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TEST-QUIZ *ALERT* U.S. Government: Quiz—Tuesday, April 29 Civics: The Middleburg Dilemma Contemporary Affairs: N/A (1st Semester) World History: Test—Monday, April 28 Name: ________________________________ U.S. Government New Hampton School District UNIT 1—“FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT” TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 1 (Chapters 1-2), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. What are the 4 main purposes of government? What is the definition of the state using its 4 characteristics? What are the 4 basic theories of the origins of the state? Which theory is most significant to the development of American government? Why? What are the 5 fundamental principles of American democracy? What are the characteristics of unitary, federal, and confederate systems of government? What are the characteristics of a/an autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy? How are they different? What are the basic features of capitalism, socialism, and communism? How are they different? How did colonists bring English ideas of government to America? What were these ideas? How did colonists resist and reject tighter British control leading to the Declaration of Independence (“No taxation without representation!”)? What is the significance of the Declaration of Independence? (Memorize the 2 nd sentence of the Declaration of Independence, i.e. “We hold these truths…”) What is the significance of the Articles of Confederation? What were its weaknesses? WHAT WERE THE MAJOR COMPROMISES CONTAINED IN THE CONSTITUTION? EXPLAIN. What were the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists? Explain. Define or explain the significance of: government; sovereignty; legislative (unicameral and bicameral); executive; judicial; totalitarian dictatorship; direct/representative democracy; mixed economy; Magna Carta; Mayflower Compact; John Locke; King George III; Stamp Act and Stamp Act Congress; 2nd Continental Congress; Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”; Thomas Jefferson; The Critical Period; Constitutional Convention; Philadelphia; James Madison; The Federalist; George Washington; New York As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ U.S. Government New Hampton School District UNIT 2—“CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS” TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 30 points and will consist of multiple choice and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 3 (Chapter 13), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. Summarize Amendments 1-2, 4-10, 13-19, 21-22, 24, and 26: What are the constitutional rights of the First Amendment (i.e. R.A.P.P.S.)? How does the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause affect the Bill of Rights? What is the Establishment Clause (i.e. Thomas Jefferson: “wall of separation between church and state”)? What is the Free Exercise Clause? How does the First Amendment protect diversity of opinion and the sharing of these opinions and information? What are the 3 forms of speech NOT protected by the First Amendment? What are the freedoms and restrictions placed by the First Amendment upon gatherings of people (i.e. assembly)? Define or explain the significance of: Everson v. Board of Education (1947); Engel v. Vitale (1962); Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971); Reynolds v. United States (1879); pure speech; symbolic speech; seditious speech; Schenck v. United States (1919)—“clear and present danger”; obscenity (the Miller test); Near v. Minnesota (1931)—prior restraint As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ U.S. Government New Hampton School District UNIT 3—“THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH” TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 3 (Chapters 8-9), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. What are the basic facts about the executive branch (e.g. Article II, main duty, etc.)? What are the leadership qualities and skills important to a president’s success? What are the formal (e.g. age) and informal qualifications (e.g. government experience)? What is the term, salary, and benefits of a president? What are the 7 major roles of the president? Describe each. Summarize the presidential electoral process (e.g. Electoral College)? How is the executive branch organized and structured (e.g. Executive Office of the President, Cabinet)? What are the executive powers of a president (e.g. executive order)? What are the diplomatic, military, and legislative powers of the president? How have the powers of the presidency changed throughout U.S. history (e.g. War Powers Act)? What are the respective relationships between the president and the 12th, 22nd, and 25th Amendments? Define or explain the significance of: White House Office; press secretary; Office of Management and Budget/OMB; National Security Council/NSC; national security adviser; Council of Economic Advisers; reprieve; pardon; amnesty; impoundment; treaty; executive agreement; mandate; executive privilege; patronage As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ U.S. Government New Hampton School District UNIT 4—“THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH” TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 4 (Chapters 5 and 7), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. What are the basic facts about the legislative branch (e.g. Article I, bicameralism, etc.)? What is the respective size, term length, and date of election of the House and the Senate? What are the qualifications for congressional membership (i.e. age, length of citizenship, residency)? Why is the Senate more prestigious than the House of Representatives? What is reapportionment? Redistricting? Gerrymandering? How does the process work? What are the basic characteristics of an “average” congressman? What are the main duties of Congress? Who are our Representatives (and their respective congressional districts) and our Senators in the 11_th Congress? What are the main positions of congressional leadership? What are the 4 kinds of congressional committees? What are the respective relationships between Congress and the 17th, 20th, and 27th Amendments? HOW DOES A BILL BECOME A LAW? Define or explain the significance of: term; session; special session; census; incumbent; constituent; seniority rule; off-year election; private vs. public bill; joint vs. concurrent resolution; rider; first reading; “pigeonholing”; hearing; markup session; second reading; quorum; third reading; veto; pocket veto As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ U.S. Government New Hampton School District UNIT 5—“THE JUDICIAL BRANCH” TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 5 (Chapters 11-12, 14), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. What are the basic facts about the judicial branch (e.g. Article, main duty, etc.)? What is the jurisdiction of federal and state courts (including concurrent jurisdiction)? What is original and appellate jurisdiction? How do both relate to the federal judiciary? What is the significance of Marbury v. Madison (1803)? What is the principle of judicial review? How are the lower federal courts (i.e. constitutional courts) structured & organized (e.g. judicial circuits)? Which constitutional courts are known as the “workhorses” of the federal judiciary? Who has the constitutional power to select federal judges? Approve? What factors influence the selection of federal judges? What is the term of a federal judge? Why is it significant? How is the Supreme Court structured and organized? How does a case reach the Supreme Court (e.g. writ of certiorari)? How does the Supreme Court decide a major case (e.g. briefs)? What are the 4 kinds of opinions issued by the Supreme Court? Why is the opinion significant? What are the 5 forces that shape Supreme Court decisions? What is the significance of stare decisis? How has the Supreme Court shaped public policy throughout U.S. history (McCulloch v. Maryland)? How is the Supreme Court’s power to shape public policy limited? What are the Constitutional rights (*amendments) of Americans accused of crimes? Define or explain the significance of: Dredd Scott v. Sandford (1857); Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) “separate but equal”; Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954); exclusionary rule (1914); Gideon v. Wainwright (1963); Miranda v. Arizona (1966)—“Miranda rights”; affirmative action (1978) Define or explain the significance of: trial court; grand (indictment) vs. petit/trial jury; senatorial courtesy; American Bar Association (ABA); solicitor general; “rule of four”; per curiam opinion; amicus curiae brief; precedent; John Marshall; Earl Warren; Thurgood Marshall; Sandra Day O’Connor; John Roberts As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ Civics New Hampton School District UNIT 1—“FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP” TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 1 (Chapters 1-3), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. What are the 4 main purposes of government? What is the difference between a dictatorship and a democracy? What are the 5 fundamental principles of American democracy? What is the process of how people become U.S. citizens? Explain. In a diverse America, what are our common values that bind us together (E pluribus unum)? How did colonists bring English ideas of government to America? What were these ideas? How did colonists resist and reject tighter British control leading to the Declaration of Independence (“No taxation without representation!”)? What is the significance of the Declaration of Independence? (Memorize the 2 nd sentence of the Declaration of Independence, i.e. “We hold these truths…”) What is the significance of the Articles of Confederation? What were its weaknesses? WHAT WERE THE MAJOR COMPROMISES CONTAINED IN THE CONSTITUTION? EXPLAIN. What were the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists? Explain. Define or explain the significance of: government; legislative (unicameral and bicameral); executive; judicial; direct/representative democracy; naturalization; immigrant; alien; Magna Carta; Mayflower Compact; John Locke; King George III; Stamp Act and Stamp Act Congress; 2nd Continental Congress; Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”; Thomas Jefferson; The Critical Period; Constitutional Convention; Philadelphia; James Madison; The Federalist; George Washington; New York As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ Civics New Hampton School District UNIT 2—“THE CONSTITUTION” TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 2 (Chapter 3—Sections 3-4 & Chapter 4), visit glencoe.com, & answer these questions. How is the Constitution structured (i.e. L.E.J.A.R., etc.)? Memorize the Preamble of the Constitution (“To form a more perfect union…”): What are the 6 basic principles behind and found throughout the Constitution? Give examples of each: What are the powers, duties, and roles of the 3 branches of the federal government? How are powers in the Constitution categorized? How is the Constitution formally amended? Summarize Amendments 1-2, 4-10, 13-19, 21-22, 24, and 26: How has the Constitution been informally amended? Give examples of each: Define or explain the significance of: supremacy clause; Marbury v. Madison (1803); elastic clause; Bill of Rights; due process of law; executive agreement vs. a treaty; judicial restraint vs. judicial activism As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ Civics New Hampton School District UNIT 4—“POLITICS, ELECTIONS, AND VOTING” TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 4 (Chapters 9-10), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. What are the purpose and 5 functions of political parties? Why does the United States have a two-party system? Describe a conservative, liberal, and moderate ideology in American politics using a political spectrum: What are the general membership patterns for each party according to ideology, age, race, gender, education, occupation/income, religion, and geography? What is the history of political parties in America? What are the 3 types of minor/third parties? What roles do minor/third parties play in our political system? What are the 4 methods used in making nominations in the United States? What method is most widely used by states today? What is the process by which a candidate becomes President of the United States? Which state has “first-in-the-nation” status in the presidential nomination process? How does the Electoral College work in American presidential elections? What role does money play in elections? What role do political action committees (PAC’s) play in the electoral process? What role does the Federal Election Committee (FEC) play in the electoral process? How has suffrage expanded historically in the United States? What are the qualifications to vote? Define or explain the significance of: ideology; coalition; electorate; caucus; partisan; patronage; single-member district; ideological consensus; direct primary—closed and open; plurality; platform-planks; ticket; elector; suffrage; polling place; precinct; absentee ballot; straight-ticket vs. split-ticket voting As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ Civics New Hampton School District UNIT 5—“LOCAL GOVERNMENT” TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 5 (Chapters 13-14), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. What is the definition of a city? What are the 3 main forms of city government? What are the functions of city government? Who are the elected officials of county governments and what are their respective duties and responsibilities? How are towns, townships, and villages different? How do community leaders make public policy? Define or explain the significance of: incorporate; city charter; ordinance; strong- vs. weak-mayor system; at-large elections; special district; metropolitan area; county; county seat; town meeting; public policy; planning commission; infrastructure; priorities & resources; master plan; “No Child Left Behind Act”; charter schools; tuition vouchers; solid waste; recycling; conservation As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: _________________________ Civics New Hampton School District UNIT 6—THE LAW AND YOU VOCABULARY STUDY GUIDE Directions: Below is key vocabulary that we will be using during this unit. Write the definition of the vocabulary word on the line provided. You will need to be able to explain each of these terms for the test—REVIEW DAILY! ACCEPTANCE: __________________________________________________ AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: __________________________________________ ARSON: ________________________________________________________ ASSAULT: _______________________________________________________ BATTERY: ______________________________________________________ CIVIL LAW: ______________________________________________________ CONSIDERATION: ________________________________________________ CRIME: _________________________________________________________ CRIMINAL LAW: __________________________________________________ DAMAGES: ______________________________________________________ EMBEZZLEMENT: ________________________________________________ EXTORTION: ____________________________________________________ FELONY: ________________________________________________________ FORGERY: ______________________________________________________ FRAUD: _________________________________________________________ HOMICIDE: ______________________________________________________ INTENTIONAL TORT: _____________________________________________ INVALID CONTRACT: _____________________________________________ LARCENY: ______________________________________________________ (ON BACK) LAW: ___________________________________________________________ LIBEL: __________________________________________________________ MISDEMEANOR: _________________________________________________ NEGLIGENCE: ___________________________________________________ OFFER: _________________________________________________________ PROPERTY CRIME: _______________________________________________ PUNITIVE DAMAGES: _____________________________________________ RESTITUTION: ___________________________________________________ ROBBERY: ______________________________________________________ SIMPLE ASSAULT: _______________________________________________ SLANDER: ______________________________________________________ TORT: __________________________________________________________ UNINTENTIONAL TORT: ___________________________________________ VALID CONTRACT: _______________________________________________ VANDALISM: ____________________________________________________ Review daily! Review daily! Review daily! Review daily! Review daily! Name: ________________________________ World History New Hampton School District UNIT 1—“THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS AND EMPIRES” (PART 1) TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 1 (Chapters 1-3), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. How did humans develop from Australopithecines to Homo sapiens sapiens? What was the revolutionary change that occurred from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age? How did this change affect humans? What are the 6 characteristics of civilization? What are the major geographical features of ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations? How did the geographical features contribute to the development of these civilizations? What ancient civilization is known as “the cradle of the human race”? What are the major characteristics of the city-states of Sumer? Who created the world’s first empire (*Akkadians = Semites = ?)? What is the significance of the Code of Hammurabi? What are the major characteristics of the 3 major periods of Egyptian history? What was the purpose of Egyptians’ pyramid-building? What are the major characteristics of Hittite, Assyrian, Chaldean, and Persian empires? What are the major events in the history of the Israelite people? What are the major characteristics of Judaism? What is the significance of Judaism to the world? What is the significance of India’s caste system? What are the major characteristics of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism? What is the significance of the Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties in China? What are the major technological and cultural achievements of the first civilizations and empires? What is the basic chronology of the first civilizations and empires? Define or explain the significance of: prehistory; anthropology; archaeology; artifacts; fossils; hominids; nomads; Jericho; Catal Huyuk; civilization; ziggurat; cuneiform; polytheistic; monotheistic; Menes; dynasty; pharaoh; hieroglyphics; Palestine; King Solomon; Jerusalem; Phoenicians; Aryans; Asoka; Silk Road As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ World History New Hampton School District UNIT 2—“THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS AND EMPIRES” (PART 2) TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 2 (Chapters 4-5), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. Why is ancient Greece known as “the cradle of Western civilization”? What are the major geographical features of Greece and Rome? How did the geographical features contribute to their development? Who is Homer? Why is Homer significant in world history? What is a polis? How was the polis (acropolis) significant in Greek life? How were the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta similar and different? Who is Pericles? What is Pericles’ significance in the history of ancient Greece? What is the significance of the Great Peloponnesian War? What was the culture of Classical Greece? Society? Economy? Religion? Art/Entertainment? Who is Socrates? Plato? Aristotle? What did each contribute to philosophy and Western civilization? Who is Alexander the Great? Why is Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Era significant? How did the Latins, Greeks, and Etruscans each contribute to the development of Rome? What was the political structure of Rome (i.e. republic, patricians vs. plebeians, Senate)? What are the Twelve Tables and the Law of Nations? Why are they significant to Western civilization? What is the significance of the Punic Wars? Ultimately, why was Rome successful (page 151)? How did internal instability lead to the rise of Julius Caesar and Octavian, a.k.a. Augustus? What is the significance of the so-called “Five Good Emperors” and the Pax Romana? What was the culture of the Roman Empire? Society? Economy? Religion? Art/Entertainment? Who is Jesus? Why is Jesus significant in world history? How did Christianity spread throughout the empire and eventually become the state religion of Rome (pages 172-174)? Who is Paul? How is Paul significant in the spread of Christianity? How did Diocletian and Constantine revive the Roman Empire (e.g. Western and Eastern Empires)? How did the Roman Empire decline and eventually fall? Why did it fall (page 178)? Define or explain the significance of: Mycenaean civilization; Iliad and Odyssey; Troy; Byzantium; Parthenon; aristocracy; tyranny; oligarchy; democracy; Marathon; Macedonia; 12 Greek god/desses; Mount Olympus; Olympics; Greek tragedies; Archimides; Epicureanism vs. Stoicism; Carthage; Hannibal; First Triumvirate; Second Triumvirate; Colosseum; gladiator; Simon Peter; New Testament; Constantinople; Visigoths; Vandals As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ World History New Hampton School District UNIT 4—“NEW PATTERNS OF CIVILIZATION” (PART 2) TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 4 (Chapters 6, 9-10), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. How did the geographical features of the Arabian Peninsula contribute to development of the Arabs? Who is Muhammad? What were his teachings? Why is Muhammad significant in world history? How did the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties contribute to the development of the Arab Empire? Why did Islam split into two groups? How do Shiite Muslims differ from Sunni Muslims? What were the major threats facing the Arab Empire? What are the main characteristics of Islamic economy and society? What advances did Muslims make in philosophy, mathematics, natural sciences, art, and architecture? How did Germanic kingdoms, e.g. the Franks, contribute to the development of areas that once belonged to the Western Roman Empire? How was the Roman Catholic Church organized (e.g. priests, bishops, pope)? How did Gregory I and the Benedictine monks help convert most western Europeans to Catholicism? Who is Charlemagne? What is significant of him and the Carolingian Empire in world history? What is feudalism? How did it work? What is the significance of October 14, 1066 in world history? What is the significance of the Magna Carta of 1215? What is the significance of the Byzantine Empire and its capitol city of Constantinople? What are the Crusades? Why are the Crusades significant in world history? How did farming, the growth of trade, and the rise of cities create a flourishing medieval European society? What was the role of the Catholic Church in the lives of people during the Middle Ages? How did an intellectual revival during the High Middle Ages lead to the rise of universities? What is the Black Death? What were the effects of the Black Death? How did the power of the Roman Catholic Church eventually decline? What is the Great Schism? What is the significance of the Hundred Years’ War (p. 339-340)? Define or explain the significance of: sheikh; Allah; Quran/Koran; Makkah/Mecca; Madinah/Medina; Hijrah; hajj; The Five Pillars of Islam; shari’ah; mosque; caliph; jihad; Mongols; Visigoths & Anglo-Saxons; Clovis; Vikings; lord/noble; vassal/knight; fief; chivalry; William of Normandy & the Battle of Hastings; common law; Parliament; Capetian dynasty; Otto I; Justinian; Eastern Orthodox Church; serfs; Inquisition; Saint Francis of Assisi; Dominicans; Oxford; Saint Thomas Aquinas & Scholasticism; Joan of Arc As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ World History New Hampton School District UNIT 5—“THE EARLY MODERN WORLD” (PART 1) TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 5 (Chapters 12, 13, and 14), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. What does the word “renaissance” mean? What are the 3 main characteristics of the Renaissance? How did political affairs in Italy (e.g. Medici family, war) contribute to the spread of the Renaissance? Who is Niccolo Machiavelli? What is the significance of his book The Prince? Who is Johannes Gutenberg? What is significant of him in world history? What is humanism? What was humanism’s effect on education in the Renaissance (e.g. liberal arts)? What are the characteristics of Renaissance art? Identify artwork by da Vinci, Raphael, & Michelangelo. Who is Martin Luther? What is significant of him and his Ninety-Five Theses in world history? What were Martin Luther’s main protests with the Catholic Church (e.g. indulgences, faith vs. works)? How did the printing press and political affairs in Europe contribute to the spread of the Reformation? What different forms of Protestantism emerged in Europe as the movement spread (e.g. Calvinism)? What were the 3 “pillars” of the Catholic Reformation (e.g. Jesuits, Council of Trent)? What were the 3 main motives for European exploration (e.g. “The 3 G’s”)? What European countries were leaders in the Age of Exploration? Who were the major explorers (p. 408)? Who is Christopher Columbus? What is significant of him and 1492 in world history (pp. 410-411)? What were the positive and negative effects of European exploration? Explain/Describe the slave trade. What were the key events of the Europe’s religious wars and social-economic crises from 1560-1660? What effect did the English Bill of Rights and the ideas of John Locke have on the founding of our nation? What is absolutism? Why is King Louis XIV of France considered the best example of absolutism? What are the similarities and differences between art of the High Renaissance, mannerism, and baroque? Who is William Shakespeare? What is the significance of him and his work in world history? How do the political thoughts of John Locke differ from those of his fellow Englishman Thomas Hobbes? Define or explain the significance of: secular; “Renaissance Man”; Milan, Venice, Florence; Petrarch; Dante’s Divine Comedy; Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales; fresco; Erasmus; Edict of Worms; Peace of Augsburg; predestination; Anglican/Church of England; Line of Demarcation; conquistador; mercantilism; triangular trade, Middle Passage; Huguenots; Edict of Nantes; King Phillip II of Spain; Queen Elizabeth I of England; Thirty Years’ War; witchcraft trials; “divine right of kings”; Versailles; Peter the Great; Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote; natural rights As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!! Name: ________________________________ World History New Hampton School District UNIT 6—“THE EARLY MODERN WORLD” (PART 2) TEST STUDY GUIDE Test Date: _____________________________ The test will be worth 50 points and will consist of multiple choice, matching/identification, truefalse, and perhaps short-answer/essay questions. To prepare for the test, review all the materials from Unit 6 (Chapters 17 and 18), visit glencoe.com, and answer the questions below. - What is the Scientific Revolution of the 1600’s? What is its significance in world history? - Who is Copernicus? Who is Kepler? What is the significance of their discoveries in world history? - Who is Galileo? What is the significance of his discoveries in world history? - Who is Rene Descartes? Why is Descartes called the “Father of the Enlightenment”? - Who is Francis Bacon? What is the scientific method? - Who is Isaac Newton? What is the significance of his discoveries in world history? - What is the Enlightenment (“Age of Reason”) of the 1700’s? What is its significance in world history? - Who is John Locke? What is the significance of his ideas in world history? - Who is Montesquieu? What is the significance of his ideas in world history? - Who is Voltaire? What is the significance of his ideas in world history? - Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau? What is the significance of his ideas in world history? - Who is Adam Smith? What is the significance of his ideas in world history? - Who is Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart? Identify musical compositions by each. - Who is Mary Wollstonecraft and John Wesley? What is the significance of their achievements in history? - What is the significance of the French and Indian War of the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) in history? - What were the main causes of the American Revolution and the French Revolution? - What were the key events of the American Revolution of 1776-1783? - How were the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and the Bill of Rights each influenced by Enlightenment philosophies and ideas? - What were the key events of the French Revolution of 1789-1799? - What is the significance of the American and French Revolutions in world history? - Who is Napoleon Bonaparte? What is the significance of him in world history? - What caused the fall of Napoleon and his empire? - Define or explain the significance of: Ptolemy; geocentric vs. heliocentric; rationalism; tabula rasa; separation of powers; checks and balances; separation of church and state; deism; social contract; laissez-faire; Methodism; enlightened absolutism; The Three Estates; National Assembly; Bastille; Maximilien Robespierre; Reign of Terror; Napoleonic Code; nationalism; Battle of Waterloo As always, if you have any questions, please talk with me before the test and I will do my best to help you! PREPARE, BELIEVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED!!!
