Instruction
Section I: Identification Questions (20 Points): Please identity FIVE out of the following terms. In a few sentences, define the term and connect it to the larger themes of the course (explain why it is important). Each answer is worth 4 points for a total of 20 points.
The Enlightenment
Social Class
Home front
Universal male suffrage
The Three Estates
Volksgemeinschaft (“People’s Community”)
Welfare State
Section II: Essay Question 1 (40 points)
How did the Dual Revolutions create modern Europe? You must describe both revolutions.
Section III: Essay Question 2 (40 points)
One historian calls the twentieth century (the 1900s) “the age of extremes.” Is this a good way to describe it? Why or why not? Be sure to define liberal democracy, fascism/Nazism, and Communism and give specific examples.