Possible Essay Topics for Unit 7 Test

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• Explain the causes of World War I.
• Explain the peace settlement that ended World War I.
• Explain the impact of British wartime promises on the Middle East after World War I.
• Explain the rise of militarism in Japan in the early 1930s.
• Describe the impact of the Great Depression on Latin America.
• What reforms did Ataturk implement to transform the Turkish Republic into a modern and secular state?
• How did Reza Shah Pahlavi attempt ot westernize Iran?
• In what ways was Chiang Kai-shek not successful in his reforms? Why?
• What did the United States hope to accomplish through its Good Neighbor Policy toward Latin America?
• Compare Lenin’s beliefs and goals with the beliefs and goals of Woodrow Wilson.
• Develop a sequence of events leading to the March Revolution and the Bolshevik takeover in Russia.
• Explain civil disobedience, according to Gandhi. What were Gandhi’s goals?
• Explain the causes behind the move to authoritarianism in Latin America by using Argentina, Brazil and Mexico as examples.
• How was the Mexican government democratic in form but not in practice?