World History I Final

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Topic 1 Origins of Civilization 1. How do nomadic people get food?

2. What change to getting food happened with the Neolithic Revolution?

3. How did culture and society change because of the Neolithic

Revolution?

4. What does an artisan do?

5. What is an artifact?

6. Why did humans domesticate animals?

7. What does a scribe do for a civilization?

8. What are the characteristics of civilization?

9. What is an empire?

10. What is cultural diffusion?

Topic 2 The Ancient Middle East and Egypt

11. What was the system of wedge-shaped writing used in

Mesopotamia?

12. What did Hammurabi’s Code accomplish?

13. Which buildings were the centers of religious life in the city-states of

14. What is a bureaucracy?

15. What was the main purpose of the pyramids of Egypt?

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16. What is a dynasty?

17. Ancient Egyptians used symbolic writing called

18. Who was the first female pharaoh?

19. What was the greatest achievement of the Phoenicians?

20. What is monotheism ?

21. Who led Jews out of slavery from Egypt?

22. What set of rules are all Jews expected to follow?

Topic 3 Ancient India and China 23. In the ancient Harappan civilization, the Indus River most likely served as a —

24. What is the main reason why we know so little about the Indus Valley civilization compared to the other river valley civilizations?

25. What is feudalism?

26. What monopolies did the Han Dynasty create?

27. What was Siddhartha Gautama looking for in his spiritual quest?

28. In Hinduism, the followers believe in many gods, which is known as

29. The Hindu belief in a strict social system based on ritual purity is known as

30. In Hinduism, the word karma refers to the concept of

31. Why were lower caste Hindus more likely to convert to Buddhism than others? 32. Why do people who practice Jainism carry brooms?

33. What is filial piety?

34. What was a major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?

35. Which geographic features acted as obstacles to outside contact with China?

36. What protection did the Great Wall provide?

37. Hinduism and Buddhism differ significantly in their beliefs about

38. How did the Mandate of Heaven affect government in China?

39. Which river in China had the the nickname, "River of Sorrows” and why?

Topic 5 Greece 40. What is a fresco?

41. Aristocracy

42. Direct democracy

43. Monarchy

44. Oligarchy

45. Why do archaeologists think the Trojan War actually took place

46. Which side won The Peloponnesian War? 3 Name ______Date ______Class ______Final Exam Review Fall 2015 Turn this review in at the final for up to 10 points on the final exam grade.

47. Plato’s writings

48. Socrates’ death

49. Accomplishments of Pericles

50. What were Alexander’s accomplishments?

51. Alexander the Great was tutored by

52. What is a phalanx?

53. Who were helots?

54. What were controversies in the Delian league?

55. Which cultures merged in Hellenistic society?

Topic 6 Rome 56. What is a republic?

57. Why was Italy easier to unify than Greece?

58. What political power did plebians have?

59. What is an aqueduct?

60. What was Rome like during Pax Romana?

61. Who moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium?

62. What happened to the western part of the Roman Empire after the capital was moved to the east?

63. What was Julius Caesar boasting about when he said, “Veni, vidi, vici”? 64. What happened to Julius Caesar?

65. How did Augustus build a stable government?

66. Who was Cleopatra?

67. What is the most immediate influence of Roman culture on our daily lives?

68. How did the Hun invasion weaken the Roman empire?

69. What is Christianity based on?

70. Which factor assisted the spread of Christianity?

Topic 7 Medieval Christian Europe 71. What was the body of civil law created for the Byzantine Empire?

72. What is an icon?

73. Which leader is head of the Eastern Orthodox Church?

74. In 1054, a solution was found to the conflicts between the Roman Catholic Church in the West and the Orthodox Church in the East, which was to

75. Excommunication means

76. Canon law is

77. Who was at the top of the Catholic Church structure?

78. Knights most commonly traded military service for

79. Who fought the Crusaders for the control of Jerusalem?

80. An positive effect of the Crusades was the increase of

81. What was at the heart of the feudal economy?

82. In 800, Charlemagne was named ______

83. What issue led to both the Magna Carta and the establishment of Parliament?

84. Which king claimed all of England as his personal property after he invaded in 1066?

85. Who forced whom to sign the Magna Carta?

86. What was the central issue of the Hundred Years’ War?

87. The Magna Carta was originally intended to defend the rights of

88. Who brought Christianity the Franks?

89. What was one negative effect of the Crusades that has continued to the present?

90. What happened at the end of the Fourth Crusade?

91. From what region or country did the Viking invaders of Europe come?

92. How did the Bubonic plague spread?

93. How did Russia’s geography influence its early history?

94. What form of writing is used in Russian societies?

95. Why was Mongol rule over Russia significant?

96. Why did Eastern Europe became a refuge for Jews?

Topic 8 Muslim Civilization (Lessons 1 & 3) 97. What is the hajj?

98. What is the place of worship for Muslims?

99. What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

100. What is the difference between the Quran and Sharia?

101. Which language spread with Islam?

102. By 1200 A.D., the Muslims had control of which of the following continents?

103. What economic systems were developed by Muslim trade?

104. What important belief is shared by all three religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam?

Topic 9 Golden Age in China; The Mongol Empire (Lessons 2 &3)

105. The trade route from China to Europe through the Middle East was called

106. What was the benefit of the Chinese invention of movable type?

107. One strategy the Mongols used to be successful fighters was to

108. One of Kublai Khan’s greatest accomplishments was

109. Who was Marco Polo?

110. Which Mongol ruler conquered central Asia by 1221?.