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Advanced World Civilizations Fall 2017 Study Guide

World Religions:
1. In what religion(s) is Abraham considered a prophet?

2. In what religion is Muhammad considered a prophet?

3. What are the fundamental principles of Buddhism?

4. What is the holy book of Islam?

5. What is the holy book of Judaism?

6. What is the holy book of Hinduism?

7. Who was the founder of Christianity?

8. Who was the founder of Buddhism?

Black Death/Renaissance/Reformation:

9. Describe the causes and effects of the Black Death?

10. What book did Machiavelli write and what is the basic principle embraced by this book?

11. What artist painted the ​Mona Lisa​ and the L

​ ast Supper​?

12. Who invented the Printing press and what were the consequences of the invention?

13. What does the term ​Renaissance ​mean?

14. Why did the Renaissance flourish in Northern Italy?

15. What changes occurred during the Renaissance and the Enlightenment?

16. Where did the teachings of Humanism come from?

17. What church doctrine did Martin Luther and John Calvin disagree on?

18. Describe the causes and effects of the 95 thesis.

19. Who founded the Jesuits and what was their mission?

20. What was the first protestant faith?

21. What were the effects of the Protestant Reformation across the continent of Europe?

Exploration:
22. What is the Columbian Exchange? What groups of plants, animals, and people were transported?
 23. What were the Caravel and Astrolabe and how did they help European Explorers?

24. What were the immediate effects of the European Age of Exploration?

25. What is mercantilism and how does it affect both the colonies and the mother country?

26. What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?

27. What was the Middle Passage?

28. How did exploration lead to Spain’s rise in power?

29. What food exchanged during the Columbian Exchange contributed to the greatest population increase?

30. What is the balance of trade?

31. Who sponsored the first European voyages along the African Coast?

32. What is the Triangular Trade and what products were transported on each leg of the journey?

33. What were the three G’s of exploration?

Asian Empires:
34. What religion were the Ottoman, Mughal, and Persian Empires?

35. What two cultures did the Mughal Empire bring together?

36. What geographic features caused Japan to isolate itself from Western Influences?

37. What was the code of Bushido and what European practice was it similar to?

38. What social structure did feudal Japan have?

39. Where were the “Gunpowder Empires” located and why did they have this name?

40. What factors allowed for the Ottoman Empire to be successful for so long?

Absolutism:
41. Why did Peter the Great found St. Petersburg?

42. Describe the “Glorious Revolution.”

43. What is the Petition of Right and who was forced to sign it?

44. What is the theory of divine right?

45. How did Oliver Cromwell come to power in England?

Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment:

46. What did both scientists and Enlightenment philosophers use in their work?

47. What did Bacon, Galileo, and Newton believe knowledge should be based upon?
 48. What did enlightened philosophers believe government decisions should be based on?

49. What Enlightenment concept is seen in the Declaration of Independence?

50. Who was Mary Wollstonecraft and what did she believe?

51. Whose ideas influenced the writers of the American Declaration of Independence?

52. What did Voltaire and other Deist believe about the universe?

53. Define Rousseau’s social contract?

54. What was Montesquieu’s contribution to political thought?

55. What ideas were expressed in the Enlightenment?

Important Leaders:
56. What country and type of government is associated with Charles I?

57. What country and type of government is associated with Louis XIV

58. Who is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church?

59. What country and type of government is associated with William of Orange and Mary of England?

60. What type of government is associated with Ivan IV of Russia?

French Revolution:
61. What were the causes of the French Revolution?

62. What was the French Directory and which French leader took power from them?

63. During the Reign of Terror, who was being targeted by revolutionary courts?

64. What is the order of French leaders during the French Revolution?

65. Why did the French people support Napoleon Bonaparte?

66. Why did Napoleon Bonaparte not succeed in his invasion of Russia?

Latin America Revolutions:

67. Who did Jose de San martin and Simon Bolivar lead South American Revolutions against?

68. What was wealth, social prestige, and political power based on in Latin America?

69. Who were the Mestizos?

70. Who lead the revolution in Mexico?

71. What was the goal of the Haitian Revolution?

 72. Why was the Haitian Revolution so distinctive?

73. What were the impacts of the Haitian Revolution?

Vocabulary/Important People to know (matching)

● Geocentric Theory

● Heliocentric Theory

● Telescope

● Gravity

● Scientific Method

● Mehmet II

● Korea

● Tokugawa Ieyasu

● Shah Jahan

● Ming Dynasty

● Qing Dynasty

● Babur

● Kanxi

● Zheng He

● Akbar

● Inflation

● Roundheads

● Puritans

● Glorious Revolution

● Witchcraft

● Natural Rights

● Commonwealth