Final Exam Study Guide Global Studies
Reformation and Renaissance
You must complete the following study guide section. It will be collected on test day –
1. Why the Renaissance began in Italy?
2. Explain characteristics of the Renaissance (6 isms).
3. What did humanists study and why would the Church perhaps not fully support them?
4. Be familiar with the following important figures from the Renaissance along with their
works and techniques:
a. Machiavelli
b. Shakespeare
c. The Perfect Courtier—Who wrote it?
d. Medici
5. Explain some abuses/control of the Church during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
6. Who invented the printing press and how did it impact the world?
7. Explain indulgences.
8. Explain the circumstances that led to Luther’s break with the Church.
9. Explain Luther’s main teachings.
10. Explain how politics was at the root of Henry VIII’s break with the RC Church.
11. Identify and explain the significance of the following terms/people related to the
Reformation:
a.
Luther
b.
Tetzel
c.
95 Theses
d.
Protestant Reformation
e.
Catholic Reformation
f.
Henry VIII’s wives
Absolutism
1. Divine Right Theory
2. Absolutism—characteristics and examples
3. The goal of mercantilism
4. Louis XIV’s control of the nobles—how did he accomplish this? Provide examples.
Scientific Revolution
1. How the 6 Renaissance isms apply to the Scientific Revolution
2. heliocentric vs. geocentric
3. Contributions of
a. Copernicus
b. Kepler
c. Galileo
Enlightenment and French Revolution
1. How the Scientific Revolution influenced the Enlightenment
2. The ideas of Hobbes and Locke and how they influenced the Enlightenment.
3. General ideas/beliefs of the Enlightenment by various philosophes
4. Explain the socio-economic classes in France in the 1700s – three estates.
5. How the Enlightenment influenced the French Revolution
6. Various stages of the Revolution and significance of Napoleon.
7. Political spectrum labels as they relate to French Revolution. Draw and label.
Industrial Revolution
1. What are the six killer apps? Why are they important? West vs. East?
2. What is the Industrial Revolution?
3. What was life like before the Industrial Revolution?
4. Why Britain?
5. What industry was changed by the industrial revolution?
6. Domestic system vs. factory system
7. What was the Enclosure Movement?
8. What change did the Enclosure Movement cause?
9. Explain the Agricultural Revolution
What are the new inventions? Why are they important?
10. Factors of Production
a.
b.
c.
11. What are the 7 M’s?
12. Positives of Industrialization
13. Negatives of Industrialization
14. Capitalism vs. Socialism vs. Communism
Define each:
Compare and contrast each term:
15. Who is Adam Smith? Why is he significant?
o
What is his philosophy?
16. Who is Karl Marx? Why is he significant?
o
What is his philosophy?
17. The Little Red Hen
o
Who is the story criticizing?
18. Locate Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Russia and Japan on a map
19. Terms to know:
o
Entrepreneur
o
Collective bargaining
o
Unions
o
Strike
o
Industrialization
o
Corporation
o
Urbanization
Imperialism in Africa
Myths and Facts of Africa
Berlin Conference
Henry Stanley
David Livingstone
Belgian Congo
Leopold II
Tactics used by Leopold
Resources sought after
South Africa
Boers/Afrikaners
Boer War
Zulus
Apartheid
Cash Crops
Egypt
Independent Nations within Africa
1.
2.
Rwanda history (Hotel Rwanda)
Invisible Children
Consequences of Imperialism
(+ and -)
Imperialism II in China, Japan and India
Identify and explain the significance of the term/phrase/person.
Past General Terms on Imperialism
The Four Driving Forces of Imperialism
Ways to imperialize (colony, protectorate, sphere of influence)
China (Chapter 12.1)
Reasons for imperialism in Asia
Reasons for Chinese reluctance to trade
Mandate of Heaven
Isolationism
Guangzhou or Canton
Opium War (causes and effects)
Open Door Policy
Extraterritorial rights
Boxer Rebellion
Treaty of Nanjing
Taiping Rebellion or Peasant Revolt
Japan (12.2)
Closed Door Policy
Samurai culture
Bushido
Millard Fillmore
Matthew Perry
Treaty of Kanagawa
Meiji Era
Japanese modernization (social classes, economic, political, education, etc.)
Similarities/Differences of Japanese and Chinese policy (Venn Diagram)
British Colonial India (11.4)
British East India Company
Sepoy Mutiny
“Jewel in the Crown”
Hindu Caste system
Muslims vs. Hindus
The Story of India (main topics)
*Be sure to know who controlled the areas on the map we discussed as well as
general info about those places as well.