Answer BOTH prompts. Grading criteria is on the study guide. Be sure to answer the entire prompt and include as many details as possible. Use ONLY lecture content. Any content NOT from lecture will not aid your exam and may be seen as evidence of cheating.

1) Explain the origins of World War I, the deadly and destructive course of the war, its impact on the societies of those nations at war, and the immediate geopolitical consequences of the peace process.

2) Compare and contrast the Russian Revolution and the rise of fascism in Germany in the 1930s. How did both of these transformations grow out of discontent in their respective nations and how did they both create new ways of governing and promises for change? Be sure to include both similarities and differences in your comparison of these radical transformations.