Global 9: Crowley/Manganiello
Name ___________________________
Midterm Review: Terms + Essential Questions
Early Man
Terms
Artifact
River valley civilizations
Paleolithic
Nomad
Hunter-gatherers
Neolithic
Subsistence Agriculture
Neolithic Revolution
Essential Questions
* How did life change between the Paleolithic and
Neolithic Ages?
Ancient Greece
Terms
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Oligarchy
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
Pericles
Golden Age
Acropolis
Parthenon – columns
Hippocratic Oath
Euclid
Philosophy
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Hellenism
Essential Questions
* What role does geography play in the development of
Greek civilization?
* What are the differences between Athens and Sparta in
terms of government structure, social structure, lifestyle
and values?
* How did Greek government develop?
* What characterized the "golden age" of Greece?
* What were the Peloponnesian Wars, why did they
begin and what were their results?
* Who was Alexander the Great and what are the
Characteristics of Hellenism?
Ancient Rome
Terms
Punic Wars
Twelve Tables
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Bread and Circuses
Gladiators
Nero
Caligula
Edict of Milan
Constantine
Persecution
Inflationary
Essential Questions
* How did the Roman Republic evolve into an Empire?
* How did Christianity emerge and become the official
Religion of the Roman Empire?
* What caused the decline and fall of the Roman
Empire?
Mercenaries
Barbarians
Byzantium + Early Russia
Terms
Constantine
Constantinople
Bosporus Strait
Justinian
Justinian's Code
Eastern Orthodox Religion
Cyrillic Alphabet
Czar
Essential Questions
* Why was Byzantium called "the new Rome"?
* How was Constantinople's geographic location
strategic?
* How did Justinian organize his government and code
of law?
* How did the Byzantine Empire influence Kievan
Russia?
The Middle Ages
Terms
Charlemagne
Dark Ages
Monastery
Holy Roman Emperor
Secular
Salvation
Sacraments
Tithe
Excommunication
Feudalism
Fief
Manorialism
Crusades
Successful failures
Reconquista
Inquisition
Anti-Semitism
Heretic
Magna Carta
Commercial Revolution
Bubonic Plague/Black Death
Essential Questions
* What were the Barbarian invasions and how did they
impact Europe?
* What were the Crusades, why did they occur and what
were their results?
* What was the Black Death, how did it spread and how
did it change life in Europe?
The Renaissance + Reformation
Terms
Renaissance: "rebirth"
Renaissance ideal
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Jan van Eyck
Essential Questions
* Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
* How does the Renaissance compare to the Late Middle
Ages?
* What are the main themes of the Renaissance?
* What is humanism and why is it important to the
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
Secular
Johannes Gutenberg/Printing Press
Martin Luther
95 Theses
Protestant Reformation
Renaissance?
* What effects did the Renaissance have on Europe?
* What was the Reformation, what caused it and what
effects did it have?