HIST 152 R. LIGHTNER
KNOWLEDGE SURVEY FALL '07 and SPRING '08
This is a Knowledge Survey rather than a "test." There are no right or wrong answers. While you will not be graded on this survey, please be very candid in your responses!

By completing this survey, both at the beginning and at the end of the semester, your instructor will be able to gauge your initial level of knowledge and then measure the amount of knowledge you gain during the semester. This information will help your instructor modify and improve the course.

Read each statement carefully and then choose a response based on the following instructions:

Mark A as your response to the item if you are not confident in your skills in the area and do not feel you can adequately demonstrate these skills on a test/essay/research paper.

Mark B as your response to the item if you feel somewhat confident that you are reasonably skilled in the area and can demonstrate these skills at a reasonable level on a test/essay/research paper.

Mark C as your response to the item if you feel very confident that you are highly skilled in the area and can demonstrate these skills at a high level on a test/essay/research paper.

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This KNOWLEDGE SURVEY is being conducted IN:
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FALL 2007 SEMESTER SPRING 2008 SEMESTER
Beginning of Session End of Session
ARE YOU COMPLETING THIS SURVEY AT THE BEGINNING OR END OF THE SESSION?

WHICH SECTION ARE YOU IN?

T R 10 AM T R 1:00 PM R 5:00 PM


CONFIDENCE IN HISTORICAL TERMS/CONCEPTS -

YOUR ABILITY TO DEFINE, DESCRIBE, CITE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FOLLOWING:

Your skill level in area:

A: Low B: Modest C: High
Manifest Destiny
Meiji Restoration
Vladimir Lenin
Weimar Republic
The Great Depression
Sun Yat-sen
Joseph Stalin
Stalingrad
Auschwitz
African National Congress
Mohandas K (Mahatma) Gandhi
iron curtain
nonaligned nations
Cultural Revolution
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin Crisis
Tet Offensive
Mutually Assured Destruction
Palestine Liberation Organization

CONFIDENCE IN HISTORICAL ESSAY WRITING

FOR THE FOLLOWING POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS, rate your confidence in being able to address the main points in a clear, concise, and organized essay answer of 1 1/2 - 2 pages.

A: Low B: Modest C: High

Discuss and compare the course of the American, the French, and the Haitian revolutions, and analyze the reasons for and significance of the different outcomes of these three revolutions.
Compare the political challenges faced by Latin American and English-speaking North American nations in the nineteenth century.
Explain three of the extermal and internal challenges that weakened the Qing Empire in the ninetheenth century.
Analyze the causes and consequences of the Depression and relate them to the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany.
Describe and analyze the causes and significance of the Russian Revolutions and Lenin's policies in the Soviet Union.
Assess the causes of the Cold War and its political and enviromental consequences for Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the two superpowers.

GLOBAL/MULTICULTURAL SKILLS

A: Low B: Modest C: High

Describe and define the world's major historical events, ideas, places, people, and other items of historical import.
Summarize key ideas in history, including major world philophies, religions, and political theories and systems.
Demonstrate an ability to compare and contrast historical experiences across cultures and time
Demonstrate understanding of the historical roots of current world events
Demonstrate an ability to analyze cause and effect relationships in history

Mahalo for completing the HIST 152 Knowledge Survey!