Name: Date: Pd: World History Fall Semester Final Review Unit 1: Foundations of Civilization 8000 BC-500 BC 1. What was the Neolithic Revolution? 2. What were effects of the Neolithic Revolution? 3. List the 6 characteristics of civilization. 4. What was Hammurabi s Code & why was it important? 5. What was the first of the major monotheistic religions founded during this time period? 6. Write the location of the Indus River Valley, Mesopotamia, Chinese, and Nile River Valley Civilizations are located on a map. 7. Why did early civilizations settle by rivers? 8. List the major achievements of each of the four river valley civilizations. Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent/Sumerians: Egypt on Nile River Valley: Indus River Valley (India): Huang He River/Yellow River Valley (China):
Unit 2: Classical Civilizations 500 BC-500 AD 9. Identify the seven characteristics of empires. 10. What was one way that imperial governments continued to have strong economic growth? 11. What was the main achievement of the Zhou dynasty? 12. What were achievements of the Qin dynasty? What philosophy did they follow? 13. What were the achievements of the Han dynasty? What philosophy did they follow? 14. List the achievements of Classical India. 15. Explain the caste system in India. 16. Explain the main beliefs of Hinduism. 17. Explain the main beliefs & practices of Buddhism.
18. Explain the ideology of Confucianism. 19. Define republic. What civilization was it associated with? 20. Define democracy. What Greek city-state is associated with? 21. What was the main focus of male lives in Sparta? 22. How did both Greece and Rome influence the US & other Western civilizations? 23. What allowed for the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire? 24. What caused both the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty to decline & ultimately fall? 25. What caused the development of feudalism? Units 3 & 4: Post Classical Era 600-1450 26. What is the holy city & holy book for the Islamic faith? 27. List the five pillars of Islam (in English).
28. Identify important mathematical, scientific, artistic, and scholarly achievements of the Islamic Empire. Mathematic Scientific Artistic/Architectural Scholarly 29. Explain how Islam spread & the significance of this. 30. Describe the significance or impact of the spread of Islam. 31. What were the two primary goods were traded across the Sahara? 32. What are the characteristics of Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy? Characteristic Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy Leader Location Language Shared beliefs 33. Explain what Justinian s Code was and why it was important. 34. What caused the start of feudalism after the Fall of the Roman Empire? 35. Explain the system of feudalism. 36. What is manorialism? 37. What are two improvements that China made during the Post-Classical Era which allowed for increased economic growth?
38. List and describe the innovations of Tang and Song China. 39. Who were the Mongols & who was their first leader? 40. How did the Mongol invasion impact Europe, India, China, and Southwest Asia? 41. How did the Mongol invasion impact China? 42. How did the Mongol invasion impact the Islamic caliphate? 43. What were the 4 major events that contributed to the end of Medieval Europe? 44. What were the Crusades and what impact did they have on Europe? 45. Explain what the Black Death was and the effects it had on Europe. 46. Summarize the Hundred Years War & its effects. 47. What happened in the Great Schism & how did it impact Europe? Unit 5: Connecting Hemispheres Era 1450-1750 48. Why was the creation of the Ottoman an important moment in World History?
49. What were janissaries? 50. What were millets & why did the Ottomans organize into them? 51. Where was the Ottoman Empire located & how did this impact it? 52. How did the European traders respond to the Ottomans controlling the trade routes? 53..Maya, Aztec, or Inca: Which American civilization(s) a. used quipu for keeping records? b. were polytheistic? c. practiced bloodletting & human sacrifice? d. had cooperative farming? e. had a writing system? f. built monumental structures? 54. What are two physical adaptations the Inca made to their environment? 55. What are three similarities between the Aztec & Mayans? 56. What products from the East Indies and Southeast Asia were in high demand in Europe in the 1500s-1600s? 57. Describe the impact Ming China had on trade with Western Europe & with Spain. 58. What did Zheng He do & what happened after his death? 59. Explain mercantilism. 60. What enabled and caused the European exploration of the Connecting Hemispheres era? 61. What are three ways Europe benefitted from exploration?
62. What was the Columbian Exchange? 63. How was Africa impacted by the Columbian Exchange & the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade? 64. How were the Americas (New World) impacted by the Columbian Exchange? 65. What does Renaissance mean? Unit 6: The Renaissance & Scientific Revolution 66. What are the characteristics of Renaissance art? 67. Explain the philosophy of humanism. 68. What is individualism? 69. What was the Scientific Revolution? 70. How was the Catholic Church impacted by the Scientific Revolution? 71. What is the heliocentric theory?