World History / Andrews
Spring 2017
Midterm
Please respond to 5 of the following. You have 50 minutes to
complete the exam.
1) Describe some of the major events or ideas that defined
and began the Modern era.
2) What was the Great Dying? Was this a genocide? Was it a
cultural genocide?
3) Why did Europeans come to the Americas, and why did they
have an advantage over native peoples when they arrived?
4) What was unique
about slavery as it was practiced in the Americas? Discuss the different ways
people experienced slavery in the Spanish highlands, Brazil/Caribbean, and North
America, and discuss the long term demographic changes that took place as a
result of these differences.
5) Explain the significance of the Scientific Revolution and
the Enlightenment. Are Enlightenment ideas still relevant today?
6) Explain the significance of the French Revolution of 1789
and in what sense it was related to the North American and Haitian revolutions.
7) Explain what Strayer means by “echoes of Atlantic revolutions.”
Include examples in your answer.
[In responding to Question 7, you may,
if you wish, use as one of your examples a contemporary cultural artifact such
as the song “Same Love” http://genius.com/Macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-same-love-lyrics.]
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