World History / Andrews

Spring 2016

Midterm Review

During the exam, you will write 10-minute answers to five questions. You will do well on the Midterm if you can:

1)   … distinguish between European colonialism in the Americas as experienced in the Spanish highlands, Brazil/Caribbean, and North America, with an emphasis on the long term demographic changes that took place.

2)   … compare and contrast the experience of slavery in the Caribbean and North America.

3)   … explain the significance of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment.

4)   … explain the significance of the French Revolution of 1789 and in what sense it was related to the North American and Haitian revolutions.

5)   … explain what Strayer means by “echoes of Atlantic revolutions,” give examples of these, and apply this concept to a contemporary cultural artifact such as the song “Same Love” http://genius.com/Macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-same-love-lyrics .

6)   … discuss the Industrial Revolution – where it began, what it was, and what were its social, economic, and environmental effects.

7)   … describe some of the abuses of industrial production and the major political responses to these abuses.

8)   … explain what an Annotated Bibliography is and how it can help you write a better research paper.

9)   … compare the early lives and education of our Foundresses, Julie Billiart and Francoise Blin de Bourdon.

10)                  … describe the development of new social classes as a result of the Industrial Revolution.

11)                  … discuss Condorcet’s vision of “progress” as he describes it in the passage excerpted on pages 756-57 of your textbook.