Santa Fe Prep
World
History II
2014
Fall Semester Final Exam Review Guide
* Self-reflections are due by the end of the day, Tuesday, 12/16.
** Final revisions and submission of research papers to the course archives are also due on Tuesday, 12/16.
Day 2, Tuesday, 12/16 (Friday schedule): Review Day #3.
Days 3 & 4: Final Exams (see schedules posted in planners and around school).
Day 5: History Final Exams.
I. Exam
Time & Place
When: Friday, 12/19
Time: 9-11AM
Place: Gymnasium
II. What to bring: Writing implements, rough outlines, and primary and secondary source materials for essays.
* "Blue books" will be provided.
** Laptop use is permitted; please notify instructor; make sure laptop battery is fully
charged (!).
*** Please let instructor know if a school laptop is needed;
please reserve ahead of time.
****Please let instructor know if additional time and/or an alternative testing space is needed.
III. Exam Format (100 points total; 20% of semester grade):
****Please let instructor know if additional time and/or an alternative testing space is needed.
III. Exam Format (100 points total; 20% of semester grade):
A. Matching (10 points; 1/4 point each).
- Match key terms and definitions.
- See the 2014 World History II Course Dictionary - Fall Semester for review (http://quizlet.com/join/
* Closed book and closed notes during exam.
B. Objective question section (25 points; 1/4 to 1/2
point each).
- True/false, multiple choice, and short answer questions; covers
basic knowledge of all materials studied; review notes from PERSIAN exercises,
reading quizzes, and lecture notes.
* Closed book and closed notes during exam.
C. Chronologies (5 points; 1/4 point each).
Organize sets of key events from the European encounters with the
New World and Asia, the Protestant Reformation and Catholic
Counter-Reformation, the Thirty Years War, the English Civil War and Glorious
Revolution, and the French Revolution in chronological order; extra credit for
identification of key dates.
- See quizzes and 2014 World History II Course Dictionary - Fall Semester for review (http://quizlet.com/join/
- See quizzes and 2014 World History II Course Dictionary - Fall Semester for review (http://quizlet.com/join/
* Closed book and closed notes during exam.
D. Document-Based Question (60 points).
Compose a brief answer to ONE of the questions provided, in a
well-organized, compact and coherent set of paragraphs (based on the 5-paragraph essay, but may be expanded).
- Questions focus on key historical questions, e.g., the analysis
of causes, effects, continuities or change.
- Answers should set up the crux of the debate where possible, as
found in the secondary sources from class materials where appropriate, and
demonstrate command of the related primary and secondary sources with the
succinct yet effective use of primary sources as evidence in support of the
main argument.
* Open book, open note; see example questions below.
-Example questions:
1. The causes of the early modern decline of Asia and rise of
Europe.
2. The effects of the Colombian Exchange thesis (& the
Homogenocene).
3. The causes and effects of the Renaissance.
4. The effects of the Protestant Reformation.
5. The causes of the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
6. The causes of the Scientific Revolution in Europe.
7. The effects of the Enlightenment.
8. The causes of the French Revolution.
9. The legacies of Napoleon and the French Revolution.
E. Alternative Document-Based Questions (To be discussed and
revised with student input).
Compose a well-organized, coherent and supported response to one
of two essay topics provided:
1. What matters more in the
emergence of early modern history: geography, politics/power, socioeconomic
factors, ideas or biology?
2. What accounts for the rise of parliamentary government and
individual rights in early modern Europe; in other words, why England
first and then on the continent of Europe about 100 years later?
3. What is the legacy of Napoleon? Did Napoleon undermine or
preserve the principles of the French Revolution?
4. What happened to the status of European women in the early
modern period, and why?
Notes: make sure to frame your response to the question with an overview of the secondary sources that sets up your argument and explains what you plan to demonstrate in the rest of your response; also make sure to use primary sources to effectively show key points, and anticipate possible counter-arguments and forms of evidence.
* Open book and open note.
