Download Review Guide – 2nd Qtr PT – SY 2014

Review Guide
Grade 9 Second Quarter Periodic Test - SY 2014-2015
Reference: Roger B. Beck et al, World History: Patterns of Interaction. Holt McDougal, 2012.
World History For Us All, Big Era Six
Scope:
Unit 5 1500-1900 Absolutism to Revolution (Beck et al, World History: Patterns of Interaction)
Chapter 21
Absolute Monarchs in Europe
1500-1800
Chapter 22
Enlightenment and Revolution
1550-1789
Chapter 23
The French Revolution and Napoleon
1789-1815
Chapter 24
Nationalist Revolutions Sweep the West 1789-1900
World History For Us All
Big Era Six
The Great Global Convergence 1400 – 1800 C.E.
Chapter 21 Be able to:
1. Identify absolute monarchs in Spain, France, Central Europe, and Russia
2. Distinguish the monarchs’ contribution towards reforming their kingdoms
3. Differentiate “constitutional monarchy” from “absolute monarchy”
Chapter 22 Be able to:
1. Trace the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution
2. Identify the significant developments during the Scientific Revolution
3. Identify the Enlightened thinkers and their important contributions to society
4. Explain the significance of the American constitution
Chapter 23 Be able to:
1. Identify the cause and effect of major events during the French Revolution
2. Compare and contrasts the three estates
3. Identify the events that led to the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte
4. Familiarize yourself with the location on the map of different countries and bodies of water of strategic
importance during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte
Chapter 24 Be able to:
1. Show the connection of Enlightenment ideas to nationalist revolutions that swept the West
2. Identify what places are referred to as “West”
3. Identify the countries in the Americas which first won their independence
4. Enumerate the divisions in Spanish Colonial Society, 1789 (Study the graph on page 681.)
5. Identify the Enlightenment thinkers who influenced revolutions in Latin America
(Study the map on page 684.)
6. Define terms: nationalism and nation-state
7. Pinpoint positive and negative effects of nationalism (Study the table on page 688.)
8. Note the differences in the following philosophies: conservative, liberal, and radical
9. Distinguish the three types of nationalism from each other (Study the table on page 692.
Note the examples cited.)
10. Compare and contrast the political revolutions of England, the USA, France, and Latin America
[Study the tables on page 708 (Causes of the Revolutions) and page 710 (Effects of the Revolutions).]
Big Era Six
Be able to:
1. Identify advancements in Afroeurasian technology which enabled European ships to make long voyages
2. Explain the relationship between plantation agriculture, mining, shipbuilding, and deforestation
3. Describe and explain the increase or decrease in population from 1400-1800 CE (in China, India, Europe,
Africa, and the Americas)
4. Pinpoint the factors which led to the acceleration of environmental change
5. Explain why global convergence led to a shift in the center of trade