history test

• Periods of history covered


  • Prehistory
  • Antiquity
  • Middle Ages
  • Early Modern Time
  • Modern Time
• Aspects covered in Prehistory


  • Hunters and farmers
  • The first farmers
  • The first towns
• Aspects covered in Antiquity

  • Philosophy and politics in the Greek city states
  • Classical, iconic Greek and Roman culture
  • The growth of the Roman Empire and the spread of Greek and Roman culture in Europe
  • The confrontation between Greek and Roman culture and the Germanic culture
  • The development of Judaism and Christianity as monotheistic religions
• Aspects covered in Middle Ages

  • The beginning and spread of Islam
  • The end of urban societies and beginning of a self-sufficient agricultural society on manors, with the feudal system as political organisation
  • The feudal system
  • The spread of Christianity in Europe
• Aspects covered in Middle Ages (2)

  • The re-emergence of trade and craftsmanship that led to the return of urban life
  • The growth of urban citizenship and the growing independence of towns
  • Conflict between church and state
  • The expansion of Christianity by the crusades
  • The beginning of centralised states
• Aspects covered in Early Modern Time

  • The beginning of European expansion
  • Changing views on life and the world in the Renaissance and renewed scientific interest
  • Renewed interest for the Greek and Roman Antiquity
  • The protestant reformation and the separation of the Christian church in Western Europe
  • The Dutch Revolt that lead to the independent Dutch nation
• Aspects covered in Early Modern Time (2)


  • Kings get absolute power
  • The extraordinary political, social and cultural position of the Dutch Republic
  • The beginning of commercial capitalism and world economy
  • The scientific revolution
• Aspects covered in Early Modern Time (3)

  • Rational optimism and enlightened thinking, applied to politics, religion, economy and society
  • Continuation of Anien Régime and enlightened absolutism
  • European domination in plantation colonies and slave trade. The emergence of abolitionism
  • The western democratic revolutions that lead to constitutions, civil rights and citizenship
• Aspects covered in Modern Time

  • The industrialisation of the western world
  • Discussions about social issues
  • Modern imperialism
  • Emancipation movements
  • On-going democratic development
  • The beginning of sociopolitical ideas, such as liberalism, nationalism, socialism, confessionalism and feminism
• Aspects covered in Modern Time (2)

  • The role of modern propaganda, communication and mass movement
  • Totalitarianism: communism and National Socialism (fascism)
  • The economic world crisis
  • Two World Wars
  • Racism and discrimination that lead to genocide and Holocaust
  • The German occupation of the Netherlands
  • Large-scale devastation by weapons of mass destruction and the involvement of civilians in warfare
  • The beginning of resistance in the colonies against the European supremacy
• Aspects covered in Modern Time (3)

  • The worldwide division into two blocs with an arms race and nuclear threat (Cold War)
  • Decolonisation
• the life of hunter-gatherers

  they live in small groups, move around and live in tents. They don't write. Simple tools from stone. Name: Nomads
• The first farmers

  Around 10.000 bc people invent farming. their lives change, they live in one place and start to keep stock and produce tools like plough. Became the first society
• The first towns

  people started to specialise in other professions, society gets more complex, a government is neccesary. Towns have temple in the centre and roads and walls.
• Philosoph and politics in the Greek city states

  philosophers try to find scientific explanations for the world around them, instead of using gods as an explanation. they also think about the best way to rule a state. Democracy is invented in Athens
• classical, iconic Greek and Roman empire

  temples, statues
• the growth of the roman empire and the spread of greek and roman culture in europe

  the romans create a huge empire and with that bring their culture in europe, like religion and art.
• the confrontation between greek and roman culture and the germanic culture

  when romans conquer North West Europe they meet germanic tribes. they trade, exchange culture and fight wars
• the development of Judaism and Christianity and monotheistic religions
• the beginning and spread of islam


  in the middle east. it spreads quickly because they have good warriors who want to fight for their belief
• the end of urban societies and beginning of a self-sufficient agricultural society on manors, with the feudal system as political organisation.


  After collapse of roman empire, people return to farming. trade dissapeared, also did money. they cannot leave the land
• the feudal system


  king needs people to control his land. uses noble men to rule and judge. in retun: borrow a piece of land. the knights and the farmers form the army that the king uses to defend his land
• spread of christianity in europe

  monks started spreading christianity over Europe. In the end: whole Europe is Christian and controlled by the pope
• The re-emergence of trade and craftmanship that led to the return of urban life

  agriculture improves, start to trade the surplus. leads to people moving to towns. Other professions also return