Hismow - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Here is a complete and extensive summary of the entire course of HISMOW, which I used to study for both the midterm and the final exam (I got 7.5 and 7.4). The course content hasn't changed in years (the same sentences since 2019 at least) so it should still be up to date. Good luck studying

Enlightenment (17-18th century, France and Europe) - correct answer A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions. - skepticism towards tradition/religion Pietism in Lutheran Germany (17th century, Germany) - correct answer Quest for inner light rather than reason; inner spiritual experience independent from religious doctrines - opposed En...

Rapallo Treaty (1922) - correct answer The USSR and Germany re-established diplomatic relations Anti-Comintern Pact (1936/1937) - correct answer treaty between Germany and Japan promising a common front against communism Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact - correct answer Russian and German non aggression agreement, not to attack each other, also, divide up Poland Barbarossa Decree - corr...

republic is doomed from the start. Clear cut with the Empire was never made and conservative groups remain too influential (Hindenburg). Republic without republicans. - correct answer Stillborn thesis Deliberate plan of the old Imperial elite that never wanted a democratic republic and therefor waited for the right time to finish it off. Eventually with the help of the NSDAP (also fervently anti-democratic.) Freikorps and Hindenburg c.s. - correct answer ...

'old' Imperialism through expansion: - correct answer Christian 'missionarism' 'old' imperialism through free trade: - correct answer maritime and mercantile Mercantilism - correct answer An economic system of trade based on the idea that a nation's wealth and therefore power were achieved by increasing exports and trade, by having control of production. ...

The Social Democrats - correct answer - Political leaders in charge after November 1918 - Marxists, but tamed, toned down and revisionist - Middle, disliked by the left and the right The Spartacists - correct answer - Left-wing Marxists led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg - Attempted to bring about a German proletarian revolution in January 1919 - Spartacist uprising crushed by Social Democratic Provisional Go...

Summary of key definitions mentioned throughout the HisMo course. It has all the key terms which are necessary to remember for the final exam. This is not a summary of the readings but of the general course.

Who was the most violent leader of the Reign of Terror? - correct answer Marat What is the term for a source by someone who actually took part or witnessed an event? - correct answer Primary Source What device was invented to speed up the executions during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror? - correct answer Guillotine What Britsh naval victory made Britain the dominant...

Joe RDN is the director of a food service operation. He has been tasked with improving sustainable practices within the operation. His operation already donates leftover food to local shelters, participates in a local farm to facility program and composts all organic wastes. What is one additional change that Joe could consider to conserve energy within the operation? - correct answer Install light sensors so empty workspaces are not lit Sally is an RDN wh...

Philip II of Spain lived within the walls of his gray, granite palace called the Escorial - correct answer True The Portuguese Armada was defeated in 1588 by stormy weather and the English navy. - correct answer False, Spanish During the 1600s, the Spanish gradually replaced the Italians as the bankers of Europe. - correct answer False, Dutch The Republic formed by the United P...