DUE January 16/17
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List the 5 major world religions, their founders and holy books ?
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Which religion has the Sunni and Shite sects?
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Which of the 5 major world religions is considered the oldest?
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What is the difference between monotheism and polytheism?
5.
Which religion has the Caste System?
6.
Which 2 religions believe in reincarnation?
7.
When and where did the Renaissance begin?
8.
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
9.
What is a humanist? What do they study?
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What does the word Renaissance mean?
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What ancient cultures did humanist’s study?
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Who was considered the “Father of Humanism”?
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What did Michelangelo accomplish?
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What did Da Vinci accomplish?

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What did Shakespeare accomplish?
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What did Erasmus accomplish?
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Which invention helped spread Renaissance and Reformation ideas? Who invented it?
18.
Which religion was involved in the Reformation? What was the Protestant Reformation?
19.
Who started the Protestant Reformation, Why and How?
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Where did the Protestant Reformation begin?
21.
Who were John Huss and John Wycliffe? How do they relate to the protestant reformation?
22.
What does the word protestant mean?
23.
Why were people angry with the Catholic Church? 4 reasons
24.
What is an indulgence?
25.
Put these beliefs/statements with either ML or JC or King Henry; Salvation by faith alone, Divorced his wife,
England, Germany, France, Bible ultimate source of authority, strict work ethic, Anglicanism, predestination,
95 thesis, all humans are equal under God, faith revealed or achieved by living a righteous life
Martin Luther John Calvin King Henry
26.
Who were the Hapsburgs? What religion were they?
27.
Which queen made Anglicanism the official religion of England? She also defeated the Spanish Armada.
28.
What was the Edict of Nantes?

Mogul
China
Japan
Africa
29.
What was the 30-year war? Who was involved?
30.
Who changed the war from religious to political in nature?
31.
What is religious tolerance?
32.
What is capitalism? How did the 30 Year War and the Reformation led to capitalism?
33.
What was the Catholic Counter Reformation? What was the goal? How did they attempt to gain back followers?
34.
Who were the Jesuits?
35.
What was the Inquisition?
36.
What happened at the Council of Trent?
37. Put the following statements with the correct empire: Asia Minor, Istanbul, North India, Taj Mahal (know what it looks like), inflated by British textile industry, Islam, exported slaves and raw materials, coffee and ceramics, emperor controlled trade by enclaves, imported manufactured goods, tea and porcelain, isolated, ruled by shoguns
Ottoman
38. Who was more isolated China or Japan? Why?
39. Why did China and Japan want to be isolated?
40. What modern day city became the capital of turkey and became the capital of the Ottoman Empire? (use to be
Constantinople)
41. What ancient trade route connected Asia with the Mediterranean basin?

42.
Where was/is the Trans-Saharan trade route located?
43.
What product did Ghana, Mali and Songhai trade?
44.
What products did China trade/invent?
Answer- paper, compass, silk, porcelain
45.
India used maritime trade routes across the Indian Ocean to trade which types of products? ans- textiles, numerals system
46.
Which European country was first to explore?
47.
Which modern day country did France colonize?
48.
List the 4 G’s
49.
Why did Europeans need a trade route to Asia? What happened to Constantinople?
50.
What is mercantilism? What was the colony suppose to provide its mother country with? According to mercantilism, how does a country become powerful?
51.
What was the middle passage? What was transported along the Middle Passage?
52.
Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire?
53.
Where were these people from and what did they do:
Vasco Da Gama
Columbus
Cortez
Pizzaro
Magellan
Drake

Cartier
54.
What countries did Triangle Trade connect? What products were traded?
55.
What was the Columbian Exchange? How did the Columbian Exchange change the world?
56.
How did livestock change the Americas?
57.
How did corn and potatoes change Europe?
58.
What happened in America when explores arrived and began to colonize? ( 3 things)
59.
Which disease killed off the most natives?
60.
Who was eventually used as slaves in the Americas?
61.
What technological advancements made exploration easier or possible? 3 things
62.
Why were the Europeans able to dominate the native so easily?
63.
Who created the navigation school in Portugal?
64.
What effects did the European Plantation system in America have on the people and land?
65.
Why were these new colonies referred to as “New Spain” and “New France” ?
66.
What does self- sufficient mean?
67.
What are joint-stock companies?
68.
What was the commercial revolution?
69.
What was the scientific revolution? Why did it occur?
70.
Know what these people did
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo

Newton
Harvey
71.
What were Enlightenment thinkers interested in doing?
72.
How /why did Galileo anger the Catholic Church?
73.
Why did Enlightenment and Absolute monarchies disagree?
74.
What were the major ideas and beliefs of the following enlightenment thinkers AND what did they write
John Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Voltaire
75.
How did Enlightenment ideas help start the revolutions in America, France and Latin America?
76.
What Enlightenment ideas are present in our Constitution and Declaration of Independence?
77.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
78.
List 2 famous composers of the Age of Reason or Enlightenment
79.
Who wrote Don Quoite?
80.
Which technical advancements made farming and transportation easier?( 4 inventions)
81.
What was the Magna Carta? Who signed it? Why?
82.
Who was Charles II and what did he restore?
83.
What was the Glorious Revolution and who came to power? Why?
84.
What was the Habeas Corpus? Who signed it ? Why?

85.
What is Common Law ?
86.
List the first political parties.
87.
Who had Charles I executed?
88.
Put these events in the correct order: The English Civil War, The Restoration, Glorious Revolution, The reign of
Oliver Cromwell, The creation of the Whigs and Tories.
89.
What is parliament? Why did absolute monarchs dislike parliament?
90.
How did England slowly become more democratic? What types of doctrines and ideas were passed?
91.
What does the doctrine of Divine Right state?
92.
Who support it?
93.
What did Absolute Monarchs believe?
94.
Who were the following rulers? Where did they rule?
Peter the Great
Louis XIV
Frederick the Great
95 . How did Peter help Westernize Russia?
96 . Who said, “I am the State!”?
97 . What was Prussia known for?
98. What is the name of Louis’ palace?
Revolutions and political reforms
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Why did the French Revolution begin?
100.
How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution? Who fought during the American Revolution? Why did they fight?

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What was the Estates General meeting?
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Why were Bastille and Versailles significant?
103.
What happened to Louis in the end? Who came to power after Louis?
104.
What was the Reign of Terror? Who led?
105.
What is a guillotine?
106.
What type of government did France have at the end of the revolution?
107.
What positive things was Napoleon able to accomplish? 3 things
108.
Why was the Napoleonic Code so significant?
109.
What negative things did Napoleon do?
110.
How did the following help led to Napoleon’s downfall a.
Continental System- b.
Peninsular War- c.
Invasion of Russia-
111.
What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna? What 3 things did it accomplish?
112.
Who led the Congress of Vienna?
113.
What was the Balance of Power Doctrine?
114.
What did the Congress of Vienna restore?
115.
How did Liberals and Conservatives differ?
116.
Why did new political maps have to be redrawn after the Congress of Vienna?
117.
What is Nationalism?

118.
How did Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna help spark a growth in Nationalism?
119.
Which political group (liberals or conservatives) led the revolutions in Europe around 1848? Where they successful?
Why?
120.
Which country first made slavery illegal?
121.
Which countries did Latin American colonies want to rebel from? 3 European countries
122.
Which social group led most of the Latin America Revolutions?
123.
What are viceroys?
124.
Which religion was forced on the natives by the Europeans?
125.
Why did the Latin Americans want to revolt?
126.
Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture?
127.
Who was Simon Bolivar?
128.
Who lead the Mexican independence movement?
129.
What is nationalism and what role did it play in the revolutions that occurred around the world in the 1800s?
130.
What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
131.
Why did Italy and Germany want to be unified?
132.
Who unified Northern Italy?
133.
Who unified Southern Italy?
134.
Which states were the last to join a unified Italy?
135.
Why did Italy continue to struggle after their unification?
136.
Who unified Germany?
137.
Describe the religious divide in Germany prior to the Franco-Prussia War?

138.
Why is Otto Von Bismarck considered a Realpolitik?
139.
What is a Realpolitik?
140.
How did the Franco- Prussian War help unify Germany?
Industrialization
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What was the Agricultural Revolution?
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How did the Enclosure Movement help increase food production? How did enclosures led to urbanization?
143.
How did the Seed Drill help increase food production?
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What is Industrialization?
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Where did it begin and why? 3 reasons
146.
What industry was first to become “industrialized?
147.
What are textiles?
148.
How did the following help spark industrialization or help it
Cotton
Iron
Steel
Steam Engine
Coal
149.
What did the following men invent and why were these inventions important?
James Watt
Eli Whitney
Henry Bessemer

Edward Jenner
Louis Pasteur
James Hargreaves-
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List 3 positive impacts industrialization had on the world…. List 3 negative impacts
What were working conditions like in factories?
What impact did industrialization have on slavery?
What are labor unions? Why did they start?
What is Collective Bargaining? Why is it used?
What is a strike?
What are Cottage Industries? What happened to them after Industrialization?
How were children treated during industrialization?
Economic Systems
158.
What is Capitalism?
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Who was Adam Smith?
What was the purpose of Adam Smith’s Wealth’s of Nations?
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What did capitalists want?
What is communism? Why did it start? What’s the main goal?
163.
Who was Karl Marx? What did he write?

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Imperialism
How did Capitalism and Communism differ?
What is socialism?
166.
What is imperialism?
167.
Describe the Boxer Rebellion
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169.
Describe the Sepoy Rebellion
Why did Imperialism begin?
Why did European nations want Africa and Asia?
What impact did imperialism have on Africa and Asia
What is a colony?
What is a Sphere of Influence?
What is a protectorate?
Where is the Suez Canal? Why is it significant?
What was the role of Christian missionaries during The Age of Imperialism?
Which country opened Japan up to trade?

178.
Which country controlled India during this time period?
179.
What was the purpose of the Indian National Congress?
180.
Map- be able to locate the following places on a map; England, France, Spain, Russia, Songhai, Ottoman
Empire, China, Mughal Empire, Japan, Incan Empire, Mayan Empire, Aztec Empire , Germany, Italy, Portugal, India,
Prussia/ Germany , Haiti, South America, Mexico, Brazil, Silk Road,

167.
Map- Put the following religions on the map; Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam , Buddhism

Short Answers- These are the exact questions you will see on the midterm. Be sure to back up your statements with detailed info.
1.
Compare and contrast Hinduism and Buddhism. Give 2 ways in which they are similar, and two ways in which they are different.
2.
What were some of the changing cultural values, traditions, and philosophies during the
Reformation?
3.
What were the major motivations for exploration and analyze which you feel was the most influential in encouraging exploration. Please back up you ideas with evidence.
4.
Out of the three main European absolute monarchs (Louis XIV, Frederick the
Great and Peter the Great) pick two and describe what effect did they have on their countries?
5.
Compare and contrast John Locke’s and Thomas Hobbes’ views towards humans.
How did this view influence their feelings about the perfect kind of government?
6.
Do you think the causes of the French Revolution were more economic or political in nature? Why?