Midterm Week of 1-23-12

Part I contains 50 multiple-choice questions. This section is worth 65% of your overall grade (Each question is worth 1.3 points).

Part II contains one thematic essay question.

This section is worth 35% of your overall grade.

1.     Absolutism

2.     Divine Right Theory

3.     Louis XIV

4.     Peter the Great

5.     Revolution

6.     Scientific Revolution

7.     Geocentric Theory

8.     Heliocentric Theory

9.     Galileo Galilei

10.  Scientific Method

11.  Natural law

12.  Enlightenment

13.  Social Contract

14.  John Locke

15.  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

16.  Enlightened Despots

17.  Old Regime

18.  Third Estate

19.  Bourgeoisie

20.  Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

21.  Estates-General

22.  National Assembly

23.  Tennis Court Oath

24.  Declaration of the Rights of Man

25.  Reign of Terror

26.  Maximilien Robespierre

27.  Napoleon Bonaparte

28.  Napoleonic Code

29.  Congress of Vienna

30.  Klemens von Metternich

31.  Peninsulares

32.  Simon Bolivar

33.  Toussaint L’Ouverture

34.  Nationalism

35.  Giuseppe Garibaldi

36.  Otto von Bismarck

37.  “Blood and Iron”

38.  Industrialization

39.  Agricultural Revolution

40.  Factors of Production

41.  Urbanization

42.  Middle Class

43.  Adam Smith

44.  Laissez-faire

45.  Capitalism

46.  Communism

47.  Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

48.  Union

49.  Imperialism

50.  Social Darwinism

51.  “White Man’s Burden”

52.  Berlin Conference

53.  Sepoy Mutiny

54.  Opium War

55.  Boxer Rebellion

56.  Meiji Restoration

Topics Covered: Absolutism, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, French Revolution, Latin American Revolutions, Italian Unification, German Unification, Industrial Revolution, Imperialism, World War I

Themes: Change, Conflict, Culture and Intellectual Life, Decision Making, Economic Systems, Environment and Society, Imperialism, Nationalism, Power, Science and Technology, Urbanization

Essay: You will have the option of writing about topics covered in both 9^th and 10^th grade thus far. The multiple choice questions will only cover 10^th grade material.

* Study notes, old tests, and review sheets