Questions:
1. What are some examples of 19th-century European nationalism? Why and how are they significant to modern European history?
2. What were the differences between 19th-century liberal and socialist thought in Europe? Explain, with examples.
3. What were the three most important causes of WW1? Were they long-term or short-term or both?
4. How did Christian belief affect Europeans at home or on the battlefield during WW1? Discuss, with examples. (You will need to do more research and provide more information than I gave in my optional PPT.)
5. Discuss two major post-Enlightenment European thinkers. Did their ideas have political applications? Why or why not? Provide specific proof.
6. If WW1 was “the war to end all wars,” why did WW2 occur? Be specific.
7. What was the “scramble for Africa,” and why were European powers so involved in it?
8. How and why did the Shoah (commonly called the Holocaust) take place in the countries controlled by the Nazis?
