1301 Study Guide for Midterm
Summer One 2015
Dr. Brunet
Part I: Key Term Identifications (60 points total)
The following twenty-five key terms will be on your midterm. You will choose TWENTY and write
a complete sentence defining the term. Your sentences MUST be grammatically correct. Each
term is worth three points.
Beringia
Mesoamerica
Protestant Reformation
Columbian Exchange
Navigation Acts
King Philip’s War
Indentured servants
Bacon’s Rebellion
Salutary neglect
Actual representation
Articles of Confederation
Land Ordinance of 1787
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Judiciary Act of 1789
Funding and Assumption
Quasi-War
Second Continental Congress
Common Sense
Loyalists
Battle of Yorktown
The Enlightenment
John Locke
The Great Awakening
New Lights
French and Indian War
Part II: Essay (40pts. Total)
The following three essays will be on the exam. You will choose ONE, and write a complete
paper, demonstrating your knowledge of the material and your critical thinking ability. Do NOT
ignore any part of the essay question. Your essay must include an introduction, your points of
discussion and a conclusion.
How did the year 1492 change the lives of people living in Europe, American and Africa? In your
opinion, was European exploration and colonization a positive or negative event in history?
Explain your answer.
Examine the effects of the Enlightenment, the Great Awakening and Mercantile warfare on the
creation of a dual American identity. How did these events prepare Americans for a rebellion
against Britain in 1775 and who were the real winners and losers of the American Revolution? In
your opinion, was it a conservative or a liberal revolution?
Why was the year 1763 a watershed year in Western history and why were Americans so angered
by the end of salutary neglect? What was the British point of view between 1763-1776 and do
you think reconciliation could have been brokered before 1775?