Review questions, round II

Hello folks,

Here are some more review questions for the exam.

Imperialism: When was the Seven Years’ War and what was its significance?

Lecture three: Darwin
names: Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, Thomas Malthus
What did Darwin argue in The Origin of Species (1859)? What did he argue in The Descent of Man (1871)?
Herbert Spencer’s popularity declined rapidly after his death. Why? What event that we discussed in class marked the end of the Modern beliefs in inevitable human and social progress?

British Literature:
What characterizes each different period of British literature: Middle English, Renaissance, Jacobean literature, Romanticism, Victorian Age, Modernist Literature, contemporary literature (literature today)?
Who were the Lake Poets, what period of lit did they belong to, and what characterized their literature?
What were some of the major forces that influenced changes in British literature over the past thousand years?

British music:
Important figures: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie
What and when were the British Invasions?
What are the main features of some of the types of music we discussed (Classic Rock, Punk, Post-Punk, New Wave, and Alternative)?

Canada:
How is Canada different from America?
What animal was responsible for the large fur trade in Canada and what chartered company was responsible for that trade (see lecture on imperialism)?
What was ‘the welfare state’ and how was it established?
What is the Separatist movement in Quebec, Canada all about?

Australia and New Zealand:
What were the Australian “History Wars?” What was the latest development in the history wars?
What was the White Australia policy and when did it end?
What are some of the ways that the Maori people maintain their culture in the face of a dominant white culture?