Transcript Global 10 Mid-Term Run Down - Hudson Falls Middle School

Global 10
MID-TERM
RUN DOWN
Multiple Choice
50 Questions
Keeping Track of My Learning
Optional Test Corrections
After School Sessions:
Mondays in March
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Top 10 MCQ’s Missed
54% got this question incorrect.
11.
"Beginning with childhood, all of man's study is centered on one aim
alone to emerge successfully from the three days' examination and all
he has in his mind is what success can bring to him in terms of
power, influence, and prestige."
-Ye Shih, Chinese scholar
This quotation refers to the Chinese
1. civil service system
2. social welfare system
3. contemplation of nature
4. religious practices
1 million people wait in line to register to take the
Chinese Civil Service Exam in Beijing
Cheat Sheet for the Civil Service Exam
54% got this question incorrect.
14. One way in which the Eightfold Path and the Five
Pillars of Faith are similar is that these rules
1. represent codes of behavior.
2. restrict social mobility.
3. stress the spiritual being in all natural objects.
4. suggest a deep respect for nature and
reincarnation.
Five Pillars of Islam
 Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality
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of the prophethood of Muhammad;
Establishment of the daily prayers;
Concern for and almsgiving to the needy;
Self-purification through fasting; and
The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able.
55% got this question incorrect.
19. One conclusion that can be reached from the evidence
about Mansa Musa’s rule of Mali is that
1. Christianity was a dominant religion in Africa in ancient
times
2. complex civilizations existed in West Africa, before the
arrival of Europeans
3. trade was not necessary for a civilization to survive
4. the slave trade originated in West Africa
Mansa Musa
In Mali, the emperor
Mansa Musa was famous
for his pilgrimage to
Mecca, one of the Five
Pillars of Islam. This
pilgrimage gained Mali
closer ties with the Islamic
world, and increased
trade between Mali and
the Muslim Empire.
52% got this question incorrect.
21. One way in which the writers of the Renaissance
were influenced by the writers of ancient Greece was
that the Renaissance writers
1. stressed the power of human reason.
2. promoted the religious doctrines of the
Roman Catholic Church.
3. showed little interest in secular affairs.
4. produced few new scientific ideas.
80% got this question incorrect.
23. Under the policy of mercantilism, colonial powers
considered their colonies to be
1. independent nations that traded throughout the
world.
2. independent nations that had special
relationships with European powers.
3. possessions to benefit the imperial power.
4. possessions being prepared for independence.
MERCANTILISM
 Economic theory that a colony exists for the sole
benefit of the Imperial Power (Parent Country)
 http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes
/movement/exp.cfm
46% got this question incorrect.
31. The Glorious Revolution in England resulted in
the
1. strengthening of divine right rule
2. formation of a limited monarchy
3. weakening of Parliament’s power of the purse
4. end of civil liberties guaranteed by the Petition of
Right
52% got this question incorrect.
37. The Enlightenment philosophers believed that the
power of government is derived from
1. divine right rulers
2. the middle class
3. a strong military
4. those who are governed
Natural Rights
73% got this question incorrect.
47. What did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels believe would
be the result when communism finally emerged as the
dominant political and economic system?
1. Only two classes would exist in society.
2. All the evils of industrial society would disappear.
3. The Soviet Union would become the world's only
superpower.
4. Citizens would own their individual homes and farms.
Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto
Workers Unite!
77% got this question incorrect.
49. The best example of the success of nationalism in
Europe is the
1. development of socialism in France.
2. Industrial Revolution in Great Britain.
3. establishment of the Common Market.
4. unification of Germany
German Unification 1871
51% got this question incorrect.
50. One similarity between Otto von Bismarck and
Adolf Hitler was that each
1. formed an alliance with Japan during a world war.
2. used warfare as an instrument of national policy.
3. followed a policy of nonalignment in foreign
affairs.
4. supported communist ideals.
Otto von
Bismarck
Chancellor
of
Prussia
Realpolitik
Blood and
Iron
DBQ
Historical Context:
 Several conditions combined in the 1700s to bring about the Industrial
Revolution in Europe. The Industrial Revolution created changes and brought
forth ideas that would revolutionize not only methods of production, but also
the social, political and economic structures of the nations it affected.
Task: Using information from the documents and your knowledge of global
history and geography, write an essay in which you:
 Discuss the causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution,
including the advantages and disadvantages on the people and
nations it changed.
 Discuss some of the ideas generated by the Industrial Revolution,
and how these ideas affected society as well.
PRE-WRITING
 The Task : Break it on down
PART A. Short Answer
 Document 1
O.I.
 Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in the industry
described above? (2)
Document 2
 O.I.
Using the map,
list three
advantages this
nation had during
the Industrial
Revolution. (3)
Document
2
Document 3
 “In the short span of years between the accession of George III
and that of his son, William IV, the face of England changed.
Areas that for centuries had been cultivated as open fields, or
had lain untended as common pasture, were hedged or fenced;
hamlets grew into populous towns; and chimneystacks rose to
dwarf the ancient spires. Highroads were made – straighter,
stronger, and wider . ... The North and Irish Seas, and the
navigable reaches of the Mersey, Ouse, Trent, Severn, Thames,
Forth, and Clyde [Rivers] were joined together by threads of still
water. In the north the first iron rails were laid down for the
new locomotives, and steam packets began to ply on the
estuaries and the narrow seas.
-Ashton, T.S. The Industrial Revolution 1760-1830. London:
Oxford University Press, 1962, pp. 1-2.
List several ways the Industrial Revolution changed life, according to the
passage above. (2)
Document 4
To widen the market and to narrow the competition is always
the interest of the dealers ... The proposal of any new law or
regulation of commerce which comes from this order, ought
always to be listened to with great precaution, and ought
never to be adopted, till after having been long and carefully
examined, not only with the most scrupulous, but with the
most suspicious attention.
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book I Chapter XI.
What is Smith’s view regarding government regulation of the economy? (2)
Document 5
O.I.
-from the Sadler Commission Report, 1832
a)
b)
From the document, what were two difficulties faced by workers in 1832 ?(1)
Why do you think Parliament ordered this investigation? (2)
Document 6
O.I.
The Communists distain [dislike] to conceal their
views and aims. They openly declare that their ends
can only be obtained by the forcible overthrow of all
existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes
tremble at a communist revolution. The proletariat
has nothing to lose but its chains. They have a word
to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!
Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto, 1848
What were the aims of the communists as a response to the abuses
committed during the Industrial Revolution? (2)
Document 7
O.I.
It shall not be lawful for any owner of a mine to
employ any female person within the mine, other
than those who were employed before the passage of
this act.
It shall not be lawful for any owner of any mine to
employ any male person under the age of ten years.
-The Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1842
How did the government get involved in the economy during the Industrial
Revolution? (1)
DBQ Essay
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Several conditions combined in the 1700s to bring about the Industrial Revolution in
Europe. The Industrial Revolution created changes and brought forth ideas that would
revolutionize not only methods of production, but also the social, political and economic
structures of the nations it affected.
Historical Context:
 Task: Using information from the documents and your knowledge of global history and
geography, write an essay in which you:
 Discuss the causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution, including the advantages and
disadvantages on the people and nations it changed.
 Discuss some of the ideas generated by the Industrial Revolution, and how these ideas
affected society as well.
Be sure to include specific historical details.
You must also include additional information from your knowledge of global history and
geography.
DBQ Self Assessment
 Use the specific rubric to self grade your essay.
Thematic Essay
Theme: Political Systems
 Several empires and nations throughout global history have been ruled
by strong leaders who have followed policies of absolutism.
Task:
 Define the term absolutism and identify the characteristics of absolute
rule.
 Select a nation or empire that you have studied that was ruled
according to the principles of absolutism. Identify the characteristics of
absolutist government that existed in that nation or empire.
 Describe the major positive and/or negative effects that absolutism had
on this empire or nation.
Suggestions
 You may discuss any nation or empire that you have studied. Some
suggestions you may wish to consider are the Byzantine Empire; the
Ming Empire in China; the Ottoman Empire of Suleiman the Great;
Spain (Phillip II); Russia (Peter the Great); England (Elizabeth I);
France (Louis XIV).
PRE-WRITING
 TASK: Break it on down! AGAIN
Thematic Self Assessment
 Use the specific rubric to self grade your essay.