Final Exam, Spring 2020

World History / Andrews

Spring 2020

Final Exam

This final exam can be completed any time during the week of April 27 - May 1. Responses are due at 11:00 pm on Friday, May 1.

Please respond to five questions in short-answer format, writing approximately 100-200  words per response. When done, email your paper to me at pandrews@ndnu.edu as either a Word doc, a PDF file, or by copy/pasting your responses into the body of your email. Please do not send me links to files stored in a Google drive, Dropbox or other file sharing service.

You may use your books and notes when writing your responses, and you may reference your own blog posts or the blog posts of other students. Standard academic requirements apply to all quoted, paraphrased or otherwise referenced material... if you use any references while writing your responses you MUST cite your sources using in-text citations, such as (Strayer 98), and include a Work Cited list at the end of your exam answers.

I'm sorry I won't get to see you all in person to wish you well as you move forward in life. We are living at a crazy time that requires adjustments but also, for some, might create opportunities. Try to see the opportunities. Send me an update if you'd like to - I will be teaching a summer version of the world history class, so I know that my ndnu email will be active at least throughout the summer. Best of luck to you all.

Patricia Andrews

1) What and when was the Industrial Revolution? How did it impact the economies, work relationships, social classes, and politics of European nations?

2) What have been the long-term impacts of the Industrial Revolution on earth’s environment? Describe the early responses of environmentalists to bring attention and solutions to the problems it created.

3) What was the Scramble for Africa? What were the impacts of this phase of colonial rule?

4) How has the Enlightenment value of “equality” influenced global history during the Modern era?

5) How might we use our historical knowledge of early Western influence in the Ottoman Empire to better understand the tensions between Muslims and Christians today? 

6) Describe the concept of the Anthropocene described by Strayer. Reflecting on where humankind is in its evolution today, in April 2020, do we seem to be moving into a fundamentally different era as implied by the concept of Anthropocene? 

7) In what ways does contemporary humanity demonstrate continuity, and in what ways does it demonstrate change as compared to the human past as described in our textbook over the course of this semester?

8) Choose one chapter from our textbook that you feel our political leaders need to understand in order to effectively lead the United States into the kind of future you want for yourself and your loved ones. Write a letter to the two men who will be running for president this year, President Trump and Joe Biden, telling them why they should read this chapter and what you feel they should know about this topic. You do not need to send the letter (but you can if you want to).