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AP World History Classical Test Review
1. What social characteristic was unique to India only and was not found in other Classical
societies? Ch 3 pg 141, Ch 5 pg 225
2. Who were the Xiongnu? Ch 3 pp 135,139; Ch8,374-375; Ch 11 518-519
3. How did the Xiongnu affect Chinese expansion and defensive initiatives? Ch 3 pp 135,139,
374-375, 518-519
4. Name two major Chinese cities that were important trade centers. Ch 3 pp 135-136
5. Describe Athenian government. Specify who could vote and who couldn’t. Ch 3 pp123-125,
Ch 3 138, 146-148
6. How did the Han Chinese, Greek, and Roman economic practices affect their environments?
Be specific. Ch 3 pp 123-124, 138
7. Define Secularism. (online dictionary)
8. Define Daoism. How was it reflected in Chinese art? Ch 4 p174
9. What was a new feature of Mahayana Buddhism as it spread in the early Common Era? Ch 4
pp 177-179
10. Describe Hinduism. Ch 4 pp 175-176,179-180
11. In the era after the fall of the Roman Empire, what helped preserve Greek learning? Ch 4
pp 186-187
12. Describe the basic philosophy of Confucianism. Ch 4 170-172
13. How did Buddha disagree with Hinduism? Ch 4 pp 175-177
14. Define filial piety. (online dictionary)
15. What Chinese philosophy stressed filial piety? Ch 4 pp 170-171
16. How did Zoroastrianism influence Christianity, Judaism, and Islam? Ch 4 pp 181-182
17. List 3 reasons why there were no long ruling dynasties in India. Ch 3 pg 143
18. Compare and contrast Greek and Indian attitudes towards women. Ch 5 pg 237
19. Which classical empire had the highest amount of slavery? Ch 5 pg 231
20. What new possibility did conversion to Buddhism or Christianity provide to some women?
Ch 5 pp 234; Ch 10 p 483
21. Describe Teotihuacan. Ch 6 pp 275-277
22. Describe the Bantu migration and its significance. Ch 6 pp 282-285
23. List 3 ways that Classical civilizations differed from river valley civilizations. Classical
Empires intro ppt
24. What was Alexander the Great's most important legacy? Strayer Ch 3 pp 126-129; Glencoe
Ch 4 pg 140 last paragraph
25. Describe three contributions of the Gupta Empire Strayer Ch 3 p 120; Glencoe Ch 3 pp 8586
26. Describe three contributions of the Roman Empire. Strayer Ch 3 pp 120, 136-138; Glencoe
Ch 5 pp 163-164, 166-168, 174
27. Describe three contributions of the Greek Empire Strayer Ch 3 pp 123-126); Glencoe Ch 4 pp
112, 123,129-133)
28. Describe three contributions of the Hellenic Empire. (Strayer Ch 3 Ch pp 126-129; Glencoe
Ch 4 pp142-143)
29. Describe three contributions of the Han Empire Strayer Ch 3 pp 133-140,189-104, 229-234,
249-251; Glencoe Ch 3 pp 100-104)