STUDY GUIDE – Non Western Civ (Fall 2012)
Intro to history:
Creation Myths
Ch. 1 Sects. 2 & 3
Egypt & Middle East
Ch. 2 Sects 1, 2, 3, & 4
Islam & Kingdoms of Africa
Ch. 10 Sects. 1, 2, 3
Ch. 11 Sects 1, 2, 3, & 4
China
Ch. 3 Sect. 4 & 5
Ch. 12 Sects 1 & 2
Ch. 14 Sect 4
India
Ch. 3 Sects 1, 2, & 3
Ch. 10 Sect 4
“Divine Faith”
Imperialism: “A Western-Dominated World”
in-class notes & activities
FINAL EXAM: 15% of Semester Grade
- use notes last half of exam period
Issues Covered
Geography
 What geographical features specific to each region? Location of important cities/kingdoms?
 How have these features impacted the development of civilization in the region?
 How did peoples of various civilizations adapt to their environment?
Religion & Philosophy
 What religious traditions developed in each of the regions studied? How did lifestyle, geography and government
impact these traditions?
 Distinguish between Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Legalism, Confucianism, and Islam (similarities, differences
traditions, sects, etc.)
Achievements
 How did the achievements in art and literature reflect the daily lives of the cultures studied?
 What technological achievements did the region develop?
Political Systems
 Why were religion and government so closely linked in early civilizations?
 How did the leaders of these regions gain and lose power?
 What forms of government were practiced?
Economy & Technology
 Describe the various types of societies and how each sought to survive.
 How were goods exchanged?
 What was the impact of agriculture on the cultures studied?
 How did the technology developed reflect the economic needs and motives of the societies?
Social Systems
 How did family patterns vary?
 How were the various societies organized?
 What role did women play in each of the societies?
 Identify the people who make the largest impact on each of the cultures studies
Imperialism
 What were the motives of Imperialism?
 How did imperialism impact the cultures studied? (East Asia, India, Scramble for Africa)
 What were the positive and negative effects of imperialism?
NWC – Unit Study Guide: China (3-4&5, 12-1&2, 14-4)
Geography
Huang/Chang Rivers
Loess
Tributary State
Steppe
Macao
Guangzhou
Manchuria
Korea
Nagasaki
Japan
Terms
Clan
Dynastic cycle
Feudalism
Philosophy
Filial piety
Oracle bone
Calligraphy
Confucianism
Daoism
Legalism
Terms
Monopoly
Expansionism
Civil Servant
Warlord
Acupunture
Land reform
Gentry
Dowry
Pagoda
People
Confucius
Laozi
Shi Huangdi
Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
People
Yuan Dynasty
Tang Taizong
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
Zheng He
Matteo Ricci
Manchus
Qing
Qinglong
Lord Macartney
1. Understand geographic locations and the characteristics of them (including political influences)
2. Understand the basic elements of the 3 schools of Chinese thought
3. There were a number of significant developments that occurred during various dynasties, and by various
significant leaders
India Unit Study Guide (Ch. 3 – 1, 2, 3; Ch. 10 – 4)
GEOGRAPHY
Subcontinent
Monsoon
Deccan plateau
Ganges & Indus Rivers
Maurya empire
Gupta empire
Himilaya Mountains
Mohenjo-Daro
Harrappa
Indian Ocean
Delhi
Taj Mahal
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
TERMS
atman
brahman
reincarnation
moksha
caste
dowry
nirvana
Mahabarata
karma
ahimsa
dharma
TERMS
Sikhism
veneration
acculturation
vedas
Four Noble Truths
Eightfold Path
sect
dissent
golden age
joint family
dowry
shakti
PEOPLE
Siddhartha Guatama
Asoka
Chandragupta Maurya
Tamerlane
mystic
rajah
sati
Nur Jahan
Shah Jahan
Akbar
Indra
Aryans
Babur
missionary
sultan
Mughal dynasty
Understand geographic locations and the characteristics of them (including political influences – planning)
Understand the basic religious elements of Hinduism and Buddhism
There are a number of people with significant accomplishments. How were these influential re: Indian life
Understand the significance of the 3 Pillars of Indian Life
Understand Hindu-Muslim differences, the blending of cultures and Akbar’s divine faith
Be able to choose an aspect from ‘The Story of India’ video, explain its significance and give a reaction (opinion)
about it
STUDY GUIDE : Non-Western Civ: African Kingdoms & Islam
textbook Ch. 10 Sects. 1-3 and Ch. 11 (all)
KEY TERMS
geez
nuclear family
patrilineal
Bantu
prophet
Swahili
Islam
desertification
slash-&-burn agriculture
matrilineal
elders
Sundiata
Lalibela
Askia Muhammad
polytheism
Timbuktu
Almoravids
Ethiopia
Seljuk
Axum
Sunni
Shiite
gold & salt
caliph
Dome of the Rock
savanna
griots
Mansa Musa
Ezana
hijra
Mecca
Songhai
minaret
Muhammad
Ghana
Mali
savanna
Ibn Battuta
Amina
mosque
Hajj
lineage
monsoon
Moors
CONCEPTS
 understanding how trade routes affected African kingdoms
 women's status in relation to kingdoms and Islam
 how geography shaped life (including within kingdoms, and migration of people)
 the role of religion in shaping life
Study Guide - NWC
Unit Test: Prehistory and ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia
Textbook sections: Ch. 1 Sects 2 & 3; Ch. 2 Sects. 1 - 4
Key words:
Hittites
Phoenicia & Phoenicians
Hammurabi
Old Stone Age
city-state
Darius
satrap
nomad
Hatshepsut
polytheism
delta
Nebuchadnezzar
ziggurat
monotheism
Ramses II
culture
ethnocentrism
Herodotus
myth (creation)
Ku-Baba
Osiris
Rosetta stone
mastaba
Narmar
3 Egyptian kingdoms
Neolithic revolution
Ptah-hotep
hieroglyphics
Nubia & Nubians
Sumer
Epic of Gilgamesh
cuneiform
demotic
Themes:
1. the role of rivers in shaping the first civilizations
2. the spread of ideas and inventions through trade, warfare, and migration
3. the influence of powerful rulers on political, military, and religious developments
4. contributions made to civilization by various groups/individuals