History 102
Unit 2 Exam 2 Preparation
12.7-12.9.15
Goals to Achieve by the beginning of class Thursday 12/10
1. Read over and practice the presentation of your assigned slide (these are based off of the first 4
lectures in Unit 2, Lecture Episodes 11-14, and can serve as models for your lectures).
2. Add pictures to these slides.
3. Read over the Question Guide.
4. Watch the lecture assigned with your group (approximately 50 minutes).
5. Write your own lecture by using the Question Guide and the assigned lecture.
6. Add titles, pictures, and bullet points to slide and add your lecture to the notes under each slide in
the Exam 2 Google Slides presentation.
7. Practice all of your presentations and be ready to start Thursday 12.10.15.
In-Class Time: 105 minutes dedicated total in class + time you choose from Studio
6TH Hour: 40 minutes M. 12.7 + 40 minutes T. 12.8 + 25 minutes Wed. 12.9 = 105 minutes
7th Hour: 50 minutes Studio M. 12.7 + 50 minutes Studio T. 12.7 + 50 min. Studio W. 12.8 = up to 150 min.
Grading and Use of Class Time
Groups who are completely prepared by the beginning of class Thursday will receive an A. If other groups
are not prepared, you may conduct Studio, creative writing or college workshops, or Book Club Sessions.
Groups ready by the end of 6th hour Th. 12.10 will receive a B, by the end of 7th hour Th. 12.10 a C, by the
beginning of F. 12.11 a D. Groups not ready to present by F. 12.11 will receive an F.
Remember: Studio is scheduled for 7th hour Mon-Thursday. Research Report 1 is due M. 12.14., and you
will have to use some Studio time for conferences with teachers. You may use 7th hour for World History or
CPAR; however, what you do not accomplish at school must be completed at home by the due date.
Group, Slide, and Lecture Assignments for Exam 2 PowerPoint and Preparation
Group and Members
1: Donni, Kaiya, Devante, Robin
2: Eric, Bakiari, Precious, Trey
3: Mike, Ronnie, Tristen, Joe
4: Briauna, Destiny, Joshua, Jalon
5: Saida, Izzi, Jayrel, Brandon
6: Danni, Mia, Bri’Yonna, Amber
Slide
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Lecture Episode for additional slides
15: Glorious Revolution to the Treaty of Utrecht
16: The First Scientific Revolution
17: The European State System 1715-1748
18: The Enlightenment
19: Enlightened Absolutism
20: Empire, War, and Revolution 1748-1789
Instructions
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Read the notes for your assigned slide and add pictures. This is a model for the slides you will add.
Read over the Question Guide. You will answer some of these questions with your assigned lecture.
Listen to your assigned lecture. Take notes on answers to questions from the Questions Guide.
Use your notes to
a. Add slides to the lecture. Choose appropriate headings, bullet points, and pictures.
b. Add lecture notes to each slide you add. You determine the number of slides you add.
5. Practice your presentations for your assigned and added slides.
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History 102
Unit 2 Exam 2 Preparation
12.7-12.9.15
QUESTION GUIDE: Topics in questions are arranged alphabetically and cover all exam questions.
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17th century Netherlands: What was the main threat to this country?
18th Century Europe: What characterized this time period?
Absolutism: What is it?
Adam Smith: Who was he? Why was he important?
American Revolution: What was its significance in Europe?
Cardinal Richelieu: What 3 problems did he identify for the French monarchy? How was he most
successful? What did his foreign policy cause?
7. Catherine the Great: Who was she? Why was she important?
8. Charles II: What did he promise to Louis XIV and in what document was this promise written?
9. Colbert: What did his financial policies on France improve? What did they not improve?
10. David Hume: Who was he? Why was he important?
11. Divine Right: What was it? Why is it important?
12. Edict or Treaty of Nantes: What did this achieve? Who did it affect and how?
13. Enlightened Absolutism: Which monarch was most successful in taking power from nobles?
14. Frederick William I of Prussia: Who was he? Why was he important?
15. Fronde: What is it? What did it cause?
16. Great Powers: Who were they? What did they accomplish?
17. Immanuel Kant: Who was he? Why was he important?
18. Jean Baptiste Colbert under Louis XIV: What were his financial policies based on?
19. Jean Jacques Rousseau: Who was he? Why was he important?
20. John Locke: Who was he? Why was he important?
21. Joseph II: Who was he? Why was he important?
22. Louis XIV: What happened to the army under Louis XIV? Why did wars during his reign? Which
war did the Peace of Utrecht end and what did it result in? By the time of his death, Louis XIV…?
23. Poland: What did its dismemberment in the late 18th century prove?
24. Politiques: Who were these? Why were they important?
25. Rene Descartes: Who was he? Why was he important?
26. Scientific Revolution: What caused this to happen? How did Catholics and Protestants react? Who
first formulated the laws of planetary motion? What did Sir Isaac Newton contribute?
27. Seven Years’ War: What was it? Why is it important?
28. Silver: What did the importation of silver to Europe cause?
29. The Diplomatic Revolution: What was it? What caused it to happen?
30. Thirty Years’ War: What started this war? What were its effects, particularly for Germany?
31. Thomas Hobbs: Who was he? Why was he important?
32. War of the Austrian Succession: What was it, and what was its importance?
33. War: Which war was caused by Spanish interference with British shipping on the Atlantic?
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