11D Unit 1 Study Guide Review

Question 1

How did Alfred Nobel’s discovery impact the industrial revolution?

Accepted Answer

Dynamite was used for building roads, boulevards, streets.

Question 2

How did living during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) affect the life of John Amos Comenius?

Accepted Answer

Changed the trajectory of Europe, Resulted in the death of about eight million people, Europe suffered lots of shortages in war times., Forced him and other protestants to flee.

Question 3

Horace Mann worked 12 years as the head of the education board.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

The US gained control of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico after a 6-month war in 1898.

Accepted Answer

The US defeated Spain, Became known as the Spanish-American War

Question 5

In which way did Comenius influence children with his book Orbis Pictus?

Accepted Answer

Orbis Pictus was the first book with illustrations, With pictures kids would understand better the actual world., Helped children create a sensory image in their brains.

Question 6

How did Jean Piaget change the point of view of many researchers from his time period?

Accepted Answer

Jean showed youth & adolescence as important to development, Other researchers would look kids as mini-adults

Question 7

Which war which ended with the Treaty of Westphalia?

Accepted Answer

Thirty Year War (1618-1648)

Question 8

The Cold War was one of the most violent events in history.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

How has Gutenberg’s creation of the printing press impacted communication and education today?

Accepted Answer

Allowed people to communicate and spread information quicker, Today literacy is common

Question 10

Which event from the 16th century (1500s) was greatly influenced by the printing press?

Accepted Answer

The Protestant Reformation

Question 11

Which event impacted Paulo Freire’s life the most? Why?

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression

Question 12

Paulo Freire wrote a book which is now considered one of the foundational texts of education.

Accepted Answer

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Question 13

Why did Alfred Nobel found the Nobel Prizes?

Accepted Answer

He was motivated by a friend to focus on peace, Reward those who contribute to society with their inventions

Question 14

Which events did Maria Montessori (1870- 1952) live through?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 15

Pestalozzi believed that every child is born with undeveloped natural abilities.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What were the main causes of world war 1?

Accepted Answer

Alliances, militarism, nationalism, and imperialism

Question 17

How did Erasmus inspire Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation?

Accepted Answer

Raised strong criticism against ecclesiastical abuses., Erasmus wrote the Colloquia in 1519

Question 18

Maria Montessori was nominated 3 times for a Nobel peace prize

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Explain which modern groups/ movements reflect Rousseau’s ideas on nature and seclusion?

Accepted Answer

Hippie movements, Environmentalist

Question 20

Aimed to reawaken the ideas of classical Roman culture through literature, art, architecture.

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Renaissance

Question 21

Which War was the first to use atomic bombs? Explain the political impact of this technology.

Accepted Answer

World War II

Question 22

What did Montessori study when she volunteered at the Psychiatric Clinic of the Uni of Rome?

Accepted Answer

Children with learning disabilities, Influenced her to to start her own studies about this topic

Question 23

What happened during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Began with stock market crash in the United States., Took place mostly during the 1930s,, Affected many other nations too due to linked industries., Severe worldwide economic depression

Question 24

Switzerland contributed to World War 2 by...

Accepted Answer

Staying neutral

Question 25

Who influenced Rousseau greatly?

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 26

Kurt Hahn was exiled because of criticism of Nazis

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

What happened when the church of England broke from Rome (1530s)?

Accepted Answer

King Henry declared himself the head of the church

Question 28

What impact did pragmatism and instrumentalism make in our society?

Accepted Answer

Classes changed from only lecture-based, To a mix of activities, projects and lectures

Question 29

How did Jean Piaget develop his 4 theories?

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Studied his own children., studied children while drawing, exercising, talking etc.

Question 30

Explain Johann Pestalozzi’s philosophy and approach toward education?

Accepted Answer

Believed that education was a key element to a just society., focused on the head, heart(emotion), and hands(interactive)., Stresses the fact that education should be well rounded, Education should base itself on a child’s development.

Question 31

The resentment of Germany after the First World War lead to the Second World War.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

What were the 6 ‘declines of youth’ Defined by Hahn? What did they mean?

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Decline of Compassion, Decline of Enterprise, Decline of Imagination,, Decline of Skill,, Decline of Self Discipline, Decline of Fitness

Question 33

How was a religion-centered Europe able to benefit from the creation of the printing press?

Accepted Answer

Allowed the church to mass-produce Bibles, Bibles became more affordable, Commoners could read the bible in their own language

Question 34

What system of government/ who was the ruler in France during Voltaire’s life (1694-1778)?

Accepted Answer

Louis XVI, Monarchy

Question 35

What did Voltaire do to show his feelings towards those who overuse their power?

Accepted Answer

He wrote satires to make fun of them

Question 36

An intellectual movement that concentrated on reason and individualism over traditional views.

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Enlightenment

Question 37

A violent pursuit against individuals that were not devoted to Catholicism under Spanish rule.

Accepted Answer

Spanish Inquisition

Question 38

Freire believed that teachers and students should be aware of politics surrounding education.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

Which event marked the beginning of French control over Switzerland?

Accepted Answer

Establishment of the French Helvetic Republic

Question 40

What occured while Dewey (1859-1952) was becoming an icon for the pragmatism movement?

Accepted Answer

Modernization/Industrialization

Question 41

What was something that affected Switzerland as an industrialized country?

Accepted Answer

economic crisis

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