Key Terms and Ideas - WH 3219 Mid-Term Exam Key Terms and Concepts Unit 1: Outcome 11 Students are expected to demonstrate an understanding of Outcomes 11 and 12 based on classroom activities and independent assignments. Specific terms and ideas for evaluations are listed below. Key terms for Outcome 11 Innovation Invention Pre History Era Ancient Era Middle Ages Modern Era Paleolithic Period (features) hominids Homo erectus Homo sapiens Neanderthal Cro-Magnon Nomadic life hunter-gatherer Neolithic Period (features) Agricultural Revolution (slash and burn farming, domestication of animals) Civilization (characteristics) Phoenicians Aqueduct Stirrup Printing press Gutenberg Smallpox Specialization Domestication Technology culture Artisan Institution
Scribe Cuneiform Bronze Age Ziggurat Feudalism Key ideas for Outcome 11 1. Discuss the significance of innovations from the Paleolithic period. 2. Explain how the Neolithic Revolution led to the rise of civilization and discuss the advantages and challenges of living in city-states. 3. Compare the human experience before and after innovations from the Ancient Era, Middle Ages, and Modern Era such as Roman aqueducts, Phoenician boats, stirrup, printing press, smallpox vaccine Key Terms and Concepts Unit 1: Outcome 12 Students are expected to demonstrate an understanding of Outcomes 11 and 12 based on classroom activities and independent assignments. Specific terms and ideas for evaluations are listed below. Key terms and people for Outcome 12 Geo-centric worldview Astronomy Scientific Revolution (features and impact) Scientific Method (significance and steps) Heliocentric theory Copernicus Brahe Kepler Galileo Bacon Descartes Newton Telescope Caravel Magnetic compass Magellan Columbus Microscope
Mercury Thermometer Dissection Vaccine The Renaissance (features and impact) Humanism Secular Pre-Reformation Europe (features) Protestant Reformation (features and impact) Indulgences (selling by the Church) Martin Luther 95 Theses Justification by Faith Excommunication Key Ideas for Outcome 12 1. Describe the worldview of Western Europeans in the mid-to-late Middle Ages. (little expectation of change, reliance on religion for answers, less diverse culture, supremacy of the Church, little formal education) 2. Explain the factors that contributed to the Scientific Revolution (Renaissance, Printing Press, Protestant Reformation, Voyages of exploration) 3. Explain the major developments of the Scientific Revolution. (discoveries in astronomy, scientific method, laws of gravity, scientific instruments, medicine and the human body) 4. Discuss how an idea from the Scientific Revolution continues to influence the human experience. 5. Explain how the worldview of Europeans changed as a result of the Scientific Revolution. Key Terms and Concepts Unit 2: Outcome 13 Explain how ideas of governance have changed over time Students are expected to demonstrate an understanding of Outcomes 13 and 14 based on classroom activities and independent assignments. Specific terms and ideas for evaluations are listed below. Key terms and people for Outcome 13 Government Ideology
Monarchy Autocracy Aristocracy Oligarchy Direct democracy Representative democracy Dictator City-state (polis) Tyrant Council of Five Hundred Acropolis Draco Solon Cleisthenes Slave Empire Republic Plebeians Patricians Tribunes Twelve Tables Consuls Senate Dictator Key Ideas for Outcome 13 1. Explain the main features basic models of governance and compare the strengths and limitations of each. (rule of one, rule of the few, rule of the many). 2. Explain how and why models of governance evolved between the Paleolithic/Neolithic (eg. Sumer) and Ancient (Classical Greece and Roman Republic) Eras. 3. Explain how the concept of citizenship developed, and how this influenced the lives of individuals and groups in early Western societies (growth of class divides, emergence of democracy, Draco, Solon, Cleisthenes) Key Terms and Concepts Unit 2: Outcome 14 Explain how the relationship between the individual and the state has changed in the Modern Era. Key terms and people for Outcome 14 feudalism
Lord Fief Vassal Knight Serf Manor Common law Magna-Carta Parliament Enlightenment Hobbes Locke Voltaire Montesquieu Rousseau Beccaria Wollstonecraft English civil war Petition of right Habeas corpus Glorious revolution Constitutional monarchy Bill of Rights (1689) Declaration of independence Thomas Jefferson Navigation act Stamp act Boston tea party Checks and balances Federal system Bill of Rights (USA - 1787) Key Ideas for Outcome 14 1. Why Feudalism emerged and what it s impact was 2. The impact of common law, the magna carta & model parliament 3. The ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers 4. Revolution: (explain how changes in viewpoints brought about political change) England America Key Terms and Concepts Unit 3: Outcome 15 Explain how economic innovations and ideas can influence the human experience. Key terms and people for Outcome 15
Economics Needs Wants Scarcity Trade Imports Exports Bartering Money Commerce Silk Road Guilds Trade Fairs Banking Letters of credit Bills of Exchange Joint-stock companies Mercantilism Colonialism Columbian Exchange Triangular Trade tariffs Commercial revolution Laissez-faire economics Adam Smith Smith s natural laws of economics (laissez-faire principles) Key Ideas for Outcome 15 1. Explain the motivation for economic innovation (scarcity, maximizing resources, needs and wants) 2. Explain how trade can influence economic activity and the human experience ( discovery of new resources, diffusion/sharing of ideas and cultures) 3. Explain how the emergence of money, commerce, and banking influenced economic activity (cause and effects of: coins, guilds, fairs, expansion of trade routes, Medici Bank) 4. Explain how the emergence of joint-stock companies influenced economic activity (shared risk led to bigger projects: transatlantic, railways, etc.) 5. Explain how mercantilism influenced the actions of European governments during the early modern era 1500s to 1700s (colonial expansion, Columbian Exchange, slave trade) 6. Explain limitations of mercantilism and rationale for, and principles of, laissez-faire economics (strict gov t control led to less profit and trade for merchants, adopted laissezfaire and Smith s natural laws of economics)