Ancient World, Modern World, and U.S. History Final Exam Overview

Material you are respsonsible for:

• Ancient World History:  chapters 5, 7, 10, 12, 13, and all related class material including topics covered during the final week of class (Japan, the Americas, etc.).

• Modern World History:  chapters 19 (pages 542-557--the Industrial Revolution), 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, and all related class material including topics covered druing the final week of class (the Cold War, decolonization, Globalization, etc.).

• United States History:  chapters 10, 11 (pages 347-360--the Abolitionist and Women's movements), 13, 14, 15, chapter summaries of chapters 16, 18, and 20 (Westward expansion, urbanization and Progressivism), 21, 22, 24, 25 and all related class material including topics covered during the final week of class (the Cold War; Civil Rights/Women's movement; the 21st Century, etc.).

Exam Format:

Your exam grade will be based on your response to four essay questions.  Each question will be worth 25% of your total exam grade.  You will have some choice in the questions that you answer (there will be a total of 5-6 essay questions to choose from).  You should plan to spend about 30 minutes on each question (reading it, thinking about it, brainstorming, and writing your response).

What kinds of essay questions will there be?

The essay questions will include compare/contrast questions, questions that deal with change over time, and questions that deal with historical analysis:

• A compare/contrast question would ask you to discuss the similarities and/or differences between two or more societies or aspects of a society (such as government or religion)
• A change over time question would ask you to discuss and explain how a given region, society, or aspect(s) of a society changed over a specific period of time. 
• A historical analysis question would ask you to analyze one or more historical developments, events, people, technology, etc. and demonstrate your understanding of the topic and its overall historical significance.
• There may also be questions that will require you to make use of primary document excerpts (they will be provided with the question) in order to effectively answer the question.
• In addition to these questions, there will be one mandatory cumulative question (this will be the ‘fourth’ question that you answer).  This question will require you to make use of the knowledge you have gained during the year in order to make connections and draw conclusions what you have learned from the course as a whole.

What’s an ‘effective’ answer?

An effective answer is one that:

• Is well thought out and organized.
• Incorporates substantial, relevant, accurate, and specific historical evidence as support for the response.
• Answers all parts of the question.

Points earned by each essay (up to 25) will reflect the extent that the above criteria are met.

How should I study?

While there is no “one way” to effectively study, here are some suggestions:

• Review the study guides from past tests you’ve taken this semester, all of which may still be found on this blog.  Use these guides to break down the material as well as to provide an overall structure.  Past tests themselves can also be helpful if you still have them, though all of the questions on the exam will be new.
• Use the P.E.R.S.I.A. method
• Think in terms of “comparing/contrasting” and “change over time” as you review the material.  Try to anticipate questions—make up your own and then answer them.
• Finally:  give yourself time and do not try to study everything all at once.

United States History: The New Deal and World War II Test Review

U.S. History:  The New Deal and World War II Review

Chapters 24 (to page 749)—The New Deal—and Chapter 25—World War II

Test Date:  Wednesday, May 15^th

Format:

• 15 multiple choice questions, each worth 3 points each (45 points total)
• 2 essay questions—you will choose ONE of them—and answer it, (55 points total)

The New Deal:

• The major components of the First New Deal:
• The Hundred Days
• Fireside Chats
• The major issues and how they were addressed:
• Banking failures
• Emergency Banking Act
• Agricultural overproduction
• Agricultural Adjustment Act
• Business underproduction
• The National Recovery Act
• Unemployment
• Federal Emergency Relief Administration

• The 2^nd New Deal
• The election of 1936
• The Social Security Act
• The Works Progress Administration
• The “Court Packing Scheme”
• The “Roosevelt Recession” and the end of the New Deal

World War II

• The rise of dictators in Europe and Japan and the beginning of war in Europe and Asia
• The attack on Pearl Harbor and the entrance of the U.S. into World War II
• The role of American resources and production
• Weapons and technology
• Major military events:
• The Battle of Midway, 1942
• The Invasion of Italy, 1943
• Operation Overlord, 1944
• German surrender, May, 1945
• Island Hopping, 1942-1945
• The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Japanese surrender, Sept., 1945
• The Home Front
• The Legacy of World War II

Modern World History World War II Review

Modern World History

World War II Review

This test will cover chapter 25 in your textbook and all related class material.

Test Date:  Tuesday, May 14

Format:

• 15 multiple choice questions, each worth 3 points (45 points total)
• 2 response questions, you choose 1, each worth 55 points

What you need to know:

• The major causes leading up to World War II, including
• The role of the Treaty of Versailles
• The rise of totalitarian governments in Italy, Germany, Russia, and Japan
• The characteristics of Fascism vs. Communism and the goals of Adolph Hitler
• Hitler’s acquisition of territory and the policy of appeasement
• The major events of the war, including:
• The Japanese invasion of China in 1937
• Japanese treatment of Chinese civilians
• The German invasion of Poland in 1939 and “blitzkrieg”
• The surrender of France and the Battle of Britain in 1940
• The German invasion of Russia and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in 1941
• The Battles of Stalingrad and Midway in 1942
• The U.S. invasion of Italy in 1943
• The Allied Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) in 1944
• The defeats of Germany and Japan in 1945
• The use of the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945
• Characteristics of total war during World War II
• The Home Front
• The causes and consequences of the Holocaust
• The overall impact of WWII on the world

Ancient World: The Late Middle Ages and Post-Classical China Test Review

The Late Middle Ages and Post Classical China--Chapter 13 and Chapter 10 to page 289

Test Date:  Wednesday, May 15

Format:  15 Multiple Choice questions, 3 pts each (45 pts)

2 Essay Questions (choose one), 55 pts

The Late Middle Ages:

• The causes, impact and resolution of the Great Schism, including
• The election of Pope Clement V
• The causes and significance of the “Babylonian Captivity”
• The elections of Popes Urban VI and Clement the XII after the death of Pope Gregory XI
• The significance of the Council of Constance

• The causes, spread, reaction to and impact of the Black Death in Europe

• The causes, major people, events, and outcome of the Hundred Years War, including
• The conflict between King Edward III of England and King Philip IV of France
• The comparisons of the English and French forces
• The role of the Yeoman archer and the longbow
• The battles of Crecy and Agincourt
• The significance of King Henry V
• The significance and role of Joan of Arc
• The outcome of the war and how warfare changed

Post-Classical China:

• The Han Dynasty
• Early vs. Later Han
• Significance of Han Wudi
• Causes of Han collapse
• The 3 Kingdoms:
• How China changed during this period
• The resumption of Dynastic rule

• The major aspects of the Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties, including
• Similarities/differences with previous dynasties
• Achievements and polices

·         The grand canal; policies towards expansion and relations with nomadic peoples

·         Social characteristics, including class structure and roles of women

·         Cultural and technological achievements including

o   Block printing

o   Black powder

o   Ship building

The Mongols:

• Major characteristics of nomadic life
• The life and rise of Temujin/Genghis Khan
• Mongol military organization and way of war
• The establishment and expansion of the Mongol empire, including chronology of the expansion, areas they conquered, the limits/boundaries of the empire
• Characteristics/locations of the Khanates:  The Yuan Dynasty, the Il Khanate, the Golden Horde
• The impact of the Pax Mongolica on Asia and Europe
• Reasons for Mongol Decline

Footnote Refresher

Mr. Layne’s Guide to Footnotes

Note:  There are a few formatting differences here due to Blogger.  Your document won't look exactly like this and that's ok.  Follow the directions here and you'll be fine.

Now, on to footnotes . . .

What is a footnote, and when do you use them?

A footnote is a method for citing a source in the text of a research paper.  The footnote appears as a small number in the text—usually at the end of a quotation or a sentence, like this.[1]  You should use a footnote anytime you do any of the following with a source:

·         Quote directly from it

·         Summarize it using your own words

How do I insert a footnote?

If you are using Word, then you put the cursor where you want the little number in the text to be. Then you click on “References” at the top of the screen and select “Insert Footnote.”  Word will automatically insert the appropriate number in the text, and then allow you to type the footnote itself at the bottom of the page.

What is the proper format for typing a footnote?

A footnote contains information similar to a bibliography, with some additional information (such as page numbers) as well.  Here’s and example footnote citing something from the first 2 pages of the book The Military Revolution:  Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 by Geoffrey Parker.[2]

Basically, the format is:

·         Author’s name—first, then last

·         Title

·         Place of publication, publisher, publication date, all in parenthesis

·         The page number of the citation

Do I have to type out all that information every time I cite that source?

No.  You only type out a full citation for each source once.  If I were to cite that same book again, let’s say this time something from page 20, I would just have to type this (the author’s last name and the page number).[3]  If you use more than one book by the same author, then give the author’s last name and part of the title, followed by the page numbers, in order not to confuse your readers.

What’s the format for a magazine or journal?

It looks like this.[4]  Basically, it’s the author’s name, the title of the article, the title of the magazine or journal, the volume and issue numbers, the year, and the page number(s)

What about an internet source?

Here it is.[5]  Again, you need an author (if there is one), a title, the url, the date the website was last updated (if there is one) and the date you last accessed it.

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[1] The footnote itself is at the bottom of the page, like this (that’s why it’s called a footnote).  The footnote here at the bottom of the page corresponds with the number of the footnote in the text.  Make sense?

[2] Geoffrey Parker, The Military Revolution:  Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 (Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1988), 1-2.

[3] Parker, 20.

[4] James Burke, “The New Model Army and the Problems of Siege Warfare, 1648-51” Irish Historical Studies, vol. 27, issue 105 (1990), 8.

[5] Code of Hammurabi, L.W. King, translator.  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/hamcode.html , n.d., last accessed November 26, 2012.