Monday

 Test today.

Friday

 Today, I will give you (by request) a practice test. Do you best on it without your notes.

Thursday

If you haven't sent me your review guide (and by you, I mean you individually), please send it. We will be playing some review games today. 

Continue to review for the test and send me your guides when you are finished. I need each of you to send me a guide individually for the points. We will play some review games tomorrow, but I have only received on "review" guide so far.

Review GUIDE for the Upcoming TEST.

Please look over the following questions and terms. You might want to look back at your returned tests or posted study questions

Medici Family – who were they and why they are important

What were Renaissance men?

 

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy and then spread to the rest of Europe

What was the Gutenberg Press and how did it change the world

 

Know the following people:

Michelangelo

Donatello

Leonardo

Raphael

Dante

Petrarch

Boccaccio

Machiavelli

Thomas More

 

What was the Reformation

Why did England become Protestant?

What was Calvinism? What did they believe?

 

In what ways did literature and the arts change during the Renaissance?

On what three teachings did Martin Luther rest the Reformation movement?

What was the goal of the Catholic Reformation?

 

What made the Ottoman Empire powerful?

When and how did the Ottoman Empire conquer Constantinople?

Who was Suleyman?

Why did the Ottoman Empire decline?

Why did the Europeans search for new trade routes?

Discuss Gold, Glory, God.

Who was Henry the Navigator?

What new technology made exploration possible?

Who was Vasco da Gama?

What are the five reasons the Ming Dynasty fell into disorder?

How did the Japanese express themselves culturally under the Tokugawa Shogun?

 

Know the voyages of the following individuals:

Columbus

Magellan

Cortes

Pizarro

Ponce de Leon

Coronado

Samuel de Champlain

 

Also know:

the encomienda system

Jamestown

New Netherland

New France

The Columian Exchange (be able to list five things that go from the Old World to the New World, and five things that go from the New World to the Old World)

Joint-Stock Company

Mercantilism

What did the Europeans mostly grow in their Caribbean colonies?

 

 

1)        How did the ideas of Hobbes and Locke differ?

 

 

 

 

 

2)        Discuss the ideas in Rousseau’s Social Contract?

 

 

 

 

 

3)        Discuss Montesquieu and the theory of the separation of powers.

 

 

 

 

 

4)        Voltaire advocated for what freedom?

 

 

 

 

 

5)        What was John Locke’s view on government?

 

 

 

 

 

 

6)        What was the scientific revolution?

 

 

 

 

7)        Discuss the differences between Galileo and Copernicus?

 

 

 

 

8)        What was Galileo’s conflict with the church?

9)        Who was Adam Smith and what theory did he promote?

 

 

 

 

 

 

10)  What were the reasons the American colonies were able to defeat Great Britian.

 

 

 

 

 

11)  How did John Locke’s noting of the social contract influence the colonists?

 

 

 

 

 

 

12)  What were the three estates in France? Discuss who was in each estate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

13)  How did the enlightenment ideas influence the French Revolution?

 

 

 

 

 

14)  What was the storming of the Bastille? Why was it symbolic of the French Revolution?

 

 

 

 

 

 

15)  What did the Rights of Man state?

 

 

 

16)  Who was Maximilien Robespierre?

 

 

 

 

 

 

17)  What was the Napoleonic Code?

 

 

 

 

 

18)  List and explain Napoleon’s three costly mistakes.

 

 

 

 

19)  What were the Hundred Days?

 

 

 

 

20)  Who won the Battle of Waterloo and what was the result of the battle?

 

 

 

 

 

21)  What were the three points of the Metternich’s plan for Europe?

 

 

 

 

 

 

22)  Why was the Congress of Vienna considered a success?

 

 

 

 

 

23)  What was the long-term legacy of the Congress of Vienna?

 

24)  What reforms did Napoleon introduce?

 

 

 

 

 

 

25)  What steps did Napoleon take to create an empire in Europe?

 

 

 

 

1)        Advances in Agriculture, Manufacturing and Technology

 

Agriculture

 

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing

 

 

 

 

The Factory System

 

 

 

 

Transportation

 

 

 

 

Iron and Steel

 

 

 

 

Communication

 

 

 

 

Power Sources

 

2) Efforts at Reform

 

Unions

 

 

 

 

Socialist Movement

 

Communist Movement

 

 

 

 

3) Scientific and Medical Advances

 

 

Scientific Knowledge

 

 

 

Medical Advances

 

 

 

4) Cultural Developments

 

Painting

 

 

 

Music

 

 

 

Literature

 

 

 

 

World History Test: IMPERIALISM

 

1)        What was the Boxer Rebellion?

 

 

 

 

 

 

2)        What was the Spheres of Influence in China?

 

 

 

 

 

 

3)        What were the opium wars? What did Great Britain receive from the opium wars?

 

 

 

 

 

4)        Why was China traditionally not interested in trading with the West?

 

 

 

 

 

5)        What events caused Japan to end its isolation and begin to westernize?

 

 

 

6)        How did the U.S. obtain the Panama Canal?

 

 

 

 

 

 

7)        What was the Scramble for Africa? Why did it happen?

 

 

 

 

8)        What are forms of imperial rule? Define each.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9)        What are the methods of management? Define each.

 

 

 

 

10)  What were the other two countries in Africa to avoid being colonized by Europe?

 

 

 

 

 

 

11)  How was the economy of India transformed by the British?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12)  What caused the Sepoy Mutiny?

 

 

 

 

 

13)  How did the United States obtain Hawaii? Why?

 

 

 

 

 

14)  Why did Britain consider India its “jewel in the crown”?

 

 

 

15)  What was the impact of colonialism on India?

 

16)  Who was King Leopold II? What did he do and where?

 

 

 

 

 

17)  Define Imperialism.

 

1)    Who were the Axis Powers and their leaders? Who were the Allies and their leaders?

2)    Discuss the idea of island-hopping as a strategy.

3)    What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific? Why?

4)    What was Hitler's invasion of U.S.S.R called? Why did it fail.

5)    Discuss the following battles: Stalingrad, Battle of Britain, Battle of Iwo Jima.

6)    Why did the U.S. use atomic weapons on Japan? Where were they dropped?

7)    What was firebombing? What were some cities that were firebombed during WWII.

8)    What is Total War? How is it fought? What are three elements of it?

9)    What is Blitzkrieg? Where was it used? 

10) Discuss the Allies plan for opening a second front in Europe? Where did it state? Why did this upset Stalin?

11) What was the Holocaust? List at least three concentration and/or death camps.

12) What was the Bataan Death March? 

13) When did the war begin in Asia? When did it begin in Europe?

14) Why did WWII begin?

15)  Outline the following people and their roles in the war:

 

Douglas MacArthur:

 

Dwight Eisenhower:

 

Erwin Rommel:

 

Bernard Montgomery:

 

Isoroku Yamamoto:

1)    What were NATO and the Warsaw Pact? Why were they formed? What countries were included in each?

2)    Name the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Counsel? What power do they have? Why might this be an issue or problem?

3)    What was the idea of Containment? What was the domino theory?

4)    What was Sputnik? How was the Cold War also a Space Race?

5)    Who was Mao Zedong? What were some of his plans?

6)    What was "the Great Leap Forward"?

7)    Discuss the Korean War? Who was in charge? How did the war start? Why did China get involved? How did the war end? What was the 38th Parallel?

8)    Who was Ho Chi Minh? Why was he important? 

9)    Why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam? What did the U.S. not realize about the war in Vietnam? 

10) Discuss the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

 

11) What were nonaligned nations

12) What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? Who was involved? What led up to the crisis? How was the crisis resolved? 

 

 

 

 

Friday

 Today we are going to look at a documentary on the 70s and/or the Cold War.

Thursday

 Quiz today.

Wednesday

Today, I will put you into groups and give you the class to work on the following study guide. First we will 

Study Guide for upcoming QUIZ (either Thursday or Friday)

Please make sure you know the following:

What was NATO and Warsaw Pact? Why were they formed? What countries were included in each?

Name the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Counsel? What power do they have? Why might this be an issue or problem?

What was the idea of Containment? What was the domino theory?

What was Sputnik? How was the Cold War also a Space Race?

Who was Mao Zedong? What were some of his plans? 

What was "the Great Leap Forward"?

Discuss the Korean War? Who was in charge? How did the war start? Why did China get involved? How did the war end? What was the 38th Parallel?

 Who was Ho Chi Minh? Why was he important? 

Why did the U.S. get involved in Vietnam? What did the U.S. not realize about the war in Vietnam? 

Discuss the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

What were nonaligned nations?

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? Who was involved? What led up to the crisis? How was the crisis resolved? 

What effects did destalinization have on the Soviet Satellite countries?

What was Reagan's Anti-Communist stance?