Thursday, December 6, 2012

Thursday, January 17-Friday, January 18, 2013

Today you got a study guide for the Final Exam.  Please turn in your completed study guide for 10 points extra credit points on the day of your final exam.  Below is a copy of the study guide.  Please print out for your convenience.


  1. Who did the Hebrews believe the prophets were?
  2. During the middle ages, what was the focus of the Church's teachings?
  3. What did John Locke believe was the duty of government?
  4. Where did the Renaissance begin?
  5. Who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper?
  6. What was the central theme of John Calvin's teachings?
  7. Where did the Mughal Empire originate?
  8. In England's Glorious Revolution, what was the result?
  9. What is abolutism? What types of government encouraged absolutism?
  10. What came first, the Scientific Revolution or the Enlightenment?
  11. What movement inspired the American Revolution?
  12. Who was Hobbes' social contract between?
  13. What was the general thought about women, according to the philosophes?
  14. What was the percentage of population in the First through Third Estates, in pre Revolution France?
  15. Why did King Louis XIV call a meeting between the Estates-General?
  16. Why did the National Assembly gain and eventually love support?
  17. Who imposed and controlled the Reign of Terror?
  18. In Revolution France which sector of society embraced the Enlightenment ideals?
  19. Who led the Haitian Revolution of Hispaniola?
  20. Who is known as the Libertador?
  21. In which country did Miguel Hidalgo try to gain independence from Spain?
  22. Which president, elected by the people, declared himself emperor?
  23. What was the purpose of the realism movement? What was it a response to?
  24. Which economic system is in most direct opposition to the laissez-faire policy?
  25. In 1839, the British cities of Manchester and Liverpool were connected by what?
  26. What were Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, and Horace Mann?
  27. What was the earliest form of energy?
  28. What were Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and Adam Smith?
  29. Who were the Luddites?
  30. What did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels believe society was dominated by?
  31. What is Marx's final phase of history?
  32. Who could vote in 1832 Britain?
  33. What reforms occurred in Great Britain by 1900?
  34. Which country was led by the Third Republic for 60 years?
  35. Which was the first country to grant women the right to vote?
  36. What was Captain Alfred Dreyfus accused of in the Dreyfus Affair?
  37. Where did the largest number of Irish people emigrate during the Great Famine?
  38. Which European and African groups are closely tied to South African history?
  39. Which country successfully resisted European colonization?
  40. Which country allowed limited self-rule in its colonies?
  41. Which European country controlled the following Pacific nations? Indochina, Singapore, Indonesia?
  42. What was the main cause of inadequate food supplies in Africa during European colonization?
  43. What eventually made India valuable to Britain?
  44. What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary?
  45. Who proposed the Open Door Policy? Which country was it directed towards?
  46. What did Latin American countries spend most of the income they received from exports on?
  47. Which rebellion's slogan was “Death to the foreign devils”?
  48. In the Mexican Revolution, who Mexico trying to gain independence from?
  49. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin was a supporter of what?
  50. What was the first nation to declare war on another in World War I?

    Here is the link to the powerpoint we reviewed in class:

    Final Review

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