SOL Review Packet, Part 2 - Loudoun County Public Schools



SOL Review Packet, Part 2The SOL Review Packet has three sections. First, you will identify the key people in World History (at least, according to the Virginia Department of Education) between 1750 and the present. You will give a brief description of when the person was alive (century/era), where they were from, and what they were famous for.Second, you will define and describe the significance of the major events of World History (again, according to the Virginia Department of Education) between 1750 and the present. To remind you: significance means why it was important and what resulted from it. “It was a big war” is not going to get you any points.Third, you will answer a few essential questions that help link together the content and make sure you know what you are talking plete this review packet for SOL material by the class after Spring Break (April 25-26). It will be best to complete this while reading each chapter in Unit 5 – tasks are broken out by chapter for you. Section 1 – PeopleWho?When?Where?What? (keep it short)From Unit 5NapoleonJohann Sebastian Bach1685-1750GermanyComposer of Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment time periodWolfgang Amadeus MozartVoltaireMiguel de CervantesEugene DelacroixFather Miguel HidalgoToussaint L’OuvertureSimon BolivarCount CavourGiuseppe GaribaldiOtto von BismarckJames HargreavesJames WattEli WhitneyHenry BessemerEdward JennerLouis PasteurAdam SmithKarl MarxCommodore PerryRelated to Chapter 28Archduke FerdinandWoodrow WilsonKaiser Wilhelm IIRelated to Chapter 28Tsar Nicholas IIVladimir LeninJoseph StalinRelated to Chapter 31Adolf HitlerBenito MussoliniHirohitoHideki TojoFranklin D. RooseveltHarry TrumanDwight D. EisenhowerDouglas MacArthurGeorge C. MarshallWinston ChurchillRelated to Chapter 34Mohandas GandhiJawaharlal NehruIndira GandhiJomo KenyattaNelson MandelaGolda MeirGamal Abdul NasserRelated to Chapter 35Mao Zedong Chiang Kai-shekDeng Xiaoping Ho Chi MihnRelated to Chapter 36Mikhail GorbachevMargaret ThatcherSection 2 – Events EventShort Description (Include dates)SignificanceFrom Unit 4 French RevolutionPeasants and middle class overthrow monarchy, then go radical and cut off heads, then Napoleon takes overSpreads liberalism and nationalism in Europe, leads to Congress of Vienna alliancesHaitian Revolution(other) Latin American revolutionsNapoleonic WarsCongress of ViennaFranco-Prussian WarIndustrial RevolutionBerlin ConferenceBoxer RebellionRelated to Chapter 28World War IVersailles ConferenceLeague of NationsRelated to Chapter 29Russian RevolutionRelated to Chapter 30Great DepressionRelated to Chapter 31World War IIHolocaustRelated to Chapter 32Formation of NATOMarshall PlanUnited NationsCold WarBerlin WallRelated to Chapter 34Israeli IndependenceApartheid Related to Chapter 35Chinese Civil WarKorean WarVietnam ConflictRelated to Chapter 36Fall of the Berlin WallSection 2 – Essential Quesions How did the ideas of the Enlightenment contribute to causing the French Revolution?How did the American and French Revolutions influence Latin American independence movements?How did the Monroe Doctrine impact revolutions in Latin America?What was the legacy of Napoleon?How did nationalism and democracy influence national revolutions?How did Italy and Germany become unified countries?Why did the Industrial Revolution originate in England?How did the Industrial Revolution accelerate imperialism?Why did European countries participate in imperialism and a race for colonies?What were some responses of colonized peoples to European imperialism?What was the League of Nations and why did it fail?Why did the world experience depression in the 1930s?What new technologies have created opportunities and challenges in the contemporary world?How is economic interdependence changing the world?How has terrorism impacted developed and developing nations in the contemporary world? ................
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