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Honors World Studies Semester Exam Review Packet 2015 Essential Questions: (we have been discussing these throughout the semester) EQ 1: What makes a country powerful? EQ 2: Why are some states more powerful than others? EQ 3: What happens when different cultures collide? EQ 4: How does culture influence the course of a country's history? EQ 5: Why do civilizations decline or collapse? EQ 6: What role does leadership have in the fate of a country? EQ 7: Why do countries go to war? EQ 8: How do new ideas emerge, evolve, and impact society? EQ 9: Why have men and women been treated differently? EQ 10: What is the best form of government? EQ 11: What is the best economic system? EQ 12: What determines whether countries will be friendly or antagonistic towards each other? EQ 13: What causes revolutions? EQ 14: How much violence can be justified in the name of creating a better society? EQ 15: What role does science play in shaping a society? EQ 16: When does have a society have the right to intervene in another society’s affairs? EQ 17: What values or rights, if any, are universal (and not culturally constructed)? EQ 18: What is the best way to resolve an international crisis? EQ 19: How do you build a lasting peace? EQ 20: It is more important to be safe or to be free? EQ 21: Why do some people freely support evil regimes? EQ 22: To what extent do past events determine the future? EQ 23: What causes discrimination against a particular group of people? EQ 24: To what extent does art shape - or is shaped by – society? EQ 25: What is the best way to respond to an aggressor? EQ 26: What makes genocide possible? EQ 27: Does a noble goal ever justify the use of violence? Unit #1 Reading Guide: The Rise of Europe & the First Global Age 6-1: Exploration and Expansion Vasco de Gama Hernan Cortés encomienda Christopher Columbus Tenochtitlán Columbian Exchange Ferdinand Magellan Montezuma East India Company Treaty of Tordesillas Francisco Pizarro conquistadors Atahuallpa 1. I can explain what motivated European exploration and why it was successful. 2. I can describe the interactions between European countries with regards to exploration and overseas expansion. 3. I can identify factors gave the Europeans so much success in their encounters with non-European civilizations. 4. I can explain how the Europeans treated their Native American subjects? 5. I can analyze the impact that European rivalries had on the "New World." 6-2: The Atlantic Slave Trade colony balance of trade triangular trade mercantilism plantations Middle Passage 6. I can identify the factors that led to the slave trade. 7. I can describe the Atlantic Slave Trade. 8. I can analyze the impacts that the slave trade had on the civilizations in Africa. 6-3 Colonial Latin America Peninsulares Creoles Mestizos Mulattoes Viceroy Jesuits 9. I can describe the social system established in Latin America. 10. I can explain how did Spain and Portugal controlled their territories. Unit #2 Reading Guide: Enlightenment & Revolutions (1550-1815) 10-1: The Scientific Revolution Ptolemaic System Galileo Galilei geocentric Isaac Newton Nicolaus Copernicus universal law of gravitation heliocentric René Descartes 11. I can analyze the causes of the Scientific Revolution. 12. I can describe humanity's changing understanding of the universe. 13. I can explain societal views of women during this era. rationalism scientific method Francis Bacon inductive reasoning 10-2: The Enlightenment John Locke Voltaire Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract natural rights deism philosophe laissez faire social contract Montesquieu Adam Smith Mary Wollstonecraft The Wealth of Nations separation of powers salons 14. I can explain the major philosophies presented in this section, as well as articulate how they differ from one another. 15. I can identify ways in which Enlightenment ideas spread. 10-3: The Impact of the Enlightenment enlightened absolutism Joseph II Seven Years’ War Frederick II (the Great) Catherine II (the Great) Treaty of Paris (1763) 16. I can the extent to which some rulers allowed Enlightenment ideals to influence their countries. 10-4: The American Revolution George Washington Thomas Jefferson federal system Declaration of Independence Treaty of Paris (1783) Bill of Rights 17. I can trace the cause and course of the American Revolution. 18. I can describe the type of governmental system that the newly independent United States developed. 11-1: The French Revolution Begins Estates (1st, 2nd, & 3rd) Tennis Court Oath Civil Constitution of the Clergy bourgeosie Bastille limited/constitutional monarchy Louis XVI Declaration of the Rights of Man National Convention Estates-General Olympe de Gouges sans-culottes 1. I can explain the origins of French Revolution. 2. I can trace the course of the French Revolution from the meeting of the Estates-General to the suspension of the monarchy. 3. I can identify specific ways in which the revolution was changing French society. 4. I can explain why the French Revolution resulted in a general European war. 11-2: Radical Revolution and Reaction Georges Danton universal male suffrage de-Christianization Jean-Paul Marat Committee of Public Safety Directory Jacobins Maximilien Robespierre coup d'etat guillotine Reign of Terror 5. I can trace the course of the French Revolution from the suspension of the monarchy to the toppling of the Directory. 6. I can identify the causes of France's newfound military success. 7. I can identify specific ways in which the radical portion of the revolution was changing French society. 8. I can analyze how Napoleon was able to overthrow the Directory. 11-3: The Age of Napoleon Napoleonic Code Continental System nationalism Elba Waterloo Duke of Wellington St. Helena 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. I can trace the course of Napoleon's reign from the overthrow of the Directory to his final exile. I can list and explain the significance of his domestic policies. I can assess the extent to which Napoleon preserved and spread the Revolution. I can analyze the reasons for Napoleon's defeat. I can evaluate the extent to which Napoleon’s reign was faithful to the ideals of the Enlightenment. Unit #3 Reading Guide: Industrialization & Nationalism (1800-1870) 12-1: The Industrial Revolution Enclosure movement spinning jenny Robert Fulton capital James Watt Robert Owen entrepreneurs Puddling cottage industry Factory 1. I can explain the origins and causes of the Industrial Revolution, AND explain why it began in Great Britain. 2. I can trace the development of the Industrial Revolution from the spinning of cotton to the development of railroads. 3. I can explain where and how the Industrial Revolution spread. 4. I can identify ways in which the Industrial Revolution began changing societies. 5. I can analyze the ways in which capitalists and utopian socialists viewed the best way to organize the economy. 12-2: Reaction and Revolution Congress of Vienna Klemens von Metternich Balance of power Conservatism Concert of Europe Liberalism Nationalism Charles X Louis Philippe Universal male suffrage Second Republic Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III) German Confederation Multinational state 6. I can analyze what the victorious powers were attempting to do at the Congress of Vienna, and how they went about doing it. 7. I can identify the various ideologies of the age and what their followers were trying to accomplish. 8. I can identify ways in which liberalism and nationalism challenged conservatism in 1830. 9. I can identify where revolution broke out in 1848, and what the general causes were. 10. I can describe the results of the Revolutions of 1848, and analyze what caused those results. 12-3: National Unification and Nationalism Realpolitik Crimean War Piedmont-Sardinia Franco-Prussian War Victor Emmanuel II Alsace and Lorraine Camillo di Cavour Kaiser Wilhelm I Giuseppe Garibaldi Second Reich (German Empire) Otto von Bismarck Queen Victoria Second Empire (French) Plebiscite Dual Monarchy Franz Josef Alexander II emancipation 11. 12. 13. 14. I can analyze what brought the end of the Concert of Europe, and identify the long-term results of this change. I can explain how the unification of Italy occurred. I can explain how the unification of Germany occurred. I can identify which two countries did NOT experience revolution in 1848, and how they were able to avoid this turbulence. 15. I can analyze the problems facing the Austrian Empire, and explain how they attempted to solve them. 16. I can describe the dispute in Russia over the direction of the country. 12-4: Romanticism and Realism Frankenstein Romanticism Eugène Delacroix Louis Pasteur Ludwig van Beethoven secularization Mary Shelly Charles Darwin 17. I can analyze the ways in which art and literature reflected the times. 18. I can explain the controversy created by Darwin’s work. 886469795 6/20/2017 Page 4 of 8 On the Origin of Species… Natural selection realism Charles Dickens Unit #5 Reading Guide: Imperialism 1800-1914 (Ch’s 14 & 15) 14-1: Colonial Rule in Southeast Asia Imperialism Protectorate direct rule Social Darwinism Emilio Aguinaldo “White Man’s Burden” indirect rule 1. I can explain how the "new" imperialism differed from the "old" imperialism. 2. I can analyze why Westerners embarked upon imperial conquests. 3. I can identify which colonial powers were active in Southeast Asia and what colonies they took. 4. I can identify which countries were able to avoid being colonized and how they did so. 5. I can explain the various methods Westerners used to control their territories. 6. I can analyze resistance to imperialism that emerged in colonized territories. 14-2: Empire Building in Africa Suez Canal Boers Boer War Leopold II Zulu Battle of Adwa Berlin Conference (1884) Cecil Rhodes 7. I can explain where and how the European powers claimed land in Africa. 8. I can describe the conflict in southern Africa as well as its results. 9. I can identify which countries were able to avoid being colonized and how they did so. 14-3: British Rule in India British East India Company Sepoy Mutiny Rabindranath Tagore sepoys Indian National Congress 10. I can explain what caused the Sepoy Mutiny and what resulted from it. 11. I can describe how British rule affected India, both positively and negatively. 12. I can describe the origins of Indian nationalism. 14-4: Nation Building in Latin America creoles Simón Bolívar José Martí peninsulares Monroe Doctrine Spanish American War Toussaint-Louverture Antonio López de Santa Anna Mexican Revolution mestizos Benito Juárez José de San Martín cash crops 13. I can describe what led to revolts in Latin America. 14. I can analyze why some revolutions were successful, and others largely failed. 15. I can describe what kind of societies and leadership emerged in Latin America after independence. 16. I can describe American (US) involvement in Latin America, and the degree to which it can or cannot be described as imperialism. 15-1: The Decline of the Qing Dynasty Opium War Hong Xiuquan Open Door Policy Hong Kong spheres of influence Boxer Rebellion extraterritoriality 100 Days of Reform Taiping Rebellion Ci Xi 17. I trace the decline of the Qing Dynasty from their defeat in the Opium War to the European response to the Boxer Rebellion. 18. I can analyze the reasons for Chinese weakness, and identify those who exploited this weakness. 15-2: Revolution in China Sun Yat-Sen Revolution of 1911 Nationalist Party Guomindang 19. I can identify what finalized the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. 20. I can describe the changes China's government went through following the Revolution of 1911. 21. I can explain why China was unable to successfully transition to a working government following the collapse of the Qing. 15-3: Rise of Modern Japan Tokugawa Matthew Perry 886469795 6/20/2017 Page 5 of 8 Treaty of Kanagawa Meiji Restoration oligarchy Russo-Japanese War 886469795 6/20/2017 Page 6 of 8 22. I can trace Japan's transition from a victim of imperialism to an aggressive imperial power, from Matthew Perry through the Russ-Japanese War. 23. I can explain the type of government established in Japan, and who they modeled their society after. Unit #6 Reading Guide: War and Revolution 1914-1919 (Chapter 16) 16-1: The Road to World War I Triple Alliance (p. 436) “powder keg” (p. 437) Nicholas II Wilhelm II/William II (p. 436) Franz Ferdinand mobilization Triple Entente (p. 436) Gavrilo Princip Schlieffen Plan Bosnian Crisis (p. 437) “blank check” 1. I can identify the long-term factors that set the stage for WWI. 2. I can explain the chain of events that led to WWI, beginning with the assassination. 3. I can evaluate who deserves blame for beginning the war. 16-2: World War I Propaganda Allied powers (allies) total war First Battle of the Marne war of attrition Woodrow Wilson Western front unrestricted submarine warfare Lusitania Trench warfare 4. I can describe the type of warfare that emerged on the Western front, and compare it to the Eastern front. 5. I can analyze the impact of technology on the military strategies of the war. 6. I can identify the factors that brought other countries into the war. 7. I can explain why this was truly a “world” war. 8. I can explain the effects of Total War on the civilian populations and the war effort. 16-3: The Russian Revolution Grigory Rasputin Bolsheviks Russian Civil War Alexandra Vladimir Lenin Red Army Duma Leon Trotsky White Army Aleksandr Kerensky Communists Cheka soviets Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 9. I can identify the causes of the March Revolution in Russia. 10. I can analyze the ways that Lenin modified Marxist theory to fit his circumstances. 11. I can identify the causes of the November Revolution in Russia. 12. I can identify who fought in the Russian Civil War and why. 13. I can identify the winner of the Russian Civil War, and analyze the reasons for their victory. 16-4: End of World War I Erich Ludendorff David Lloyd George Rhineland Second Battle of the Marne Georges Clemenceau Demilitarized zone armistice reparations Self-determination Fourteen Points League of Nations mandates Paris Peace Conference The Treaty of Versailles 14. I can explain what brought the war to a close. 15. I can analyze what the goals of the different victorious powers and how they differed. 16. I can identify the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? 17. I can identify where the principle of self-determination was followed, and where was it ignored. 18. I can analyze who was unhappy with the results of World War I and why. 886469795 6/20/2017 Page 8 of 8