Download World History A Final Study Guide Dark Ages Why did the Western

World History A Final
Study Guide
Dark Ages
1. Why did the Western half of the Roman Empire finally collapse? (the last straw)
2. What did the European feudal pyramid look like?
3. How does manoralism work? How did it keep the economy going in medieval Europe?
4. How does feudalism work? How did it keep order in Medieval Europe?
5. What led Europe to remain in the Dark Ages for so long?
6. How were monks “the light” in the Dark Ages?
7. How did the Japanese feudal pyramid compare to the European feudal pyramid?
8. What caused the Black Death of 1347-1352
9. What were the economic effects of the Black Plague on Europe?
10. What were the social effects of the Black Plague on Europe?
11. What are some similarities in the way people reacted to the Black Plague and AIDS epidemics?
Renaissance
12. Explain the Crusades Connection to the Renaissance?
13. Why was Italy a natural choice for the Renaissance to begin? (geography and economics)
14. What is the Renaissance?
15. Why were bankers like the Medici of Florence important to the arts?
16. How does medieval art and music compare to Renaissance art and music?
17. Why is Leonardo da Vinci the perfect example of a Renaissance man?
18. Why was Galileo put on trial by the Catholic Church?
19. Compare heliocentricism with geocentricism
20. How does Humanism compare with medieval thinking?
21. What is the scientific revolution?
22. What was so important about Martin Luther’s 95 Thesis?
23. How does the Inquisition connect with Martin Luther’s Reformation?
Age of Exploration
24. What scientific discoveries allowed Europeans to seek out a direct route to Asia in the 1400s?
25. What was the Portuguese plan?
26. What was so significant about Columbus’ plan?
27. How did Columbus get it wrong?
28. Who is Zheng He? What is significant about his voyage?
29. Explain the Guns, Germs, and Steel theory presented by Jared Diamond.
30. How was Bartolomeu de Las Casas different from his peers?
31. How did Johann Gutenberg’s Printing Press change Europe and the world?
32. How did the Age of Exploration lead to the Atlantic Slave Trade?
33. How did the Triangle Trade and Middle Passage work?
34. What is the Columbian Exchange?