain had natural
resources (geographic factor) such as coal and iron, they had a stable government
(geographically an island so isolated from conflict)
Effects of the Industrial Revolution - ANS-Urbanization (growth of cities), child labor,
emerging middle class, spread of disease in living conditions
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations - ANS-Promoted laissez-faire (little government
involvement in business), free-market economy, and supply-and-demand economics.
SUPPORTED BY INDUSTRIALIST CLASS
Karl Marx - ANS-wrote The Communist Manifesto because of issues caused by
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, all of history is a class struggle between the haves and
have nots, one day the proletariat (worker class) will rise up and overthrow the
bourgeoisie (factory owners) and establish a classless society
Tokugawa Shogunate - ANS-Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to ISOLATE it from
foreign influences
Meiji Restoration - ANS-the modernization and industrialization of Japan in the 1800's
Periods of Modernization/Westernization - ANS-Meiji Restoration (Japan); Turkey under
Kamal Ataturk
Berlin Conference - ANS-Meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing
Africa (Scramble for Africa); divide MOST of Africa among the European countries to
avoid conflict
, White Man's Burden - ANS-the duty that white colonizers believed they had to CIVILIZE
the inhabitants of their colonies; Rudyard Kipling poem
Rebellions to rid country of foreign influence - ANS-Sepoy Mutiny (India); Boxer
Rebellion (China); Zulu Wars (Africa)
Social Darwinism - ANS-The application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the
fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialism
Totalitarianism - ANS-One party system in which the government has total control over
the lives of individual citizens (censorship of media, secret police) Ex. Stalin (USSR),
Mussolini (Italy), Hitler (Germany)
Fascism - ANS-A political system headed by a dictator that calls for EXTREME
NATIONALISM and no tolerance of opposition ex. Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy)
Appeasement - ANS-Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict; what France and
Britain did at the Munich Conference (AKA the "Munich Mistake"- did not stop Hitler)
Genocide - ANS-systematic killing of a racial or cultural group (ex. Holocaust, Rwanda,
Cambodia, Armenia)
Nuremburg Trials (1945) - ANS-Series of trials in which former Nazi leaders were
charged with crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes (also
Tokyo Trials in Japan for same purpose)
Alternate attendance - ANS-Required Daimyos to spend every other year at the
Tokugawa court, keeping their power in check; similar to Louis XIV keeping nobles at
the Palace of Versailles
Opium War - ANS-1839-1842. Chinese attempted to prohibit the opium trade, British
declared war and won against Chinese. Treaty of Nanjing (unequal treaty), agreed to
open 5 ports to British trade (create spheres of influence)and gave Britain control of
Hong Kong.
Similarity between Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler - ANS-one-party totalitarian rule that
restricted the rights of the people (oppressed them)
Munich Conference - ANS-conference at which French and British leaders attempted to
appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that
Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further; appeasement failed!
Why did Japan pursue aggressive imperialism? - ANS-for raw materials
Atrocities committed during WWII - ANS-Holocaust (Germany) Rape of Nanjing (Japan)
