World History - Unit 5 Study Guide
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*Note: (TUES) Almost There Quiz, you will need to know about Absolutist Rulers, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, and all information on study guide through question #16. It is 25 multiple choice questions.
Unit 5 Test (THURS) the French, Haitian, Latin American Revolutions, and all study guide questions! It is between 40 and 50 multiple choice questions.
1. List all the Absolute rulers and what country that they ruled over.
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2. What was said to have given these monarch their absolute power and why? ______
3. Which Absolutist ruler said “L’etat cest Moi” and what does it mean? ______
4. What characterized Peter the Great’s rule and what was the policy he instituted for his people to be more like Europeans? ______
5. How did Japanese ruler Oda Nobunaga lay the groundwork for the later Tokugawa rulers? ______
6. Which absolute ruler was actually known for lowering the taxes on peasants, and created a secret service to report back to him at his palace? ______
7. Japanese society was different than European society in that the emperor in Japanese society did not actually hold any political power, he was more of a figure head. Who actually held all the power in Japanese society?______
8. What was the importance/job of the samurai in Japanese society?
9. After Christian missionaries put down traditional Japanese beliefs, Japan decides to close off their borders and will not trade with anyone anymore. This policy is known as ______
10. Make sure to reread that article about Kangxi and his policies.
11. List all science revolutionist and their contributions to science.
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12. What is the difference between the Geocentric theory and the Heliocentric theory? ______
13. List all the enlightenment thinkers and the rights and policies they believed in.
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13. What enlightenment thinkers contributed to the Declaration of Independence, the bill of rights, and the Constitution and what type of government do we have in the United States? ______
14. What were the results of the English (Glorious) Revolution for England? ______
15. What does the American Revolution cry “No taxation without representation” mean?______
16. Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their ______
17. What were the major causes of the French Revolution? ______
18. Which list of French leaders is in the correct chronological order?
a. Louis XVI→Napoleon→ Robespierre
b. Robespierre→Napoleon→Louis XVI
c. Louis XVI→Robespierre→Napoleon
19. A sudden seizure of power, as performed by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799, is known as a ______
20. Who lead the Latin American Revolutions and what were his nicknames? ______
21. What issues and “thinking” lead to the Latin American Revolution? ______
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22. Who lead the Haitian Revolution? ______
23. What was one importance of the Haitian revolution?______
24. What was so significant about the Haitian Revolution? ______
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