GLOBAL HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY 9H
MIDTERM REVIEW SHEET
Date of exam:
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
10:00 am – 12:00 pm (GYM)
Materials needed:
At least 2 sharpened pencils and 2 pens (blue or black ink)
Chapters to study:
Bentley 1-12
Exam format:
1) 50 Multiple Choice Questions
2) Short Response Questions (Documents)
3) Comparison Essay
Some of the chapter topics that will be covered on the exam include:
General Terms and Vocabulary
 Culture
 Agriculture
 Economy
 Cultural Diffusion
 Anthropology
 Subsistence
 History
agriculture
Chapter One (Before History):
 The Leakeys
 Paleolithic Age
 Donald Johansen
 Nomadic Role of
 Hominids
Women
 Nomad
 Cave Paintings
 Hunter/gatherer
 Neolithic Revolution
 Migration
 Subsistence
 Technology of Early
Agriculture
Humans
 Gender & Agriculture
Chapter Two (Early Societies in SW Asia):
 Tigris & Euphrates
 Epic of Gilgamesh
 Mesopotamia
 Ziggurat
 Sumerians
 Sargon
 Cuneiform
 Hammurabi
Barter system
 Golden Age
 Geography
 Syncretism

Technology of
Agriculture
 Population Growth
 Civilization
 Pastoralism

Hammurabi’s Code
 Babylonia
 Assyrians
 New Babylonians

Wheel
 Trade Networks
 Patriarchal
 Role of Women
o Veils
 Lunar Calendar
 Hebrews

Palestine
 Diaspora
 Monotheism
 Phoenicians
 Alphabet
 Indo-European
Migration

o Language
o Horses
o Hittites
o Iron Metallurgy
o War Chariots
Chapter Three (Early African Societies):
 Nile River
 Pyramids
 Cataracts
 Pharaohs
 Desertification
 Hieroglyphics
 Ancient Egypt
 Demotic
 “Gift of the
 Akhenaton
Nile”
 Cult of Osiris
 Mummification
 Nubia
Chapter Four (Early Societies in South Asia):
 Indus River
 Early Aryan
 Hindu-Kush Mtns
Migration
 Ganges River
 Vedas
 Monsoons
 Caste & Varna
 Mohenjo-Daro
 Subcastes & Jati
 Harappa
 Rig Veda
Chapter Five (Early Societies in East Asia):
 Yellow River
 Iron Metallurgy’s
 Xia
impact
 Shang
 Role of merchants
 Zhou
 Veneration of
 Millet
ancestors
 Bronze Metallurgy
 Patriarchal
 Decentralized gov’t
 Oracle Bones
 Mandate of Heaven
 Chinese Writing
Chapter Six (Early Societies in the Americas & Oceania):
 Olmecs
 Ceremonial centers
 Maize
 Jade & obsidian
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Role of Women
Meroitic Writing
Kush
Hyksos
Trade Networks
Bantu Migration
Sati
 Upanishads
 Moksha
 Karma
 Dharma
 Brahman

Book of Songs
 Warring States
Period
 Steppe Nomads
 Yangzi River
 Terraced farming

Yucatan Peninsula
 Maya

Mayan terraced
farming
 Tikal
 City-kingdoms
 Chichen Itza
 Popol Vuh
 Bloodletting
 Ball game
 Maya calendar

Maya writing
 Teotihuacan
 Pyramids of the
Moon & Sun
 Andes Mtns
 Chavin
 Terraced farming
 Irrigation
 Alpacas & llamas
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Chapter Seven (Empires of Persia):
 Achaemenid
 Persian Royal Road
 Cyrus
 Qanat system
 Darius
 Xerxes
 Persepolis
 Persian Wars
 Satrapies
 Seleucid/Parthains/
 Lydian coins
Sasanids
Chapter Eight (The Unification of China):
 Confucius
 Shi Huangdi
 Analects
 Book burning
 Daoism
 Centralization
 Laozi
 The Great Wall
st
 Daodejing
 1 Emperor’s Tomb
 Legalism
 Standardization
 Shang Yang
 Han
 Han Feizi
 Liu Bang
 Qin
 Han Wudi
Mochica
 Australian hunting &
gathering societies
 Austronesian
migrations
 Agriculture in New
Guinea
 Polynesia
 Lapita peoples

Free peasants
 Zoroastrianism
 Gathas
 Ahura Mazda
 Influence of
Zoroastrianism

Confucian education
 Xiongnu
 Ban Zhao
 Silk, Paper,
Crossbow
 Yellow Turban
Uprising
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Chapter Nine (State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India):
 Mauryan Dynasty
 Indian Ocean Trade
 Siddhartha
 Ashoka Maurya
 Epics
Gautama
 Rock & Pillar Edicts
 Vaisyas
 Mahayana Buddhism
 Regional Kingdoms
 Jainism
 Bodhisattvas
 Gupta Dynasty
 Ahimsa
 Bhagavad Gita
 Arabic Numerals
 Buddhism
 Popular Hinduism
 Gupta Golden Age
Chapter Ten (Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase):
 Minoans
 Direct Democracy
 Mycenaean Society
 Greek colonies
 City-States (Polis)
 Mediterranean
 Sparta
Trade
 Military Society
 Olympic Games
 Lycurgus
 Slavery
 Athens
 Socrates, Plato &
 Solon
Aristotle
 Pericles
 Pythagoras
 Parthenon
 Greek Deities
Chapter Eleven (Mediterranean Society: The Roman Phase):
 Etruscans
 Octavian/Augustus
 Roman Republic
 Pax Romana
 Law (12 Tables)
 Roman roads
 Patricians &
 Commercial agric.
plebeians
 Mediterranean
 Punic Wars
trade
 Roman Expansion
 Aqueducts
 Gracchi Brothers
 “Bread & Circus”
 Julius Caesar
 Paterfamilias
Cult of Dionysus
 Comedy & Tragedy
 Persian Wars
 Delian League
 Peloponnesian War
 Philip of Macedon
 Alexander the
Great
 Hellenistic

Slavery
 Roman Deities
 Cicero & Stoicism
 Cult of Mithras &
Isis
 Judaism
 Christianity
 Jesus of Nazareth
 Paul of Tarsus
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Chapter Twelve (Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads):
 Zhang Qian
 Spread of
 Constantine
 Monsoon System
Manichaeism
 Germanic Invasions
 Hellenistic Trade
 Spread of Disease
 The Huns
 Silk Roads
 Fall of the Han
 St. Augustine
 Mare Nostrum
 Sinicization of
 Orthodox
 Spread of Buddhism
nomads
Christianity
 Spread of Hinduism
 Fall of Western
 Patriarchs
 Spread of
Rome
Christianity
 Diocletian
AP World History Theme Questions:
1. How and why did early humans migrate from places of origin? Consider what
historians call the push-pull factors.
2. Compare the economies and social structures of the hunting and gathering peoples
with the urban-based societies.
3. How did technological developments help humans to adapt to different
environments and regions? Consider both forager societies as well as urbanbased societies in this era.
4. What are the general characteristics of urban-based societies? Why is each
characteristic necessary?
5. Compare the political, social and religious structures/institutions of the early
river civilizations.
6. What circumstances contributed to peaceful or to conflict-ridden relations
between pastoralists and urban-based societies?
7. What were/are the core beliefs, institutions, gender roles and reach/spread of
each of the world religions?
8. How did imperial states keep control of vast amounts of land and multi-ethnic
populations?
9. What causes empires to collapse? Long-term, medium-term, short-term
problems? Internal/external problems?
10. Where were the transregional trade routes (land and sea) located and what
technologies were necessary for trade to flourish?
11. Who and what moved along the main transregional trade routes in this era? What
were the significant consequences of these networks of exchange?
Additional questions for Global 9H. They are questions that can be explored at
multiple points in the course & should be used to help study for the midterm.
12. What are the major turning points in Global History? Why should they be
considered turning points?
13. How has geography shaped history and culture?
14. How have belief systems influenced political and social developments?
15. How have classical civilizations contributed to today’s society?
16. How do art and architecture reflect the values of society?
17. How do societies deal with scarcity?
18. How did individuals (such as Confucius, Lao Tzu, Asoka, Socrates, etc.) shape
classical civilizations? To what extent did they reflect their societies?
19. Discuss the role of women in classical civilizations and the development of
patriarchy.
CLASSICAL EMPIRES REVIEW CHART
Political
Maya
Persia
Greece
Rome
Mauryan
Gupta
Qin
Han
Economic
Religion
Social
Intellectual
Arts
Near
(Geography)
COMPARATIVE FREE RESPONSE QUESTION SCORING GUIDELINES
BASIC CORE (competence) 0–7 Points
1. Has acceptable thesis.
• The thesis cannot be split and must be located in either the introductory paragraph or the
conclusion. It cannot simply repeat the question.
• The thesis must address all parts of the question, as well as BOTH a similarity and a
difference.
The thesis statement cannot be counted for credit in any other category.
1 Point
2. Addresses all parts of the question, though not necessarily evenly or thoroughly.
For 2 points:
Essay must address:
• all parts of the question
For 1 point:
Essay must address:
• most parts of the question
2 Points
3. Substantiates thesis with appropriate historical evidence.
Essays must include at least one accurate piece of evidence for each part of the question.
For 2 points:
• Essays should include a minimum of FIVE accurate pieces of evidence that support the thesis.
For 1 point:
• Essays should include a minimum of THREE accurate pieces of evidence that support the
thesis.
2 Points
4. Makes at least one relevant, direct comparison between the two parts of the question.
• The comparison/contrast must be explicit and relevant to the thesis. [It is not sufficient to
make statements that would be obvious from the question.]
• Mere parallel construction is not enough to earn this point.
• The direct comparison must be distinct from the thesis statement.
1 Point
5. Analyzes at least one reason for a similarity or difference identified in a direct comparison.
• In regard to goals or outcomes, students must explain why a similarity or a difference
occurs, or why a similarity or a difference is significant. [Analysis of developments within
one part is not sufficient for this point.]
1 Point
*Note: For thesis, direct comparison, & comparative analysis points, the entire statement must be accurate. All categories BUT the thesis can
double count.
EXPANDED CORE (excellence) 0–2 Points
A student must earn 7 points in the basic core area before earning points in the expanded core area.
Examples:
• Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis.
• Addresses all parts of the question with depth & balance: comparisons, connections, chronology, themes,
interactions, outcomes & goals.
• Provides ample historical evidence to substantiate the thesis.
• Relates comparisons to the larger global context.
• Makes several direct comparisons consistently between areas.
• Consistently analyzes causes and effects of relevant similarities and differences.
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