MID-TERM STUDY
GUIDE
HISTORY
152 - SMITH
To
be taken: March 9 – 16
The Midterm exam covers material from Unit 1 - Unit 8.
PART I. IDENTIFICATIONS: FILL IN THE BLANK
You will be asked to show your
knowledge and understanding through "fill in the blank"
questions. I will write out a description/ definition. You identify
what that term is. You will have to know these terms; there will not
be a list to choose from - (that would be matching.) There will be 20
fill-in-the-blank questions taken from the terms below. Again, I write out
the description - you will write in the term that is being described. 40
points. 2 pts each
An example:
1. First ten amendments to the
Constitution; explicitly states limits on government in terms of protecting key
liberties based on British common law and Enlightenment principles.
__________ (answer
below)
__________________________________________________________________________
TERMS
Native American Holocaust
Trans-Atlantic slave trade
Admiral Zheng He (Cheng Ho)
sakoku - "closed
country policy"
absolute monarchy
constitutional government
Glorious Revolution
Isaac Newton
philosophes
John Locke
salutary neglect
Declaration of
American Bill of Rights
separation of powers / checks
and balances
Declaration of the Rights
of Man and Citizen
Jacobins
Reign of Terror
Napoleon Bonaparte
mass production
Marxist-socialism
"effective
occupation"
Opium War
Meiji Restoration
American Civil War
Spanish-American War
Simon Bolivar
neocolonialism
(answer to example question: American Bill of Rights)
PART II.
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS: You will have the choice of 6 out of 10 questions
to answer in a short answer form. A short answer response means that it
does not need to be in the form of a formal, structured essay answer. However,
your responses should be much longer than a brief identification and address
the question completely. As a general guideline - you should expect to
write at least two to three extensive paragraphs in response to
the questions asked. The short answer questions are drawn from the
following major ideas / themes indicated below. Recognize - you have
already written up descriptions and summaries of many of these points in the form
of your weekly questions. You should review these carefully, and understand any
feedback I gave you. When I refer to "general terms" - you should
be able to describe the big picture (eg don't need to know all the specific
inventions of the Industrial Revolution and the year of their creation, but do
need to know what kinds of changes occurred due to mechanization of
production.) 10 points each - 60 points
MAIN IDEAS
1. A. Understand
the motives behind the initial period of European expansion in the 15th
- 17th centuries.
B. Be prepared to discuss the key effects of this expansion.
2. Be prepared
to briefly explain the reasons why the Ottoman Empire, the Ming Dynasty,
and Tokugawa
3. Understand the
important change in thinking/world view that took place as a result of the
Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment.
4. Be prepared to
describe (in general terms) the revolutionary changes and achievements that
resulted from the American Revolution and the French Revolution.
5. Be prepared to
explain the fundamental ideas that constitute the ideologies emerging from the
Age of Revolution: classical liberalism, socialism, nationalism.
6. A.
Understand the requirements (necessary conditions) for a society to undergo
industrialization.
B. Be prepared to describe in general terms some of the
dramatic consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
7. Understand the meaning
of New Imperialism, and be prepared to discuss the effects of this period
in the Ottoman Empire,
8. A. Be
prepared to describe the growth (economic and territorial) experienced by the
B. Be prepared to describe the difficulties faced by newly independent
Latin American societies trying to achieve stability and prosperity.