World History (UNIT 11)
Chapter 21: Enlightenment and Revolutions
Lesson One: Scientific Revolution (Jan 20)
Vocabulary: Geocentric, heliocentric, universal law of gravitation, rationalism, scientific method,
inductive reasoning
1. Explain five discoveries during the Scientific Revolution?
2. How did the Scientific Revolution change people’s worldview?
Lesson Two: Ideas of the Enlightenment (Jan 23)
Vocabulary: philosophe, separation of powers, deism, laissez-faire, social contract, salons, rococo
1. Explain five ideas from the Englightenment?
2. How did Enlightenment ideas influence society and culture?
Lesson Three: Enlightened Absolutism (Jan 24)
Vocabulary: Enlightened Absolutism, successors
1. How were Europeans rulers guided by Enlightenment thought?
2. How did changing alliances in Europe lead to the Seven Year’s War and how was the war carried
out on a global scale?
Lesson Four: American Revolution (Jan 26)
Vocabulary: Federal system
1. What were the causes and influences of the American Revolution?
2. How was the formation of the United States the result of Enlightenment thought?
Chapter 22: The French Revolution and Napoleon
Lesson One: The French Revolution Begins (Jan 27) Ch. 21 Reading Quiz
Vocabulary: Estate, taille, bourgeoisie, sans-culottes
1. How did the structure of social classes in France lead to discontent?
2. How did the French Revolution enter a new phase after the storming of the Bastille?
Lesson Two: Radical Revolution and Reaction (Jan 30)
Vocabulary: electors, coup d’etat
1. Explain the Reign of Terror?
2. Compare the American and French revolutions? Why were they so different?
Lesson Three: The Napoleonic Wars (Jan 31)
Vocabulary: Consulate, Nationalism
1. How did the unstable government in France create an opportunity for Napoleon to take power?
2. Why did changes in France cause concern in other European countries?
Lesson Four: Fall of Napoleon and European Reaction (Feb 1)
Vocabulary: Conservatism, principle of intervention, liberalism
1. How did Napoleon lose his empire?
2. How did the Congress of Vienna try to crush the ideals of the French Revolution?
UNIT 11 Assessments
UNIT 11 Notebook Check (February 2) Ch. 22 Reading Quiz
UNIT 11 Exam (February 3)