AP World History Unit 2 Test Review
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What were the continuities and changes in Second Wave Civilizations?
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How did the Persian and Greek civilizations differ in their political organization and values?
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What notable wars occurred between the Greeks and Persians? What was the eventual outcome under Alexander the
Great?
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How was Athenian democracy different from modern democracy?
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What happened in Alexander’s empire when he died?
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How did Rome grow from a single city to the center of a huge empire?
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How and why did the making of the Chinese empire differ from that of Rome?
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Compare/Contrast Rome and Han – their social order, philosophies, military expansion, and collapse.
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What eventually happened after the breakup of the Roman Empire in Western Europe?
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Give examples of Ashoka’s reign over the Mauryan Empire.
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What were the three main philosophical ideas in China during the Warring States Period?
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What was the focus of Confucianism in terms of scope? (e.g. supernatural vs. social order)
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How did classical Hinduism differ from other religions?
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What is the fundamental assertion of philosophical Hinduism?
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In what ways did Buddhism reflect Hindu traditions?
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Compare Theravada vs. Mahayana Buddhism
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Compare Judaism and Zoroastrianism
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What is the relationship between Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu in Zoroastrianism?
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What is distinctive about the Jewish religious tradition?
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What did the Greek intellectuals focus their tradition upon?
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Compare the Buddha and Jesus
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Describe the social structures of China, India, Rome, Athens, and Sparta
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What were the origins of the caste system in India?
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Compare varna and jati
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What are the functions of caste?
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What are some theories as to why slavery developed?
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How did caste and class differ/could be compared?
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Compare Roman slavery with that of other classical civilizations.
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Where was slavery most prevalent?
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What were the signs of a weakening patriarchy in Han China?
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Compare the patriarchies of Athens and Sparta
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How did Spartan society solve the problem of a threat from the helots?
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List changes/continuities of Classical Era (Period 2)
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What is Africa’s one distinctive environmental feature?
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In what ways was Arabia another point of contact with the larger world for African peoples?
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How did the history of Meroë and Axum reflect interaction with neighboring civilizations?
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How does the experience of the Niger Valley challenge conventional notions of “civilization?
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What was the basis for long-distance commerce in the middle Niger flood-plain?
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Why was Jenne-jeno important?
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In what ways did the arrival of Bantu-speaking peoples stimulate cross-cultural interaction?
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How do you describe the Bantu religion in relation to Buddhism, Christianity, or Islam?
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Why did the Maya live in an “almost totally engineered landscape?”
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With what Eurasian civilizations might the Maya be compared?
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What may have been the ecological and political factors of the Mayan demise?
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In what ways did Teotihuacan shape the history of Mesoamerica?
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What kind of influence did Chavin exert in the Andes region?
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What features of Moche life characterize it as civilization?
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In what few ways were the histories of the Ancestral Pueblo and the Mound Builders similar to each other?
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How was the Mississippi River valley different than the Chaco region in the southwest?
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What are the features of the Hopewell culture?
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What are the features of the dominant center of Cahokia?