MODERN WORLD HISTORY SEMESTER 1 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2011-2012 Study: application of the mental faculties to the acquisition of knowledge Guide: something that provides a person with direction

! The following list represents the major topics on the final exam for Semester 1. ! Keep in mind that the list represents the topics – there is not an exact correlation between the

number of topics listed and the number of items on the exam. ! Studying the topics listed here will provide you with a very good review of the information covered

on the exam from the first semester. However, this list does not guarantee the exact extent of the knowledge that will be assessed on the exam.

! Ultimately your success on the exam lies with your level of preparation – DID YOU ADEQUATELY PREPARE YOURSELF THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER?

! The exam may be scantron – be sure to bring a few #2 pencils to class. Also bring two blue or black pens.

CHAPTER 5 – ABSOLUTE MONARCHS IN EUROPE General government structures • Theory of divine right • Theory of absolute monarchy vs. constitutional

monarchy Reign of Louis XIV • Religious conflicts of France • Actions of Richelieu & Mazarin to strengthen French

monarchy • Sun King’s court • War of Spanish Succession: Cause & Effect Thirty Years’ War • Cause & Effect of the Thirty Years’ War • Terms of the Peace of Westphalia • Contrast central European states w/western states • Conflict between Prussia & Austria English Civil War • Conflict between absolute monarchs of England & the

Parliament • Beliefs of James I • Members of the opposing sides in the English Civil

War • Role of Oliver Cromwell in English history • Results of the Glorious Revolution • Political changes in England

CHAPTER 6 – ENLIGHTENMENT & REVOLUTION Scientists • Theory of Francis Bacon • Theory of Nicolaus Copernicus • Theory of Johannes Kepler • Discoveries of Andreas Vesalius • Result of the discoveries of Galileo Galilei Philosophers • Theory of Rene Descartes • Theory of Thomas Hobbes • Theory of John Locke • Theory of Jean Jacques Rousseau • Theory of the Baron de Montesquieu • Contributions of Voltaire • Theory of Beccaria • Result of the actions of Denis Diderot • Enlightenment-era intellectual gatherings • Legacy of the Enlightenment • Reform efforts of the Enlightened Despots

CHAPTER 7 – FRENCH REVOLUTION • Class members & functions of the Estates-General • Reason the Estates General met in 1789 • Goal of the Tennis Court Oath • Source of income for each estate • Causes of the French Revolution • Causes of the financial crisis in France • Storming of the Bastille • Ways the National Assembly changed French

government • Events of the Reign of Terror • Similarities between the American & French

Revolutions • Napoleon’s efforts to expand the power of France • Napoleon’s loss in Russia • Goals of the Congress of Vienna • Guiding principles followed by the Congress of

Vienna • Results of the Congress of Vienna • Role of Metternich at the Congress of Vienna • Political Spectrum (refer to notes from class) • Similarities between the American Revolution and

French Revolution

CHAPTER 8 – NATIONALIST REVOLUTIONS

SWEEP THE WEST • Defining characteristics of nationalism • Effects of nationalism (3 types) • Leaders of the Italian unification efforts • Obstacles to unification in Italy • Methods used to overcome obstacles to unification • Leaders of the German unification efforts • Obstacles to unification in Germany • Bismarck’s methods to gain control over Schleswig • Cause of the Seven Weeks’ War • The power struggle between the Catholic Church and

the German state • Reason smaller German states opposed unification • Battles/wars waged in the unification process

CHAPTER 9 – INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION • Causes of the Agricultural Revolution • New farming techniques and tools • Results of the Agricultural Revolution • Basis of the domestic system • Causes of the Industrial Revolution • Results of the Industrial Revolution • New power sources • Location of the earliest factories • Reasons for Britain’s leadership of the Industrial

Revolution • Working conditions before & after industrialization • Birth of the textile industry • New transportation systems • Women in the industrial workforce • New class structures

ADDITIONAL ITEMS • Be able to place the major events of the semester in

correct chronological order. • Be able to match all vocab terms with a corresponding

definition – REVIEW ALL VOCAB

This list represents vocabulary from the semester that appears in some form on the final exam. This includes within a question, within the multiple choice options, or as part of a vocabulary definition section. Every effort to be accurate has been made, but that doesn’t guarantee you will know every word that appears. Honors Modern World History Semester 1 Final Exam Vocab Study Guide

CHAPTER 5

1. The Reformation 2. Inflation 3. Absolute Monarchs 4. Divine Right 5. Hueguenots 6. Henry IV 7. Edict of Nantes 8. Cardinal Richelieu 9. The Hapsburgs

10. Louis XIV 11. Cardinal Mazarin 12. Versailles 13. Balance of Power 14. War of Spanish Succession 15. Thirty Years’ War 16. Peace of Westphalia 17. modern state system 18. Maria Theresa 19. Frederick II (Frederick the Great) 20. War of the Austrian Succession 21. Seven Years’ War 22. King James I 23. Puritans 24. Charles I 25. Petition of Right 26. English Civil War 27. Royalists 28. Cavaliers 29. Roundheads 30. Oliver Cromwell 31. commonwealth 32. Charles II 33. the Restoration 34. habeas corpus 35. James II 36. William & Mary of Orange 37. Glorious Revolution 38. constitutional monarchy 39. Bill of Rights (1689) 40. Cabinet 41. prime minister

CHAPTER 6

42. geocentric theory 43. Scientific Revolution 44. Nicolaus Copernicus 45. heliocentric theory 46. Johannes Kepler 47. Galileo Galilei 48. scientific method 49. Francis Bacon 50. Isaac Newton

51. Zacharias Janssen 52. Anton van Leeuwenhoek 53. Evangalista Torricelli 54. Galen 55. Andreas Vesalius 56. Edward Jenner 57. Robert Boyle 58. Enlightenment 59. Thomas Hobbes 60. social contract 61. John Locke 62. natural rights 63. philosophes 64. *5 core beliefs of the philosophes 65. Voltaire 66. Baron de Montesquieu 67. separation of powers 68. checks and balances 69. Jean Jacques Rousseau 70. Mary Wollstonecraft 71. *3 major impacts of the Enlightenment 72. secular 73. salons 74. Denis Diderot 75. baroque* 76. neoclassical* 77. classical music* 78. novel* 79. enlightened despots 80. Frederick the Great 81. Catherine the Great

CHAPTER 7

82. estates 83. First Estate 84. Second Estate 85. Third Estate 86. bourgeoisie 87. tithe 88. Louis XVI 89. Marie Antoinette 90. Estates-General 91. National Assembly 92. Tennis Court Oath 93. Bastille 94. Great Fear 95. Declaration of the Right of Man & of the Citizen 96. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity 97. Olympe de Gouges 98. Legislative Assembly 99. Radicals

100. Moderates 101. Conservatives 102. Liberals# 103. Reactionaries# 104. Emigres 105. sans-culottes

This list represents vocabulary from the semester that appears in some form on the final exam. This includes within a question, within the multiple choice options, or as part of a vocabulary definition section. Every effort to be accurate has been made, but that doesn’t guarantee you will know every word that appears. 106. September Massacres 107. National Convention 108. Jacobin Club (Jacobins) 109. Jean-Paul Marat 110. guillotine 111. Maximilien Robespierre 112. Committee of Public Safety 113. Reign of Terror (The Terror) 114. the Directory 115. Napoleon Bonaparte 116. coup d’etat 117. Napoleonic Code 118. Toussaint L’Ouverture 119. Battle of Trafalgar 120. Continental System 121. guerillas 122. Peninsular War 123. Czar Alexander I 124. scorched-earth policy 125. Battle of Waterloo 126. Congress of Vienna (COV) 127. Klemens von Metternich 128. *3 goals of Metternich @ COV 129. Holy Alliance 130. Concert of Europe

CHAPTER 8 131. nationalism 132. nation-state 133. assimilation 134. ethnic cleansing 135. Romanov dynasty 136. Russification 137. Victor Emmanuel II 138. Camillo di Cavour 139. Giuseppe Garibaldi 140. Red Shirts 141. German Confederation 142. Wilhelm I (William) 143. Junkers 144. Otto von Bismarck 145. realpolitik 146. Prussia 147. Austria 148. Schleswig & Holstein 149. annexation 150. Franco-Prussian War 151. Kaiser 152. Second Reich 153. Romanticism* 154. Mary (Wollstonecraft) Shelley* 155. Realism* 156. Charles Dickens* 157. Impressionism*

CHAPTER 9 158. Agricultural Revolution# 159. Industrial Revolution 160. textiles 161. enclosures 162. Jethro Tull/seed drill 163. crop rotation 164. three-field system 165. Robert Bakewell 166. Industrialization 167. factors of production 168. capital 169. John Kay/flying shuttle 170. James Hargreaves/spinning jenny 171. Richard Arkwright/water frame 172. factories 173. Eli Whitney/cotton gin 174. steam engine 175. James Watt 176. entrepreneur 177. Robert Fulton 178. John McAdam 179. Richard Trevithick 180. four major effects of railroads 181. urbanization 182. Luddites 183. Samuel Slater 184. Moses Brown 185. Francis Cabot Lowell 186. stock/shares 187. coporation 188. stockholders 189. the “British miracle” 190. Ruhr Valley 191. wealth gap 192. imperialism 193. laissez faire 194. Adam Smith/The Wealth of Nations 195. Jeremy Bentham 196. utilitarianism 197. Robert Owen 198. utopia 199. socialism 200. Karl Marx 201. Marxism 202. Friederich Engels 203. The Communist Manifesto 204. bourgeoisie (“haves”) 205. proletariat (“have-nots”) 206. capitalism vs. socialism (Analyzing Key

Concepts) 207. unions 208. collective bargaining 209. strike 210. Combination Acts 211. Horace Mann

FIRST SEMESTER EXAM SCHEDULE 2011-2012

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17

8:10 – 9:45 EXAM – PERIOD 6 9:50 – 10:35 CLASS – PERIOD 4

10:40 – 11:25 CLASS – PERIOD 8 11:25 – 12:25 LUNCH 12:25 – 2:00 EXAM – PERIOD 3

2:05 MAKE-UP EXAMS

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 8:10 – 9:45 EXAM – PERIOD 1 9:45 – 9:55 BREAK

9:55 – 11:30 EXAM – PERIOD 5 11:30 – 12:25 LUNCH 12:25 – 2:05 EXAM – PERIOD 2

2:10 MAKE-UP EXAMS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 8:10 – 9:45 EXAM – PERIOD 4 9:45 – 9:55 BREAK

9:55 – 11:30 EXAM – PERIOD 7 11:30 – 12:25 LUNCH 12:25 – 2:05 EXAM – PERIOD 8

2:10 MAKE-UP EXAMS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20

FRIDAY IS PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES