Midterm Review Sheet - Global History

GLOBAL HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY 9 FINAL REVIEW SHEET

Date of Exam: Monday, June 20, 2016 7:40 am – 9:40 am (Library) Materials needed: Please bring with you: at least 2 sharpened pencils and 2 pens Chapters to study: 1-19 Exam format: 1) 50 multiple choice questions 2) Document Questions 3) DBQ Essay

Some of the topics that will be covered on the exam include: General Terms and Vocabulary  Culture Stone Age Golden Age  Economy Homo sapiens Geography  Anthropology Nomad Savannas  Archaeology Hunter/gatherer Traditional societies  History Domestication of animals Interdependence  Agriculture Subsistence agriculture Mercantilism  Cultural Diffusion Barter system Ethnocentrism   Chapter One (Human Beginnings):  Louis & Mary Leakey  Paleolithic Age  Donald Johansen  Neolithic Revolution   Chapter Two (Early Civilizations – Egypt, Mesopotamia,) Chapter 3 (South Asia & China):  Ancient Egypt – Nile River, Mummification, Pyramids, Pharaohs, Hieroglyphics  Mesopotamia – Tigris & Euphrates, Sumerians, Cuneiform, Sargon, Akkadians, Hammurabi, Hammurabi’s Code, Babylonia  South Asia – Indus & Ganges Rivers, Indus Valley (Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa), Monsoons  China – Huang He & Yangtze Rivers, Shang & Zhou Dynasties, Dynastic Cycle, Mandate of Heaven, loess   (India’s Great Civilizations):  Aryans  Caste system  Maurya  Vedas  Buddhism  Gupta  Hinduism  Eightfold Path  Asoka   (China’s Flourishing Civilizations):  Confucianism  Filial Piety  The Great Wall of China  Five Relationships  Daoism  Legalism  The Silk Road    Chapter Two (Kingdoms & Empires of the Middle East):  Israelites  Covenant  Nebuchadnezzar  Diaspora  Prophets  Darius I  Torah  Hittites  Lydians  Ten Commandments  Assyrians  Phoenicians  Monotheism  Persians  Zoroaster 

  Chapter Four (The Rise of Greece):  Geography of Greece  Homer  Democracy  Minoans  The Polis  Sparta  Myceneans  Athens  Persian Wars   (The Height of Greek Civilization):  Achievements  Socrates  Hellenistic  Tragedy  Plato  Pericles  Comedy  Aristotle  Direct Democracy  Olympics  Parthenon  Philosophy  Alexander the Great   Chapter Five (Ancient Rome & Early Christianity):  Geography of Rome  Christianity (emergence,  Pax Romana  Law (12 Tables) beliefs & reaction to)  Fall of Rome  Roman Expansion  Road system  Effects on western  Senate civilization   Chapter Eleven (Flowering of African Civilizations):  Nubia  Ghana  Mansa Musa  Kush  Mali  Ibn Battuta  Axum  Songhai  Artwork  Ethiopia  Gold – Salt trade  animism    Chapter Nine (Byzantine & Slavs):  Orthodox Christianity  Constantinople  Kiev  Justinian Code  Cyrillic alphabet  Mosaic  Empress Theodora  Black Sea – Baltic Sea  Icon  Hagia Sophia Trade   Chapter Ten (Islamic Civilization):  Arabian Peninsula  5 Pillars  Shariah  Muslim Golden Age  Hejira [Hijrah]  Caliph  Expansion & policies  Sheikh  Umayyad Dynasty  Mecca [Makkah]  Muhammad  Abbasid Dynasty  Hajj  Quran/Koran      Chapter Seven (The Rise of Medieval Europe):  Charlemagne  Knights  Lay investiture  Franks  Code of Chivalry  Inquisition  Vikings  Manorialism  William the Conqueror  Feudalism  Roman Catholic Church  Magna Carta   Chapter Thirteen (Medieval Europe at Its Height):  Crusades (cause/effects)  Guild  Heretic  Commercial Revolution  Gothic  Bubonic Plague   Chapter Fourteen (East & South Asia):  Mongols  Tang & Song Dynasties  Celadon  Genghis Khan  Marco Polo  Samurai/Code of  Kublai Khan  Early Korea Bushido  Yuan Dynasty  Hangul  Chapter Six (The Americas):  Aztec  Montezuma  Terraced Farming  Maya  Atahualpa  Mayan Calendar  Inca  Chinampas  Mayan mathematics   Chapter Thirteen (Renaissance & Reformation):  Humanism  Shakespeare  Calvin  Florence  Machiavelli  Indulgence  Leonardo  Printing Press (& effects)  Henry VIII  Michelangelo  Reformation  Spanish Reconquista  Raphael  Luther  Counter-Reformation   Chapter Fifteen (Expanding Horizons):  Age of Exploration –  Diaz/Da Gama  Triangular Trade causes & effects  Cortes  Mercantilism  Astrolabe/quadrant  Pizarro  The “Encounter”  Columbus  Empires in the Americas  Encomiendas  Columbian Exchange  Colonial social order   Chapter Twelve (Empires of Asia):  Ottoman Empire  Ming Dynasty  Tokugawa Shogunate  Suleiman  The Forbidden City  Japanese isolationism  Mogul (Mughal) Empire  Zheng He  Taj Mahal  Qing (Manchu) Dynasty   Chapter Sixteen (Royal Power & Conflict):  Absolutism  Philip II  Catherine the Great  Divine Right  Maria Theresa  Balance of power  Louis XIV  Peter the Great  Limited monarchy

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 THEMES (POSSIBLE ESSAY TOPICS)  1. Turning Points in History . Neolithic Revolution . Qing (Manchu) . Fall of Rome isolationism . Fall of Constantinople . Fall of the Aztec . Renaissance . Crusades . Protestant Reformation . The invention of the printing press . 2. Conquest . Alexander the Great . Mongols (Russia & East . Ancient Rome Asia) . Islam . Ottoman Turks . Spanish conquistadors . 3. Trade Routes/Organizations & Economic Systems . Silk Road . Hanseatic League . Trans-Saharan . trans-Atlantic trade . Mediterranean trade . Traditional economy routes . Manorialism . Indian Ocean trade routes . Mercantilism . 4. Achievements/Contributions . Greece . Mayan . Tang & Song . Incan . Ming . Renaissance . Gupta . Ottoman . Islam . 5. Individuals (& their impact) . Alexander the Great . Genghis Khan . Confucius . Muhammad . Asoka . Martin Luther . Hammurabi . Peter the Great . Mansa Musa . Elizabeth I . 6. Art & Architecture . Parthenon . Palace of Versailles . Great Wall of China . Mayan calendar . Gothic cathedrals . The Last Supper . Great Mosque of Mecca . Taj Mahal