Pre AP World I Final Exam Study Guide
1. The time when people stopped being nomads and switched to farming is known as the ____neolithic____
Revolution.
2. 1/3 of Western European population died during the middle ages because of the __black death________
3. Your pilgrimage to Mecca as an Muslim is known as the ___Hajj______
4. The main religion of Japan=_____Shinto________
5. The founder of Islam, ____Muhammad_________, was born in ___Mecca_______.
6. Goods such as porcelain and silk would come from the country of _China__________.
7. The FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM are:
i.
Declare Faith___________________
ii.
Fast during Ramadan_________________________________
iii.
Pray 5 times a day________________________________________
iv.
Give money to poor_______________________________________
v.
Hajj – Pilgrimage to Mecca________________________________________
8. Monotheism - ____One God_____ Polytheism - ___Many gods___________
9. The Great wall of china_________ was built by emperor ____Qin Shi Huangdi_________ to keep out invaders,
especially the Huns.
10. Famous artists during the renaissance - ___Leonardo Da Vinci_________ and_____Michelangelo________
11. The _Cyrillic___ alphabet was created so the Slavic people or Russia could read the Bible
12. The ____Dome____ of the Rock is located in __Jerusalem______________
13. Muslims face mecca when they ___Pray____ 5 times a day
14. Zoroaster was the religious prophet for the ___Persian________ empire
15. __Joan___ of _Arc____ was a French peasant girl who helped them defeat the English
16. Holy books:
i.
Islam - __Koran_____
ii.
Christianity - ___Bible_______
iii.
Hinduism - __Vedas__________
iv.
Judaism - __Torah________
17. Battle of Tours stopped the spread of the ___Muslims_____
18. Vassals would give land to the ____Knights_____ in return for protection
19. Filial piety is Confucius’ thoughts on respecting your __Elders_____
20. Guttenberg is known for inventing the __Printing Press_______________
21. Imperial bureaucracy and tolerance was stressed by the Persian king ___Cyrus____
22. Granting land in return for loyalty is the __Feudal_____ system
23. Famous Byzantine church - ___Hagia Sophia______________
24. Old stone age people got food by ___Hunting_________ and _____Gathering_______
25. Old Stone Age is also known as the _Paleolithic_________ Age
26. Caste System is the social structure of the __Hindu______ religion
27. Peasants of the Middle Ages - ___Serfs_________
28. _Gold____ and __Salt____ were the major trade goods of Ghana and Mali
29. A plot of land in the middle ages was known as a __fief__
30. The Peloponnesian war was fought between _____sparta____ and ______Athens_________, with the winner being
____Sparta______.
31. Athens, Sparta, Troy are all considered __City____-__States____ of Greece
32. ________Alexander__________ the Great Ruled from Greece to the Indus River Valley
33. In a _____Direct________ democracy all the people rule
34. When a few powerful people rule, like in Sparta, its called a ____Oligarchy________.
35. King or queen rule - ___Monarchy________
36. Pericles ruled during the _Golden___ age of Athens
37. Walk on two feet - ______Hominids_______, earliest one found on the continent of __Africa______
38. __Paul___ was known for spreading Christianity all over the Roman Empire
39. Mythical founders of Rome - ____Romulus________ and __________Remus_____________
40. Emperor who divided the Roman Empire - __________Diocletian____________
41. The __Tiber____ river ran through Rome
42. First Emperor of Rome - _______Augustus____________________
43. The 12 followers of Jesus were his ________apostles/disciples___________________
44. Punic wars:
i.
Leader of Rome- _________Scipio______________
ii.
Leader of Carthage- ______Hannibal___________________
45. Ancient Rome:
i.
Lower class - _____Plebians___________________
ii.
Upper Class - ________Patricians_______________________
46. A promise between god and man was a _____Covenant_______________________
47. Four noble truths are important to religion of __Buddhism______________________________ and are :
i.
________life is full of suffering_____________________
ii.
________suffering caused by desires___________________
iii.
_________get rid of suffering you must get rid of desires_____________
iv.
____follow the eightfold path to enlightenment_________
48. The founder of Buddhism that reached enlightenment was __Siddhartha Gautama____________________________
49. Famous Sports of the Minoans are__boxing___,
______wrestling________ and _bull leaping_________
50. The religion that developed in the Byzantine Empire was ___eastern orthodox__________________ and the
empires capital was known as ___________Constantinople_______________
51. A Russian emperor took the title of __Czar____ to relate to the great Roman Empire
52. List three characteristics of the Phoenician Empire:
I.
Ship-building
II.
Purple dye
III.
Phonetic alphabet
53. What four areas gave way to Early River Valley Civilizations?
I.
Mesopotamia
II.
Egypt
III.
Indus
IV.
China
54. Explain the concept of the Indian Caste System:
Cant move up during your life, only through reincarnation. Created by aryans
55. Four Facts about Buddhism:
I.
India
II.
nirvana
III.
Spread to rest Asia
IV.
Four noble truths
56. Both Hinduism and Buddhism share the idea of reaching full ___enlihtenment____________________
57. The conqueror of the Persian Empire was ____Alexander________ the ____Great________.
58. What was the geography of Ancient Greece and how did that impact its culture?
Very mountainous hard to travel and associate with each other
59. A series of rulers from a single family is called a ___dynasty____________.
60. Explain the Mandate of Heaven:
Way to justify overthrowing a dynasty in china
61. The idea that family relationships are important and each member of the family has a role to play is a major part of
the Chinese philosophy__Confucianism__________________.
62. Explain the different types of Greek columns:
Doric , ionic, Corinthian
63. Explain both Hammurabi’s code and Justinian’s code. Include the impact they had on the world.
Long lasting code of laws that shaped their areas for years and years
64. Explain how the Arab world(Islam) was spread so easily
Many welcomed islam since they were sick of being under other rule
65. ___Vikings_________ used their military might to plunder and pillage European countries as they came down from
Scandinavia
66. How was Christianity spread after the death of Jesus? By peter and paul throughout the empire
67. List four facts about Julius Caesar
I.
Member of 1st triumvirate
II.
Conqueror of Gaul
III.
Named himself dictator for life
IV.
Stabbed in the back
68. The Greeks heavily influenced the ____Romans____ whose Empire would become one of the most powerful of all
time
69. The disagreement over Muslim leadership lead to a ___split in the religion__________________________
70. During the middle ages the ______the church_________ was the only solid institution that kept things together.
71. Knights are to Europe as ___Samurai____________ are to Japan
72. Mansa Musa was the leader of __Mali____________ which specialized in trading _______gold_____ and
_______salt_______ across the ___________sahara__________ desert.
73. The Holy Roman Empire was at its greatest glory under the leadership of __Charlemagne____________
74. Corn(Maize) was a staple crop for these 3 civilizations in the western hemisphere
________Aztecs______________ ________Mayans___________ _______Incans_________
75. The ___Magna Carta_________________ placed restrictions on the King of England and gave more rights to the
people.
76. Explain the goals of the Crusades and their lasting contributions to the world
I.
Recover the holy land
II.
Weakened the power of the church
III.
Opened up trade with arab world
IV.
Way to get rid of quarrelsome knights
V.
Long lasting resentment between Christians, jews, and muslims
77. Florence, Italy is known as the birthplace of the __Renaissance________________ movement.
78. List 3 major effects of the Bubonic Plague
I.
Break down of feudalism
II.
1/3 of the population declined
III.
Anti-semitism
79. During the Middle Ages the preservation of Greek and Roman texts can mostly be contributed to the
______Muslim_______ people who spread their religion as far as Spain.
80. An ideal society, known in a book called _________Utopia_________, was written by Sir Thomas ___Moore____
COMPARE and CONTRAST VENN DIAGRAMS:
10 bullet points in each section
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