Global II: Political Systems & People Revew Questions

REMINDER: “NIB” Means “not it review book.”  You have flash cards, the internet, your prior knowledge, this year’s notes, last year’s notes…so leaving anything blank or putting an answer that shows zero effort are the same to me…and anything blank = no credit for the assignment.

 

REVIEW means remember or reminder, it is NOT reteach or relearn!!  If you slack off now you have NO SHOT at passing the Regents or the course, so make your decisions carefully.

 

 

Political Systems Review Questions

 

POLITICAL SYSTEMS GROUP 1:

FEUDALISM

1. What did feudalism involve? (pp. 56-7)
2. What were the social relationships involved in feudalism? (pp. 56-7)
3. What were the economic relationships involved in feudalism? (pp. 56-7)
4. What were the political relationships involved in feudalism? (pp. 56-7)

ABSOLUTISM

1. What was Louis XIV’s theory of government? (p. 127)
2. What did Louis XIV believe the relationship between the government and the people was? (p. 127)

LIMITED MONARCHY

1. Identify one nation that used limited monarchy. (p. 128)
2. Why weren’t the Tudor’s absolute rulers? (p. 128)

TOTALITARIANISM

1. Describe totalitarianism. (p. 200)
2. What do all totalitarian states have in common? (NIB)
3. What do all totalitarian states emphasize? (NIB)
4. Identify three nations that were considered totalitarian states and the type of political system used in each of these nations. (NIB)

FASCISM

1. What did Mussolini want for all Italians? (p. 208)
2. What did Mussolini promise Italians in exchange for their liberties and freedom? (p. 205)

FUNDAMENTALISM

1. Describe Islamic Fundamentalism. (p. 253)

 

 

 

Important People in Political Systems Review Questions

 

PEOPLE IN POLITICAL SYSTEMS GROUP 1:

1.  What did Hammurabi contribute to Babylon? (p. 6)

2. Of what kingdom was Mansa Musa a ruler? (p. 94)
3. How did Mansa Musa affect economics there? (p. 94)
4. Where was Suleiman the Magnificent from? (p. 117)
5. Why was Suleiman often called “the lawgiver?” (p. 117)
6. Where did Akbar rule? (p. 77)
7. Why was Akbar respected by his Hindu subjects? (p. 77)
8. How did Ivan “the Terrible” affect Russia? (p. 128)
9. Describe the changes made by Peter the Great of Russia. (p. 128)
10. Describe the treatment of the French under the rule of Louis XIV. (p. 128)
11. How were John Locke’s ideas influential? (pp. 142-3)
12. What did Locke believe about the relationship between governments and people? (p. 142)
13. Identify three results of Napoleon’s rule. (p. 149)
14. How did Bismarck achieve German unity? (pp. 159-60)
15. Identify five changes Mustafa Kemal made in Turkey. (pp. 204-5)
16. What was Sun Yixian’s (Sun Yat-sen’s) contribution to China? (p. 206)
17. How did Gandhi attempt to drive the British out of India? (pp. 205-6)
18. Why is Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) important? (p. 206)
19. How did Mao’s Cultural Revolution affect China? (p. 240)
20. Identify two reasons Hitler was able to come to power. (p. 208)

 

PEOPLE IN POLITICAL SYSTEMS GROUP 2:

1. How was Mussolini able to take power? (p. 208)
2. Why is Stalin’s rule considered to be one of the most brutal in history? (pp. 199-201)
3. Why did Stalin establish the Five-Year Plans? (pp. 200-1)
4. How did Stalin end peasant opposition to collectivization? (p. 201)
5. How did Stalin help create the Iron Curtain? (p. 266)
6. How did Deng Xiaoping change China? (pp. 240-1)
7. Why are Deng’s programs considered closer to capitalism than Mao’s? (pp. 240-1)
8. How did Jomo Kenyatta affect Kenya? (p. 244)
9. How did F.W. de Klerk change South Africa? (p. 247)
10. Why is Nelson Mandela important? (pp. 246-7)
11. How did Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge affect Cambodia? (p. 248)
12. How did Lech Walesa help change Poland? (p. 258)
13. How did Gorbachev change the USSR? (pp. 256-7)