World History, Culture, and Geography
Fall Final Exam Review Sheet
1.
Define: (a) democracy, (b) direct democracy,
(c) indirect democracy, (d) republic, (e) patrician, (f) plebeian
2.
What is
the legacy of the monotheistic religions regarding democracy?
3.
Define
(a) Rule of Law, (b) Absolute Monarchy, and (c) British Constitution
4.
How was
the Magna Carta not a document for the common man?
5.
Identify
the main ideas on the purpose of government of Locke and Hobbes.
6.
What is
separation of powers and what philosophe developed the idea?
7.
How did
John Locke influence the Declaration of Independence?
8.
How did
Beccaria influence the American Bill of Rights?
9.
What
caused the French Revolution?
10.
What
were the legacies of the American and French Revolutions
11.
Identify: Fathers
Miguel Hidalgo, Joes Maria Morelos, Simon Bolivar
12.
What was the
underlying purposes of the Latin American independence movements?
1. Identify the cottage or domestic industry.
2. Why was Britain first to industrialize?
3. What was the significance of the Industrial
Revolution?
4. Define urbanization, Laissez Faire
5. What were working conditions like in the
factories?
6. Identify Karl Marx, Adam Smith, David Ricardo
7. According to communism what is the future of
capitalism?
8. What the communist and capitalistic beliefs on
social conditions and freedom.
Unit 5 –
Imperialism
1.
Why was
Islam accepted more readily than
Christianity in Africa?
2.
Identify
the five motives behind imperialism.
3.
Define: (a) imperialism, (b) Social Darwinism.
4.
How were
Europeans able to successfully colonize much of the world?
5.
Name the
only two African nations to keep their independence.
6.
Identify: (a) Maji Maji Rebellion, (b) Menelik
II, (c) Berlin Conference
7.
How was
Menelik able to successfully resist European domination?
1.
Name and
define the four underlying causes of World War I.
2.
Define: (a) militarism, (b) alliance system.
4.
Why were
the Balkans known as the Òpowder kegÓ of Europe?
5.
List the
nations that made up the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente. What nations
formed the Central and Allied Powers?
6.
What
event started string of events that started WWI?
7.
Describe
life in the trenches.
8.
How many
people were mobilized in WWI? Injured? Killed? Based upon these figures, what
were your chances of escaping both death and injury in WWI?
9.
According
to Trumbo, what are some reasons governments go to war?
10.
According
to Trumbo, when should the Òlittle guyÓ fight? What would drive him to give up
his life? Give examples of things he might fight and die for.
11.
In his
poem In Flanders Fields, what does John McCrae mean when he writes. ÒIf ye break faith
with us who die/We shall not sleep, though poppies grow/In Flanders fieldÓ?
12.
What
effect do you think Wilfred Owen hoped to achieve by repeating the Latin
quotation Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori at the end of his poem Dulce Et
Decorum Est?
13.
Study
the map on page 368 of your textbook. (a) In which country was almost all of
the war in the West fought? (b) What geographic disadvantage did Germany and
Austria-Hungary face in fighting the war? (c) How might this have affected
their war strategy?
14.
Identify: (a) the Schlieffen Plan, (b)
unrestricted submarine warfare, (c) Zimmerman note, (d) total war, (e)
propaganda
15.
Define: (a) trench warfare, (b) Òno manÕs
land,Ó (c) Òover the top,Ó (d) casualty.
16.
How did
American forces contribute to the end of the war?
17.
Define: (a) armistice
18.
Identify:
(a) Treaty of
Brest-Litovsk, (b) WilsonÕs 14 Points