Monday, December 13, 2010

Chapter 18 Power-point

Chapter 18 Review Guide


Geography:
Territory added
            -First in the East to keep out Mongolians
            -Then West for Warm water ports
The partitioning of Poland…who were the participants?
Poland disappears off the map (will come back after WWI)

Social:
Who were the Cossacks?
Who are the Boyars?

Political:
Why is the Duchy of Moscow important?

Accomplishments of…
-Ivan III
-Peter the Great
-Catherine the Great

Czar=Caesar
Russian rulers claimed they were continuing the Byzantium traditions

Accomplishments/negatives done by Ivan IV

Name of the New Russian ruling family

Intellectual/Technology:
How did the "Ivans" try to connect with the west?
Feudalism stalls technological improvements
Catherine the Great flirts with Enlightenment ideas but does not free the serfs

Economy:
Stuck in feudalism- Driven by feudalism and almost purely agricultural
Substantial merchant class fails to develop
No merchant class= More government control of economy


Sunday, December 12, 2010

Week of December 13th......


This week we will be covering the rise of Czarist Russia after the abatement of the Mongolians.  We will take some time on Monday and Tuesday to go over the Merchant DBQ and the Chapter 16+17 Test from last week.  I will be distributing a final exam study guide in class toward the end of the week for anyone interested in getting an early start on exam review.  Most important, our test that was scheduled for Wednesday of this week has been moved to Thursday.  A copy of the study guide is attached below.  


AP WORLD HISTORY - Chapter 18 Study Guide

            1.            Early Russian czars often referred to Russia as the “__________________” after Byzantium and Rome itself.

            2.            What are the three lessons that may be taken that are important for Russian and World History alike?
                        A.
                        B.
                        C.

            3.            What political center served as the focal point for the Russian liberation of the Mongols?

            4.            Identify Ivan III or Ivan the Great.

            5.            What happened to literacy rates in Russia under Mongol rule?

            6.            What happened to the Russian economy under Mongol rule?

            7.            Ivan the Great claimed an earlier tradition of _________________ rule.

            8.            The idea of Russia as a third __________ explained why Ivan called himself _______, or ______________, the “autocrat of all the Russia” ?

            9.            What title did Ivan the Great take?

            10.            What policy did Ivan the Terrible continue?

            11.            How did Ivan the Terrible earn his nickname?

            12.            Why did the territorial expansion plan focus mainly on Asia?

            13.            Why was Russia an easy area to invade?

            14.            Define Cossacks.

            15.            What happened to independent central Asia as a result of Russia's early expansion?

            16.            How did this expansion make Russia more like the Mughals or Ottomans?

            17.            What was the tsarist policy with western Europe?

            18.            How were Italian artists and architects used by the Russians?

            19.            Ivan IV died without an _____________________.

            20.            Identify the Romanov dynasty.



            21.            What were some accomplishments of the first Romanov, Michael?
                        a)
                        b)
                        c)
                        d)           

            22.            How did Alexis Romanov increase the tsar's authority?

            23.            Who were the Old Believers and what happened to them under the rule of Alexis?

            24.            By the end of the 17th Century, Russia had become one of the great ____________________ ____________________, but it remained unusually _______________________ by the standards of the ______________________ and the great ______________________ civilizations.

            25.            What were Peter the Great's feelings about Westernization?

            26.            What were Peter the Great's feelings about parliament?

            27.            How did Peter the Great imitate the West?

            28.            Why was a secret police created?

            29.            Access to what sea was obtained as a result of victory over Sweden?

            30.            Why was access to this sea so important?

            31.            Where did Peter the Great move the capital city?

            32.            How did Peter's reforms influence political change?
                        a)
                        b)
                        c)
                        d)
                        e)

            33.            What did Peter's economic efforts focus on?

            34.            How was the westernization effort selective?
                        a)
                        b)
                        c)
                        d)

            35.            What were some hostile responses to Westernization in Russia?
                        a)
                        b)



            36.            Following the death of Peter the Great, who was the next powerful ruler of Russia?

            37.            What was Catherine the Great's attitude toward Westernization?

            38.            How did Catherine react to the French Revolution?

            39.            Identify Radishev.

            40.            What were some areas colonized or claimed by Russia under the rule of Catherine?
                        a)
                        b)
                        c)
                        d)

            41.            In Europe, Catherine joined Prussia and Austria to partition ____________________ and end its independence.

            42.            Why was the Russian nobility able to maintain a vital position in Russian society?

            43.            When did Russian serfdom become hereditary?

            44.            What percent of the population remained rural in the eighteenth century?

            45.            Although it was clear the Russian economy had advanced, what were some important limitations?
                        a)
                        b)

            46.            By the end of the eighteenth century, what were Russian reformers urging for?

            47.            Who was Pugachev and what did he lead?

            48.            Today, Russia spans __________ time zones, and much of this territory had been acquired by the late __________ century.

           

Monday, December 6, 2010

Review for Chapter 16+17 Test this Friday....


Geography
What areas (exploration and trade are claimed by which countries)
Areas new to the global trade network
Purpose of early explorations=Discover passage to India

Social
The West (Europe) becomes center of world culture
How do New World crops impact Europe?
What did the new European family look like?
What is the Proletariat?

Political
Results of Seven Years War and 30 Years Wars
                  -Warfare in Europe on the rise
Model of an absolute monarch=Louis XIV
Parliamentary Government in Europe=British
Enlightenment movement=looking after common people

Religious
Philippines- Only Asian colony to accept Christianity
Martin Luther’s Challenge to Catholic Church
                  -Why did both rich and poor support Luther?
Jean Calvin and Predestination
Deism
Edict of Nantes

Intellectual/Technology
Renaissance
Prince Henry the Navigator- Promoted exploration for Portugal
Vasco da Gama- First European to reach India by Sea
Chris Columbus- new world discovery
Gutenberg-printing press
Magellan-circumnavigate globe
Copernicus-helio-centric universe

Economic
Mercantilism
Regional economies move to global
Core economic zones located in Europe
Private exploration=British and Dutch
                  -British and Dutch East India Companies
Gov’t exploration=Spain and Portugal
Colombian Exchange-who got what?
Too much gold for Spain a bad thing?

Chapter 16+17 Notes

Chapter 17 Study Guide


AP WORLD HISTORY - Chapter 17 Study Guide

            1.            Identify or define the following:
                        a)            Niccolo Machiavelli
                        b)            humanism

            2.            When and why did Italy begin to decline as a Renaissance center?

            3.            What was the Northern Renaissance?

            4.            What were some primary differences between the Northern and Italian Renaissance?
                        a)
                        b)

            5.            Identify Francis I.

            6.            How did the Renaissance effect ordinary people or peasants?

            7.            What was Johannes Gutenberg responsible for?

            8.            What was the European-style family pattern?

            9.            Most people could not marry until they had access to ____________________.

            10.            Why is Martin Luther important?

            11.            What are indulgences?

            12.            What were some of Luther's beliefs?
                        a)
                        b)
                        c)
                        d)

            13.            What does the Luthern version of Protestantism urge?

            14.            Why did some ordinary people shift their allegiance to Luther?
                        a)
                        b)
                        c)           

            15.            What was the church established by Henry VIII in England?




            16.            Identify or define the following:
                        a)            Jean Calvin
                        b)            predestination
                        c)            Catholic Reformation
                        d)            Jesuits

            17.            What was the edict of Nantes?

            18.            What were some results of the Thirty Years' War?

            19.            What was the cause of the English Civil War?

            20.            The religious wars led to a grudging and limited acceptance of the idea of ____________________.

            21.            What spurred greater commercialization?

            22.            New World _______________ and _______________ forced prices up and product demand surpassed availability.

            23.            Why did it make sense to take loans for new investments?

            24.            What were some examples of manufacturing specialization?
                        a)
                        b)
                        c)

            25.            One historian has estimated that by about 1600 the average Western peasant or ____________________ owned ________________ as many "things" as his or her counterpart in ____________________ Europe.

            26.            Define or identify the following:
                        a)            proletariat
                        b)            witchcraft persecution
                        c)            scientific revolution
                        d)            Copernicus
                        e)            Johannes Kepler
                        f)            Galileo
                        g)            William Harvey
                        h)            RenĂ© Descartes
                        i)            Isaac Newton

            27.            What did Deism argue?

            28.            What did John Locke believe?

            29.            How was the Western view of science different compared with that of other civilizations?

            30.            Who was King Louis XIV?

            31.            Define mercantilism.

            32.            Most absolute monarchs saw a strong ____________________ as a key political goal, and many hoped for ____________________ expansion.

            33.            Why did Britain and the Netherlands stand apart from places like France or Prussia?

            34.            What was the Glorious Revolution?

            35.            What characteristics did both absolute and parliamentary monarchies share?

            36.            The many competing nation-states kept the West politically ____________________ and often at ____________________.

            37.            Who was Frederick the Great?

            38.            What was the Enlightenment?

            39.            Who was Adam Smith and what did his economic theory advocate?

            40.            What is Denis Diderot best known for?

            41.            What were some of the basic principles of the Enlightenment?
                        a)
                        b)
                        c)

            42.            Identify Mary Wollstonecraft.

            43.            How did attitudes towards children begin to shift during the Enlightenment?
                        a)
                        b)
                        c)

            44.            How did agriculture change in the late 17th century?

            45.            What was the flying shuttle and who invented this?

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Document-Based Question is approaching.....

This Friday, we will be completing the Merchant DBQ in class.  I have passed out your authorized notecard so you may write any information (remember...only on the blank side) you need for the essay.  Some suggestions of what to include on the card....
-Generic DBQ Rubric
-Thesis Statement
-Potential Groupings (Don't forget an alternate way of grouping)
-POV's
-Additional Document(s)
-Any other clues that will help you to outline the essay.

I will be collecting the card upon completion of the essay. Make sure you have it with you when you come to class on Friday.  Good Luck!