Exam Review Sheet


WC2- Modern Western Civilization II


There are two exams for this course.  The Midterm Exam deals with material from the first half of the course and the Final Exam deals with material from the second half.  Each exam will feature a 20 item Map section, a Chronology section, and 1 essay.

 

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1 - Map Section:  (20%)

You will be given 2 lists of 10 locations from the following list and asked to place them on a blank maps (link) of the Western World. 


Map items for midterm exam 

Holland                 
Ottoman Empire Paris Rome Poland
Wittenberg
 Kiev Madrid Black Sea Persian Gulf
English Channel Mediterranean Sea Ireland Red Sea
 Scotland
Vistula River North Sea
 Prague Prussia Norway
Seine River
 London Baltic Sea
 Istanbul Volga River
Red Sea
 Athens Sagres
 Venice
 Vienna
Asia Minor Austro-Hungarian Empire Piedmont-Sardinia German Empire Volga River

Map items for final exam 

Berlin           
Austria Cairo
 Bavaria Belgium
Stalingrad
 Casablanca Czechoslovakia Damascus
 Estonia
Geneva Great Britain
Hungary Ireland Moscow
Suez Canal
 Dunkirk
 Munich Normandy Finland
Polish Corridor Aqaba Rhineland Romania Berlin
St. Petersburg
Tunis Spain Suez Canal Bosnia
Monaco
 Yugoslavia Weimar Switzerland Crimea

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II - Chronology: (10%)

--Drawn from historical events and people covered in lecture.     (Review of Lecture Notes on the syllabus may be helpful.)--- 

-matching = You will be given a list of people, events, etc. to be matched to its associated Culture/Region. (Context)

-timeline  = You will be given a list of events or people to be put  in order of when they happened.   (Causation)

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III – Essay: (70%)

You will be given 1 out of the following list of essays and asked to answer it as an argumentative essay.


Exams will be completed on Canvas
-Citations are not required but documents and quotes must be clearly attributed, or credit will not be given.

-700 word maximum word count.
-Spelling and grammar will be considered.


-You must incorporate the required number of primary sources chosen from those listed/linked in the course schedule.

-Plagiarism policy applies...this must be a product of your own efforts.


-Use of any AI programs to aid with the writing of this essay is strictly prohibited and will result in an Automatic "0" for the exam grade.


-The exam will be released several days before it is due.  You may take the exam when you want but there will be a 1:30min. time limit on the exam.  (Canvas will cut your off once the time limit has been reached.)


 

Midterm Exam essay questions:
1-From Exploration to the Enlightenment: How did technological advances contributed to new intellectual movements and changing ideas about society?  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

2-What movement more profoundly transformed European society in the period 1500 to 1815: the Age of Discovery or the Scientific Revolution?  Address why the other was less transformative. Defend and explain your position.  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

3-Why was there no revolution in England in 1789, as there was in France?  Be sure to consider economic, social, and political factors in your answer.  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

4-The French and the Industrial Revolution were going on simultaneously, which one was the most radical departure from the eras that came before it?  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

Final Exam essay questions:
1-Which term most typified 19th and 20th century Europe: Nationalism, Liberalism, Revolution, or Capitalism?  Prove your assertion by addressing, in detail, all four terms in your argument. Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

2-Many historians refer to the 19th century as an “Age of Revolutions.”  Was WWI a continuation of or a break from 19th century traditions?  Explain.  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

3-How did Europe move from a revolutionary period focused on the individual liberties following the French Revolution to a period of ultra conservatism typified by fascism in the interwar period?  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic. 

4-Using three “isms” of your choice answer the following question based on events of the 19th and 20th centuries:   Why is the present world in the condition it is?  Use at least 2 primary sources to discuss the topic.