Honors World History:

Midterm Review

The Renaissance

What does the word “Renaissance” mean?

-“Rebirth”

Where did the Renaissance begin?

-Italy

Who were considered the Renaissance “greats”?

-Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael

What kinds of improvements were made during the Renaissance?

-Art, literature, and technology

How did the printing press affect Europe ?

-More people learned to read and write.

Define the following words.

Recant: To give up one’s views

Pope: The head of the Catholic Church

Jesuit: Member of the “Society of Jesus”—a Catholic missionary

Theocracy: A government based on religion (religious law)

Compare Catholic to Protestant in a T-Chart.

Catholic Protestant-Pope-Purgatory-Jesuits-Priests do not marry

-Martin Luther-Baptist-Methodist-Presbyterians-Lutherans

List the European powers with absolute monarchs by 1755.

-Austria-Prussia

-France

-Russia

-King Louis XIV

Who ruled as an absolute monarch(s) for over 70 years?

List the country each of the absolute monarchs ruled over.

King Philip II-Spain

-FranceLouis XIV

-Russia

Catherine the Great-Russia

Peter the Great

Age of Revolutions

Identify the following areas on the map below.Brazil

13 Colonies

Spain

FranceGreat Britain

Place the following time periods in history in the correct order of occurrence in history.

-Christianity-Renaissance-Age of Absolutism-American Revolution-French Revolution

Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Hayden were all known as:

-Enlightenment Composers

What idea of Montesquieu influenced the United States Constitutuion?

-the Seperation of Powers (3 branches of government)

What does the word Revolution mean?

- “radical change”

What did the third estate storm in Paris to begin the French Revolution?

-the Bastille

What was the slogan of the French Revolution?

- “liberty, equality, fraternity”

Identify the following people.

Louis XVI:-beheaded on the guillotine and was the king of France during the French Revolution

Robespierre:

-known for the “Reign of Terror”

The First Global Age

List the ruling empire or dynasty for each location during 1400-1750.

Middle East: -Ottoman Empire

India: -Mughal Empire

Africa:

-Ming

-Kingdom of Mali

China:

Define the following terms.

Sultan: -Muslim ruler

Conquistador: -Spanish word for conqueror

Diffusion: -the movement of goods, ideas, and people

-prompts cultural change

What kingdom emerged by 1250 and controlled the gold-mining regions to the south and the salt supplies of the Sahara?

-MaliWhich two countries dominated settlement in South America?

-Spain and Portugal

By 1638, what empire had barred all western merchants and forbidden their people to travel abroad?

-Tokugawa (Japan)

Define the following groups of people in the graphic summary of the social structure of the

people in Latin American ruled by Spain.

b. Creoles

c. Mulattoes

Native Americans and people of African descent

a. peninsulares

d. Mestizos

Peninsulares: members of the highest social class in Spain’s

colonies in the Americas.

Creoles: people in Spain’s American colonies who were

American-born descendants of Spanish settlers.

Age of Absolutism

What is a ruler with complete authority over the government and the lives of the people?

-an Absolute MonarchDefine the Divine Right of Kings.

-the belief that the absolute monarchs were given complete authority by God.

What did King Louis XIV build outside of Paris? -Versailles

Who was Napoleon?-The famous army officer who became the Emperor of France.

The Industrial

Revolution

Define the following terms.

Factory: -a place where workers and machines are brought together to produce goods.

Communism: -form of socialism advocated by Karl Marx. According to Marx, class struggle was inevitable and would lead to the creation of a classless society in which all wealth and property would be owned by the community as a whole.

Socialism: -System in which the people as a whole rather than private individuals own all property and operate all businesses.

Laissez-Faire: -(“Hands-off”) The belief that government should not interfere with business/private enterprise.

Utilitarianism: -The idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.

Assembly Line: -The production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks.

Corporation: -A business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock and risk only the amount of their investment.

By 1900, what countries were the world’s leading industrial nations?

-Germany and the United States

The Big Ideas: Short Answer ResponsesDirections: Choose three of the following

options to reflect on your study and understanding of World History, from the Renaissance through the Industrial Revolution. Explain what the “big idea” means and how it applies to a historical event/era that we’ve studied this semester.

What do you think? – Apply it!Big Idea 1: Conflict is inherent in the nature of human

beingsBig Idea Option 2: The earth is a global community where

the actions of one country can affect lives in other countries.

Big Idea Option 3: Perspective is Everything: whose history is it?

  Big Idea Option 4: The past drives the present and the future

Big Idea Option 5: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Big Idea Option 6: There are credible and questionable sources of information about history and contemporary events.