World History Fall Exam Review Guide
Directions: Answer all of the following questions on this review guide. Book numbers
are provided for you. This will be due the day of your exam!!!
1.
Why is geography important to history? p.6
2. How do archeologists find out about early people? p. 8
3. Give an example of a job of a historian. p. 10
4. What characteristics describe the Old Stone Age? p. 11-12
5. Where did the first cities emerge? p. 15
6. What aided cultural diffusion among ancient peoples? p. 19
7. What was the Neolithic Revolution? p. 12
8. What changes characterized the New Stone Age? p. 12
9. How did ancient Egyptians view their pharaohs? p. 25
10. How would you describe Egyptian religious beliefs? p. 29
11. What are the distinguishing key features of early civilization? p. 16
12. Why was the Code of Hammurabi a major achievement? p. 40
13. What geographic feature had the greatest influence on ancient Egypt? p. 24
14. Most Egyptians were members of which social class? p. 31
15. What did the movement of people across the Fertile Crescent result in? p. 34
World History Fall Exam Review Guide
16. How did the Sumerians differ from the Egyptians in the way they viewed their rulers? p.
35
17. What two bodies of water influenced early Indian civilization? p. 52
18. What evidence suggests that the Indus Valley cities had a well organized government? p.
53
19. By what criteria did the Aryans divide the people into classes? p. 55
20. How did the Aryans change during the Vedic age? p. 57
21. What did the geography of Greece help create? p. 105
22. Who dominated Greece following the Persian Wars? p. 111
23. The Peloponnesian War was the result of a conflict between what two city-states? p. 114
24. What did Greek theater evolve from? p. 117
25. What was Alexander’s most lasting achievement? p. 121
26. Why is Greece known as the birthplace of Western Civilization? p. 107
27. What geographic characteristic provided Greece with a link to the outside world? p. 105
28. What do you call a form of government controlled by a small, powerful elite from the
business class? p. 106
29. Why did geography make Italy easier to unite than Greece? p. 128
30. What ideas adopted from Rome influenced the framers of the United States
Constitution? p. 129
World History Fall Exam Review Guide
31. What is considered Rome’s greatest achievement law and is also protected in the Bill of
Rights? p. 140
32. What were Spartan childhood boys trained to be? p. 107
33. Whose leadership did Athens enjoy a golden age under? p. 112
34. Who represented the rights of the plebeians in the Roman government? p. 129
35. Whose culture greatly influenced Roman art and literature? p. 138
36. What did the Roman legal system contribute to the empire? p. 136
37. After whose death did the Pax Romana end in A.D. 180? p. 136
38. What location did Constantine make the center of power for the Roman Empire? p. 148
39. Who established an empire that extended from Greece to Egypt and India? p. 120-122
40. How did the wealth acquired from winning an empire affect Rome? p. 133
41. What civilization blended with Roman civilization in art and literature? p. 138
42. Why were civil wars fought following the decline of the Roman republic? p. 134
43. What was Rome’s attitude towards people of a different religion within the empire? p.
141
44. Who tried to restore order to the Roman Empire? p. 148
45. What contributed to the “fall” of Rome? p. 149-151
World History Fall Exam Review Guide
46. How did Christianity grow from a sect of Judaism into a world religion? p. 142
47. Where did the earliest people who migrated to the America’s come from? p. 156
48. How would you describe Mayan government? p. 158
49. How did Aztecs gain their wealth? p. 160
50. What early American civilization ruled an area that included the Andes Mountains? p. 164
51. How did the Incas unite their empire? p. 164
52. Why was the early part of the Middle Ages known as the “Dark Ages”? p. 182
53. Feudalism emerged during the Dark Ages as a result of the need for what? p. 186
54. In feudalism, what did vassals provide to the lords in return for the land they received? p.
186
55. What was the manor economy based on? p. 190
56. What did new agricultural technologies in the Middle Ages lead to? p. 198
57. What was the most important economic activity in a medieval town? p. 198
58. What group made up the largest part of the population in feudal society? p. 189
59. How did the Black Death spread so quickly? p. 225
60. Describe the relationship between each class group within feudal society? (i.e. lords and
vassals/knights) p. 186-187
World History Fall Exam Review Guide
61. The principle of limited government has its roots in what historical event? p. 208
62. What historical event is related to the American principle of republicanism? p. 208-209
63. What is an unalienable right? notes
64. How is the principle of federalism reflected in the U.S. Constitution? notes
65. What is an example of checks and balances? notes
66. What type of government allows the individuals elected by popular vote to exercise
power? notes
67. “The Constitution of the U.S. forms a government…It is a government in which all people
are represented, which operates directly on the people individually, not upon the state…To
say that any state may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the U.S. is not a
nation!”
The reader can conclude that President Andrew Jackson most likely would have
agreed with which of the following statements?
a. States do not have the right to withdraw from the Union of the United States
of America.
b. Federal government needs to report to the state government.
c. The U.S. Constitution created a loose union of states.
d. The legitimacy of the national government comes from the states.
68. How would you describe a traditional economy? notes
69. What is the purpose of the checks and balances system in the U.S. Constitution?
notes
70. Complete the following sentence: notes
In the American justice system, you are considered ______________ until proven
________________.
World History Fall Exam Review Guide
71. Complete the following sentence:
According to the Code of Hammurabi, justice is served by an eye for an _______, a
__________ for a tooth.
Define/Identify the following terms:
1. Polytheistic – p. 16
2. Ethics – p. 47
3. Nomads – p. 11
4. Cultural Diffusion – p. 19
5. Caste – p. 57
6. Aristocracy – p. 106
7. Democracy – p. 107
8. Monarchy – p. 106
9. Veto – p. 129
10. Republic – p. 129
11. Fief – p. 186
12. Serf – p. 189
13. Guild – p. 200
14. Inflation – p. 148