HIST 152- KNOWLEDGE SURVEY FALL 2007 - Ziegler
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.


Is this Survey being conducted at the BEGINNING or at the END of the Semester?
Beginning of the Semester End of the Semester

Your skill level in area:

CONFIDENCE IN HISTORICAL TERMS/CONCEPTS -

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

A: Low B: Modest C: High
Vasco da Gama
the 7-Years' War
the Taiga & Steppe
'gathering of the Russian lands'
the Royal Society of London
theory of natural selection
the new imperialism
liberalism
the Enlightenment
Rousseau & the social Contract
Peter the Great and his 'Window on the West'
Westerners vs. Slavophiles
the Russo-Japanese War
British East India Company
Treaty of Nanking
Dr. sun Yat-sen
Kuomintang party
Middle Passage
the Berlin Conference
Noble Savage
Amerindian lack of immunity
the 'White Man's Burden'
retreat & escapism
Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente
Verdun & the Somme
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Leon Trotsky & the Red Army
the Weimar Republic
Five Year Plan
Manchukuo
Loyalists & Nationalists
genocide & the Final solution
Balfour Declaration
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Mandela & the African National Congress
Nelson Mandela
Atlantic Charter
the Marshall Plan
the Great Leap Forward & the Cultural Revolution
Mikhail Gorbachev & perestroika
FD Roosevelt and the New Deal
doomsday clock
Describe the stages of Western European expansion - discovery, conquest, colonization - through the Iberian, Dutch, French, and British stages (1500-1763), citing important individuals and events.
Summarize the steps of Russian expansion in asia, and the forces & factors - economic, cultural, and technological - in early moder global unity.
Explain the causes of, stages of, and the effects of Europe's Scientific and Industrial Revolutions, both within Europe, and on the rest of the world.
Compare and contrast the political revolutions in England, America, and France, and review their effects, especially of nationalism, liberalism, and socialism.
Review Western impact - economic, political, social - on Russia and the Middle East, with examples.
Compare and contrast the Western impacts on the civilizations of India, China, and Japan. Review what factors might account for the differences.
Describe the tremndous Western impact on Africa & Polynesia & explain why that impact was great.
Summarize 'Europeanization' - cultural, ethnic, economic, political, of the Americas in the modern age. Describe, with examples, Europe's global dominance by 1914.
Describe the causes, stages, and effects of World War I, especially its effects on Europe's dominant position in the world and its colonial system.
Compareand contrast major events in European history in the period between the world wars - the 1920's and the 1930's. Explain the differences between these decades.
Review the causes, steps to war, ans tages of World War II, with a focus on Europe and Asia, and especially the roles played by the United States and the Soviet Union.
Describe the major nationalist uprisings inthe colonial world following World War I and World War II, and determine which major current world issues and conflicts resulted.
Explain the causes of, stages of, and results of the Cold War or East-West conflict after WWII.
Outline the features of the second Industrial Revolution and its effects on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Worlds. After reviewing notes and text, select the five most important ideas, inventions, or institutions that the West has given the world - in politics, economics, industry, medicine, and religion/philosophy.

WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER - How confident are you in your ability to research and write a ten page paper (Chicago Format) focusing on the achievements, impact, and historical significance of Alexander the Great - placing him in the context of his times, and including an evaluation of the sources, an analysis of his character, and some "what ifs" if he had lived longer

GLOBAL/MULTICULTURAL SKILLS

IN THIS FINAL SECTION, rate your confidence in being able to effectively accomplish the following less specific, more global history related assignments:

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!