World History
Name: ___________________________
Midterm Exam – Study Guide
* THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL WILL BE ON THE MIDTERM EXAM:
1.) Scientific Revolution: Chapter 10, Section 1
2.) Enlightenment: Chapter 10, Sections 2 and 3
3.) French Revolution: Chapter 11, Sections 1 and 2
4.) Napoleon Bonaparte: Chapter 11, Section 3
5.) The Industrial Revolution: Chapter 12, Section 1 and Chapter 13, Section 1
6.) Nationalism, Democracy and Imperialism in Europe: Chapter 12, Sections 2 and 3; Chapter 13, Section
3; Intro. to Imperialism
Scientific Revolution
French Revolution
Aristotle – Who he was, role, and significance
Francis Bacon – Scientific method
Galileo – Discoveries and significance
Geocentric – What it was and significance
Heliocentric – What it was and significance
Isaac Newton – Significance and discoveries
Johannes Kepler – Discoveries and significance
Nicolaus Copernicus – Significance to Science
Ptolemy – Ptolemaic system
Rene Descartes – Rationalism
Roman Catholic Church – Views on Science
Scientific Method – Francis Bacon and significance
Bastille – The storming of… significance
Bourgeoisie – Who they were and significance
Clergy – Who they were and significance
Committee of Public Safety – Significance
Coup d'état – Definition, significance to Revolution
Declaration of the Rights of Man – Ideas, significance
Directory – What it was and significance
Estates-General – Significance to Revolution
First Estate – Who it was and significance
French Nobility – What estate they were, significance
Girondins – Role in the Revolution, ideas and beliefs
Jacobins – Role in the Revolution, ideas and beliefs
King Louis XVI – Who he was and significance
Marie Antoinette – Who she was and significance
Paris Commune – Who/what they were and role
Reign of Terror – What it was and significance
Revolutionary Army – Why they were important
Sans-culottes – Who they were and significance
Second Estate – Who it was and significance
Tennis Court Oath – What it was and significance
Third Estate – Who it was and significance
Enlightenment
Adam Smith – The Wealth of Nations and Economics
Baron de Montesquieu – Ideas, philosophy, significance
Cesare Beccaria – Ideas, philosophy, significance
Deism – What it was and what it represented
Denis Diderot – Ideas, philosophy, significance
Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Ideas, philosophy, significance
John Locke – Ideas, philosophy, significance
Laissez-faire – What it is and significance
Salon – What it is and significance
Separation of Powers – What it is and significance
Thomas Hobbes – Ideas, philosophy, significance
Voltaire – Ideas, philosophy, significance
Napoleon Bonaparte
Civil Code – What it was and why it was important
Consulate – What it was and significance
Emperor – Definition
Napoleonic Wars – Significance and impact on Europe
Maximilien Robespierre – Who he was and significance
Napoleon Bonaparte – Significance, impact on France
Industrial Revolution
Alexander Graham Bell – Inventions
Assembly Line – Definition
Bessemer Process – What it was and significance
Bourgeoisie – Who they were, role in society, Marxism
Capital – What it is and definition
Capitalism – What it is, role in society, Marxism
Cottage Industry – What it was, significance
Dictatorship – Definition, role in Marxism
Enclosure Movement – What it was, Agricultural Rev.
Entrepreneurs – Definition, role in Revolution
Industrial Capitalism – What it was and significance
James Watt – Who he was and significance
Karl Marx – Marxism, who he was, Communist Manifesto
Mass Production – What it is and role in Revolution
Proletariat – Who they were, role in society, Marxism
Puddling Process – What it was and significance
Socialism – What it is, role in society, Marxism
Thomas Edison – Inventions
Nationalism, Democracy
and Imperialism
Bill of Rights - …in the United States, what it is, definition
Congress of Vienna – What it did and impact on Europe
Conservatism – What it is and why it was popular
Direct Rule – Definition, imperial rule
German Confederation – What it was and significance
Giuseppe Garibaldi – Who he was and significance
Imperialism – Definition and motives for…
Indirect Rule – Definition, imperial rule
Liberalism – What it is and why it was popular
Multi-national State – Definition and identification
Nationalism – What it is and why it was popular
Otto von Bismarck – Who he was and significance
Universal Male Suffrage – What it is and significance
(detach along the line – use as a CHEAT SHEET for your midterm exam – both sides can be used! – I will collect this on the day of your exam)
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Mr. Ankrom – 2013-2014 MIDTERM EXAM CHEAT SHEET – World History
Name: ____________________________