FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

Dr. Schmoll/History 102/Final Exam Study Guide

I. Book Essay: (20%) 1 question
How drastically has Europe changed from 1750 to 1945? Consider the great books and other documents of this course in your answer.


II. Identifications—3 of 5 (30%)
Study the following Key Terms:

SA
SS
Kristallnacht
Goebbels
Mein Kampf
Lebensraum
Anshcluss
Neville Chamberlin
Winston Churchill
Battle of Britain
Operation Sealion
Guernica
NSDAP (National Socialism)
D-Day
Nuremburg Laws
Reinhard Heydrich
Lend-Lease Act
Marshall Plan
De-Nazification
Berlin Airlift
“Be young and Shut Up”
Vaclav Havel



III. Cumulative Essay: 1 of 2 (50%)
The two questions will come from the following areas:

1. Defining “Great” Leaders: Louis XIV, Napoleon, Bismarck, Wilhelm II, Nicholas II, Lenin, Stalin, Churchill, Hitler;

2. Absolutism versus Totalitarianism: Define the two systems and discuss how they are historically situated

3. History and War: Is history mostly about war? Why does war figure so prominently in the study of the past?