Grade 8 Social Studies Review - Midterm



Grade 8 Social Studies Review Terminology

Worldview

Elements of worldview

Critical Thinking

Medieval Society

Black Death (Plague)

Feudal System

Manors

Serfs

Knights

Monastery

Social Hierarchy

Sumptuary Laws

Guilds

Apprentices

Catholic Church

Indulgences

Tithe

Patron

Commission

Congregation

Renaissance

Crusades

Intercultural Contact

Isolation

Protestant Reformation

Silk Road

Italian City States

Humanism

Renaissance Art

Artist

Civic Humanism

Vernacular

Printing Press

Savonarola

Martin Luther

Machiavelli

Marco Polo

Protestants

Inference

Allegory

Navigation

New World

Treaty of Tordesillas

Colonization

Exploitation

Exploration

Imperialism

Indigenous People

Expansionism

Conversion to Christianity

Grade 8 Social Studies – Chapter Questions Review

Chapter 1 – Times of Change

1. What is feudalism? Why was it successful during the Middle Ages?

2. What factors influenced the breakdown of the feudal structure (hierarchy)? How?

3. How was wealth determined in feudal Europe? How did this change?

4. What role did the church play in feudal life?

Chapter 2 – The Expansion of Trade

1. What is the Silk Road? Why is it important?

2. What are the Crusades? How did they influence ideas and trade?

3. Why were the Italian City-States so successful?

4. Why did money become important, and how did it change peoples’ lives?

5. Who were the Medici? Why are they an important factor in the Renaissance?

Chapter 3 – The Humanist Approach

1. How is the Renaissance a rebirth?

2. What is humanism?

3. How did humanism influence: Art? Citizenship? Education? Religion?

Chapter 4 – The Exchange of Ideas

1. What is the scientific method? How does it relate to humanism?

2. How did humanism influence: Astronomy? Medicine? Mathematics? Leadership?

3. How did changes in thinking affect the church?

4. How did the printing press change peoples’ lives?

Chapter 5 – The Age of Exploration

1. How did humanism influence exploration?

2. What was the purpose of exploration? What is expansionism?

3. How did navigation change during the Renaissance?

4. What factors lead to exploration to new lands?

Chapter 6 – O Brave New World

1. What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?

2. What influence did European imperialist policies have on indigenous peoples? On new lands?

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You also need a basic understanding of MAPPING and GEOGRAPHY, and should have the necessary skills to create and analyze a map, especially one of Italy, Europe, or Canada.

Do you know why these people are in your textbook?

John Ball

Jacques Bonhomme

Pope

Clergy

St Francis of Assisi

Marco Polo

Crusaders

Ciompi

The Medici

Michelangelo

Aristotle/Plato

Petrarch

Cicero

Erasmus

Patrons

Christine de Pisan

Galileo

Cardinals of the Roman Inquisition

Copernicus

Ptolemy

Kepler

Vesalius

Da Vinci

Brunelleschi

Isabella D’Este

Machiavelli

Savonarola

Martin Luther

Jesuits

Francis I

Gutenberg

De Montaigne

Columbus

Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand

Prince Henry

Dias

Da Gama

Magellan

Indigenous People

Francis Drake

Queen Elizabeth I

King Henry VII

Caboto

Sepulveda

De Las Casas

Ronald Wright

Waman Puma

Canasatego

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