Download Social Studies 8 Final Exam Review- History Section

Social Studies 8 Final Exam Review- History Section
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Roman Empire and Beyond
1) From what ancient society did the
Romans borrow many ideas?
2) What was an aqueduct used for?
3) What present-day legal philosophy
did the Romans develop?
4) Why did Christianity appeal to many
people? How did Christianity spread
so quickly throughout the Roman
Empire?
5) As Christianity developed, who
assumed leadership of the Church?
6) Why did the German tribes move
into the Roman Empire in the 300’s
A.D.?
7) What was considered to be “the fall
of Rome”? What were the main
causes?
8) Why did Constantine build a new
capital?
9) How did Constantine change Roman
policy towards Christians?
10) Accomplishments of Justinian.
 Make a vocabulary list and then
create q-cards.
 Practice using scale to determine
distances between locations.
 Read over and understand all your
geography notes with emphasis on
key terms.
 Answer and study all the above
questions.
 Actively participate and listen during
review time.
 Go to tutorials.
Middle Ages
1) Identify: Clovis, Charles Martel,
Pepin, Charlemange, Alfred the
Great, Otto the Great, monks.
2) Describe what life was like in the
Dark Ages?
3) Everyday life among the Franks. (pg
23)
4) Discuss the contribution that
Charlemagne made to medieval
society: military, political, revival of
education, support of Christianity,
etc.
5) Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
6) Who were the Jutes and Vandals?
7) Who were the Vikings and why were
they successful in their conquests?
8) Everyday life of the Vikings?
9) Who were the Celts and the role of
their monks?
10) What is feudalism? Where was the
feudal system developed?
11) The impact of William the
Conqueror.
12) What was the feudal contract and
what were the expectations of each
individual?
13) The make up of the feudal society.
The feudal society pyramid
(handout)
14) Identify: allegiance, lord of the
manor, freeholder, serf, oath of
allegiance, freeholders
15) Be able to describe the life of a
villager.
16) Be able to describe the Manor
House and how it was different from
the houses of the serfs/commoners.
17) What did it mean to be
excommunicated?
18) What is the difference between Trial
by Battle and Trial by Ordeal?
19) Know the differences between Royal
Courts, Church Courts and Manor
courts.
20) The significance of Henry II and the
murder of Thomas Beckett.
21) How was contact first made with
Asia? Who was responsible?
22) Identify the following people:
Chinggis Khan, Nicolo, Maffeo and
Marco Polo, and Khubilai Khan.
23) Identify the reasons for the
Crusades.
24) Identify Eleanor of Aquitaine, and
King John.
25) What was the Magna Carta and why
was it significant?
26) What did it mean to be a Knight?
27) Identify Chivalry.
28) List the steps involved in becoming a
knight.
29) Who was involved in the Hundred
Years War?
30) Why were the archers significant in
the Hundred Years War?
31) Who was Joan of arc and why is she
significant?
32) Where did regular trading begin and
why did it begin?
33) Describe how trade led to guilds.
What are guilds often called today?
34) List and describe the stages in
becoming a master of a craft.
35) What was life in a medieval town
like?
36) What role did women play in the
middle ages?
37) What is a pilgrimage and why were
they popular?
38) What are the differences between
Gothic and Romanesque
architecture?
39) What is a plague?
40) How many people did the Black
Death kill (in both number and
percentage of Europe’s population)?
41) How was the Black Death brought to
Europe?
42) How was it transmitted to humans?
43) How did the Black Death affect
European Society?
44) Why did the peasants revolt?
45) What is a Poll Tax?
Renaissance
1. Identify the significance of each of the
following people:
a) Medici Family
b) Francesco Petrarch
c) Copernicus
d) Michelangelo
e) Leonardo da Vinci
f) Machiavelli
g) Galileo
h) Savonarola
i) Artemisia Gentileschi
j) Johann Gutenberg
2. What was a city-state?
3. What was the Scientific Revolution and
why was it important?
4. What do the following mean?
a) perspective
b) proportion
c) mercenary
d) humanist
e) Renaissance
f) Renaissance man
g) hinterland
h) oligarchy
5. What made Italy the perfect spot for the
start of the Renaissance?
6. How was Galileo punished?
7. Who controlled the Catholic Church
during the Renaissance?
8. Who ruled Florence beginning in 1434?