Honors World History Study Guide – Mr. Huesken
Honors Final (TENTATIVE)
Test Breakdown (TENTATIVE):
 75 multiple choice questions @ 1 point each
 15 Map matching questions (Asia / Mid-East Map -OR- Africa Map)
 A choice of three (3) essay points @ 10
o Complete the one (1) that you feel the most comfortable with
 Bonus Questions (3)
Test Date: _________________________________
Exam Topics
CULTURE MINI-UNIT
 Culture
o Definition
o Elements of Culture
 Anthropology
o What is it?
o How did it originate?
o Anthropological Method
 Dangers of Culture
o Stereotyping
o Ethnocentrism
o Xenophobia
o Assimilation
o Ethnocide
UNIT I
 The Middle Ages
o Feudalism
o The Manor
o Class System
o The Code of Chivalry
 The Black Death
o What was it?
o Where did it come from?
o How was it transmitted?
o “Misguided” efforts to stop it
o Effects on Europe
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The Renaissance
o Reasons for…
o Why Italy?
o Famous names
o Lasting Effects
Nicole Machiavelli
Basics of Christianity
o Basic ideas
o Where did it start?
o Jesus of Nazareth
o How did it spread
o The Edict of Milan
The Catholic Church
o How did it start?
o Why was it so powerful?
o Class structure
o The Pope
o Enforcement
The Inquisition
The Reformation
o Reasons for…
o Martin Luther / 95 Thesis
o Other reformers
o Lasting Impacts
The Counter-Reformation
o Religion violence
o Peace of Augsburg
The Anabaptists
o The Amish / Mennonites
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Absolute Monarchs
o Divine Right
o Reasons for…
o Lasting impacts
Islam
o Basic Info
o Mohammad
o 5 Pillars
o The Hajj
The Ottomans
o Basic info
o Founding / The Sultans
o Suleiman the Lawgiver
o Contributions
The Russian Czars / Feudal Russia
o Founding / basic info
o Feud between Czars / boyars
o Ivan the Terrible
o Peter the Great
Japanese Shoguns / Feudal Japan
o Founding / basic info
o Class system
o The Samurai / Bushido
o First Europeans
Filial Piety / Feudal China
o Basic info
o Confucius
o Mandate of Heaven
o Impact on Chinese society
Early England / Magna Carta
o Celtics / Romans
o Anglo-Saxons
o Alfred the Great
o William the Conquer / Battle of
Hastings
o Concerns of nobility
o Magna Carta
o Unresolved issues
UNIT II
 Ancient Latin American societies
o Aztecs
o Incas
o Mayans
 Age of Exploration
o Reasons for… (3 G’s)
o Major players
o Effects of…
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The Columbian Exchange
Colonization of Latin America
o Encomiendas
o Class System
o Gender Roles
The African Slave Trade
o Middle Passage Myth
Asian Isolation
o Reasons for…
o Zheng He
The Scientific Revolution
o Reasons for…
o Effects of…
o Major figures
The Enlightenment
o Reasons for…
o Major themes
o Major philosophers
The English Civil War
o Early history…
o King James I
o King Charles I
o Major issues between King &
Parliament
o Oliver Cromwell / style of rule
o The Restoration / King Charles II
The French Revolution
o Reasons for…
o The Estate System
o The start of the revolution
o The “moderate” government
o The “radical” government / Jacobins
o Rise of Napoleon
Latin American Revolution
o Reasons for…
o Why now?
o Major leaders
o Effects
The Haitian Revolution
o Haitian colonial society / class system
o Start of the revolution
o Toussaint L'ouverture
o L’ouverture’s rule / overthrow
o Final independence
Napoleon Bonaparte
o Life / rise to power
o Major accomplishments
o Major mistakes
o Return to power / Waterloo
o Exile
UNIT III
 Industrial Revolution
o Reasons for…
o Early inventions
o Major impacts
o Major problems
 Industrial Reformers
o Reasons for…
o Major reformers / issues
 Karl Marx / Marxism / Communism
o Life / education
o Development of his theories
o Partnership w/ Frederick Engel
o Theories (long version & short version)
 Revolutions of the 1820’s & 1830’s
o Reasons for… / Congress of Vienna
o Conservatives, Liberals, & Radicals
o Italy
o Russia
o Greece
o France (Les Miserables)
 Western Imperialism
o China / Opium Wars
o Japan & Commodore Perry
o India / Sepoy Rebellion
o South Africa (Apartheid) & the Boer
Wars
o US & the Philippines
 Unification of Germany
o Congress of Vienna (Part II)
o German Confederation
o Otto von Bismarck
o Unification of Germany / FrancoPrussian War
 World War I / Armenian Genocide
o Reasons for…
o Methods
o Influence
 The Russian Revolution
o Reasons for…
o Czar Nicholas II
o Vladimir Lenin / Bolsheviks
o The Russian Civil War
 Anna Anderson Controversy
 Imperial Japan
o Reasons for…
o Treaties with the West
o Attempts at industrialization
o Rebellions
o Imperialistic goals
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Judaism
o Basic history behind the religion
o Basic Beliefs
o Beginning of anti-Semitism
The Holocaust
o Basic Review / Impact on Europe
Israel / Palestine
o Early History
o British “mandate”
o Zionism
o Early issues with Jews & Muslims
under British Rule
o Independence / Current Issues
Hinduism
o Basic Beliefs / Truths
o Caste System
o Ganges River
India post-Colonization
o Independence movements (INC &
Muslim League)
o Mahatma Gandhi
o Non-Violent Resistance
o Partitioning of India & Pakistan
UNIT IV
 China post-Colonization
o End of the Emperor
o Chinese Civil War / Current Issues
o Mao Zedong
 Cultural Revolution (China)
o Mao’s early success
o Reasons for…
o Effects
 The Korean War
o Early Korean history
o Division
o Reasons for…
o Current Issues
 The Vietnam War
o French Colonization
o Ho Chi Minh & Vietminh
o Division
o US involvement in Vietnam
o End of the conflict
o Current Issues