2013年4月20日 星期六

The topics that will be covered in the midterm


【A】   Scientific Revolution
(1)   What is “a century”?
(2)   When did the scientific revolution start?
(3)   Where did the scientific revolution start?
(4)   What was it like in Europe before scientific revolution?
(5)   What does it mean that the center of live was “religion” before scientific revolution?
(6)   Why do you think few people started to challenge church?
(7)   Why was it possible that the people followed everything the church said?
(8)   What did Nicolaus Copernicus bring to this world?
(9)   What did Galileo Galilei bring to this world?
(10)  What did Newton bring to this world?
(11)  How did people call “Newton” the father of modern science?
(12)  What challenges might they meet in their times?
(13)  How could their new ideas and theories change the world?
(14)  What challenges might the church meet after the new ideas and observation were brought to Europe?

【B】   Industrial Revolution
(1)    When did the industrial revolution start?
(2)    Who improved the steam engine and was considered as the key person to start the industrial revolution?
(3)    Why could the improvement of steam engine create a new era of manufacturing?
(4)    The industrial revolution proved the truth that “The necessity is the mother of invention.”  Why was it?
(5)    How did the industrial revolution related to the UK’s aggression towards other continents, such as Africa? 
(6)    How did the industrial revolution change the way people had lived, worked and thought?
(7)    Is the world getting smaller or bigger? What are your opinions on it?

【C】   About world map and European countries we've introduced
(1)    You should know the followings:
a.   5 continents (7 continents)
b.   3 oceans
c.   The name and location of all the peninsulas
d.   The seas around Europe
e.   The Baltic states
f.    The 5 northern European countries
g.    The countries where the key characters of Scientific revolution and industrial revolution came from
h.    The nations that were parts of Soviet Union
(2)     What are the differences between Balkan Peninsula and the rest part of Europe?
(3)     Are all the European countries rich and peaceful? 

2 則留言:

  1. I found a website where you can quiz yourself about the European map. If you turn test mode on, it won't give any hints. Some countries haven't been taught yet so we can use the hints.
    http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/euroquiz.html
    ~Theresa

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    1. Thank you for your sharing. It is a wonderful website to learn the map. I've posted the link in my new article. I believe it is useful to everyone. Thank you very much!

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