<p>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. </p><p>Topic 1 Origins of Civilization 1. How do nomadic people get food?</p><p>2. What change to getting food happened with the Neolithic Revolution? </p><p>3. How did culture and society change because of the Neolithic </p><p>Revolution? </p><p>4. What does an artisan do? </p><p>5. What is an artifact?</p><p>6. Why did humans domesticate animals? </p><p>7. What does a scribe do for a civilization? </p><p>8. What are the characteristics of civilization? </p><p>9. What is an empire?</p><p>10. What is cultural diffusion? </p><p>Topic 2 The Ancient Middle East and Egypt</p><p>11. What was the system of wedge-shaped writing used in </p><p>Mesopotamia? </p><p>12. What did Hammurabi’s Code accomplish?</p><p>13. Which buildings were the centers of religious life in the city-states of </p><p>Ur?</p><p>14. What is a bureaucracy? </p><p>15. What was the main purpose of the pyramids of Egypt? </p><p>1 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. </p><p>16. What is a dynasty?</p><p>17. Ancient Egyptians used symbolic writing called </p><p>18. Who was the first female pharaoh? </p><p>19. What was the greatest achievement of the Phoenicians?</p><p>20. What is monotheism ?</p><p>21. Who led Jews out of slavery from Egypt?</p><p>22. What set of rules are all Jews expected to follow?</p><p>Topic 3 Ancient India and China 23. In the ancient Harappan civilization, the Indus River most likely served as a —</p><p>24. What is the main reason why we know so little about the Indus Valley civilization compared to the other river valley civilizations? </p><p>25. What is feudalism? </p><p>26. What monopolies did the Han Dynasty create? </p><p>27. What was Siddhartha Gautama looking for in his spiritual quest? </p><p>28. In Hinduism, the followers believe in many gods, which is known as</p><p>29. The Hindu belief in a strict social system based on ritual purity is known as </p><p>30. In Hinduism, the word karma refers to the concept of</p><p>2 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. </p><p>31. Why were lower caste Hindus more likely to convert to Buddhism than others? 32. Why do people who practice Jainism carry brooms?</p><p>33. What is filial piety? </p><p>34. What was a major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?</p><p>35. Which geographic features acted as obstacles to outside contact with China? </p><p>36. What protection did the Great Wall provide? </p><p>37. Hinduism and Buddhism differ significantly in their beliefs about </p><p>38. How did the Mandate of Heaven affect government in China? </p><p>39. Which river in China had the the nickname, "River of Sorrows” and why?</p><p>Topic 5 Greece 40. What is a fresco?</p><p>41. Aristocracy</p><p>42. Direct democracy</p><p>43. Monarchy </p><p>44. Oligarchy</p><p>45. Why do archaeologists think the Trojan War actually took place</p><p>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. </p><p>47. Plato’s writings </p><p>48. Socrates’ death </p><p>49. Accomplishments of Pericles </p><p>50. What were Alexander’s accomplishments? </p><p>51. Alexander the Great was tutored by</p><p>52. What is a phalanx? </p><p>53. Who were helots?</p><p>54. What were controversies in the Delian league? </p><p>55. Which cultures merged in Hellenistic society? </p><p>Topic 6 Rome 56. What is a republic? </p><p>57. Why was Italy easier to unify than Greece? </p><p>58. What political power did plebians have? </p><p>59. What is an aqueduct?</p><p>60. What was Rome like during Pax Romana? </p><p>61. Who moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium?</p><p>62. What happened to the western part of the Roman Empire after the capital was moved to the east?</p><p>4 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. </p><p>63. What was Julius Caesar boasting about when he said, “Veni, vidi, vici”? 64. What happened to Julius Caesar? </p><p>65. How did Augustus build a stable government? </p><p>66. Who was Cleopatra? </p><p>67. What is the most immediate influence of Roman culture on our daily lives? </p><p>68. How did the Hun invasion weaken the Roman empire?</p><p>69. What is Christianity based on?</p><p>70. Which factor assisted the spread of Christianity?</p><p>Topic 7 Medieval Christian Europe 71. What was the body of civil law created for the Byzantine Empire?</p><p>72. What is an icon?</p><p>73. Which leader is head of the Eastern Orthodox Church? </p><p>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</p><p>75. Excommunication means </p><p>76. Canon law is </p><p>5 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. </p><p>77. Who was at the top of the Catholic Church structure?</p><p>78. Knights most commonly traded military service for</p><p>79. Who fought the Crusaders for the control of Jerusalem? </p><p>80. An positive effect of the Crusades was the increase of</p><p>81. What was at the heart of the feudal economy?</p><p>82. In 800, Charlemagne was named ______</p><p>83. What issue led to both the Magna Carta and the establishment of Parliament?</p><p>84. Which king claimed all of England as his personal property after he invaded in 1066?</p><p>85. Who forced whom to sign the Magna Carta?</p><p>86. What was the central issue of the Hundred Years’ War?</p><p>87. The Magna Carta was originally intended to defend the rights of</p><p>88. Who brought Christianity the Franks? </p><p>89. What was one negative effect of the Crusades that has continued to the present?</p><p>90. What happened at the end of the Fourth Crusade? </p><p>6 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. </p><p>91. From what region or country did the Viking invaders of Europe come?</p><p>92. How did the Bubonic plague spread? </p><p>93. How did Russia’s geography influence its early history? </p><p>94. What form of writing is used in Russian societies? </p><p>95. Why was Mongol rule over Russia significant?</p><p>96. Why did Eastern Europe became a refuge for Jews? </p><p>Topic 8 Muslim Civilization (Lessons 1 & 3) 97. What is the hajj? </p><p>98. What is the place of worship for Muslims?</p><p>99. What are the Five Pillars of Islam?</p><p>100. What is the difference between the Quran and Sharia? </p><p>101. Which language spread with Islam? </p><p>7 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. </p><p>102. By 1200 A.D., the Muslims had control of which of the following continents?</p><p>103. What economic systems were developed by Muslim trade? </p><p>104. What important belief is shared by all three religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam?</p><p>Topic 9 Golden Age in China; The Mongol Empire (Lessons 2 &3) </p><p>105. The trade route from China to Europe through the Middle East was called </p><p>106. What was the benefit of the Chinese invention of movable type?</p><p>107. One strategy the Mongols used to be successful fighters was to</p><p>108. One of Kublai Khan’s greatest accomplishments was </p><p>109. Who was Marco Polo? </p><p>110. Which Mongol ruler conquered central Asia by 1221?.</p><p>8 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. </p><p>9</p>