World History Final Exam!! The Real Thing!

World History Final Exam, Fall-Winter 2011 SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW!!

Ancient civilizations:
1.mesopotamia
a. Jesus
2. china
b. Hamurabi; keep order through justice
3. Rome
c. Caste system --- strict social classes; born into
4. India
d. Democracy—direct; make decisions; every citizen participate

5. Greece

6. Christianity
e. Vast empire; roads

f. Confucius; respect authority; family to govt

Name 6 important ancient civilizations.
Explain Hammurabi’s code.
Define democracy.
Explain the caste system.
What were the basic teachings of Confucius about?
Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Why was Jesus a problem for the Romans?

The Enlightenment and French Revolution
John Locke wrote about what topics? Why did these ideas become important?
What was the Enlightenment?
French revolution: When, Where, Why?
3 estates,
Fall of the Bastille.
Declaration of Rights of Man.
“Liberty, equality, fraternity!!”
Versailles
Maria Antoinette,
King Louie
guillotine
Robespierre
Reign of Terror
Napoleon—rise and fall,
Napoleonic Code.
Napoleon: was he for Equality and a liberator? Or was he a tyrant?

Industrial Revolution
Industrial revolution—1850-1900,
England and cotton
cottage industry,
assembly line:
entrepreneur:
Why was the steam engine important to the industrial revolution?
Sweatshops:
child labor:
List 5 American companies employing sweatshop labor.
Explain Imperialism by referring to this cartoon:
What three continents were subject to colonization?
Social Darwinism,
Darwin’s idea for evolution was survival of the fittest. Explain
Explain the White Man’s Burden
Guns Germs and Steel is an explanation for………….

What ideas from the Greeks, Romans, John Locke…became part of our Declaration of Independence?
What ideas from the Enlightenment became a part of the Declaration of Independence?
Explain the relationship between the Industrial Revolution and the age of Imperialism.