1) How important was the struggle for resources, especially food and fuel, during World War 2? Explain how shortages of these resources altered the conflict.
2) Explain how the Nationalist Chinese forces lost respect and popularity with the Chinese peasantry and lower classes in the 1930s. In what ways did Mao find support from the peasants and "convince" the upper classes that his vision was the future of China?
3) How did treaties and alliances contribute to the start of World War 1? Are there other factors that might have contributed to the growing diplomatic and political recklessness of Europe?
4) Why did the various states of Europe feat left-wing political action in the decades after the Congress of Vienna? How was socialism viewed by the major powers of Europe?
5) While Stalin and Hitler were opposed to one another through political beliefs, their states shared some common traits. In what ways did the Nazi and Stalin's Soviet Russia states resemble one another? What elements made them drastically different?