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Name: Date: Class:
Chapter 4: The Geography and History of Europe
Section 3: Modern Europe
Section 3: European Politics
Directions: Answer each question in two or three complete sentences.
1. What role did political rivalries in Europe play in the conflicts of the 20th century?
2. What were the causes and effects of the Scramble for Africa?
3. How did nationalism and militarism lead to World War I?
4. Explain the connections between the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression to World War II.
5. Explain the conflict of ideas between the superpowers in the Cold War.
6. Explain the role that new weaponry played in World War I.
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Directions: Use the information in the maps to answer the questions below.
_______ 7. During the Scramble for Africa during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,
which two European powers controlled the most African land?
a. Spain and Italy
b. Germany and Portugal
c. Great Britain and France
d. Belgium and the Netherlands
_______ 8. What physical feature covered most of French West Africa?
a. desert
b. rain forest
c. mountains
d. swamplands
_______ 9. Which European power controlled most of northwest Africa during the colonial era?
a. France
b. Belgium
c. England
d. Germany
FRANCE
GREAT BRITAIN
BELGIUM
SPAIN
ITALY
GERMANY
PORTUGAL
INDEPENDENT
INDEPENDENT
PORTUGAL
GREAT BRITAIN
FRANCE
AFRICA
1880
AFRICA
1885-1914
AFRICAAFRICAAFRICA
SAHARA DESERT
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The rise of Nazism in Germany directly led to the largest war man has ever known,
World War II. Nazism rose out of desperation brought on by old wounds from World War I,
Imperialism in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and fascism in Germany and Italy.
Directions: Write a three-paragraph essay explaining the following topics:
• Explain the role of the Treaty of Versailles in punishing Germany.
• Explain the fascists’ beliefs and policies enacted by the Nazis.
• Discuss the effects of Nazi bigotry, anti-Semitic policies, and the Holocaust on Jews in Europe.