Week 8 | Final Essay Exam (Signature Assignment) Read each of the following questions. Write two essays fully responding to two of the following six questions. Each essay should be a minimum of two pages, include sources cited in the paper and must be formatted in using APA style guidelines. Question 1 The Nazi movement and the Holocaust horrified the world. What led to the rise of the Nazis in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s? Once in power, how did the Nazis begin to trample on the rights of Jews and other minorities? Discuss the Final Solution and the extermination of the Jews across Europe during World War II. Could the world have stopped it? Question 2 Detail the course of the French Revolution from the 1780s to the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. What caused the French Revolution and what caused it to spiral out of control? What were the initial goals of the revolution and how did they change over time? What were the effects of the Revolution? Was the French Revolution ultimately successful or a failure? Question 3 Discuss the scientific revolution. Who were some of the leading figures? What were some of the important discoveries of this time period? What were their effects? How did this impact Christianity in this time period? Question 4 Discuss the causes of the Cold War. What led to the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union? Detail some of the events that emerged during the course of the Cold War and resistance to Soviet domination in the eastern bloc. Were these clashes between East and West inevitable? How did the Cold War end? Question 5 Discuss the breakdown of European colonization and the emergence of the new independent states in Africa and Asia. Why did the colonial system finally fail in the years after World War II? What prompted these nations to seek independence? How have some of these nations adapted to existing as independent nations? Question 6 Discuss the problems Asia faced beginning in the 1700s. Why were China and Japan in decline as Europe advanced? What caused these failures and how could they have been avoided? How did these nations begin turning themselves around by the twentieth century? What has been the impact on their resurgence since the end of World War I?