Homework

 

Chapt. 12, Sec. 1 Questions and Terms

  1. Describe the characteristics of the Italian Renaissance.
  2. What did Machiavelli say about a ruler’s attitude towards power?

Terms- Urban society, Secular, Mercenary, Dowry, Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli

 

Chapter 12, Section 2 Questions and Terms

1.         Describe education in the Renaissance.

2.         How did Renaissance paintings differ from medieval paintings?

Terms- Humanism, Fresco, Michelangelo, Jan Van Eyck, Albert Durer

 

Chapt. 12 Sec. 3 Ques and Terms

1. What did humanists believe?

2. Why did Martin Luther break with the Catholic Church?

Terms- indulgence, salvation, Edict of Worms

 

Chapt. 12 Sec. 4 Ques and Terms

1.         What led to the Protestant Reformation in England?

2.         What led to the Catholic Reformation and what were some of the effects?

Terms- Predestination, Annul, John Calvin

Honors- How does the Protestant Reformation change the history of Europe?

 

Ch. 14 Sec. 1 Ques. And Terms

  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?

Terms- Armada, Huguenots, Edict of Nantes, King Philip II, Elizabeth Tudor

Honors- Read “Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Speech” on pg. 433. What does she feel is the duty of a monarch?

  

Ch. 14, Sec. 2 Ques. and Terms

  1. What were the causes of the Thirty Years War?
  2. Why did the English civil war occur?

Terms- Inflation, divine right of kings, James I, Charles I, Cavaliers, Roundheads

Honors- How is the English Bill of Rights similar to our “Bill of Rights”?

 

Ch. 14 Sec. 3 Ques and Terms

  1. How did Louis XIV keep control of government and religion in France?
  1. What were some of the changes introduced by Peter the Great into Russia?

Terms- Absolutism, Cardinal Richelieu, Frederick William the Great

 

Ch. 14 Sec. 4 Ques. And Terms

  1. Explain the beliefs of Thomas Hobbes.
  1. Explain the beliefs of John Locke.

Terms- none

 

Ch. 17 Section 1

Terms- Ptolemy, Nicholas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Cambridge University, Robert Boyle, Margaret Cavendish, Maria Winkelmann, Rene Descartes, Francis Bacon

Honors- Why did the Catholic Church condemn the work of scientists in the 17th century?

 

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

Honors- Compare and contrast the reforms of Frederick the Great with those of Catherine the Great. In what areas did they not make needed reforms?

Ch. 18, Sec. 1

Terms- Louis XVI, Tennis Court Oath, Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, Olympe de Gouges

Honors- Study the graph on pg. 548 and use it to explain what factors led to the French Revolution.

 

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 the 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

No Ques.

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. 21, Sec. 1

1.     What were the 4 primary motivations for the “new imperialism”?

2. Describe colonial economies?

Terms: Imperialism, Protectorate. indirect rule, direct rule,

 

Ch. 21, Sec. 2

1. Why did the slave trade decline in the 1800s?

 

Ch. 21, Sec. 3

1. What were two effects of the Sepoy Mutiny?

2. How was British rule degrading to the Indians?

Terms- Mohandas Gandhi

 

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