End of Year Study Guide For World History
Topics covered in the first semester this year
Unit 1: Renaissance and Reformation
- Humanism
- Henry VIII
- Church of England
- Edict of Nantes
- The Council of Trent
- Printing Press
- Johann Gutenberg
- Witch hunts
- Albrecht Durer
- Protestant Reformation
- Martin Luther
- John Calvin
Unit 2: Scientific Revolution
- scientific method
- hypothesis
- Heliocentric
Unit 3: Age of Exploration
- new gold and silver mines,
- Line of Demarcation,
- the Spanish – The Philippines, Vasco Nunez Balboa, Aztecs, Incas, Viceroys,
- the Netherlands (Dutch) - Malacca
- the Portuguese – Brazil, Afonso de Albuquerque
- The Columbian Exchange
Unit 4: Absolutism, Colonization, and the Enlightenment
- Peace of Westphalia
- Thirty Years War
- Louis XIV of France
- womens rights
- Ming China trade
- New France
- Adam Smith
- Qing dynasty
- Voltaire
- Locke
- natural law
- divine right
- isolationism
- Korean economic policy
- Atlantic Slave trade
- Catherine the Great
- Glorious Revolution in England
Unit 5: The Age of Revolution (what revolution the word goes with)
- French – Causes, Consulate, Napoleon, Napoleonic Code, Scorched Earth Policy,
Congress of Vienna, Bastille, Legislative Assembly, Napoleon conquers Spain, Reign
of Terror, Declaration of the Rights of Man, Republic, Estate, Bourgeois, Estates
General, Jacques Necker, Louis XVI,
- Haitian – Toussaint L’Ouverture
- Latin American – Sugar Farming in Brazil, Simon Bolivar, Emperor Pedro of Brazil
- American – Separation of powers, Saratoga, advantages for colonists, Declaration of
Independence, Locke’s Social Contract, US Constitution, Montesquieu
Unit 6: The Industrial Revolution
- urbanization
- Great Britain
- the assembly line
- Marxism and Socialism
- Railroads
- Medical advances
- worker living conditions
- the middle class
- gender differences in the workplace
- James Watt
- steam engine
Second Semester Topics Covered
Unit 7: Nationalism and Imperialism
- Scramble for Africa
o Congo River
- Unification of Germany
- Unification of Italy
Unit 8: World War One
- The Spark
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- MANIA
o Militarism
o Alliances
 Central Powers- Germany, the Ottomans and Austria Hungary
 Allies- Great Britain, France, Russia
o Nationalism
o Imperialism
o Assassination
- European Conquest of Africa
o Clashes over colonies
- Trench Warfare
- Technology advances (machine gun, airplane, tanks, poison gas)
- Treaty of Versailles
Unit 9:Revolution and the Rise of Totalitarianism
- Russian Revolution
o Lenin
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o Red Army
o Marxism
o Proletariat/Class struggle
o Bloody Sunday
o The Duma
o Rasputin
Hitler in Germany
o Kristallnacht
o Nazi Party
o Anschluss
o Annexation of Czechoslovakia
o Pact of Non-Aggression (Stalin and Hitler)
Mussolini in Italy
o Black Shirts
o Catholic Church
Stalin in Russia
o The Purges
o Moscow Show Trials
o Five Year Plans
Unit 10: World War Two
- Axis: Germany, Japan, and Italy
- Allies: United States, Great Britain, and Soviet Union
- Yalta Conference
- United Nations
- Potsdam Conference
- World War Two Cause and Effects
- War in Europe
o German Invasion of Poland
o Operation Barbarossa
o Operation Sea Lion
o Battle for Britain
o D-Day
o Occupation of France
o Race for Berlin (US and British vs. Soviet Union
o Miracle at Dunkirk
o Battle of the Bulge
- War in the Pacific
o Island Hopping
o Pearl Harbor
o Iwo Jima
o Okinawa
Unit 11: The Cold War
- Proxy War
- M.A.D.
- Space Race
- Berlin Wall
- Cuban Missile Crisis
o Khrushchev vs Kennedy vs Castro
o Soviets sending nukes to Cuba
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o Castro fearful(Bay of Pigs)
o US Trade Embargo on Cuba
Vietnam Conflict
o Agent Orange
o Tet Offensive
o Ho Chi Minh
o Domino Theory
o Fall of Saigon
Korean War
o Proxy War
o 38th Parallel
o Demilitarized Zone still in effect today
Nuclear Arms Race
o Soviets vs. Americans
SuperPowers and Alliances
o Soviet Union-Warsaw Pact
o United State-NATO
Videos to Help you review
Crash Course World History Videos that will help you review
21 – Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th century mariners 22 – The Renaissance: Was
it a Thing?
23 – The Columbian Exchange 24 – The Atlantic Slave Trade
25 – The Spanish Empire, Silver, and Runaway Inflation 26 – The Seven Years War
28 – Tea, Taxes, and the American Revolution 29 – The French Revolution
30 – Haitian Revolutions 31 – Latin American Revolutions
32 – Coal, Steam, and the Industrial Revolution 33 – Capitalism and Socialism
34 – Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism 35 – Imperialism
36 – Archdukes, Cynicism, and World War 1 37 – Communists, Nationalists, and China’s
Revolutions
38 – World War II 39 – USA vs USSR Fight!
40 – Decolonization and Nationalism Triumph 41 – Globalization 1
42 – Globalization 2