Social 8 Final Exam Study Guide
Be sure not to limit your studying to this guide alone. This should serve only as a rough outline. Your curriculum outlines for each unit have questions. Your notes and text should provide information that will allow you to answer the questions using specific facts/ideas/details.
Remember – reading is not studying. In order to remember and ‘understand’ the material you must also work with it. Study Strategy ideas:
- Mind Maps
- Fishbones
- T Charts
- Jot Notes
- Teaching other people
- “3 Words or Less”
- Build test questions
Listing of Test Topics:
- What was the Renaissance? Definition? Key characteristics.
- Crusades – What were they? Impact of Crusades on Europe? What were the Europeans exposed to?
- Silk Road; location; what was exchanged (that brought change)
- Feudal Hierarchy – What? Who? Key features;
- Manorial System (Role of Surfs)
- Role of the Church in Medieval Times; Role of Church/Criticism of the church in Renaissance times
- Spread of Ideas in Renaissance (how?)
- How did life begin to improve in the Renaissance for difference social classes?
- Features of Humanism.; civic humanism
- Criticism of Catholic Church in the Renaissance. Why? Who? Church response to criticisms
- Impact of geography in trade/spread of ideas; role of merchants in creating change.
- Features of Humanist writing & art; How were Humanist ideas reflected?
- Scientific Method role in the renaissance; why was science so revolutionary at this time? How was science controversial?
- Christopher Columbus – What did he do? Why? Where did he land? What did he say when he got back?
- Aztec geography (where they lived? How they lived there? Impact of their environment on their Worldview? How they impacted their environment)
- Similarities in worldview of Spanish and Aztec
- Aztec Citizenship; individual’s relationship to society
- Role or religion in Spanish WV (Inquisition, re-conquest of Spain, Catholic Monarchs) Role of religion in Aztec WV (Calendar, social structure, roles in society)
- Cortez; characteristics of his personality; motivation; strategy
- Spanish Motives for exploration; conquest
- Structure of Aztec Society; structure of Mexican society; new culture emerges – why? How?
- Impact of geography on Japanese worldview; features that impact development of Japan WV in Edo & Meiji periods
- Traditional Japanese structure; features of – how this changed; why did it change?
- Why Japan practiced isolationism in Edo Period; features of; reasons for; impact of Japanese society.
- Why did Japan “open” in Meiji Period? Impact of opening; Arguments for & against opening.
- Perry; who was he? What did he do? What were his motivations?
- Why did Japan adopt Western ideas & practices? What did the critics say? How did this impact their culture?
- Changes in economy/social structure/cultural practices/ Government as a result on new policies in Meiji Period.
- In what ways did Japan become like the West? Why? (Industrialisation & Modernisation – how did they do this?)
- Christianity & Edo Japan (Japanese views of)
- Japanese Exclusion laws
- Push to stand up to the West
- Adaptation – Modernization – impact on culture – why was Japan able to ‘catch up’? – What was the cultural cost?Position Paragraph
- You will be given 3 question options, you will need to select 1.
- The 3 questions will come from this list of questions.
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