SEMESTER 1 FINAL EXAM REVIEW Social
GUIDE Studies
EUROPE IS MADE UP OF PENINSULAS. THERE ARE
PLENTY OF RIVERS AND HARBORS THAT ALLOW FOR
EASY TRADE BETWEEN EUROPEAN CITIES.
HIGHLY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES USUALLY HAVE A
HIGH LIFE EXPECTANCY, HIGH LITERACY RATES, AND
THEY HAVE A HIGH GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT. (GDP)
LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO EUROPEAN CULTURE!
WHAT DID THEY LEAVE US?
LEONARDO DA VINCI, RAPHAEL, MONET AND VINCENT
VAN GOGH
THERE ARE MANY BEAUTIFUL CHURCHES THROUGH
OUT WESTERN EUROPE. THIS REFLECTS THE
CULTURAL INFLUENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
NAME THIS PAINTING.
CHRISTIANITY IS THE MOST COMMON RELIGION
IN MANY EUROPEAN SOCIETIES.
FEUDALISM
A social system during
the Middle Ages in which
landowners granted
people land in exchange
for military service or
labor.
. 1215 THE MAGNA CARTA IS SIGNED TO LIMIT THE POWER OF KINGS.
5 TH CENTURY BC ATHENS ADOPTS A DEMOCRATIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
1700 ENLIGHTMENT
Based on these events most governments in Europe are
___________.
EUROPE IS A CONTINENT THAT IS
DIVIDED INTO MANY SMALL
NATIONS DUE TO THE OLD
FEUDAL SYSTEM OF KNIGHTS
FIGHTING TO CONTROL SMALL
KINGDOMS.
WORLD WAR II BEGAN IN 1939 WHEN GERMANY
INVADED POLAND. THE DEVASTATION OF THIS WAR
RESULTED IN THE COOPERATION BETWEEN EUROPEAN
NATIONS.
BECAUSE EUROPE IS A PENINSULA OF PENINSULAS
MANY COUNTRIES HAVE ACCESS TO THE SEA. THIS IS
IMPORTANT FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
1.
The industrial Revolution started in England in the 1700s.
2.
The textiles were the first industry to be produced in factories.
3.
It changed the way people lived and worked forever.
4.
It changed from producing goods by hand to using machines.
RENAISSANCE AND THE REFORMATION
People were interested in learning. The printing
press was an invention that made the written word
available to more people. They were learning how
to read. They begin reading the Bible and started
to think for themselves. They questioned what the
leaders of the Catholic church had be telling them.
New denominations of churches were started
protesting the Catholic church.
MAP SKILLS
Make sure you can identify these countries on a map:
England
France
Spain
Norway
Sweden
Italy