HIST 1112: Survey of World History II
Midterm Exam
Complete the two sections below and upload your responses to the D2L assignment folder any
time before Friday, October 7th, 11:59 pm. Please format responses in Times New Roman, 12 pt.
font. Use single-spaced format on identification section (1-15) and double-spaced on Essay
section (16-18).
Identification (45 pts., 3 each)
In 3-4 sentences, describe (what/who it is) and state the historical significance (why it matters)
for each of the following:
1. Tenochtitlán
2. Confucianism
3. the Reconquista
4. caste (casta) system (in Spanish America)
5. Ottoman Empire
6. printing press
7. Potosí
8. Calvinism
9. “witchcraft”
10. Pueblo Revolt
11. Swahili coast
12. Qing empire
13. Industrial Revolution
14. Indian Rebellion (1857-1858)
15. nationalism
Essay (55 pts. total, 18.33 pts. each)
Respond to the following questions with well-crafted essays of at least 1 page each:
16. European colonialism from the 1400s to the 1900s in Africa, Asia, and the Americas is a
central theme of this modern world history course. How did different European empires and
nations (those we’ve covered so far) justify invasions and colonial projects, and how did those
justifications change over time and according to context? How did Indigenous (Native) peoples
view and respond to those invasions and colonial projects?
17. Discuss the Transatlantic slave trade that lasted from the 1400s through the 1800s. How did
this system differ from earlier forms of slavery in history? What was the Middle Passage? And
how did the labor of millions of enslaved Africans drive “economic growth” and produce such
incredible wealth for some Europeans and Euro-Americans?
18. What do you see as the major commonalities and distinctions between the Haitian Revolution
(1791-1804) and other revolutionary and independence movements in the Atlantic World from
the 1770s to the 1820s? And discuss the Haitian Revolution’s impact on subsequent
independence movements and on the institution of slavery in the Americas during the 1800s.
