Possible Essay Questions for Exam 1
- Discuss the extent to which nationalism, economics,
militarism, and materialism (20th century world view
lecture) intertwined to start World War One.
- Describe the global connections in the causes and effects
of the Great Depression of the 1930s
- Evaluate Nazi manipulation of propaganda, nationalism,
economic policy, and social institutions to keep control
of Germany.
- In what ways did the aggressive world view that has
dominated the twentieth century determine relations
between the U.S. and USSR (and their blocks of allies)
during the Cold War
- What led to the demise of European colonialism? What
problems have the former colonies attempted to overcome
in the post-colonial world? What strategies have they
used to overcome these problems?