History 11 Midterm Examination Study Guide This document is for you to use to

History 11 Midterm Examination Study Guide
This document is for you to use to study. You are not required to hand it in. The study-guide is not worth any points itself.
The Midterm Exam will be posted here on Canvas by March 15 at 11:59pm. You will have until March 28 at 11:59pm complete and upload the exam. This will be a “take-home” open book exam (you will be expected to use the lectures and the textbooks). Please record all your answers and upload the single document (either as a .doc or .pdf file) to Canvas by the due date/time. The examination will have two sections.
You are expected to use and cite the Modules (lectures) and textbooks for the class to support your exam answers.
>>THIS IS THE LINK TO THE EXAM<>THIS IS THE LINK TO THE EXAM<< You are expected to use and cite the Modules (lectures) and textbooks for the class to support your exam answers. … You do not need to use formal citations on the exam. You can just mention in the text of your definitions and essay what source you are referencing. Section 1: (40%) This section will have you define four (4) terms out of a list of fifteen (15). Each definition will be worth ten (10) points. You will need to explain what the term means, but also how it is significant in terms of what you learned in the course (from the modules and the textbook readings). Please be sure to write in full sentences and double-space your answers. Each ID answer should consider “the 5 Ws” of the term whenever possible: Who What Where When Why (How) Possible Terms: Galileo Galilei The Reformation Dynasticism The New Capitalist Economy Humanism Nicholas Copernicus Niccolo Machiavelli Peace of Westphalia The Scientific Revolution Martin Luther Jesuits Florence The Renaissance The Medicis The Enlightenment Holy Roman Empire Leonardo da Vinci Italian City-States Michelangelo Buonarotti The Spanish Armada The Wars of Religion Protestantism Vittoria Colonna Purgatory “New Monarchs” Indulgences Pope Leo X The Counter-Reformation Life-likeness Second Agricultural Revolution Johann Gutenberg Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam Pluralism Tithes Section 2: (60%) The exam will include one (1) of the following short essay prompts. Please be sure to write in full sentences and double-space your answers. 1) After the First World War all the democracies of Europe experienced grave crises, both economic and political. What explains the disasters that befell Europe in the first half of the twentieth century? How were these crises interrelated and why did European parliamentary regimes seem so incapable of dealing effectively with them? 2) Discuss the long-term and short-term causes of the First World War. How was a political assassination transformed into a war that involved nearly every country in Europe? To what extent, and in what ways, did nationalist tensions in the Balkans between 1870 and 1914 contribute to the outbreak of the war? What aspects of Europe’s nineteenth-century history contributed to the First World War? 3) How and why did European build empires in Africa and Asia in the late 19th Century? What was different about this “New” Imperialism compared to “Old” Imperialism? How did the colonized people in Africa and Asia respond to European imperialism? Assess the extent to which the overseas empires had an impact upon European economic, cultural, and political life from 1870 to 1914. 4) To what extent was Russia’s entry into World War I a product of tsarist mismanagement? To what extent was it a result of larger international circumstances—for example, the balance of power system in Europe? Describe the political, economic and social impact that World War I had on Russia and its people, with a particular focus on the years 1916 and 1918. How were the Bolsheviks able to ride the Russian Revolution to power? TECHNICAL DETAILS FOR THE EXAM: Your entire exam should be typed, 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, one-inch margin all around. IMPORTANT: You are expected to use and cite the Modules (lectures) and textbooks for the class to support your exam answers. Your definitions for Section 1 should be a short paragraph each, approximately 5-6 sentences long. They should be long enough to define the term sufficiently and put it in context (i.e. why is it important). Your essay in Section 2 should be approximately 4-5 pages (1000 to 1250 words) double spaced in length. It should answer the question as best as you think possible. Do not rely on long quotes from your sources in your exam! Quotes should be no longer than a sentence. You should paraphrase (write in your own words) wherever you can, but you must still cite your source when you do so (please use MLA formatting for your citations). If and when you do directly quote your sources, you must introduce the quote and not leave it standing by itself. Please also include a works cited page in your exam. Late exams are graded down one notch (B to B-) for every day of lateness. PROOF READ: More than 6 spelling or grammar mistakes will be graded down one letter grade (A to A-). Essay Rubric: A Shows insight, understanding, awareness of perspectives and historical contexts; develops reflective interpretation relating specific facts and situations to bigger patterns, themes, and ideas. Clearly asserted thesis, which is amply developed and persuasively supported with appropriate reasoning and evidence. Thesis and introduction are clear, concise and addresses the assignment prompt. Each paragraph has a clear, focused purpose and coherent relation to the whole. Effective conclusion; logical and persuasive overall. Accurate evidence directly and persuasively supports the argument. Readably clear and correct. Reveals a mastery of appropriate vocabulary. B-C+ Particular ideas or events are adequately described but poorly understood; OR broad perspective is attempted without adequate foundation in specifics. Formally adequate argument, but too much summary or assertion, too little supporting analysis or evidence to be fully persuasive. Structure is evident but inconsistent. A little difficult to follow; may be jumpy, clumpy, choppy, rambling. Does not completely address the prompt elements. Uses some relevant evidence but lacks breadth, context or persuasive focus. Does not use all suggested texts for historical background information. Writing is substantially technically correct. Occasional minor errors may be present, but prose is generally at college level. Some errors in formatting. C-D Simplistic; narrow; without context, perspective or interpretive depth. Lacks a clear point and coherent reasoning. Lacks logical structure and flow; random or disjointed; makes little sense. Lacks the use of relevant evidence, reveals incomplete knowledge and contains inaccuracies. Major pattern of errors or many sloppy mistakes. Confusing and very awkward