World Civilizations
1st Semester Exam Study Guide
Test Breakdown
1 Essay (written in class before the exam date)
80 Multiple Choice Questions
Unit 1: Foundations of Civilization
Learning Targets
I can identify the major world geographic features on a physical world map.
I can trace the development of civilization.
I can apply the characteristics of civilization to early river valley civilizations.
I can interpret historical charts and primary sources to identify their relationship to historical events.
Essential Questions
What role did geography play in the development of civilization?
Vocabulary
Geography--Nomad
Hunter-gathers
Neolithic Revolution
Unit 2: Culture Emerges
Learning Targets
I can identify and compare government systems.
I can differentiate between economic systems.
I can identify and compare major world belief systems: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam.
Essential Question
How did culture derive from the development of civilization?
Vocabulary
Culture
Cultural Traits
Representative Democracy/Republic
Autocracy
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Theocracy
Oligarchy
Anarchy
Democracy
Direct Democracy
Mixed Economy
Traditional Economy
Market Economy
Command Economy
Unit 3: Cultural Diffusion in Action
Learning Targets
I can examine the impact of cultural diffusion on civilization.
I can identify patterns that led civilizations to flourish and decline.
I can illustrate the conquests of Alexander the Great to explain the development of Hellenistic culture.
I can summarize the fall of the Roman Empire and hypothesize its effects.
I can identify events that contributed to the regression of Western Europe during the Middle Ages.
I can identify events that contributed to the advancement of Eastern Europe & the Middle East during the Middle Ages.
I can explain how the Crusades set cultural diffusion into action in Europe.
Essential Questions
How was cultural diffusion a result of Alexander the Great’s Empire?
How did Eastern Europe and the Middle East revitalize Western Europe?
Vocabulary
Cultural Diffusion
Hellenistic
Feudalism
Crusade
Bubonic Plague
Justinian Code
Who’s Who
Alexander the Great
Justinian
Unit 4: Renaissance Leads to Reformation & Discovery
Learning Targets
I can examine the key ideas of the Renaissance.
I can examine the new ideas of the Renaissance and how they differ from the Middle Ages.
I can explain the causes and effects of the Reformation.
Essential Questions
How did the Renaissance differ from the Middle Ages in Western Europe?
What led Protestants to break away from the Catholic Church?
Vocabulary
Renaissance
Humanism
Renaissance Man/Woman
Renaissance Man/Woman
Reformation
Protestant
Columbian Exchange
Who’s Who
Noccolo Machiavelli
Johann Gutenberg
Martin Luther
Christopher Columbus
Unit 5: Trends That Challenged Tradition
Learning Targets
I can identify the characteristics of Absolutism.
I can evaluate inventions and theories developed during the Scientific Revolution and explain how they challenged
traditional beliefs.
I can determine the central ideas of the Enlightenment to examine their effect on Absolutism.
Essential Questions
How did divine right support Absolutism?
How did science challenge traditional authority?
How did Enlightenment ideas change the relationship between people and government?
Vocabulary
Absolute Monarch
Divine Right
Scientific Revolution
Enlightenment
Social Contract
Salon
Geocentric Theory
Heliocentric Theory