Exam 1 History 1020 - Ferguson
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primary sources - Answer sources (documents, artifacts) produced at or near the event or era
under investigation
secondary sources - Answer sources produced after the event or era. usually produced by
historians
"Old Regime" - Answer demography of pre-modern everyday life
old beliefs/ old way specifically how the French ran things try to leave it with the French
revolution
The biological old regime - Answer - limited diets
- equilibrium between population and food resources
- frequent famines and epidemics
- high birth rates
- high rates of infant mortality
- high rates of maternal mortality
organic economy - Answer depends on renewable resources-are limited- and human and
animal labor
agricultural and organic energy sources
the household/family economy - Answer use task orientation; most work is done within the
home, how most goods were produced to be traded
cottage industries - Answer most of the work is done within the home and involves the whole
family unit
doesn't work out, no big factories, move away from it after revolutions
textiles, ceramics
,cultural hybridity - Answer empires have a mixture of old and new elements in early modern
empires
Henry Smeathman golf
built Kew gardens put Chinese towers
Imagined value vs intrinsic value - Answer The Ming Banknote
Paper money is valuable because the government says so this was hard for people to accept
Before people were exchanging with gold, silver and copper coins that were valued based on
weight
mercantilism - Answer early modern economic theories about how the functions and states
government should do; belief in "finite"/limited amount of wealth and resources
creates competition between empires
motivation for colonization
task-orientation - Answer prioritizing what needs to get done
the MacCartney Embassy (1793) - Answer Chinese met with Britain; china tells britain their
goods arent needed so they couldn't trade goods; could only get Chinese goods with gold or
silver
The Public Sphere - Answer rise of it during the 1700s; first sign of political change, print
culture, "coffeehouses"-spaces of association/conversation, ex: European Enlightenment
rise of freedom of speech/ press
"The Great Chain of Being" - Answer ladder of importance; God at the top
hierarchal society
The Marathas - Answer Princes on the edge of the Mugal empire started a peripheral rebellion
that moves to the center of the Mughal empire outbreak of a civil war
ally with European army during the Seven Year War
2nd class citizens want more power, Britain came in to help win how they got their start in India
discover Opium
, Creolization - Answer foreign influences are absorbed and integrated with local meanings
colonies-happened between local population and imperial empires
in the 7 yrs war- realization of Colonial differences and similarities, foundation of colonial
rebellion, a destabilizing force in early-modern empires
mixed people
The European Enlightment - Answer an international intellectual movement based on
reason/rationalism and natural law(world is like a clock). If humans obey natural law society
would be happy and fair
Faith in reason and rationalism-"a secular religion"
Critical of absolute rule and religion (enemies of Catholic Church)as well as mercantilism and
slavery
The General Will - Answer the will of the people as a whole
what do most people want
The Dual Revolution - Answer two revolutions occurring at once; industrial revolution and the
Atlantic revolutions-political
"Salutary Neglect" - Answer after the 7 years war, An English policy of not strictly enforcing
laws in its colonies, left them form own militia, religion and economy, and government
Atlantic Revolutions - Answer a series of political revolutions
- the american revolution
- the french revolution
- the haitian revolution
- the latin american revolution
The Social Contract - Answer Starts in America An agreement between the people and their
government signifying their consent to be governed
The Declaration of Independence
auburn Test Questions with Actual
Detailed Answers 2025\2026 Updated.
primary sources - Answer sources (documents, artifacts) produced at or near the event or era
under investigation
secondary sources - Answer sources produced after the event or era. usually produced by
historians
"Old Regime" - Answer demography of pre-modern everyday life
old beliefs/ old way specifically how the French ran things try to leave it with the French
revolution
The biological old regime - Answer - limited diets
- equilibrium between population and food resources
- frequent famines and epidemics
- high birth rates
- high rates of infant mortality
- high rates of maternal mortality
organic economy - Answer depends on renewable resources-are limited- and human and
animal labor
agricultural and organic energy sources
the household/family economy - Answer use task orientation; most work is done within the
home, how most goods were produced to be traded
cottage industries - Answer most of the work is done within the home and involves the whole
family unit
doesn't work out, no big factories, move away from it after revolutions
textiles, ceramics
,cultural hybridity - Answer empires have a mixture of old and new elements in early modern
empires
Henry Smeathman golf
built Kew gardens put Chinese towers
Imagined value vs intrinsic value - Answer The Ming Banknote
Paper money is valuable because the government says so this was hard for people to accept
Before people were exchanging with gold, silver and copper coins that were valued based on
weight
mercantilism - Answer early modern economic theories about how the functions and states
government should do; belief in "finite"/limited amount of wealth and resources
creates competition between empires
motivation for colonization
task-orientation - Answer prioritizing what needs to get done
the MacCartney Embassy (1793) - Answer Chinese met with Britain; china tells britain their
goods arent needed so they couldn't trade goods; could only get Chinese goods with gold or
silver
The Public Sphere - Answer rise of it during the 1700s; first sign of political change, print
culture, "coffeehouses"-spaces of association/conversation, ex: European Enlightenment
rise of freedom of speech/ press
"The Great Chain of Being" - Answer ladder of importance; God at the top
hierarchal society
The Marathas - Answer Princes on the edge of the Mugal empire started a peripheral rebellion
that moves to the center of the Mughal empire outbreak of a civil war
ally with European army during the Seven Year War
2nd class citizens want more power, Britain came in to help win how they got their start in India
discover Opium
, Creolization - Answer foreign influences are absorbed and integrated with local meanings
colonies-happened between local population and imperial empires
in the 7 yrs war- realization of Colonial differences and similarities, foundation of colonial
rebellion, a destabilizing force in early-modern empires
mixed people
The European Enlightment - Answer an international intellectual movement based on
reason/rationalism and natural law(world is like a clock). If humans obey natural law society
would be happy and fair
Faith in reason and rationalism-"a secular religion"
Critical of absolute rule and religion (enemies of Catholic Church)as well as mercantilism and
slavery
The General Will - Answer the will of the people as a whole
what do most people want
The Dual Revolution - Answer two revolutions occurring at once; industrial revolution and the
Atlantic revolutions-political
"Salutary Neglect" - Answer after the 7 years war, An English policy of not strictly enforcing
laws in its colonies, left them form own militia, religion and economy, and government
Atlantic Revolutions - Answer a series of political revolutions
- the american revolution
- the french revolution
- the haitian revolution
- the latin american revolution
The Social Contract - Answer Starts in America An agreement between the people and their
government signifying their consent to be governed
The Declaration of Independence
