Regents Blueprint

Units 4-6: Empire & Global Wars

30m Intensive

9 Question Drill

Unit 4: Motives of Empire

Review 4.1

Economic Needs

Industrialized nations required Raw Materials (rubber, oil, cotton) and New Markets to sell mass-produced goods.

Social Darwinism

The racist justification that "strong" nations should rule "weak" ones. Connects to "White Man's Burden."

"Imperialism was the necessary child of the Industrial Revolution."

Unit 4: Africa Divided

Review 4.2

Berlin Conference (1884)

European nations divided Africa without African consent. Ignored ethnic and tribal boundaries.

Result: Long-term ethnic conflict.

Resistance

Most failed due to superior European weapons (Maxim Gun), except Ethiopia (Battle of Adwa).

Note: Zulu & Sepoy also resisted.

Unit 4: Modernizing Japan

Review 4.3

Meiji Restoration

Japan modernized and industrialized rapidly to avoid being colonized like China. Became an imperial power.

Contrast with China:

China resisted change and was split into Spheres of Influence. Led to the Boxer Rebellion.

Regents Key: Modernization = Power.

Unit 5: WWI Foundations

Review 5.1

M

Militarism

A

Alliances

I

Imperialism

N

Nationalism

Spark: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Unit 5: Total War

Review 5.2

Trench Warfare

Led to a Stalemate. High casualties due to poison gas, machine guns, and tanks. Unprecedented destruction.

Home Front

Nations used Propaganda to control public opinion and dedicated all resources to the war effort.

Unit 5: The Punitive Peace

Review 5.3

War Guilt

Germany forced to pay reparations and lose territory. Led to hyperinflation and the rise of extremist parties.

League of Nations

Formed to keep peace but lacked military enforcement power. Proved ineffective at stopping aggression.

Unit 6: Russian Revolution

Review 6.1

Why?

Casualties in WWI + Food shortages + Weakness of the Czarist government.

"Peace, Land, and Bread!"

The slogan of the Bolshevik (Communist) movement led by Vladimir Lenin.

The Results

The 1917 Revolution ended the monarchy and created the first Communist state: the Soviet Union (USSR).

Unit 6: Total Control

Review 6.2

Stalinism

• Command Economy: Gov control.
• Five-Year Plans: Industry.
• Collectivization: Famine.

Fascism

• Nationalism: State first.
• Censorship: Control info.
• Expansionism: Militarism.

Unit 6: WWII & Aftermath

Review 6.3

Appeasement

The policy of giving in to aggression to keep peace (Munich Conference). Failed when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.

Accountability

The Nuremberg Trials established the principle that individuals are responsible for crimes against humanity.

Blue Drill: Question 1 (Unit 4)

"Industrialized nations required rubber, oil, and cotton... they looked to Africa and Asia to secure these resources and new markets."

This description highlights which motive?

A) Religious expansion

B) Economic exploitation

C) Social Equality

D) Scientific Discovery

Blue Drill: Question 2 (Unit 4)

VISUAL STIMULUS:
European leaders sitting at a table using a ruler to draw lines on a large map of Africa.

The Scramble, 1884

This image refers to which meeting?

A) Yalta Conference

B) Berlin Conference

C) Munich Pact

D) Treaty of Paris

Blue Drill: Question 3 (Unit 4)

"The Emperor's goal was to enrich the country and strengthen the military... Japan sent students abroad to study Western technology."

This era is known as the:

A) Meiji Restoration

B) Boxer Rebellion

C) Salt March

D) Great Leap Forward

Blue Drill: Question 4 (Unit 5)

CHART STIMULUS

European Armaments Spending:
Germany: 300% Increase (1870-1914)
Britain: 180% Increase (1870-1914)

The Road to War

Which cause of WWI is shown?

A) Militarism

B) Alliances

C) Imperialism

D) Neutrality

Blue Drill: Question 5 (Unit 5)

VISUAL STIMULUS

A grainy photo of soldiers wearing hoods and gas masks standing in a muddy, water-filled ditch surrounded by barbed wire.

The Western Front

The use of these tactics led to:

A) A stalemate and high casualties

B) A quick victory for the Allies

C) The end of chemical warfare

D) The spread of democratic ideas

Blue Drill: Question 6 (Unit 5)

"Germany accepts responsibility... for causing all the loss and damage... and will make massive compensation payments to the Allied powers." — 1919

This treaty contributed to:

A) Lasting world peace

B) The rise of the Nazi Party

C) The success of democratic Germany

D) The abolition of war

Blue Drill: Question 7 (Unit 6)

"Peace, Land, and Bread! The current government has failed us in the Great War. We must take power for the workers!"

This slogan won support for:

A) The Bolshevik Revolution

B) The French Revolution

C) Czar Nicholas II

D) The Berlin Conference

Blue Drill: Question 8 (Unit 6)

"We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must industrialize now... either we do it, or we shall be crushed." — Stalin

Stalin used which tool to achieve this?

A) Five-Year Plans

B) Democratic elections

C) Marshall Plan aid

D) Glasnost policy

Blue Drill: Question 9 (Unit 6)

"This international military tribunal established that following orders is not a defense for participating in crimes against humanity."

This statement refers to:

A) Nuremberg Trials

B) Berlin Conference

C) Yalta Conference

D) Opium War

Blueprint Mastered

Units 4-6 review complete. You have tracked the era of global conflict and the rise of totalitarian control. Use the practice sheets for full rationales.

Blueprint Slides 4-6 Expansion

Blueprint Slides 4-6 Expansion