Homework
Chapt. 9 Section 1, Questions
Terms: pope, monk, missionary, Nun, Anglo-Saxon, Clovis, St. Benedict, mayor of the palace, Pepin, Charlemagne
1.What is the significance of Clovis’s conversion to Christianity?
2. Describe how monks lived and the types of work they did?
3. What was the importance of the coronation of Charlemagne as the Roman Emperor?
Chapt. 9 Section 2 Questions
Terms: feudalism, vassal, knight, fief, feudal contract, chivalry
1. Explain the idea of “vassalage”.
2. Why was land the most important gift a lord could give a vassal?
Chapt. 9 Sec. 3 Ques
Terms: common law, Magna Carta, William of Normandy, Battle of Hastings, Henry II, Thomas a’ Beckett, Mongols, Alexander Nevsky
1.What happened in 1066 AD and why do historians consider it a turning point in history?
2. Why is the Magna Carta considered one of the most important documents in the Middle Ages?
Chapt. 9 Sec. 4 Ques.
Terms: patriarch, schism, infidels, Justinian, Seljuk Turks, Saladin, Pope Urban II
1.Why was Constantinople one of medieval Europe’s greatest centers of commerce?
2. What was the purpose of the Crusades and how successful were they?
3. What factors motivated Europeans to participate in the Crusades?
Ch. 10, Sec. 4 Ques & terms
Terms: black death, anti-Semitism, Great Schism, Henry V, Ferdinand and Isabella
1. What were the economic consequences of the Black Death?
2. What were the major factors that led to the English victories at Crecy and Agincourt?
3. How did Joan of Arc contribute to the French victory in the Hundred Years War?
Chapt. 12, Sec. 1 Questions and Terms
Terms: Urban society, Secular, Mercenary, Dowry, Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli
1.Describe the characteristics of the Italian Renaissance.
2. What did Machiavelli say about a ruler’s attitude towards power?
Chapter 12, Section 2 Questions
Terms: Humanism, fresco, Michelangelo, Jan Van Eyck, Albert Durer
1. Describe education in the Renaissance.
2. How did Renaissance paintings differ from medieval paintings?
Chapt. 12 Sec. 3 Ques
Terms: Indulgence, salvation, Edict of Worms,
1. What did humanists believe?
2. Why did Martin Luther break with the Catholic Church?
Chapt. 12 Sec. 4 Ques.
Terms: Predestination, annul, John Calvin
1. What led to the Protestant Reformation in England?
2. What led to the Catholic Reformation and what were some of the effects?
Ch. 14 Sec. 1 Ques. and Terms
Terms: armada Huguenots Edict of Nantes King Philip II Ellizabeth Tudor
1. What were the causes and outcome of the French Wars of Religion?
2. Why did Spain attempt to invade and England and what was the result?
Ch. 14, Sec. 2 Ques. and Terms
Terms: inflation, divine right of kings, James I, Charles I
1.What were the causes of the Thirty Years War?
2. Why did the English civil war occur?
Ch. 14 Sec. 3 Ques. and Terms
Terms: absolutism, Cardinal Richelieu, Frederick William the Great
1.How did Louis XIV keep control of government and religion in France?
2. What were some of the changes introduced by Peter the Great into Russia?
Ch. 14 Sec. 4 Ques.
Terms: none
1.Explain the beliefs of Thomas Hobbes.
2. Explain the beliefs of John Locke.
Ch. 17, Sec. 1
Terms- Ptolemy, Nicholas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Cambridge University, Robert Boyle, Margaret Cavendish, Maria Winkelmann, Rene Descartes, Francis Bacon
Ch. 17, Sec. 2
Terms- John Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Adam Smith, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Wesley
Ch. 17, Sec. 3
Terms- Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Frederick the Great, Maria Theresa, Catherine the Great
Ch. 18, Sec. 1
Terms- Louis XVI, Tennis Court Oath, Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, Olympe de Gouges
Ch. 18, Sec. 2
Terms- Jean-Paul Marat, Committee of Public Safety, Maximillien Robespierre, Reign of Terror
Ch. 18, Sec. 3
Terms- Napoleon Bonaparte, Civil Code, Anne-Louise-Germaine de Stael, Duke of Wellington
1. What factors led to the rise of Napoleon?
2. What ideas from the French Revolution did Napoleon try to spread to parts of his empire?
3. What factors led to the fall of Napoleon?
Ch. 19, Sec. 1
Terms: capital, cottage industry, industrial capitalism
1. What factors led to the start of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain?
2. Describe working conditions in factories during the Industrial Revolution.
Ch. 19, Sec. 2
Terms: conservatism, liberalism,
1. Which nations were the “great powers’ at the Congress of Vienna and what were their goals?
2. What countries experienced revolutions in 1848?
Ch. 19, Sec. 3
Terms: Kaiser, plebiscite, abolitionism, British North American Act
1. How did the Crimean War impact Europe?
2. What events led to German unification?
Ch. 19, Sec. 4
Terms: organic evolution, natural selection, Louis Pasteur
Ch. 20, Sec. 1
1. How was the 2nd Industrial Revolution different from the 1st?
2. Explain Karl Marx’s view of history?
Ch. 20, Sec. 2
1. What caused the rapid growth of cities in the 19th century (1800s)?
Ch. 20, Sec. 3
1. Who worked to prevent democracy in Germany and what did they do?
Ch. 20, Sec. 4
1. What is Social Darwinism?
Ch. 23, Sec. 1
1. What was the effect of the nationalism that developed in the 19th century, on events of the early 20th century?
2. What events led to the start of World War I?
Terms: Conscription, Mobilization, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, Archduke Ferdinand, Schlieffen Plan
Ch. 23, Sec. 2
1. How did the war on the Eastern Front differ from that of the Western Front?
2. Why did the US enter World War I?
Terms: Propaganda, trench warfare, war of attrition, total war, planned economies,
Ch. 23, Sec. 3
1. What were the causes of the Russian Revolution?
2. Who opposed the Bolsheviks?
Terms: Grigori Rasputin, Bolsheviks, V. I. Lenin, Leon Trotsky
Ch.23. Sec. 4
1. What events led to the end of World War I?
2. What were the proposals put forth by President Wilson?
3. What were the effects of the “total war” on the home front?
Terms: Treaty of Versailles, Armistice, Reparation, Mandate