World Studies I Final Exam Study Guide
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Homo sapiens in Africa, between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago were:
The geographic location of hunter-gatherers occurred because they had to:
What important advance of Paleolithic man would fall at the question mark on the timeline above?
Scientists who study past cultures by analyzing human remains, fossils, and artifacts are called:
Write statements that BEST characterize Neolithic man.
What are some examples of early cities in the Fertile Crescent studied by archeologists?
The most important reason man’s earliest civilizations began in river valleys was because these valleys
were
What was one of the first written codes of law?
The origin of Judaism can be traced to what person?
Where did the Jewish people first settle?
A belief in reincarnation, karma, many forms of one major deity, and a caste system are
characteristics of what religion?
Which civilization contributed a civil service system, paper, porcelain, and silk?
During the Gupta Empire, numerous contributions were made in the areas of:
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
The Greek civilization was located on what body of water?
How was Greek civilization characterized?
An important economic development in ancient Greece was
The earliest democratic system of government was developed in
19. The Parthenon (the building above) was built to honor what Greek goddess?
20. What is the correct order of the evolution of democracy in Athens?
21. How did the results of the Persian Wars impact Western Civilization?
22.What was the significance of the Persian Wars?
23. How did Rome’s geographic location lead to its eventual domination of the entire Mediterranean
world?
24. What were some geographic features that helped to protect Rome?
25. Roman religion was
26. Rome became the dominant force in the Mediterranean after its victory in the Punic Wars over
27. What was the sequence of the evolution of government in Rome between about 600 B.C E. and 500
C.E.?
28. In Western society, where can we find remnants of Roman mythology?
29. What general from Carthage led his men against the Romans in the second Punic War?
30. Who spread the Christian religion throughout the Roman Empire?
31. What was the name of the capital of the Byzantine Empire before Constantine renamed it?
32. What were some achievements of Emperor Justinian?
33. The Byzantine Empire developed
34. What were some characteristics of the Western Church?
35. Christianity in Western Europe can best be classified as
36. Which was not a disagreement over Christianity between Eastern and Western Europe?
37. What did Byzantine monks create to help newly converted Russians?
38. Which of the following is not one of the Pillars of Islam?
39. What city is important not only to Muslims, but to Jews and Christians as well?
40. Which of the following is true about the Koran?
41. An important cultural contribution of the Muslims is the
42. As trade expanded in the Islamic Empire, many people adopted the Arabic language. This event
would be best characterized by what term?
43. What were some scientific achievements of the Muslims?
44. Where is the homeland of the Jews and Christians? (use the map)
45. Mecca and Medina, the 2 holiest cities of Islam, are located in which present-day country?
46. Where did Islam begin?
47. Who was the founder of Islam?
48. The image to the left shows what religion’s most sacred site?
What famous battle halted the spread of Islam into western Europe?
Although the eastern half of the former Roman Empire thrived as the Byzantine Empire, the western
half was controlled by many different groups of
51. What is a manor?
52. England limited the powers of kings and increased the power of the nobility with
53. The Black Death first came to Europe through
54. The Hundred Years’ War was between which countries?
55. What were the effects of the Crusades?
56. Chronologically, which event came last? William of Normandy conquered England in the Battle of
Hastings, The Black Death struck for the first time, The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks,
or The First Crusades?
57. The Renaissance first began in the city-state of
58. This “Renaissance man” was an artist, engineer, and scientist:
59. Renaissance art includes all of the following except
60. Machiavelli’s book on secular statecraft is entitled
61. Regional trade networks in the Eastern Hemisphere included the exchange of what products from
China and Persia?
62. Which of the following religions is characterized by a focus on the importance of natural features and
worship of the emperor and is unique to Japan?
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63. The image to the left is an example of how China influenced ______________.
The salt-gold trade encouraged cultural diffusion between north Africa and: (list the THREE African
civilizations)
Which west African city developed as a center of learning and trade?
People arrived in the Americas by
Which South American civilization was associated with the famous lost city of Machu Picchu?
Which statement is true about the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incans?
In which region did the Mayans develop?
The civilization known for building a complex and organized civilization in the Andes Mountains was
the