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WHAP STUDY
GUIDE Chapters 1 –
18 WINTER 2012
CH 1
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Why did the shift from farmers to foragers happen?
How was Mesopotamian culture different compared to Egyptian culture?
How did Mesopotamian civilization emerge, and what technologies promoted its advancement?
What are the most significant aspects of Hammurabi’s law code?
Be able to locate and give approximate dates for the first river valley civilizations.
CH 2
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What was the relationship between Egypt and Nubia?
The mandate of Heaven came about why and in what dynasty?
What are the major differences between Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism?
Why are the Warring States period and the Spring and Autumn period divided as such and what is the difference between them?
What control did the Shang Emperor exercise on outlying provinces?
CH 3
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Why is the late bronze age referred to as cosmopolitan and why is this significant?
What impact did the Minoans have on the Mycenaeans?
Who were the first to successfully rule expansive lands and different cultures?
Who helped the Greeks make the first alphabet and what important city did they found in North Africa?
Who built the 1st Jewish temple and why was it so significant?
CH 4
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Describe Persian rule over the satraps. What were the expectations?
What was Zoroastrianism and what were its legacies?
When and what was the Greek Dark Ages? What brought it about? What ended it?
When and what was the Peloponnesian War?
What and when was the Hellenistic Age?
CH 5
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What were the Roman Republic and Roman Principate and how were they different politically?
Describe the context for the origins of Christianity.
What was the relationship between the Han and Confucianism?
How did the Roman and Han states expand into empires?
What factors contributed to the decline of the Roman and Han empires?
CH 6
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Explain the significance and use of the “theater – state” in the Gupta Empire.
Why was Ashoka such an important Indian ruler?
What are some of the major beliefs in Hinduism?
What impact did Alexander the Great have on India?
What is the significance of Funan?
CH 7
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What impact did the Silk Road spread economically and culturally?
How did the technique of iron smelting spread throughout the sub – Saharan?
What are the two types of Buddhism and how are they different?
Describe the the Indian Ocean maritime system on the regions it impacted socially and economically.
What is the significance of the Bantu migrations?
CH 8
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CH 9
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Who was Muhammad? What significance did he have in Islam?
What were the main differences between the Shi’ites and the Sunnis and what was distinct about each sect?
Who were the Mamluks and what significance do they have on Muslim history?
Describe the status and conditions of Islamic women and slaves. Also, name an important Muslim woman who had an impact on the
establishment of the caliphs.
What type of technological advancements did the Islamic people make during the peak of their time period?
What was the Great Schism?
What impact did monasticism have on Europe?
Between 1000 – 1200, Western Europe slowly emerged from nearly seven centuries of subsistence economy. What technologies and
demographical changes influenced this emergence? How had this impacted the development of Western Europe?
Describe the economic and political rise of Kievan Russia.
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How has Christianity affected the development of Europe’s political system and culture?
CH 10
1. What types of things did the Tang continue/borrow from past civilizations?
2. Why was Buddhism disliked by the Tang elites? What did they do about it?
3. Which events led to the establishment of the Jin? What did they borrow from the Khitans? What connections did they have with the
Song?
4. Describe technology and gender roles within Song China.
5. How did Japan’s governmental system differ and remain similar to China’s?
CH 11
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Describe the differences between chinampas , swidden agriculture, and terraced farming.
What are some specific religious practices for the Mayans and the Aztecs?
In what type of housing did the Anazasi live in? Identify where they lived and how their housing was used for multiple things.
What was the significance of the mit’a?
Why was conquest so important to the Aztec?
CH 12 Mongols
1. What were the lasting effects of the Yuan Empire on the Ming Empire?
2. Why did the Mongols grant privileges to the Orthodox church?
3. Name and explain the importance of three cultural or scientific achievements in Islamic Eurasia.
4. What were the pros and cons of Mongol conquest and the integration of Eurasia into the Mongol empire?
5. Why didn’t seafaring become more important under the Ming?
CH 13
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Why was Malacca such an important port?
What characteristics were important about the Delhi Sultanate?
Why was there a growth in slavery?
How did women contribute to life in tropical Africa and Asia?
Compare the spread of Islam in Mali and the Delhi Sultanate.
CH 14
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Where was the Hanseatic League located and why was it significant?
What military advances were made during the 100 Year War?
What was the Great Western Schism from 1379 – 1415 and how was it resolved?
When and where did the Renaissance take place and how did it change Europe?
How and why did the population change in the Latin West from 1200 – 1500?
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Contrast the achievements of Henry the Navigator with Columbus.
Why did the Portuguese want to push into Africa?
Why were the Atlantic islands of the Madeiras, Canaries, and Azores so important?
Who was Moctezuma II and what happened to him?
How were the Spanish and Portuguese able to conquer so much territory so rapidly in the 1400s and 1500s?
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Why was witch – hunting so popular in this time period? What were causes for a witch to be hunted?
What spurred the Scientific Revolution? How did this change the way people thought about life?
How did the bourgeoisie affect society?
Why was each of the following rulers so important: Charles V, Henry VIII, Henry of Navarre, and Louis XIV?
What were the outcomes of constant warfare?
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What was the importance of silver and gold in Spain and Portugal and their colonies?
What demographic changes occurred in the New World at this time? What was the social hierarchy like?
How did wars among the colonial powers affect the colonies? How did the colonists respond?
What were the economies of the different colonies based on? How did this effect the “world” economy?
CH 18
1. What environmental problems had begun to pose themselves during this era? What were their causes?
2. How did African culture begin to take root in the New World?
3. What economic developments occurred during this time? What was the importance of banks, stock exchanges and chartered
companies?
4. Why did the Atlantic slave trade grow? How did it change the European economy?