Mayfield City Schools



Modern World

Study Guide

First Semester

Scientific Revolution: Chapter 22 pg. 623-628

Identify the method developed during the Renaissance based on experimentation,

repetition and observation

Explain the difference between heliocentric and geocentric views of the universe

Explain why church officials were upset with discoveries of the Scientific

Revolution

Identify similarities between the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution

Enlightenment: Chapter 22 pg. 629-645

Explain why the 1700s were referred to as the Age of Enlightenment

Explain circumstances under which John Locke believed people could create a

new social contract; changing their system of government

Explain how Enlightenment ideas influenced the American and French

Revolutions

Explain Divine Right

Explain the concept of natural rights

Explain the difference between an Absolute Monarchy and a Constitutional

Monarchy

Explain how Absolute Monarchies are similar to dictatorships

Explain the main concept of a dictatorship

Explain the difference between a Presidential Democracy and a Parliamentary

Democracy

Identify the source of authority in a Democracy

Explain how citizens in Democracies typically achieve change

Explain how citizens in an Absolute Monarchy or a dictatorship achieve change

Identify features of the U.S. government influenced by the Enlightenment

French Revolution: Chapter 23 pg. 651-675

Explain the change leaders of the French Revolution called for

Identify the name used to refer to the three classes of French society

Identify the causes of the French Revolution

Identify which class in French society benefitted the most from the French

Revolution

Explain the significance of the Declaration of the Rights of Man

Identify the name of the time period during the French Revolution led by

Robespierre and characterized by frequent beheadings

Explain how Napoleon came to power in France

Industrial Revolution: Chapter 25 pg. 717-740

Identify which country led the Industrial Revolution

Identify the factors of production

Identify the first industry impacted by Industrialization

Explain collective bargaining

Explain why workers form unions

Explain a free market economy (laissez-faire)

Explain the law of supply and demand

Explain a command economy

Explain how a command economy could change to a market economy

Explain a mixed economy

Identify the last stage of socialism which includes a classless society

Imperialism: Chapter 27 and 28 pg. 773-795 and 805-813

Explain the significance of imperialism/colonization

Identify the reasons European countries imperialized/colonized other territories

Explain paternalism as it relates to imperialism

Explain the significance of the white man’s burden

Explain the view most Europeans held of Africans, Asians, and other

non-white/western people

Explain how Africa changed politically as a result of imperialism

Explain what happened to China during imperialism

World War I: The Great War: Chapter 29 pg. 841-861

Identify the causes of WWI

Identify who was assassinated which sparked WWI

Explain the significance of the Black Hand

Explain why Russia withdrew from WWI

Explain why the League of Nations was ineffective

Explain how the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the collapse of the Weimar

Republic in Germany and the rise of the Nazi party

Essay

Absolute vs. Constitutional Monarchies

• Explain how monarchs acquire power

• Explain the difference between an Absolute Monarchy and a Constitutional Monarchy

Industrialization/Imperialism

• Identify and explain how industrialization contributed to European Imperialism

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