Exam: Age of Exploration to Absolutism
Period 7: Wed, 12/9
Period 8: Thurs, 12/10
Castle Learning is available to you. The students who have performed the best on the exams so far have used the study guide as their primary source of studying and then castle learning to boost their multiple choice score.
Materials to Study:
Packet on Absolutism and Women of Nation States
Notes on Versailles Palace Powerpoint
Packet on English Constitutional Monarchy
Worksheet on Absolute Power of Rulers
Textbook Materials to Study:
Chapter 19, Section 1
Chapter 20, Sections 1, 4
Chapter 21, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Terms to Know:
Cartography
Columbian Exchange
Treaty of Tordesillas
Montezuma/Aztecs
Atahualpa/Incans
Columbus
Cortes
Pizzaro
Vasco da Gama
Bartolomeu Dias
Circumnavigation
Conquistadors
Mercantilism
Commercial Revolution
Joint-stock company
Capitalism
Favorable balance of trade
Colonization
Econmienda System
Small Pox
Latin Colonial Hierarchy (mestizos, peninsulares, creoles etc)
Nation-State
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Isabella
Joan of Arc
Hapsburgs
James I
Peter the Great
Peter's Reforms
Louis XIV
Absolutism
Absolute Monarchy
Divine Right
Divine Right vs. Mandate of Heaven
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Intendents
Jean Baptiste-Colbert
Versailles Palace
Edict of Nantes
Skepticism
Boyar
Westernization
Habeus Corpos
Limited Monarchy
Guy Fawkes
English Constitutional Monarchy
English Civil War
Roundheads
Cavaliers
Parliament
Oliver Cromwell
Charles I
Charles II
Petition of Right
William & Mary
Glorious Revolution
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Exam Format:
Mutltiple Choice
Short Answer
Short Answer:
What were the motives behind European exploration in the 1400's?
Why was Spain a leader in overseas exploration?
How did the Columbian Exchange impact global civilization?
What were the positive and negative consequences of the Columbian Exchange?
How did the rise of nation-states lead to the development of absolute monarchies?
To what extent is Louis XIV the perfect example of an absolute monarch?
How did Peter's attempt to westernize Russia affect Russian's opinions of Christians in western Europe?
How does a constitutional monarchy differ from an absolute monarchy?
How did Parliament try to limit the power of the English monarchy?
What political and social changes resulted from the English Civil War?
