King David Hotel Bombing
FINAL EXAM
SECTION ONE: IDENTIFICATIONS
Directions: Compose a short answer that correctly identifies the person, event economic or ecological modality in question. Pick 10 of the 15 items below.
Battle of the Somme
Weimar Republic
Anglo-American Guarantee
Albert Einstein
Operation Sea Lion
Détente
Glasnost
King David Hotel Bombing
Munich Olympics Massacre (1972)
First World Trade Center Attack (1993)
Sadler Commission on Child Labor, 1832
9/11
Star Wars Missile Defense Program
Truman Doctrine
League of Nations
SECTION TWO: ESSAY
Directions: Pick one essay below and write a two page essay answering the question completely. Be sure to include the historical significance of the event in question.
• How did the ideas of Darwin, Freud, and Einstein change the way we looked at the world around us? What was the significance of the Second Scientific Revolution?
• Examine the Treaty of Versailles. What were the three things it sought to do? What was the significance of the treaty to the fate of Europe after World War I, and how did the treaty serve to weaken collective security?
• Examine the fall of Communism and the Soviet Union from Khrushchev to Gorbachev. What types of problems faced the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and what ultimately brought them down?
• Examine the rise of terrorist activities and organizations in the postwar world from the creation of Israel to the modern war on terror. What are the three most significant events to happen as a result of the rise of these organizations, and what is their significance to Western history?
• Examine the major events on the road to 9/11. Was the event inevitable, or could it have been avoided?
SECTION THREE:
JEOPARDY QUESTIONS
1. ______________________ is an Islamic terrorist organization that says it is the religious duty of each Muslim to regain control of Israel or destroy it.
2. Al Fattah, a terrorist organization headed by __________________, is best known for their actions at the Munich Olympics Massacre in 1972.
3. At the Munich Conference in 1938 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain followed a policy of _______________________, and gave Hitler exactly what he wanted.
4. Known as “jellied petroleum” this bomb, that today is called________________, caused extensive damage to German cities in the strategic bombing of that country during World War II.
5. During the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union embraced the doctrine of __________________________________________, insuring that each country would not engage in a full-scale war with the other.
