Study Group

Study Group Wednesday 2/28 1-2pm in the library... near the white boards.

Midterm Study Guide

World History / Andrews

Spring 2018

Midterm Study Guide

If you can write 6-minute answers on the following questions / topics, you should do well on the midterm.

1) What does it mean to be “modern”? What major events or ideas defined or began the Modern era?

2) What was the Great Dying? Was this a genocide? Was it a cultural genocide?

3) Why did Europeans come to the Americas, and why did they have an advantage over potential competitors & over native peoples? Cite 5-6 reasons in your answer.

4) What was unique about slavery as it was practiced in North America as compared to Brazil and the Caribbean?

5) The three major regions colonized in the Americas as we compared them in class were Spanish South America, Brazil/Caribbean, and North America. Who were the colonizers in these three regions? What products or industries drove these economies? Which groups of people did the labor? What were the resulting long-term demographic changes in these different regions?

6) How did European exploitation during the colonial era pave the way for economic disparities between wealthy nations and so-called “shithole” countries?

7) What is the “problem of Eurocentrism”? Is it still a problem today?

8) What was the Renaissance? In what ways was it inspired by Classical Greek Humanism?

9) What was the significance of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. Are Enlightenment ideas still relevant today?

10) Describe the “Atlantic revolutions” as they echoed across the Atlantic starting in the Enlightenment period. Include a discussion of the various movements that found their inspiration in these revolutions.

11) What is the Catholic perspective on colonialism as described in the Living Justice handout? Is it consistent with the Hallmarks? (We will discuss on Tuesday whether you will be able to use the handout during the exam.)

Class Activity for Thursday, February 8

Thank you to those of you who attended a Foundresses Week activity. In recognition of this, we will have a "self directed" activity on Thursday, February 8. Please complete the following Close Reading Exercise using the handout titled "Living Justice." If you were not in class today (Tuesday), you will find a copy of the handout on the table next to the window of our classroom. Please come take a copy so you can complete the assignment.

You may use the classroom at the normal time to complete this self-directed assignment if you wish. However, you may also do it at any other time and place as long as it is complete before our next class session on Tuesday, February 13.

CLOSE READING EXERCISE

Close Reading is a very simple reading technique appropriate for short, dense readings You will understand the reading better if you follow this technique. You will need three different colored highlighters for this exercise.

First... Read the article and highlight its main points with one color. Write notes in the margin as desired

Second... Read the article a second time and highlight with a second color any additional words or phrases that help you understand it better. Write notes in the margin as desired.

Third... Put the article away for at least one day, then read it a third time and highlight with a third color any additional words or phrases that help you understand it better. Write notes in the margin as desired.

Do this exercise with the handout "Living Justice." In writing margin notes, see if you can make connections between the reading and the Hallmarks. Do the opinions expressed in this article reflect the Hallmarks in any way?