Fall Semester Mid-Term Study Guide

Fall Semester Mid-Term Study Guide

Review your notes and assignments.

You may want to re-read:

· Prologue Unit (pages 2-29)

· Chapter 6 Enlightenment (pages 186-211)

· Chapter 7 French Revolution & Napoleon (pages 214-241)

The following topics will be covered on the test:

Forms of Government Chart (page 6)

Aristotle

Plato

Reason

Ancient Athens’ affect of government today

Justinian’s contribution

Jewish & Christian religions common characteristics

England’s Bill of Rights

Declaration of Independence & Enlightenment ideas

Reasons for declaring independence from England

U.S. Constitution

“Unalienable Rights”

U.S. Bill of Rights

Magna Carta’s influence on the U.S. Bill of Rights

Separation of Powers

John Locke’s “natural rights”

Popular sovereignty

Representative government

Republic

Federalism

Results of Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment Era

Simon Bolivar & Enlightenment ideas

Tennis Court Oath

Bastille

Causes of French Revolution

Estates

The Committee for Public Safety

Napoleon Bonaparte

Dictatorship

Klemens von Metternich

Congress of Vienna

Concert of Europe