World Civ Exam 1 Guide

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World Civ Exam 1 Guide

• Bring Scantron 886-E and No. 2 pencil
• Part I (50 points)
• 50 Multiple choice questions
• Part II (50 points)
• 40-point essay (not short answerorganize using
  paragraphs)
• 10-point short answer (question taken from study
  guides 1-4)

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How did the Renaissance and Reformation transform
the minds of Europeans?
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• What was the cause of the Thirty Years War?
• What was the significance of the Treaty of
  Westphalia?
• What is absolutism and why was it the typical
  form of government in 17th century Europe?
• The message of Hobbes Leviathan?

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• What were the issues in the English Civil War?
• Significance of the Glorious Revolution?

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• The view of the universe before and after the
  Scientific Revolution?
• What is Enlightenment?
• Contributions of Newton, Locke, Smith,
  Montesquieu?

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• How was the American Revolution related to the
  Enlightenment?
• How was the French Revolution related to the
  Enlightenment?
• European leaders established what goals at the
  1815 Vienna Conference?

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• Why did England take the lead in the Industrial
  Revolution?
• What new classes emerged in Europe as a result of
  the Industrial Revolution?
• Cause and result of the 1848 revolutions?

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• What is socialism?
• How did Russia figure in to the transformation of
  Europe?
• What is the Second Industrial Revolution?
• What is meant by the new Imperialism?