Study Guide ( Chapter 10 - 11 ) Testing Schedule

The final will be a combination of both the Midterm and 17 other questions with the definitions found below. 

- Please note that the 18th is officially our last day in December. It is a 60 percent day!

- Test will be given the 11th through the 17th due to incremental testing that will be taking place throughout the next three weeks. 

- Test will be multiple choice with some short answer responses. There will be no curve added to the test since you are receiving the study guide in such advance notice. 

1.         Realpolitik – politics based upon common logic. Used by Otto von Bismarck

2.         Kaiser –  another word for Emperor

3.         Social welfare – free housing, food stamps, free healthcare used to assist those looking to emerge to higher social statuses.

4.         Anarchist – someone who believes that governments should not exist. They like to riot and protest.

5.         Emigration – to leave one’s country for another country

6.         Emancipation -  freeing

7.         Nationalism – love for one’s country or an allegiance

8.         Serf’s – similar to slaves but were not owned. These laborers owned nothing including the clothes on their back.

9.         Secret Ballot – a vote that would allow people to remain anonymous

10.   Allocate – distribute according to a plan.

11.   Penal Colony - this is where the sick, mentally ill and petty criminals were sent to colonize new lands.

12.   Repeal – to cancel

13.   Libel – the knowing publication of false and damaging statements

14.   Zionism – a movement to rebuild the Jewish state in the ancient homeland.

15.   Coalition – alliances of various parties

16.   Provisional – a government that is temporary. It stands in place only until a formal government can be elected.

17.   Suez Canal – project to link the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean in the Mediterranean

Prussia - Otto von Bismarck

Understand the Realpolitik and how it was used by Bismarck to unite the German War Machine.

Unification of Italy

***Take a look at the explanation of how Italy became one! What did they have in common that assisted in the unification of the country?***

Otto von Bismarck (Realpolitik)

-Understand the threat to Prussia by Socialist and by the Catholic Church.

-How did Bismarck battle against the Socialist and the Catholic Church?

-Social Welfare - Name three types of Social Welfare in modern day times.

Industrial Age (Pioneers)

Carl Benz (Birth of the Automobile)

Wright Bros. ( Birth of Aviation )

 Food Corporations 

Thomas Edison 

Quiz Study Guide

Chapter 8 Study Guide/ Vocabulary 

Nationalist - also know as a patriot. ( a person that loves their country )

mulattoes- a mix between somebody of African and European ancestry.

mestizos - a mix between Indian and European Blood.

Dom Pedro - fought for independence in Brazil.

Father Miguel Hidalgo - fought for freedom of native Americans in Mexico in order to free them from slavery.

Toussaint L'Ouverture - first black leader to abolish slavery in Haiti.

Simon Bolivar - Venezuelan leader who helped free much of S. America.

radicals - extreme, especially in terms traditions

Autonomy - independence or freedom

Universal Manhood Suffrage - voting rights for all men .

Name 6 different countries from Latin America. 

-Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay

4 Latin Languages - Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese

Ideology - the study of nature and the origin of ideas

Revolt - to fight back against

Creoles - a person born in the Americas from European ancestry.

Emerge - to come into existence.

Agitator - a person who upsets the status-quo or the people of power.

Nine Week Final Study Guide - 1st

Study Guide

“Final”

!!!This is it!!! 

Attention: The test will be equal to two test grades. This can either make your grade or ruin your grade. 

Anesthetic – A medication to numb an area before surgery

Antiseptic – disinfectant such as mouthwash.

Smelt – The process of melting iron ore

Fossil Fuels – Oil, Gas, Coal

James Watt – Enhanced the Steam Engine

Consolidate – to put together

Capital – Money needed to purchase

Enterprise – Business

Entrepreneur – Business Owner

Eli Whitney – Inventor of the Cotton Gin (separates cotton from the seed)

Turnpike – A road that requires a toll to drive down it. Owned by a private owner

Urbanization – Movement of people into a City

Tenement – Project Housing

Labor Union – a collaboration between the workers of a specific occupation (teachers, construction workers)

**Populations grew in the Industrial Era because food was more plentiful due to machines that made farming more efficient.

**The Steam Engine was one of the most important inventions of the time.

**Transportation was changed by Steam Ships and Locomotives (trains)

Textiles = Clothing, cloth and sewing

Bourgeoisie – Middle Class also part of the third estate.

Statistics = Mathematical Calculations that try to organize data.

Olympe de Gouges – Fought for Women’s in France during the Enlightenment.

Nationalism – A sense of pride in one’s country

Deficit Spending – Spending when you are in the negative.

3 Estates – 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd (know who occupied each estate)

Napoleon Bonaparte – Military Leader of France after the death of the King

Monarch = King/ Queen

Guerilla Warfare – Hit and Run Tactics

Scorched Earth Policy -  Burning land so that the enemy have nothing to eat or use.

Guillotine – Cruel device used to decapitate victims sentenced to crimes.

Marie Antoinette – Was Queen of France and killed because she was connected with the King. People disliked her because she was rich and people were poor without food on the street.

Bastille – July 14 Citizens overtook a military base and it was a signal of the end of the King’s absolute authority.

Urban = City

Rural = Country

Three Branches of Government – Legislative, Judicial and Executive

Legislative – 2 Branches = House of Rep. and Senate

Stamp Act – Tax on Paper Goods

Tea Act – Tax on Tea

Popular Sovereignty – People hold the power

Treaty of Paris – Agreement between England and U.S. to stop the Revolutionary War.

Enlightened Despots – Absolute Rulers

Salons – a place for intellectuals to meet and discuss politics/ arts. Artists, Writers, Inventors, Etc.

Dennis Diderot - came up with the encyclopedia.

Thomas Hobbes – Wanted a strong government

John Locke – Wanted a weak government

Montesquieu -  wanted a separation of powers. (Leg, Exec, Judicial)

Censorship – when an artist is banned from expressing the whole idea to the public.

13 Original Colonies – Georgia, S. Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maryland, New Hampshire, Massachusetts.

7 Continents -  Antarctica, Asia, N. America, S. America, Africa, Australia, Europe

Napoleon – suffered a catastrophic defeat at the hands of the Russians. Lost 500,000 men.

Industrial Revolution ( Video )

Video sums up the subject rather well!

Chapter 7 sec 2 Worksheet

Why Britain

Bell Ringer: Name the top 5 largest industries in Mississippi? Which is number one?

Does this surprise you?

I.                              Natural Resources Abound – What were the three main natural resources that assisted Britain in trade? Does the United States have the same and if so name a few of them?

II.                           The effects of Demand on Capital – What is capital and why is it important in starting businesses?

      III.            Name three top entrepreneurs currently in the United States and what their form of      business revolves around?

IV.                        What was Great Britain’s largest industry in the 1600’s? Is that still the case? What is the largest industry there now?

V.                        What invention helped spawn the cotton business into a bustling operation?

VI.                           Before steam engines what powered factories across England? What was the benefit of the steam engine over the alternative?

VII.                        Name two transport systems that were important in establishing the movement of goods across Britain.