History 105 F 2002 Prof. J. Popkin
Study Guide for 1st
Mid-Term
Exam Date: Wed.,
Oct. 2
Bring blue book and pen.
Material to be covered: Everything covered in lectures, discussions and readings since
the beginning of the semester: Chapters
on European rural life, the outbreak of the French Revolution, and the
Industrial Revolution in Discovering the Western Past, and Olaudah
Equiano book; lectures on European society in 18th century, European
absolutism, European Enlightenment, French Revolution, Napoleonic Europe, First
Industrial Revolution, and Nationalism (Mon., Sept. 30).
Structure of Exam:
2/3 of grade will be based on an essay question asking you to
bring together ideas from several parts of the course so far to deal with a
major issue in European history. There
will be a choice between several essay topics; you will write on any one of
them. You should expect to spend about
35 min. of the 50-minute exam period working on the essay question. The remaining 1/3 of the grade will be based
on answers to several ID questions.
There will be a list of ID items chosen from the list on this study
guide. You will be asked to identify
the item and explain its historical significance in 2-3 sentences. Plan to spend 15 min. on the ID section
(about 3 min. per item).
Key Concepts, Events, Movements, People, etc., to know
for the exam. If you are familiar
with the following items, you should be prepared to answer both the essay and
ID sections of the exam.
- village
communities (around 1700)
- 3-field
system
- overall
trends in crop yields, 1600-1800
- agricultural
revolution
- general
mortality pattern in Europe around 1700, and reasons for it; impact of
high food prices and epidemics on mortality
- absolute
monarchy: basic features
- absolute
monarchy: justifications for the
system
- absolute
monarchy: limits on the system
- Louis
XIV
- Versailles
- Frederic
II of Prussia, “the great”
- changing
expectations of government during 18th century
- basic
ideas of the European Enlightenment:
faith in individual reason, rejection of tradition, belief in
progress
- know
what European institutions the writers of the Enlightenment were
especially critical of
- Enlightenment
attitudes toward slavery
- basic
reason for the existence of the slave system in the 18th
century
- Equiano’s
relationship to European civilization, to religion, to the ideas of the
Enlightenment, to the commercial economy of the 18th century
- How
did the coming of the French Revolution illustrate the limitations of
absolutism?
- Basic
events of the French Revolution:
summoning of Estates-General, 3rd Estate’s
transformation into the National Assembly; storming of the Bastille
- Role
of the people of Paris in the French Revolution
- ‘abolition
of feudalism’ and Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
- why
French people began to disagree about French Revolution
- revolutionary
war
- Reign
of Terror (Robespierre)
- Napoleon’s
relationship to the French Revolution
- Why
and how the French Revolution affected other countries
- Content
of the “Napoleonic Settlement”
- Napoleon’s
Concordat with the Catholic Church
- Differences
between pre-industrial and industrial workers
- Role
of women in Industrial Revolution
- The
factory system and factory discipline
- Concept
of mass production
- Changes
brought about by building of railroad system
- Why
Napoleonic era stimulated nationalism
- Growth
of nationalism in Europe after 1815