Final Test Study Guide:
Apply the following big ideas to each unit
BIG IDEAS
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What causes cultures to develop large/powerful kingdoms?
How do rulers try to maintain control and power in their kingdoms?
What causes conflicts with other countries?
What helps improve trade?/How does trade affect a civilization?
What causes unrest in civilizations?
What causes people to question the way they are living and change their
government/beliefs/society?
Ancient Egypt
Beginning and end of the Three Kingdoms
Nile River and trade
General ruling styles of Pharaohs
Ancient Greece
Minoans
Causes of/outcomes of Peloponnesian War/
Persian War
Sparta/ Athens different societies
Ancient Rome
Roman Republic
Twelve Tablets
Causes/outcomes of Punic Wars
Ruling styles of Republic leaders
Causes of Roman Empire (Fall of Roman
Republic)
Cause of the fall of Rome
Sample MC Questions:
Egypt: The Old and New Kingdoms ended because
a. The Hyksos invaded
Middle Ages
Power/development of the Feudal System
Ruling styles of French/English Kings
Ruling styles of Catholic Church
Causes and results of Crusades, Hundred Years
War, and Plague
Renaissance and Reformation
Humanism
Causes of Renaissance (in Italy)
Religious conflict
b. First cataract isolated Egypt
c. Hatshepsut was killed
d. Famine and natural disasters weakened the pharaohs
Greece: Sparta won the Peloponnesian War by
a. joining forces with Persia.
b. joining forces with Athens.
c. creating a strong navy.
d. developing superior arms.
Rome: The Punic wars were mostly caused by
a. Conflict over trade
b. Conflict over kings
c. Personal conflicts
d. Conflict over control of the Alps
Middle Ages: The weakening of medieval trade was caused by
a. the Crusades.
b. feudalism.
c. bad roads
d. Attila the Hun
Renaissance: People were dissatisfied before the Renaissance because all of these events except
a. hundred years war.
b. black plague
c. crusades
d. Spanish influenza.