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World History – Unit One Test Study Guide
What this exam will cover: Unit One  Chapter 6, Sections 1,2,4 – “The Enlightenment and Revolution”
 Chapter 7, Sections 1-5 – “The French Revolution and Napoleon”
 Chapter 8, Sections 1,2,4 – “Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West”
Test Format –
42 multiple choice/matching questions
2 short answers question
Vocabulary Terms for which you are responsible:
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Alexander II
balance of power
Battle of Trafalgar
Bill of Rights
blockade
checks and balances
Concert of Europe
concordat
Congress of Vienna
conservative
Continental System
coup d’état
creole
Declaration of Independence
émigré
Enlightenment
estate
Estates-General
federal system
Galileo Galilei
geocentric theory
Great Fear
guerilla
guillotine
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heliocentric theory
Holy Alliance
Hundred Days
impressionism
Isaac Newton
Jacobin
John Locke
José de San Martin
José María Morelos
Klemens von Metternich
Legislative Assembly
legitimacy
liberal
Louis Napoleon
Louis XVI
Lyceé
Marie Antoinette
Mary Wollstonecraft
Maximilien Robespierre
Miguel Hildalgo
Montesquieu
mulatto
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleonic Code
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National Assembly
nationalism
nation-state
Old Regime
Peninsular War
peninsulare
philosophe
plebiscite
radical
realism
Reign of Terror
romanticism
Rousseau
sans-culotte
scientific method
Scientific revolution
scorched-earth policy
Simón Bolivar
social contract
Tennis Court Oath
the Balkans
Thomas Jefferson
Voltaire
Waterloo
Possible Short Answer Questions – Two of these will be on the test.
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In the first half of the 1800s, what three groups struggled to gain a political advantage in
European societies? Define each group.
What influence did the ideas of John Locke have on the Declaration of Independence? Support
your answer with specific details.
What is the scientific method? How does it differ from the methods used by scholars in medieval
times?
Why did the people of the Third Estate revolt?
Napoleon invaded Russia in June of 1812. Why was this military decision so unwise?