RHS 117

Final Exam, Fall, 2001

D.C.Ellison, Instructor

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1. The assassination of what individual in June, 1914 ignited WWI?

2-4. The three nations in the Entente coalition in Europe in 1914 were:

5-7. Three of the terms of the Versailles Treaty were:

8. Why did Japan enter WWI in 1915?

9. What is meant by "collective security?"

10. What is meant by "Realpolitik?"

11. What were "The Fourteen Points" of WWI fame designed to achieve?

12. 14. Identify three characteristics of a totalitarian society.

15. What was HMS Dreadnought famous for?

16.-18. Three fundamental changes introduced in Russia as a result of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 were:

19. How did Adolf Hitler gain power in Germany in 1933?

20.-21. What thesis did John M. Keynes advance in his book, "The Economic Consequences of the Peace?"

22.-23. What was the Mukden (aka Manchurian) incident? What was its significance?

24.-25. Who was Neville Chamberlain and what is he remembered for?

26. What does "blitzkrieg" mean?

27.- 28. In addition to militarily striking Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, the Japanese struk two other locations in the Pacific simultaneously. They were:

29.-30. Identify two of Russia's war aims during WWII.

31. What happened at the Potsdam Conference of 1945 that made it significant?

32.-34. The movement for independence by third world countries began in 1946-47 with the creation of what three new states?

35.-36. Who articulated the US cold war doctrine known as "Containment?" What was it designed to achieve?

37.-39. During the Cold War era, the US C.I.A. was frequently employed in covert operations. Identify three instances of their use in this respect.

40.-41. Identify two of the terms of the Geneva Accords of 1954.

42. What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident of 1964?

43.-45. Identify three of the terms in the Paris Peace Accords of 1973.

46.-48. Three internal problems faced by the leaders of the USSR in the post-WWII period were:

49. Who was the last president of the USSR?

50. What was agreed upon at the Helsinki Accords of 1975?