World History Study Guide – Mr. Huesken Unit III Exam – 90 points total Test Breakdown: 60 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 UNIT III Industrial Revolution o Reasons for… o Major innovations / inventions o Major figures o Influence of… Industrial Reformers o Reasons for reform o Major influences o Major figures / ideas European Imperialism in Asia o Reasons for… o End of Isolation (China / Japan) o The British / Opium trade o The US / Commodore Perry o The Boxer Rebellion British Imperialism in India o Reasons for… o Pros / Cons o The Sepoy Rebellion European Imperialism in Africa o “Scramble for Africa” o British in South Africa o Reasons for… o Apartheid o The Boer Wars / Results The US in the Philippines o The Spanish – American War o “Coaling Stations” / US goals o Emilio Aguinaldo / Filipino goals o How the war was fought o US reaction to the war o Results of the war Otto von Bismarck / Imperial Germany o The German Confederation o Congress of Vienna o Prussia / Otto von Bismarck o Bismarck’s steps to victory o Franco-Prussian War The Armenian Genocide o The Ottomans & the Armenians o The Russo-Turkish War / WWI o Planning & creation of the genocide o World reaction o Influence today The Russian Revolution o Reasons for… o Czar Nicholas II o Vladimir Lenin / Bolsheviks o Russian Civil War o Creation of the USSR Anastasia / Anna Anderson Mystery The USSR / Josef Stalin o Lenin’s death o Leon Trotsky vs. Stalin o “The Great Purge” o “The Five Year Plan” o Results of… Imperial Japan o “Opening Up” o Treaty of Kanagawa o The Shi-Shi / Meigi Revolt o Japanese modernization o New government o Foreign expansion / conflicts The Weimar Republic o End of WWI / Treaty of Versailles o The German Revolution of 1918 o The Weimar Government o Reaction to… o Issues with… o The end of… Judaism / The Holocaust o Beginnings of the religion o The “diaspora” o European “anti-Semitism” o Hitler / Jewish “scapegoat” o The Holocaust o Views of the Holocaust The Israeli – Palestinian Conflict o Zionism o British Mandate / Palestinians o Balfour Declaration o Jewish immigration to Palestine o Violence / World War II o The Peel Commission o The White Papers o Current Issues Hinduism o History of… o “Big ideas” o Caste System o Dharma o Karma o Ganges River Gandhi / Indian Independence o INC / Muslim League o Mahatma Gandhi o Work in South Africa o Non-Violent Resistance o Work in India / results Partitioning of India / Pakistan o Independence / issues o Gandhi’s assassination o Partitioning plan / British leave o Issues with… o End results with…