CUMULATIVE TEST STUDY GUIDE
Renaissance
1.
What is the Renaissance?
2. Why did it begin in Italy?
3. What are some of the techniques used in Renaissance art?
4. Who supported and purchased artists and artwork?
5. How did the Renaissance change society?
Reformation
1.
What are the reasons for the decline and influence of the Catholic Church?
2. What are Martin Luther’s major accomplishments?
3. What is a Protestant?
4. What are John Calvin’s major accomplishments?
5. What are Henry VIII’s major accomplishments?
Scientific Revolution
1.
What are some of the causes of the Scientific Revolution? What was the belief about the universe before
(and who came up with it), and what was the belief about the universe after (and who came up with it)?
2. How did the Scientific Revolution change society?
3. Know the following people and their accomplishments:
a. Aristotle
b. Copernicus
c. Galileo
d. Newton
e. Kepler
f. Vesalius
g. Harvey
Ottoman Empire/Mughal Empire
1.
What is the capital of the Ottoman Empire (both original and new name)?
2. Why were Asian goods in such high demand by the Europeans?
3. What are some of the similarities between Suleiman (Ottomans) and Akbar (Mughals)?
4. What are some of the reasons for the decline of both the Ottoman and Mughal Empires?
Age of Exploration
1.
What are the main reasons for European exploration?
2.
What are Prince Henry’s major accomplishments?
3.
What are the effects of the slave trade on Africa?
4.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
5.
What is the Triangular Trade? What is the Middle Passage?
6.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Age of Absolutism
1.
Know the importance of the following:
a. Frederick the Great
b. Louis XIV
c. Peter the Great
2.
What are some of the items/laws that were passed to limit the power of the absolute monarchs
in England?
3.
How did absolute monarchs justify their total rule?
Enlightenment
1.
Know the following Enlightenment thinkers and their contributions to the Enlightenment:
a. Locke
b. Hobbes
c. Rousseau
d. Voltaire
e. Montesquieu
French Revolution
1.
What percentage of the population made up each of the Three Estates? Who belonged in each Estate?
2.
What happened when Louis XVI tried to tax the Second Estate?
3.
What are the main causes of the French Revolution?
4.
What prior revolution influence the French Revolution?
5.
What is the Storming of the Bastille’s significance?
6.
What was the new “weapon” of the Revolution?
7.
What is the Tennis Court Oath and what did it accomplish?
8.
What is the official slogan of the French Revolution?
9.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
10. Who is Robespierre? What was his era known as?
11.
What were the beliefs of each of the following political groups?
a. Radicals
b. Moderates
c. Conservatives
d. Emigres
e. Sans-culottes
12.
What are the contributing factors to the onset of the French Revolution?
13.
When Napoleon took power in France, he threw a “coup d’etat.” What does that mean?
14.
What was the Continental System under Napoleon?
15.
What was Russia’s technique in taking down Napoleon when he invaded their country?
16.
What is the Napoleonic Code and why is it important?
17.
What happened at the Peninsular War?
18.
What three events were considered to be Napoleon’s biggest mistakes before his eventual downfall?
19.
What was the importance of the islands of Elba and St. Helena?
20. Why did Napoleon give up all of his territory in America?
21.
What happened on the island of St. Dominigue (Haiti)? Who was in charge of the rebellious group?
22.
Why was the Battle of Waterloo significant?