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5 April 2012     FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE BELOW -- IN TWO PARTS -- PART I is also a test grade

Monday, 7 May-- Cold War from handout

Tuesday-- ART

Wednesday-- finish handout -- include information on IRAQ in 2003 and Afghanistan

Thursday--Review for Final Exam

Friday, 11 May-- OFF

Monday-- Final Exam/PACKET IS DUE

THURSDAY, 17 MAY-- GRADUATION


2012 8TH GRADE STUDY GUIDE FOR THE MIDTERM, PART II

65 Multiple Choice Questions – all from textbook--

1. the type of government Italy had  before and during WWII.
2. the German dictator during WWII
3. the Soviet leader during WWII
4. the treaty between the USSR and Germany before WWII
5. the first country to use the Lend-Lease Act
6. the worst defeat in US military history
7. the German general in North Africa
8. the terrible march of Allied prisoners in the Philippines
9. the commander of Allied forces in the Pacific in WWII
10. the country upon which the US dropped the atomic bomb
11. the type of government Hitler established in Germany
12. the 1938 conference associated with appeasement 
13. a country NOT part of the Allied powers
14. a country NOT part of the Axis powers
15. the commander of Allied forces in Europe
16. 6 million of these people died in the Holocaust
17. the strategy to bypass some Japanese-held islands in the Pacific
18. the city where War Crimes trials against Nazis were held
19. the organization created in June 1945 in San Fransisco
20. the city and country divided among four countries after WWII
21. the region claimed by both Arabs and Jews after WWII
22. the capital city of South Korea
23. the general fired by President Truman
24. the location of Yalta where the “Big Three” conference was held
25. the country against which the USSR would wage war in exchange for some territories
26. the program providing over  $13b in aid to Europe after WWII
27. the new Jewish state in Palestine
28. the commander of UN forces in Korea
29 the last city that the South Koreans and US were holding before the Inchon landings occurred
30. the spy case involving this couple and the atomic bomb secrets
31. the man who dominated the hunt for communists in the US during the 1950s
32. Nasser of Egypt nationalized this place and started a war
33. The American CIA helped overthrow this Central American government in 1954
34. this event caused new tension in the Cold War in the early 1960s
35. the man who proposed the policy of massive retaliation
36. the US created SEATO because of a belief in this theory
37. the danger President Eisenhower warned against
38. the ban President Kennedy wanted the Soviets to agree to
39. the first foreign crisis Kennedy faced as president
40.       built by some American families in basements or backyards for protection against nuclear bombs
41. the leader of communist North Vietnam
42. the US Secretary of Defense for the early part of the Vietnam War
43. the name given to opponents of the Vietnam War
44. the “silent majority’s” 1968 presidential candidate
45. the turning point of the Vietnam War
46. the US representative at the Paris Peace Talks
47 the US response to the buildup of  Soviet missiles in Cuba
48. the method some used to protest the draft during the Vietnam War
49. the commander of US forces in Vietnam
50. the country, in addition to Laos,  where American bombers tried to hit Vietcong supply routes
51. the campus where students were killed by National Guardsmen
52. the necessary part in order for détente to work
53. the operation turned over to Panama by President Carter
54.       Iranian leader at the time of US Embassy takeover in 1979
55. the name of the war that resulted in a 1974 oil embargo against the US
56. the country in South America whose government was overthrown with the help of the CIA
57.     The scandal that forced Nixon to resign 
58. the reason for the sale of arms to Iran
59. the Polish leader of Solidarity
60. Leader of Iraq during Desert Storm
61. Perestroika was this Soviet leader’s economic plan
62.       Hard-line communists staged a coup against this Soviet leader
63.       Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina all used to be part of this country
64.       The greatest number of people came to the US from what areas by the 1990s?
65.        The country that sent soldiers to help the North Koreans during the Korean War

8TH GRADE MID-TERM STUDY GUIDE – PART I (This part counts as a separate test grade)

A. END OF COLD WAR AND AFTERMATH   -- 18 items

The following numbers from the END OF THE COLD WAR IN CLASS EXERCISE

2, 3, 5,7, 9,10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18,20, 21, 22, 24, 25 –

also :  In what ways did the Vietnam War seem similar to the early stages of the US occupation in Iraq – I’ll give you that.

Also:  What was the end result of our involvement in Somalia in 1993, and how did that impact our reaction to the genocide in RWANDA in 1996 – I’ll give you that

B. Vietnam War Documentaries and notes   (17 items) I can identify

19.  United Streaming documentary #s 30-33  - find false statement
20.  United Streaming documentary #s 35-38 – find false statement
21. what is known to be true about the second attack in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964
22.  the strategies used for winning the war in Vietnam, and the type of statistic was used to show we were winning
23.  a false statement about Operation Rolling Thunder
24.  why the battles of the IA DRANG valley were  significant in expanding American involvement in Vietnam
25.  the relationship between the siege of Khe Sanh and the TET offensive of 1968
26.  the relationship between the use of military force and the political goals of a government
27.  a false statement concerning the aftermath of the TET offensive for both VC/NVA and the United States
28.   the outcome of the battle for Hamburger Hill and its impact on US attitude toward the war
29.   The reason why South Vietnamese and US officials were shocked by the TET offensive
30.   a false statement about the NV/VC methods of waging war
31.  a false statement about the difficulties our soldiers and marines encountered while fighting in Vietnam
32.  The impact of constant news coverage on the fighting in Vietnam
33.  a false statement concerning the result of the ARVN “graduation exercise” into Laos in 1971, the result of the NVA Easter offensive in 1972, and the statement concerning the final North Vietnamese offensive in 1975. 
34.  a false statement regarding similarities between Iraq through 2006 and Vietnam

ALSO
35.  a false statment on Somalia 1993 and Rwanda in 1996



EXTRA CREDIT CHANCES – Kruschev’s viewpoint behind the Cuban Missile Crisis

Explaining selected statistics or statements from the Vietnam War




  TOPICS FOR THE 8TH GRADE US HISTORY COURSE, IN ORDER:

The ALL-MUST-PASS Illinois Constitution Test -( includes some Illinois history and preparation for both Monroe County and Springfield IL field trips)

Spanish-American War and impact on our relations with Cuba today

World War I -- including social impact on Women's Suffrage, African-American Migration, and the threat against Civil Liberties; comparison of false assumptions behind WWI with assumptions behind current war in Iraq;

The Great Depression, to include comparison to today's economy.

World War II

Cold War (includes Korea, Vietnam)-- comparison to situation with Korea today

Vietnam and the "Rights  Movements" of the 60's and 70's

The Post Cold War World thru today (includes the Balkans, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq)



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