Final Exam Review (Exam # 3)

Exam # 3 Review    

Hist 4.1, Western Civilization 

Please read all instructions carefully!!

  1. This exam covers Chapters 8-12.
  2. This exam will be divided into 3 sections--each section will be timed: 
    • Multiple Choice-True/False Questions
    • Key Terms
    • Critical Thinking Questions


I. Multiple choice or True/False (10 pts):  There will be a Multiple Choice-True/False component to this exam, similar to your quizzes. This will be posted on Canvas and will be due the same week as the exam.

II. Terms to identify (25 pts): you will be required to provide at least 5 relevant facts about each of these items to get 5 points. It would be best to study them by writing the five W’s for each one: Who, What,When, Where, Why and most importantly you must include the historical relevance of each item—if you do not include historical relevance you will not get more than four points. Please write a well-developed paragraph using complete sentences for each, not just a date, name, and place. DO NOT SIMPLY LIST INFORMATION!

I will ask you to identify 5 of the following terms, I will choose which five:

  1. Battle of Hastings

  2. Domesday Book

  3. Reconquista

  4. Saladin

  5. Joan of Arc

  6. Leonardo da Vinci

  7. Niccolo Machiavelli

  8. Charles V (HRE)

  9. Aztecs

  10. Incas

  11. Printing Press

  12. Reformation

  13. Encomienda

  14. Diet of Worms

  15. John Calvin

  16. William Shakespeare

  17. Council of Trent

  18. Peace of Augsburg

  19. Edict of Nantes

  20. Battle of Lepanto

  21. Henry VIII

  22. Peace of Westphalia

III. Critical Thinking Questions (25 pts): I will ask you to write well-structured paragraphs, like you do in your homework, in which you will be answering questions and providing evidence to support your answers—please answer all sections of each question. Please be careful with your spelling so that I may understand your point and I can give you full credit.

You will answer 5 questions based on this list of topics; the choice will be mine so please be prepared to answer all of them.

  1. William the Conqueror and Conquest of England

  2. The Crusades

  3. Avignon Papacy and Catholic Schism

  4. Black Death and Famine

  5. Hundred Years’ War

  6. The Renaissance

  7. Age of Exploration (Conquest of Americas)

  8. The Reformation

  9. Thirty Years’ War