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World History Mid-Term Study Guide
ANCIENT
1. Know the following people and why they are important?
a. Alexander the Great:
b. Cleisthenes:
c. Socrates:
d. Plato: Aristotle:
e. Solon:
2. Describe the following governments & tell what city did or did not have it.
a. Democracy:
b. Republic:
c. Aristocracy:
d. Monarchy:
3. Describe the two ancient cities of Athens & Sparta? (What did each think was of value)
4. Who did Aristotle believe should rule in government?
5. What did the Athenians mean by “Civic Virtue?”
6. Spartan males were brought up to be skilled at what?
7. Who wrote The Republic? And what was it about?
8. What did Plato think about the general population’s role in government?
9. The ancient city of Gaul is what modern day country?
ROME
10. Define:
a. Plebian:
b. Patrician:
11. What was the role of the Senate in Ancient Rome?
12. What Emperor made Christianity the official religion of Rome?
13. Why did Rome view Christianity as harmful?
14. Why were the 12 Tables important?
RELIGION
15. What is the religious text for:
a. Judaism:
b. Islam:
c. Christianity:
16. Who is the father of the 3 western religions?
17. The United Kingdom is Israel split into what two groups?
18. What is the difference between Muslims, Jews & Christians?
MAGNA CARTA/RENAISSANCE/REFORMATION
19. What 3 culture groups made up Europe after Rome?
20. Who was involved in the English Civil War? What were their names?
21. Why was the Magna Carta an important document? What King had to sign it?
22. Who won the 1st battle of the English Civil War? What happened at the end of the War?
23. What was the English Bill of Rights? During whose reign did it occur under?
24. What was the Renaissance?
25. What was the Glorious Revolution?
26. The Renaissance focused on what type of achievement?
27. What are considered “The Classics?” Why were they important?
28. What was the Reformation, and who sparked it?
29. Who is Oliver Cromwell, why is he important?
EXPLORATION & ABSOLUTISM
30. Define Absolute Monarchies:
31. Define the following concepts:
a. Mercantilism:
b. Capitalism:
c. Triangle Trade:
d. Columbian Exchange:
32. Define Constitutional Monarchies?
33. What is the concept of Divine Right?
34. Define Limited Monarchies?
35. What is Habeas Corpus?
ENLIGHTENMENT
36. What are Enlightenment ideas?
37. For the following Enlightenment Thinkers write down their main points:
a. Mary Wollstonecraft:
b. John Locke:
c. Rousseau:
d. Voltaire:
e. Hobbes:
f. Montesquieu
38. Scientific Thinkers and Ideas. Write down concepts
a. Isaac Newton:
b. Copernicus:
c. Francis Bacon:
d. Heliocentric:
e. Theory of Gravity:
f. Geocentric:
g. Scientific Method:
39. Describe the relationship between Enlightenment Ideas and Religion.
40. Name 4 causes of the Revolution
1.
2.
3.
4.
41. What advantages did the Continental (American) Army have over the British during the American
Revolution? And Vice Versa?
FRENCH REVOLUTION
42. Why were women upset and ready for Revolution?
43. Name the 3 causes of the Revolution?
1.
2.
3.
44. Name the 3 Estates and who was in each
1.
2.
3.
45. What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
46. Define:
a. Sans-culottes:
b. Jacobins:
c. Coup d’etat
d. Plebiscite:
e. Guerilla warfare:
f. Deficit spending:
g. Suffrage:
h. Reign of Terror
47. Important People: Write down their role in Revolution and how they died and when.
a. Louis XVI:
b. Marie Antoinette:
c. Maximelien Robespierre:
d. Jean-Paul Marat:
48. Important Battle: Why were these important:
a. Battle of Trafalgar:
b. Battle of Waterloo:
49. What was the Congress of Vienna and what was the Goal of it?
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION:
50. How did the enlightenment lead to the Industrial Revolution
51. What was the benefit of Enclosures?
52. What is crop rotation and what was the benefit?
53. What are the three factors of production?
54. What were some positive effects/results of the advancements in agriculture?
55. What were the immediate positive effects of the Industrial Revolution?
56. When did life expectancy change in the industrial Revolution? Earlier or Later?
57. Who is Adam Smith and what book was he associated with?
58. Define Utilitarianism:
59. Define Corporation:
60. Define Capitalism:
61. Define Dynamo:
62. Karl Marx was the champion of what idea?
63. How did Unions flex their power?
64. Define Urbanization: & Why did it happen during the 1800’s?
65. Define Laissez-Faire:
66. Define Union:
Key Terms/Definitions
Sumer Francis Bacon
Hammurabi Thomas Hobbes
Fertile Crescent Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Nile John Locke
Old Kingdom Mary Wollstonecraft
Middle Kingdom Baron de Montesquieu
New King dome suffrage
Knossos deficit
Alexander the Great coup d’etat
Cleisthenes guerrilla warfare
City-state plebiscite
Polytheistic Elba
Socraties Battle of Waterloo
Democracy Sans-culottes
Athens Maximelien Robespierre
Aristocracy Jean-Paul Marat
Sparta Textile production
monarchy entrepreneur
aqueduct spinning jenny
plebeians union
patricians urbanization
senate capitalism
republic corporation
scientific method enclosure
habeas corpus utilitarianism
heliocentric dynam
divine right
limited monarchy
Isaac Newton
Oliver Cromwell
Louis XIV
Copernicus
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