Ch. 15
1. Compare the reigns of Frederick William
of Brandenburg and Peter the Great
of
Russia. How were their policies
similar?
How were they different?
2. Define Absolutism and determine to what
extent France's government in the
17th
century can be labeled an absolute
monarchy.
3. Discuss the theory of absolutism according
to Bishop Bossuet. Be able to explain
how
Versailles exemplified these ideas.
4. What did Louis XIV hope to accomplish in
his domestic and foreign
policies? To what
extent did he succeed? Give
specific
examples of his successes
and failures.
5. What was the doctrine of mercantilism?
How did European countries practice
it?
How was it related to European
colonial
expansion?
6. Discuss the ways in which Louis XIV
controlled the three estates.
7. Discuss the reforms of Peter the Great and
how they effected Russian society.
8. Describe Prussian society beginning with
Frederick the Great elector and
the
importance of the Prussian military.
Ch. 16
1. How did 17th century science differ from
Medieval science? What was the
Ptolemaic
conception of the universe, and
what did
Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo
contribute
to the development of a new view
of the
universe?
2. What were the foundations of the Scientific
Revolution? How would you explain
the
scientific developments of the
17th century?
3. How was scientific knowledge shared and
spread in the 17th century?
4. Explain the discoveries of Copernicus,
Kepler, Newton, and Galileo.
Were these discoveries revolutionary?
5. Discuss the impact of the Scientific
Revolution on religion and politics.
Ch. 17
1. Discuss the work of several Enlightenment
philosophes, summarizing their
major
characteristics and ideas.
2. Discuss the major intellectual changes that
led to the Enlightenment.
3. What new ideas did the philosophes
contribute to politics, economics,
education,
and religion?
4. How do the art and literature of the 18th
century reflect the political and
social life
of the period?
5. How was the Enlightenment was an
outgrowth of the Scientific Revolution?
Ch. 18
1. Some historians speak of an agricultural
revolution in the 18th century.
Did one actually occur? Why or
why not?
2. What important changes occurred in
population, family, and birthrate
patterns
in the 18th century?
3. What do we mean by the phrase
"enlightened politics", and
to what extent
was politics enlightened
in the European
states in the 18th century?
4. Compare the development of absolutism
in Prussia, Austria, and Russia.
What are
the similarities and differences?
What did
the rulers achieve? How did they
fail?
5. How and why did the nobility play a
dominating role in European society
in
the 18th century?
6. What was the nature of war and diplomacy
in the 18th century? Explain
the idea of
the balance of power.
Ch. 19
1. Discuss the political, social, and economic
causes of the French Revolution.
Was one
cause more important than the others?
Why or why not?
2. What impact did the American Revolution
have on Europe?
3. Why did the French Revolution enter a
radical phase?
4. Why did the Committee of Public Safety
begin the Reign of Terror?
5. Discuss Napoleon's achievements and
policies.
Ch. 20
1. Why did the Industrial Revolution begin
in Great Britain?
2. Discuss and trace the role of the factory
in the early Industrial Revolution.
What made the factory system possible?
What impact did it have on the
lives of
workers?
3. How are changes in population growth
and the development of urbanization
related to the Industrial Revolution?
4. How did the early Industrial Revolution
the family, the role of women,
and the living
and working conditions of industrial
workers?
5. Compare and contrast the development of
industry on the European continent
with
developments in England.
Ch. 21.
1. Discuss the Congress of Vienna.
What did it try to accomplish?
How well did it succeed in achieving
its goals?
2. How was Britain able to avoid revolution
in the 1830s and 1840s?
3. Discuss the major ideas of Romanticism.
How were they related to the political,
social, and literary forces of
the time?
4. What caused the revolutions of 1848?
What did they achieve initially?
Why did the revolutionary forces
fail?
5. What were the major ideas of liberalism
and nationalism? Why were these
ideas
considered revolutionary by some?
How were these ideas similar and
different?
Ch. 22
1. Despite Marx's claim for Marxism's
scientific basis, why can Marxism
be
viewed primarily as a product of
its age?
2. Evaluate the unification of either Italy or
Germany: What roles did Cavour
and
Bismarck play? What role did war
and
diplomacy play?
3. What reasons does the author give to
convince the reader that continental
industrialization came of age between
1850
and 1871? How did continental
industrialization differ from England's?
Ch. 23
1. Explain what is meant by the Second
Industrial Revolution and discuss
its
impact on European society.
2. What do we mean by the phrase
"mass society" and how was
the growth of
this mass society related
to changes in the
urban environment?
3. Discuss the various explanations for late
19th century imperialism. Which
do you
believe is the best explanation?
Why?
4. Discuss the structure of European society
between 1870 and 1894. Why do historians
focus so much attention on the
middle class
during this period?
5. Compare and contrast middle class and
working class families. How would
you
explain the similarities and differences?
Ch. 24
1. Explain/define Naturalism in literature and
Impressionism in art. How were
they
products of or reactions to modern
mass
society?
2. Discuss the various explanations for late
19th century imperialism. Which
do you
believe is the best explanation?
Why?
Ch. 25
Ch. 26
1. What were the causes of the Great
Depression? How did the European
states
respond to the Great Depression?
2. What were Hitler's ideas and how did he
implement them once he and
the Nazis had
established a Nazi state
in Germany?
3. What Impact did the growth of mass culture
and mass leisure have upon
European
society in the 1920s and
1930s?
4. Discuss the causes of WWI: What were the
long range causes of the war? What
nation,
if any, was the most responsible
for causing
the war?
5. Discuss the effects of WWI on political life,
economic affairs, the social classes,
and
women.
6. What caused the Russian Revolution?
How did Lenin and the Bolsheviks
manage
to seize and hold power despite
their small
numbers? How did they secure
power during
the civil war?