Honors World History:

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Honors World History Midterm Review
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The Renaissance
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What does the word Renaissance mean?
What kinds of improvements were made during the
Renaissance?
-Rebirth
-Art, literature, and technology
Where did the Renaissance begin?
How did the printing press affect Europe ?
-Italy
Who were considered the Renaissance greats?
-More people learned to read and write.
-Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael
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Define the following words.
Recant
To give up ones views
Pope
The head of the Catholic Church
Jesuit
Member of the Society of Jesusa Catholic
missionary
Theocracy
A government based on religion (religious law)
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Compare Catholic to Protestant in a T-Chart.
Catholic Protestant
-Pope -Purgatory -Jesuits -Priests do not marry -Martin Luther -Baptist -Methodist -Presbyterians -Lutherans
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List the European powers with absolute monarchs
by 1755.
-Austria
-Prussia
-France
-Russia
Who ruled as an absolute monarch(s) for over 70
years?
-King Louis XIV
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List the country each of the absolute monarchs
ruled over.
King Philip II
-Spain
Louis XIV
-France
Catherine the Great
-Russia
Peter the Great
-Russia
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Age of Revolutions
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Identify the following areas on the map below.
Brazil
Spain
Great Britain
13 Colonies
France
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Place the following time periods in history in
the correct order of occurrence in history.
-Christianity
What idea of Montesquieu influenced the United
States Constitutuion?
-Renaissance
-Age of Absolutism
-American Revolution
-the Seperation of Powers (3 branches of
government)
-French Revolution
Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Hayden were all known
as
-Enlightenment Composers
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What does the word Revolution mean?
- radical change
What did the third estate storm in Paris to begin
the French Revolution?
-the Bastille
What was the slogan of the French Revolution?
- liberty, equality, fraternity
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Identify the following people.
Louis XVI
-beheaded on the guillotine and was the king of
France during the French Revolution
Robespierre
-known for the Reign of Terror
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The First Global Age
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List the ruling empire or dynasty for each
location during 1400-1750.
Middle East
-Ottoman Empire
India
-Mughal Empire
Africa
-Kingdom of Mali
-Ming
China
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Define the following terms.
Sultan
-Muslim ruler
Conquistador
-Spanish word for conqueror
Diffusion
-the movement of goods, ideas, and
people -prompts cultural change
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What kingdom emerged by 1250 and controlled the
gold-mining regions to the south and the salt
supplies of the Sahara?
-Mali
Which two countries dominated settlement in South
America?
-Spain and Portugal
By 1638, what empire had barred all western
merchants and forbidden their people to travel
abroad?
-Tokugawa (Japan)
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Define the following groups of people in the
graphic summary of the social structure of the
people in Latin American ruled by Spain.
Peninsulares members of the highest social class
in Spains colonies in the Americas.
a. peninsulares
Creoles people in Spains American colonies who
were American-born descendants of Spanish
settlers.
d. Mestizos
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Age of Absolutism
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What is a ruler with complete authority over the
government and the lives of the people?
-an Absolute Monarch
Define the Divine Right of Kings.
-the belief that the absolute monarchs were given
complete authority by God.
What did King Louis XIV build outside of Paris?
-Versailles
Who was Napoleon?
-The famous army officer who became the Emperor
of France.
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The Industrial Revolution
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Define the following terms.
Factory
-a place where workers and machines are brought
together to produce goods.
Communism
-form of socialism advocated by Karl Marx.
According to Marx, class struggle was inevitable
and would lead to the creation of a classless
society in which all wealth and property would be
owned by the community as a whole.
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Socialism
-System in which the people as a whole rather
than private individuals own all property and
operate all businesses.
Laissez-Faire
-(Hands-off) The belief that government should
not interfere with business/private enterprise.
Utilitarianism
-The idea that the goal of society should be to
bring about the greatest happiness for the
greatest number of people.
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Assembly Line
-The production method that breaks down a complex
job into a series of smaller tasks.
Corporation
-A business owned by many investors who buy
shares of stock and risk only the amount of their
investment.
By 1900, what countries were the worlds leading
industrial nations?
-Germany and the United States
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The Big Ideas Short Answer Responses

• Directions Choose three of the following
  options to reflect on your study and
  understanding of World History, from the
  Renaissance through the Industrial Revolution.
  Explain what the big idea means and how it
  applies to a historical event/era that weve
  studied this semester.

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What do you think? Apply it!

• Big Idea 1 Conflict is inherent in the nature of
  human beings
• Big Idea Option 2 The earth is a global
  community where the actions of one country can
  affect lives in other countries.
• Big Idea Option 3 Perspective is Everything
  whose history is it?
•   Big Idea Option 4 The past drives the present
  and the future
• Big Idea Option 5 Those who cannot remember the
  past are condemned to repeat it.
• Big Idea Option 6 There are credible and
  questionable sources of information about history
  and contemporary events.
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