World History Study Guide – Mr. Huesken Unit II Exam – 85 points total Test Breakdown: 55 multiple choice questions @ 1 point each 15 Map matching questions @ 1 point each 3 essay questions @ 15 points o You pick the one (1) that you feel the most comfortable with Bonus questions Test Date: _________________________________ Exam Topics 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 The Class system o The Serfs The Black Death o Causes? o Where did it originate? o Symptoms o Impact on Europe The Renaissance o Causes o Where did it originate? o Major figures o Impact on Europe The Founding of Christianity o Where did it originate? o Jesus of Nazareth o Peter / Paul o Edict of Milan o The Council of Rome The Catholic Church o Why was it so powerful? o Power structure o The Pope o Purgatory o Excommunication The Inquisition o Purpose The Reformation o [REFORM]ation o Reasons for… o Martin Luther 95 Theses Diet of Worms o John Calvin o Impact on Europe Results of the Reformation o Religious violence o Peace of Augsburg o The Anabaptists The Mennonites The Amish Absolute Monarchs o Reasons for… o Divine Right o Impact on Europe Islam o Founding o The Prophet Muhammad o The Qur’an o The Five Pillars o Shia / Sunni Muslims The Ottoman Empire o Creation o The sultan o The Janissaries o Suleiman the Lawgiver The Ottoman law code o Cultural impacts Feudal China o Filial Piety o Mandate of Heaven Feudal Japan o The Shoguns o Social structure o Tokugawa shoguns o The Samurai o Bushido Czarist Russia o Rivalry between Czar / nobles o Ivan the Terrible The “good” period “The Times of Trouble” o Peter the Great Turning of Russia into a imperial power UNIT II Pre-Columbian / Mesoamerican Civilizations o Aztecs o Incas o Mayas Age of Exploration o Motivations o Major Explorers o Impacts of… The Vinland Map Controversy o Evidence for & against Isolation of Asia o Chinese Exploration / Zheng He o Reasons for… African Slaves Trade o Why Africans? o Effects The Scientific Revolution o Reasons? o Important scientists o Impacts of… The Enlightenment o Reasons for… o Major themes o Major philosophers The English Civil War o Reasons for… o James I / Charles I o Parliament o Oliver Cromwell / his rule o The Restoration / Charles II Latin American Revolutions o Reasons for… o Major figures The Haitian Revolution o Reasons for… o Major figures o The start of the violence o International war? o Independence The French Revolution o Reasons for… o The “Moderates” / Declaration of the Rights of Man o The “Radicals” / The Jacobins / The Reign of Terror o Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte o Early life / military career o Rise to power o Major conquests / successes o Mistakes o Final exile Napoleon Murder Mystery o Evidence / suspects Industrial Revolution o Reasons for… o Major innovations / inventions o Major figures o Influence of…