Ms. Simonsen\’s World History Class

censorship: restricting access to ideas and information

salons: informal social gathering at which writers, artists, and philosophes, and others exchanged ideas

enlightened despot: absolute ruler who uses his or her power to bring about political or social change

Frederick the Great: Prussian king who became an enlightened despot and created reforms for a more efficient government

Catherine the Great: empress of Russia who became an enlightened despot and believed in ideas of equality and liberty

Enlightenment – “Age of Reason,” desire to acquire knowledge through reason

social contract – an agreement between people (who gave up their freedom) to a powerful government in order to avoid chaos

natural rights – the right of life, liberty, and property

Thomas Hobbes – believed people were naturally selfish and that the best government was an absolute monarchy to keep order

John Locke – believed people were reasonable beings and that rulers had to protect our natural rights (if not, people could overthrow gov’t)

Voltaire – believed in a “strong” monarchy who were enlightened rulers;

Rousseau – believed in a social contract where people gave up some of their freedoms for the “general will” of society – direct democracy

Montesquieu – proposed the separation of powers so that it prevented any individual or group from gaining total control of government

Here’s the PPT with the new changes that will be taking place immediately regarding grading.

The scantron machine is out of ink and I was only able to grade half of your tests. We’ll see if they get refill it tomorrow.

common law – reflected customs and principles over time

feudalism – central governments collapsing into smaller kingdoms

Magna Carta (1215) – English document outlining civil rights and liberties

Parliament – England’s national legislature

divine right – monarchs were chosen by God

constitutional monarchy – powers of a king restricted by written law

English Bill of Rights (1689) – formal summary of the rights and liberties of all Englishmen

Glorious Revolution (1689) – overthrow of James II and the strengthening of Parliament

Henry II – king of England (1154) who broadened system of royal justice

absolute monarch – ruler with complete authority over government and people

Oliver Cromwell – statesman who helped make England a republic and then ruled as lord protector from 1653 to 1658

habeas corpus – principle that a person cannot be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime

limited monarchy – government in which a constitutional or legislative body limit the monarch’s powers

Our first test will be on Wednesday. We will have a review day on Tuesday and I will explain how you will turn in your notebooks. No notes allowed.

Today we talked a little bit about the Dead Sea Scrolls which comprise of many documents from the Hebrew Bible. The Natural History Museum in San Diego is having an exhibition until December of the manuscripts. A wonderful opportunity to see history come to life!

I announced today that Terms paragraphs have been officially canceled. If you turned in a satisfactory paragraph last week you will receive credit, for those of you who didn’t, you won’t receive credit. This assignment will neither hurt nor help your grade. Please do not turn in a paragraph on Friday.

Our first test on Greece, Rome, Judaism, and Christianity is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday the 4th.

Tips for studying:
1) reread your Terms paragraphs
2) review your Terms
3) reread section summaries from your new workbooks
4) answer the questions at the back of each chapter section
5) answer the questions at the back of the unit section
6) use the online resources from your textbook
7) DON’T LEAVE STUDYING FOR THE LAST DAY!