Group A
Stalingrad
Kursk
Kiev
Pripet Marshes
Dnipr River
Volga River
Finland
Rumania
Bulgaria
Turkey
Group B
East Germany
West Germany
East Berlin
West Berlin
Bosnia
Croatia
Serbia
Yugoslavia
Montenegro
Group C
Alsace-Lorraine
Schleswig-Holstein
Mons
Somme
Verdun
Ardennes Forest
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Nuremberg
Dresden
Group D
Hong Kong
Goa
Cape of Good Hope
Straits of Magellan
Australia
New Zealand
Vietnam
Azores
Singapore
Port Arthur
Essay Questions for History 290
1. What is the "Right Stuff" and what does Tom Wolfe think of it?
2. Should the first American missions into space have carried human beings? Explain.
3. Is Dava Sobel's portrait of the quest for longitude an accurate one?
5. Was Shackleton a success or failure? Explain.
6. Describe and analyze the evolution of exploration from James Cook to the present day.
Essay Questions for History 353 Final
1. What country was most responsible for the start of World War I?
2. What effect did the unification of Germany have on the Balance of Power?
3. Using Benedict Anderson's model of "imagined communities," choose a European country and analyze the bonds that held citizens of that country together in their imagined community.
4. Analyze the evolution of the Balance of Power over the century from 1815-1914.
5. Compare and contrast the position of the British working class in Britain's economy and society with the position of natives of British colonies in Britain's empire.