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WHA Final Exam Study
WHA Final Exam Study Guide for Portfolio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plato’s ideal form of government? He stated his philosophy in his work The Republic. | Plato's ideal form of government is aristocracy. |
| Rome’s first code of law | Rome's first code of law is Law of the Twelve Tables. |
| What are some major differences between the Greco-Roman and Jewish and Christian traditions? | Judaism and Christianity are monotheistic, while Greco-Roman beliefs are polytheistic. |
| How did the Classical Greeks think about the individual? It is central to Western political thought today. | The individual was dependent upon the society in which he was born for all that he could become as a person. |
| A cornerstone of our government today is based upon some political ideas that came from Montesquieu. What are they? | Montesquieu had the idea of the separations of power into branches of government. |
| Rousseau wanted society to be governed by what? | A social contract or direct democracy. |
| One of the accomplishments of the French Revolution was a document that was based upon the Declaration of Independence? What document? | Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. |
| The thinking behind the Enlightenment Era and how the people should be governed. | "Natural Rights" or life, liberty, and property. |
| What provisions were contained in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen? | Men are born free and remain free equal in rights, the aim of society is the common welfare, and the rights are equality, liberty, security, and property. |
| What reforms did Napoleon introduce to France? | Higher education, a tax code, road and sewer systems, and established Banque de France (the first French bank ever) |
| Philosophies of John Locke. | Natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution. |
| What Enlightenment philosopher published Two Treatises of Government, in which he detailed his beliefs regarding natural rights, including the right to life, liberty and property? | John Locke. |
| What was the Glorious Revolution all about? | The Glorious Revolution established parliament as the ruling power in England. |
| Why is the Magna Carta significant in the history of democratic ideas? | It was the first document to put into writing that the king and his government were not above the law. |
| What factors contributed to the rise of the Industrial Revolution in England Britain? | The new inventions, access to raw materials, trade routes and partners, social changes, and a stable government. |
| The Textile industry met its last major challenge to full mechanization with the development of what? | Improvements to the steam engine. |
| The Industrial Revolution created new jobs in what? | Railroad construction, coal mining, factory production, and farming. |
| Nationalism v. Patriotism (covers more than one question, be sure to define and compare each term) | Nationalism is the belief that your nation sits at the top of the hierarchy, while patriotism is the love of your country and culture. |
| What social change was brought about by the Industrial Revolution | brought men, women, and children to factories. Work hours were long, and rapid urbanization. |
| What was the objective of the Romantic artists? | The objective is to receive an emotional response from those who view their art. |
| How long did the Enlightenment Period last? | 1685-1815 |
| Mohandas Gandhi | Father of the Indian Independence Movement. |
| What did a growing Indian distrust of the British lead to? | The Great rebellion of the Indian Sepoys. |
| Democracy | A system of government by the whole population or all eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. |
| Enlightenment view of women | Women were considered inferior to men and their role in society was tied to them being domestic. |
| The Declaration of Independence state that government should protect natural rights that were stated in what document. | The Bill of Rights of the US Constitution protects basic freedoms of United States citizens. |
| How did the US Constitution reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers? | It reflected Enlightenment distrust of powerful central governments. It was added to protect the rights of individual citizens. |
| How did France’s revolutionaries follow the examples set by leaders of the American Revolution? What did they write? | The French Revolutionaries used the Declaration of Independence as a model. The French Declaration wrote about Enlightenment principles. |
| Napoleonic Code and the Enlightenment principles | A code that embodied Enlightenment ideologies such as religious toleration, equality of all citizens before the law, and advancements based on merit. |
| What is a direct result of the discovery that germs cause disease? | Improvement in sanitation. |
| What had the greatest impact on the improvement of working conditions in the 1800s? | Labor Unions. |
| What contributed to German’s growth as an industrial power under Bismarck? | Substantial iron and coal reserves. |
| Most to the growth of nationalism in the Balkans? | The Balkans craved more land after throwing over the Ottoman Empire, that they started wars within themselves. |
| What had great power in the Third Republic in France? | Coalitions |
| Why were the British able to conquer India’s vast territory? | Financial means, military superiority, differences in culture, and strong leaders. |
| What did Japan gain control over which aided in it becoming an imperialist power? | Japan gained control over Korea. They also gained control of southern Manchuria through Russia because of the Treaty of Portsmouth. |
| Which system of law appeared first? | Monarchy |
| Aristotle | Aristotle was one of the greatest Greek philosophers who ever lived. |
| Why did Christianity first begin to spread quickly through the Roman Empire? | Christianity began to spread quickly because it was being preached to the pagans by Paul and Peter. |
| Why did King John not want to sign the Magna Carta? | King John did not want to sign the Magna Carta because it would put limitations on his heavy taxes he used to fund his wars in France. |
| A cause of the French Revolution. | The impact of the Age of Enlightenment. |
| The most political form in classical Mediterranean world | Democracy. |
| The disease that took many lives in the fourteenth century | The Black Plague. |
| Middle Passage | The stage of the Atlantic slave trade. |
| Which Enlightenment Thinker gave us the principle of “the ends will justify the means” approach to government? | Machiavelli. |
| The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 | A doctrine that warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization. |
| Primary objective of the Declaration of Independence | To set the basic rights of the US citizens in the new nation. |
| One effect of the French Revolution | Change in land ownership. |
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