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Semester Exam Review
I. Geography &
Government
Comparing Health
Life Expectancy- How old does
one live. Higher=Better
Infant Mortality- # of infants
who die before the age of 1.
Lower=Better
Hospital Beds & Physicians
Types of Government
Absolute MonarchKing/Queen, no
freedoms/rights. Divine Right
Dictatorship- One ruler, No
Freedoms, Secret Police
Junta- Military leaders, no
freedoms
Democracies- People rule,
government power is from
people, elections
II. Enlightenment
Ideas
From Scientific Revolution- Apply
Reason
Natural Rights/Laws- All people
free, Life, Liberty & Pursuit of
Happiness
People control Government, Change
Bad Governments
Enlightenment Documents:
Common Sense, Declaration of
Independence, & Declaration of the
Rights of Man
Thinkers
John Locke- Natural Rights,
Gov’t protect natural rights.
Representative Democracy
Thomas Hobbes- social contract,
strong central gov’t, people evil.
Absolute Monarchy
Jean Jacques Rousseau- wrote
Social Contract, people goodsociety bad. Direct Democracy
Baron de MontesquieuSeparation of Powers,
Representative Democracy
III. Revolutions
Part I
American Revolution
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General Info
Why have revolutions?
Civil Disobedience- nonviolence- break unjust laws
Be able to compare & contrast
revolutions
Political Revolution= Revolution
with major change in
government- American, French
& Latin American
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Early Non-Violence:
Boycotts
Pamphlets- Common Sense
Speeches
Boston Tea Party
Causes:
Stamp Act & Intolerable Acts
Enlightenment
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Effects
Influenced Other Revolutions
Spread Democratic Ideas
French Revolution
Revolutions Part
2
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Causes:
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Taxes on 3rd Estate- 98% of
Population & Inequality amongst
Estates
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American Revolution
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Causes:
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Start: Storming of Bastille
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Successful Revolutions in USA &
France
Latin American Revolution
2. Effects:
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Middle Class Gain Power
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Spain Weakened by Napoleon
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Nationalism
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Spread of Revolutionary Ideas
Creoles & Mestizos Upset with
Spanish
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Leaders:
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Toussaint L’Overture- Against
France
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Simon Bolivar- against Spain
3. Napoleon- military leader who brought
stability to post-revolutionary France
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Congress of Vienna- After
Napoleon's defeat in 1815- restored
monarchies to power, stabilized
Europe.
IV. Industrial Revolution
Go from handmade, highly skilled
workers, to machine made- low skill
workers
Why does it start in England?
1. Geography- Resources
Agrarian Revolution- more food,
fewer farmers needed- more workers
for factories
2. Capital- Money
Needs of Industrialism
4. Technology
1. Big Population (Workers)
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13 /C & 3 SA
3. Population Growth
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Importance of Coal:
2. Natural Resources
1. Ran Steam Engines
3. Transportation
2. Used in Factories &
Transportation
Textile Industry is first Industrialized
3. Factories located near mines
Industrial Revolution part 2
Labor Unions- formed to address
working conditions- gave a united
front to factory owners
Railroads- move goods & people
faster, farther & cheaper
Effects of the Industrial
Revolution
Positive
Negative
More & Cheaper Goods
Child Labor
Rise of Middle Class
Poor Working Conditions
Class Movement
Unsanitary Conditions in Cities
Importance of Education
Lower class= no movement
Urbanization
Imperialism (Search for New
Markets & Resources)
Imperialism in China
V. Imperialism
1. China wants isolationism
2. Divided into Spheres of
Influences- economics
The take over or control of
another nation or territory
New Imperialism- take over for
raw materials & markets for
industrialism. Also as a symbol
of power & prestige
3. Boxer Rebellion attempt
by
Chinese to remove
foreigners and their influences
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Imperialism in Africa
1. The Great Game- Africa
divided amongst European
Powers in 1800s.
2. “White Man’s Burden”
“Civilize Primitives”
Test Strategies
Be On Time
15% of grade- no floor
Bring Pencil
Study Session- may stop in
morning of exam- let me
know day before.
Answer correct question
Short & Extended Response:
1.
Complete sentences
2.
Answer all parts of question
3.
Answer what is asked