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Semester Exam
Review
50 M/C
6 Short Answers- 2 points each
1 Extended Response- 4 points each
I. Geography &
Government
Comparing Health
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Life Expectancy- How old
does one live. Higher=Better
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7 M/C & 1 SA
Types of Government
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Infant Mortality- # of infants
who die before the age of 1.
Lower=Better
Absolute MonarchKing/Queen, no
freedoms/rights. Divine Right
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Dictatorship- One ruler, No
Freedoms, Secret Police
Hospital Beds & Physicians
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Junta- Military leaders, no
freedoms
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Democracies- People rule,
government power is from
people, elections
II.
Enlightenment
Ideas
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From Scientific RevolutionApply Reason
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Natural Rights/Laws- All people
free, Life, Liberty & Pursuit of
Happiness
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People control Government,
Change Bad Governments
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Enlightenment Documents:
Common Sense, Declaration of
Independence, & Declaration of
the Rights of Man
6 M/C & 1 SA
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Thinkers
John Locke- Natural Rights,
Gov’t protect natural rights.
Representative Democracy
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Thomas Hobbes- social
contract, strong central gov’t,
people evil. Absolute
Monarchy
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Jean Jacques Rousseauwrote Social Contract, people
good- society bad. Direct
Democracy
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Baron de MontesquieuSeparation of Powers,
Representative Democracy
III. Revolutions
Part I
10 M/C, 1 SA, 1 ER
General Info
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Why have revolutions?
Civil Disobedience- nonviolence- break unjust laws
Be able to compare &
contrast revolutions
Political Revolution=
Revolution with major
change in governmentAmerican, French & Latin
American
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American Revolution
Early Non-Violence:
1. Boycotts
2. Pamphlets- Common Sense
3. Speeches
4. Boston Tea Party
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Causes:
1. Stamp Act & Intolerable Acts
2. Enlightenment
3. Boston Tea Party
4. Boston Massacre
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Effects
1. Influenced Other Revolutions
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Taxes on 3rd Estate- 98% of
Population & Inequality amongst
Estates
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American Revolution
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Latin American Revolution
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Causes:
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Successful Revolutions in USA
& France
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Spain Weakened by Napoleon
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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
Start: Storming of Bastille
2. Effects:
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Middle Class Gain Power
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Nationalism
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Spread of Revolutionary Ideas
3. Napoleon- military leader who
brought stability to post-revolutionary
France
4.
Revolutions
Part 2
Causes:French Revolution
Congress of Vienna- After
Napoleon's defeat in 1815restored monarchies to power,
IV. Industrial
Revolution
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Why does it start in England?
Go from handmade, highly
skilled workers, to machine
made- low skill workers
1. Geography- Resources
Agrarian Revolution- more food,
fewer farmers needed- more
workers for factories
3. Population Growth
Needs of Industrialism
2. Capital- Money
4. Technology
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Importance of Coal:
1. Big Population (Workers)
1. Ran Steam Engines
2. Natural Resources
2. Used in Factories &
Transportation
3. Transportation
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13 M/C & 3 SA
Textile Industry is first
Industrialized
3. Factories located near
mines
Industrial Revolution part 2
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Labor Unions- formed to
address working conditionsgave a united front to factory
owners
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Railroads- move goods &
people faster, farther &
cheaper
Effects of the Industrial
Revolution
Positive
Negative
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More & Cheaper Goods
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Child Labor
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Rise of Middle Class
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Poor Working Conditions
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Class Movement
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Importance of Education
Unsanitary Conditions in
Cities
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Lower class= no movement
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Imperialism (Search for New
Markets & Resources)
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Urbanization
V. Imperialism
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Imperialism in China
1. China wants
isolationism
12 M/C
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The take over or control of
another nation or territory
2. Divided into
Spheres of
Influenceseconomics
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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 GameAfrica divided amongst
European
Powers in 1800s.
2. “White Man’s Burden”
“Civilize Primitives”
VI. Causes of WWI
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2 M/C & 1 ER
Militarism
Nationalism
1. Pride in Military Might
1. Strong Pride in Country
2. Arms Races
2. Desire for your own
country
3. Balkans
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3. Might = Right
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Alliances
1. Defense treaties
Imperialism
1. Taking over other
countries
2. Need for Bigger
Militaries
one
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2. Entangling Alliancesspark leads to WWI
Archduke Franz FerdinandAssassinated in Sarajevo,
Bosnia
Test Strategies
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Be On Time
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15% of grade- no floor
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Bring Pencil
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Answer correct question
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Short & Extended
Response:
Study Session- may
stop in morning of
exam- let me know day
before.
1. Complete sentences
2. Answer all parts of question
3. Answer what is asked