Friday, March 24, 2006

March 24


We finished watching "The Killing Ground" today in class. Please make sure that you have read and taken notes on the key terms in Chapter 7-9 for when we come back from Spring Break. We will be starting the Interwar Years when we come back from break.


I had you do a worksheet on key terms from Chapter 9 "The Age of Bismarck" in Century of Change. I also assigned questions from Chapter 9 in the textbook that are due on Tuesday, April 4th. These are the questions that you are responsible for: Q1-3, Q11-13. Here is the study guide for your upcoming Nationalism Unit Final:

This unit final is on Wednesday, April 5th. It covers material from Chapters 1-5, Chapters 8-9.

  1. Divine Right of Kings/Absolutism
  2. Philosophers (Voltaire, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu)
  3. The Old Regime
  4. Ideologies: Liberalism, Conservatism, Nationalism
  5. Causes of the French Revolution
  6. Key Events of the French Revolution (Estates-General, Bastille, Tennis Court Oath, Reign of Terror, etc.)
  7. Key People/Key Groups in the French Revolution
  8. Napoleon's Rise to Power (how? when? why?)
  9. Napoleon (goals, results, triumphs, contributions, events, overall influence on Europe and the World)
  10. Congress of Vienna (what was it? goals? representatives? was it successful?)
  11. Congress of Vienna: reactionary/conservative, legitimacy, balance of power
  12. Age of Reaction/Metternich
  13. Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 (where? why? what did they attempt to do?)
  14. Unification of Italy (significant leaders)
  15. Unification of Germany (how? leader?)
  16. Know your European geography (make note of maps in the textbook, Napoleonic Europe, unification maps of Italy and Germany, etc.)


Here are some questions to help you review. You should try to answer these questions.
  1. For each of the following philosophers, briefly explain their philosophy. (Voltaire, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu). Pay special attention to their works, their views on the role of government, equality vs. inequality, common good vs. individual need.
  2. Quickly describe the ideologies of 19th century Europe: liberalism, socialism, nationalism, conservatism.
  3. List three fundamental causes of the French Revolution. (think of intellectual, social, political, and economic causes as well)
  4. Describe the political spectrum of the "new Republic" and list two major philosophies of each (radicals, moderates, conservatives, Girondins, Jacobins, etc.)
  5. Describe the following: Tennis Court Oath, Storming the Bastille, the Reign of Terror, the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
  6. Describe the following governments in the French Revolution: National Assembly, Legislative Assembly, National Convention, the Directory.
  7. Give three major examples of nationalism specific to the French Revolution.
  8. How did Napoleon achieve power?
  9. How did Napoleon maintain power? (three goals)
  10. What were Napoleon's major contributions and triumphs?
  11. What was the Continental System? Why did it fail?
  12. Describe the goals of the Congress of Vienna.
  13. Who were the representatives of each of the major powers at the Congress of Vienna?
  14. What does the term "balance of power" mean? Describe how this can/could be achieved.
  15. What did the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 attempt to do? What caused these various revolutions to take place?
  16. The unification of Italy and Germany are both similar yet different. List two for each.
  17. After unification in 1870, Germany declared war on France. What was the result? What land did Germany take from France and add to their possession?
  18. Describe Otto von Bismarck's domestic and foreign policy.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

for social 10-1 how many power points are there for the soverianty unit?

Kevin Gilchrist said...

I think that I have seven or eight in total, but you should only have three at this point.

Anonymous said...

for social 10
in ch.8 when it talks about paying for the war they talk about borrowing money and making future generations pay for it and then they talk about bonds...i know there is a connection between the two but i don't really see it. explain please?!

Kevin Gilchrist said...

These were government bonds. I talked about this briefly in class. I tend to use the analogy of an I.O.U. The government "borrows" money from people by selling these government bonds, in return people get a safe investment and a guaranteed interest rate and return on their investment. The government during WWI used the money that people invested in these bonds to help pay for the war. The return on the investment is "down the road" so that's what they mean by "future generations" paying for it. Nowadays Canada Savings Bonds allow you to "cash out" (get your money back) on the anniversary of the purchase of the bond (once a year) or there is a variety that is much more long-term (10 years for example). You can view it as the government in WWI borrowing money from people and then paying those same people back years down the road with some interest. Nowadays bonds are seen as a very "conservative" investment, because there is little risk on the investors' part and there is a guaranteed return on that investment, but there are investments out there that riskier but have a higher return rate. How can you tell that my wife is a financial planner? If you still don't understand, just let me know, and I'll try another approach.

Anonymous said...

i get it thanks!

Anonymous said...

billy bishop was he a calvary officer or a pilot?

Kevin Gilchrist said...

He was a pilot.

Anonymous said...

i was away on Friday before spring break... Just wondering if you did a presemtation on chapter 9?? or just the key terms??

Kevin Gilchrist said...

Are you in Social 20?

Anonymous said...

yes

Anonymous said...

sorry to be so last minute I've been working all week and I've been sick...

Anonymous said...

Also I typed up chapt. 9 vocab and have my unification charts.. do you want me to email them to you or just bring them to class with me?