Global Studies I Final Exam Review Norman Howard School
Geography Draw a globe with lines of latitude: Label the map with the seven continents and four oceans. Draw a globe with lines of longitude: Latitude and longitude are used to find what? Label the hemispheres. What does a cartographer do? What does a geographer do?
Terms to know Geography Economics Government
Neolithic Revolution 1. Neolithic agricultural societies paved the way for civilization by: 1. Converting earliest farmers into hunter-gathers 2. Fostering settled and secure communities 3. Depicting life in cave painting and stone figures 4. Mastering and using language while traveling over wide areas. 2. Early Civilizations arose along the Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, and Huang He because: 1. Easy access invited invasion 2. Rivers contributed to nomadic lifestyles 3. Building materials were easy to find 4. Climate and Geography favored agriculture
River Valley Civilizations If the Nile smiles, the earth is joyous, Every stomach is rejoicing Every spine is happy Every jawbone crushes its food. - ancient Egyptian hymn What were the four River Valley Civilizations: Why did Egyptians find joy in the annual flooding of the Nile? In what ways did the Nile
Ancient Greece Double-Bubble Map comparing/contrasting Athens and Sparta.
Rome
Greece & Rome Study Questions 1. Most of the poleis of ancient Greece were controlled by: 1. Oligarchies 2. Oracles 3. Philosophers 4. Foreign Kings 2. Athens and Sparta fought each other in: 1. Poleis Wars 2. Persian Wars 3. Pantheon Wars 4. Peloponnesian Wars 3. The work of philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle in Greece s Classical Period created: 1. Widespread support for philosophy 2. An intellectual basis for Western Thought 3. The basis for democracy in all poleis 4. New theories about the origin of the universe. 4. Until philosophers are kings, cities will get no rest from troubles and neither will mankind. Then only will this State of ours see the light of the day with a good chance of survival. Socrates speaking in Plato s The Republic 1. According to the quotation, on what does the survival of the State Depend? 1. A similarity between Alexander the Great s empire and the Roman Empire is that both: 1. Started as small republics. 2. Were undermined by new religions 3. Adapted and spread Greek civilization 4. Disintegrated after initial conquests 2. Rome s cultural contributions to Western civilization rested on: 1. Adaptation and preservation of Greek and other cultures. 2. Conquest of Teutonic tribes and outlying peoples 3. Suppression of religious movements 4. A long succession of brilliant empires. 3. The events listed below occurred between 400-500 AD. Use these events to create a multi-flow map. Loss of a central government Weak Emperors Fall of Rome High Taxes and rising prices Decline of unified language and culture Feudalism Byzantine Empire 2. Why is having an education important for a quality ruler?
Belief Systems (1 of 3) What does monotheistic mean? What does polytheistic mean? What polytheistic religion did we study? What are the three monotheistic religions? Where were these religions founded? What is a philosophy?
Belief Systems (2 of 3) Judaism Islam Christianity
Belief Systems (3 of 3) Hinduism Animism Buddhism Confucianism
Emerging Empires
Emerging Empires Study Questions 1. Both Byzantine Emperor Justinian and China s Tang Emperors: 1. Created state-sponsored religions 2. Tried to isolate their realms from foreign influences 3. Reorganized their legal systems 4. Were overthrown by revolution 2. Gupta, Tang, and Byzantine emperors all oversaw: 1. A change from agriculture to huntergathering 2. Golden Ages of Intellectual and cultural achievement 3. Violent religious conflict 4. Power losses to strong bureaucracies 3. Which exerted the most influence on Byzantine culture? 1. Engineers and artists 2. Roman Emperors of the West 3. Invaders 4. The Orthodox Church The Civil Service examination system provided a trained bureaucracy based on merit other than family or political connections. It is a major factor in the continuity of Chinese civilization. -Tok Li wen, Eastern Journeys 1. How were government workers selected in Ancient China? 2. Why is an educated and trained bureaucracy important to the functioning of a government?
Middle Ages (1 of 2) Feudal System: Central government. most powerful force in Europe.
Middle Ages (2 of 2) Create a double-bubble map comparing and contrasting Feudal Japan and Feudal Europe. Japan is an island chain ( ) and is very
Middle Ages Study Questions 1. In the Medieval Era, the relationship between the lord and those who lived and worked on his lands was called: 1. Feudalism 2. Illumination 3. Manorialism 4. Investiture 2. Which statement best describes the role of the Christian Church in Medieval Europe? 1. The Church set the rules for the manorial system. 2. The Church provided moral and social leadership for Europe. 3. Popes exercised political power through their role as Holy Roman Emperors. 4. Kings could pick Church leaders. The baron and all vassals of the king are bound to appear before him when he shall summon them, and to serve him at their own expense for forty days and forty nights, with as many knights as each one owes. And the king wishes to keep them more than forty days at their own expense, they are not bound to remain if they do not wish it. And if the king wishes to keep them at his expense for the defense of the realm, they are bound to remain. -Legal Rules of Military Service, 1072 1. How long must vassals give military service to the king at their own expense? 1. Under what circumstances would they be bound to serve longer? 2. What did vassals receive in exchange for military service to their overlord?
Crusades
Trade and Black Death Guilds #1 Apprentice #2 Journeyman #3 Master Wipes out 1/3 population of Europe Transmitted by Trade/Cultural Diffusion Peasant Status increased slightly. People began to question Roman Catholic Church Global Trade and Interactions Desire for goods by. Expanded Growth of cities such as control trade on the Mediteranean Sea. Beginnings of a econonomy, use of money. : Business Associations Rise of Class and end of in Western Europe.
Mongols
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Renaissance
Reformation Renaissance values of and secularism. Guttenberg's Martin Luther's (1517). 95 Thesis the extravagance of the Church. Protestant Reformation Luther was. First Protestant religion:. Other reformers:, Anabaptists,. Anglican (Church of England): wanted a, so he seperated from the Roman Catholic Church. Catholic Counter-Reformation: Catholic Church tries to. no longer unified by Roman Catholic Church. and between Catholics and Protestants Catholic Church loses. Kings gain. Especially the sale of. Council of Trent (1563) Ended the sale of indulgences and ended other abuses. Inquistion