European History Test Study Guide
Test date: October 20th
**REMEMBER THIS STUDY GUIDE GIVES GUIDELINES BUT ANYTHING WE COVERED IN CLASS/FROM YOUR NOTES IS
FAIR GAME FOR THE TEST**
Standard
SS6H6 The student will
analyze the impact of
European exploration and
colonization on various
world regions.
a. Identify the causes of
European exploration and
colonization; include
religion, natural
resources, a market for
goods, and the
contributions of Prince
Henry the Navigator.
b. Trace the empires of
Portugal, Spain, England,
and France in Asia, Africa,
and the Americas.
c. Trace the colonization
of Australia by the United
Kingdom.
d. Explain the impact of
European empire building
in Africa and Asia on the
outbreak of WWI.
Question
1. Explain three reasons why explorers wanted to go to new
lands.
2. What impact did Prince Henry the Navigator have on
European Exploration?
Handout to Review
 Explorer video
handout (T.o.C.
#1)
 “Gold, Glory,
and God”
packet
(T.o.C. #3)
 Prince Henry
the Navigator
Webquest
(T.o.C. #5)
3. What were the main areas of the world colonized by
Portugal?
4. What were the main areas of the world colonized by
Spain?
5. What were the main areas of the world colonized by
England (Great Britain)?
6. What were the main areas of the world colonized by
France?
7. Why did Great Britain settle Australia? What was its
purpose?

Europeans
Explore the
World handout
(T.o.C. # 3)
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Settling
Australia
handout (T.o.C.
#6) and
PowerPoint
8. What was the result and impact of the Scramble for
Africa?
9. What were the MAIN causes of WWI?
10. How did each of the causes in the above question lead to
WWI?
11. What sparked WWI?
12. What were the dates of WWI?
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Scramble for
Africa map and
activity (T.o.C.
#7)
Building to War
handout (T.o.C.
#11)
The Start of the
Great War
handout (T.o.C.
#12)
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SS6H7 The student will
explain conflict and
13. What caused the Russian Revolution (Hint: Why were the
Russian peasants upset living under the czars?)
14. What was the impact of the Russian Revolution on WWI?
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Peace, Land,
and Bread
Youtube clip
change in Europe to the
21st century.
a. Describe major
developments following
World War I: the Russian
Revolution, the Treaty of
Versailles, worldwide
depression, and the rise of
Nazism.
15. When did the Russian Revolution occur?
16. What was the Treaty of Versailles and what were the
conditions it set for Germany?
17. How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to the outbreak of
WWII?
18. What is communism and who started it?
19. What is hyperinflation?
20. Explain how hyperinflation added to Germany’s economic
crisis after WWI.
21. How did Hitler come to power?
22. Why did WWII take place?
23. When did WWII take place?
24. What countries made up the Axis Powers in WWII?
25. What countries made up the Allies in WWII?
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b. Explain the impact of
WWII in terms of the
Holocaust, the origins of
the Cold War, and the rise
of Superpowers.
c. Explain how the
collapse of the Soviet
Union led to the end of
the Cold War and German
reunification.
26. What is the name given to the “murder of millions of
Jews and others” in the early 1940’s? Why was it
historically significant?
27. What was the Iron Curtain? Historians refer to the “Iron
Curtain” as the border separating eastern Europe that
was controlled by the Soviets from western Europe that
was influenced by the Americans
28. Why was the Berlin Wall built? When did it eventually
fall?
29. What started the Cold War?
30. Who were the two Superpowers?
31. When did the Cold War take place?
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32. Who was the Soviet leader when communism started to
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fall? (Hint: Ronald Reagan was the US President)—
Mikhail Gorbachev
33. When did the Soviet Union fall? There is some debate
here—some people say 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell in
November; MOST people say 1991 is when the Soviet
Union officially broke apart
34. What is bias? How can you tell if there is bias in a
document? Bias is a prejudice towards something.
Usually when people have a bias, they will exaggerate
things or make things sound better than they really are
because of their opinions
Russian
Revolution:
From Czar to
Communism
handout (T.o.C.
#13)
Treaty of
Versailles Part
1 (T.o.C. #14)
Treaty of
Versailles Part
2 (T.o.C. #15)
Treaty of
Versailles and
the Worldwide
Economic
Depression
(T.o.C. #16)
And WWII
Begins (T.o.C.
#17)
WWII Battle
PowerPoint
Holocaust
lesson (T.o.C.
#18)
Origins of the
Cold War
(T.o.C. #19)
Cold War Arms
Race (T.o.C.
#20)
Cold War Arms
Race (T.o.C.
#20)