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| Date Scheduled | Quiz/Test | Subject Matter | Materials |
| Blue 10/7/10 Orange 10/8/10 |
Test | Middle Ages | Be able to answer the following essay questions:
1) Describe the three civilizations which developed around the Mediterranean
after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. 2) Why was it almost inevitable
that there would eventually be conflict between Christianity and the rising
religion of Islam? 3) Explain the political and economic systems of the
Early Middle Ages. 4) Explain the background causes of the Crusades? Were
the Crusades successful in their main purpose? Why or why not? 5) Explain
the causes of the Rise of Towns. 6) Explain the economic, political, and
social consequences of the Rise of Towns. Be familiar with the following: Barbarians, Goths, Angles and Saxons, Franks, Battle of Tours, Charlemagne, Vikings, feudal lord, vassal, fief, manor, lay investiture, simony, Battle of Manzikert, Gregory VII, Urban II, Alexius, Saladin, Richard the Lionhearted, town charter, serf, free peasant
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| Blue 10/27/10 Orange 10/28/10 |
Test | High Middle Ages | The following are potential essay questions:
1) How did the Rise of Towns help the development of the Western ideas of
the individual and freedom? 2) How did William the Conqueror create a strong
centralized government in England? 3) What were Henry II's legal reforms,
and how did they strengthen the power of the English monarchy? 4)
Explain how the Magna Carta pushed forward the three requirements of
democracy. 5) Explain the historical significance
of the Model Parliament of 1295. Be familiar with: William the Conqueror, Edward the Confessor, Harold of Wessex, Battle of Hastings, Salisbury Oath, Domesday Book, Henry I, Exchequer, Henry II, Grand Jury, Trial by Ordeal, Petit Jury, Thomas Becket, John I, Philip Augustus, Edward I. |
| Blue 12/6/10 Orange 12/7/10 |
Test | Age of Exploration | The following are potential essay questions: 1)
Describe the motivations and objectives of the early Portuguese and Spanish
voyages of exploration. 2) How did the Age of Exploration change the world
outside of Europe? 3) Explain inflation. Give practical examples. 4) Who
would be hurt most and least by inflation of these groups: kings, nobles,
city workers, and merchants? Explain why? 5) Explain "commercial
capitalism", and why the Age of Exploration made it necessary. 6) Explain
mercantilism. Also be familiar with the following: Henry the Navigator, Bartolomeo Diaz, Vasco DaGama, Columbus, Ferdinand and Isabella, Reconquista, Cortez, Pizarro, Treaty of Tortesilla, Columbian Exchange, Price Revolution of 16th Century, joint stock company, entrepreneur. |
| Blue 1/5/10 Orange 1/6/10 |
Test | Renaissance | The following are potential essay questions:
Explain Humanism and how it differed from the Medieval outlook. 2) In what
sense was Renaissance art a visual representation of Humanism? Explain how
the School of Athens was a prime example of this. 3) Why is Leonardo da
Vinci known as the "Renaissance Man"? 4) Explain the principal political
ideas of Niccolo Machiavelli, as shown in The Prince. Why was his book
condemned by the Church. 5) Explain the significance of Erasmus in the
context of the early 16th Century. Be familiar with the following: Petrarch, troubadours, one point perspective, sfumato, charoscurro, Raphael, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Northern Renaissance, Albrecht Duerer, Peter Bruegel. |
| Essay Question on the midterm: From the time of Henry II (1154) through the Magna Carta, and until the Model Parliament, the seeds of eventual democracy began to develop in England. Democratic government has three important requirements: 1) It limits the power of government (in the High and Late Middle Ages, the king), 2) It respects the individual rights of citizens, and 3) It allows citizens to participate in the political system. Based upon these three requirements for democracy, describe the development of these seeds of eventual democracy in England during the time period of 1154 through 1295. |
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| Orange 2/28/11 Blue 3/1/11 |
Test | The English Revolution (includes the English Reformation) | The following are potential essays: 1) Explain
the background causes of the English revolution. 2) The Levelers: Who were
they, and what did they want? Why are they historically important? What do
the the Putney Debates teach us about the development of democracy in
England? 3) How do we define Revolution? How did the English revolution of
the 17th Century fulfill the definition? 4) Explain the Glorious Revolution.
How did it and the Bill of Rights change England? 5) Considering the three
requirements for democracy which we have discussed many times, discuss how
the English Revolution propelled England towards democracy. Be familiar with: The Stuarts, James I, Charles I, Divine Right of Kings, Petition of Rights, Civil War, Cavaliers, Roundheads, Commonwealth, Oliver Cromwell, Protectorate, Restoration, Charles I, James II. |
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3/31/11 |
Test | The French Revolution. | The following are possible essay questions: 1)
Discuss the background causes of the French Revolution and explain how they
are different in quality from the causes of the English Revolution. 2)
Discuss the relationship of the French Revolution to the Enlightenment. 3)
Discuss Robespierre and his influence on the Radical Phase of the
Revolution. What were his basic ideas, as contained in the three writings,
The Republic of Virtue, On Revolutionary Government, and
Despotism in Defense of Liberty? How did these ideas influence the
Radical Phase (Reign of Terror) of the Revolution? 4) Why was the French Revolution a
cause of fear to other European governments, and why and how did it
result in a European general war?
Be familiar with the following: King Louis XVI, Jacques Necker, Estates General, Bastille, the Great Fear, National Assembly, August 4 Declaration, Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, Civil Constitution of the Clergy, Constitution of 1791, Legislative Assembly, Sans cullotes, Convention, Committee For the Public Safety, Pilnitz Declaration, Reign of Terror, the Directory. |
| Blue 5/3/11 Orange 5/4/11 |
Test | Napoleon and 19th Century. | The following are potential essay questions: 1)
What were the goals of the Congress of Vienna, and how did the specific
actions of the Congress of Vienna try to accomplish those goals? 2) Define
nationalism and tell what things can be a basis for nationalism. Why was
nationalism a threat to the "established order" in Europe after the Congress
of Vienna? 3) Explain in detail why the Industrial Revolution began in
England instead of in other European country. 4) Explain the doctrines of
Karl Marx and explain the connection between Marxism and the Enlightenment.
5) Did political developments in the late 19th Century, especially in
England, confirm or refute Marx's predictions and beliefs? Be familiar with: First Consul, Consulate for Life, French Empire, Battle of Austerlitz, Russian Campaign, Elba, One Hundred Days, Waterloo, Louis XVIII, Count Von Metternich, Liberalism, Uprisings for nationalism and nationalism, Laissez Faire, Utilitarianism, Socialism, Victorian Age , Second Republic, Second Empire, Louis Napoleon, Third Republic. |
| Orange 5/23/11 Blue 5/24/11 |
Test | Unification of Germany and World War I | The following are potential essay questions: 1)
Explain the background causes of World War I. Of the causes, which one was
most important for dragging nearly all of Europe into the war. Explain. 2)
Explain the relationship between the Industrial Revolution and World War I.
In what ways can it be said that the war was only possible because of the
Industrial Revolution? 3) Explain why we say that World War I was the first
"modern conflict". 4) How did the US become involved, and what were the
consequences of the US becoming involved, both for Europe and the US? 5)
What were the consequences of the Paris Peace Conference? How did the
actions of the Paris Peace Conference represent a sharp change from the
Congress of Vienna? 6) Explain Wilson's Fourteen Points and how the ideas
behind them represented a sharp change in direction for Europe. Be familiar with: Otto Von Bismarck, Wilhelm II, Nicholas II, the Black Hand, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, ultimatum, blank check, mobilization, Battle of the Marne, trench warfare, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, new military technology, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Verdun, submarine warfare, Lusitania, Zimmerman Note, events of 1918, armistice, Treaty of Versailles.
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| Final exam question: Discuss the impact of World War I on Europe with regards to the following areas: 1) the political shape and condition of Europe after the war, 2) social changes in European society brought about by the war, and 3) the role of World War I in the rise of the two types of 20th Century totalitarianism, Communism and Nazism. | |||