Midyear Exam Study Guide

Honors World History II

OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER:
THE FOLLOWING IS JUST A GUIDE TO HELP YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR MIDYEAR EXAM IN HONORS
WORLD HISTORY II. IT IS NOT A LIST OF EVERY SINGLE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW OR EVERY
QUESTION THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO ANSWER. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL CONTENT THAT WAS
COVERED IN THE COURSE SO FAR. THIS INCLUDES HANDOUTS, ASSIGNED READINGS, FILM AND
INTERNET RESOURCES, CLASS ACTIVITIES AND LECTURES.

EXAM FORMAT:
● multiple choice (+/- 60)
● Open Response writing  Prompt(s) will not be provided in advance, but
you will have a choice of essay
REMINDERS
•Review all previous study guides, handouts, and notes
•Start studying in advance - Don’t expect to cram it all in the night before.
* Make a study guide – include timelines, terms, people, dates, and geography

MIDYEAR REVIEW TERMS, THEMES, AND QUESTIONS

The Industrial Revolution
• Scientific Revolution
•Agricultural Revolution
• Commercial Revolution
•“Urbanization”
•Why IR start in England?
• importance of iron/coal
• Economic Goals
•Napoleonic Wars and consequences
• Congress of Vienna
• Balance of Power
•Metternich
•Concert of Europe
•Liberal revolutions of, the 30s, 40s-causes/effects
19 Century Ideology
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• Economic Thinkers •nationalism –unifying and dividing

•Adam Smith/laissez-faire •liberalism, conservatism, radicalism
•”Wealth of Nations” •political spectrum
•Iron Law of Wages •socialism-labor movement
•Capitalism •capitalism, communism, socialism, Laissez-Faire,
•Scientific Socialism vs. Utopian Socialism utopianism, radical, reactionary,
• Karl Marx   •conservatism vs. liberalism forces of conflict and
•”class struggle” change, reform and reaction
•Bourgeoisie vs. Proletariat
Latin America
•Latin America under colonial rule (mercantilism,
French Revolution/ class and political structure)
Enlightenment/Napoleon •Liberalism and Conservatism in Latin America
•Hobbes, Locke, Voltaire, Beccaria, Rousseau, •Latin American class structure
Wollstonecraft •Bolivar, San Martin, Father Hidalgo
•Reign of Terror  •Robespierre • Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary
•3 Estate
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•Rise of caudillos
•Estates-General • Haiti
•Bourgeoisie • US intervention in Latin America: Spanish
•Reign of Terror American War, Mexican American War, Cuba,
• Louis XVI banana wars, United Fruit Company; Guatemala
•Directory • Cold War in Latin America
•Napoleon
 14. What caused the Crimean War and what
were the important outcomes of the conflict?
15. How did Italy and Germany become unified
nations?  To what extent and in what ways is
the arrival of these two nations significant to
the European balance of power?
16. What “isms” were impacting late
nineteenth-century Europe? How?
17. What were the political, economic, social,
WORLD HISTORY II HONORS MID- and military causes of imperialism?
YEAR ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 18. How can industrialism be linked to
imperialism?
1. Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in
England, and why did it spread in the
1800s?
2. Which nations became industry leaders in
the late 1800s? To what effect?
3. How did the Industrial Revolution lead to
the intellectual dialogue around the
government’s role in the economy and the
development of socialist and communist
ideology?
4. How did the IR change the social, economic
and political development of the world? Be
specific.
5. Explain the major nineteenth-century
economic thinkers and ideologies.
6. What were the political, economic and
social causes of the French Revolution?
7. What was the international impact of the
French Revolution and what is its enduring
legacy?
8. How and why did Napoleon rise to power?
How and why did his rule impact the
development of Europe after the French
Revolution? What consequences did his rule
have outside of European borders?
9. What happened in Europe after Napoleon?
10. What was the role and philosophies of 19
th

C. liberals and conservatives? Who were

they? How did the impact relationships
within and among nations?
11. What motivated Latin American nations to
seek independence in the early 1800s?
12. Why did Latin American nations struggle to
establish democracies?
13. How and why did the US interfere in Latin
American nations in the 19th and 20th C. To
what extent was the interference justified?
Was the impact of the interference positive
or negative for Latin America?