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 50 multiple choice (50 points)
 Constructed Response Questions (25 points)
 Thematic Essay (25 points)
GLOBAL
HISTORY I
MIDTERM
REVIEW PACKET
Midterm Review
Essential Themes
1. What is culture?
2. What is the “blueprint” of culture?
3. How does geography impact a civilization?
4. What are the positives and negatives of geographical features?
5. What is cultural diffusion? Culture shock?
6. What are the major social scientists?
7. Where did most early river civilizations locate their society?
8. What type of religion did most early river civilization develop?
9. Why are law codes important to society? Give an example.
10. How does religion impact society? How many different religions are
there?
11. What did the Greeks and Romans give to the United States? The
world?
12. Why did Chinese refer to themselves as the middle kingdom? What is
ethnocentrism?
13. What was the significance of the Silk Road?
14. What was the gold/salt trade?
15. What is the caste system? Is this rigid or mobile?
16. What was the Middle Ages?
17. What roles did people play in feudalism?
18. What role did the Catholic Church play in the Middle Ages?
19. What was the impact of the Crusades?
Possible Essay Themes
Belief Systems
Golden Ages
Human and Physical Geography
Justice and Law
Movement of People and Goods
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historians
archeologists
social sciences
geography
social structure
artifacts
ethnocentrism
interdependence
primary source
secondary source
cultural diffusion
culture
hunter-gatherer
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Revolution
Fertile Crescent
codified law
Hammurabi’s Code
dynasty
hierarchy
pharaoh
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
pyramid
ziggurat
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Mandate of Heaven
Middle Kingdom
polytheism
monotheism
democracy
republic
city-state
polis
Athens vs. Sparta
Twelve Tables
plebeians
patricians
consul
senate
golden age
Pax Romana
Holy Land
Ten Commandments
Torah
Bible
Koran
Sharia
Allah
hajj
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Five Pillars of Islam
Hegira
mosque
Mecca
Ramadan
caliph
Code of Justinian
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
mosaics
czar
gold-salt trade
Timbuktu
animism
Silk Road
Hinduism
caste system
reincarnation
karma
dharma
moksha
ahimsa
Bhagavad Gita
Upansihids
Vedas
Buddhism
Rock Edicts (Asoka)
nirvana
Four Noble Truths
Eightfold Path
Tripitaka
Confucianism
filial piety
Five Relationships
civil service examinations
Analects
Legalism
Daoism
yin-yang
feudalism
fief
lords
vassals
manor
manoralism
knights
chivalry
shogun
bushido
samurai
Important People to Remember For Global History
Hammurabi, Pericles, Alexander the Great, Shi Huangdi, Wudi, Mansa Musa, Asoka,
Justinian, Charlemagne
Person
Society
Role
Contributions and Achievements
What is culture? What is ethnocentrism? What is economic interdependence? Give examples. What is
cultural diffusion? Be specific.
What are the social sciences? (HEGSAP) What does each social scientist study? Give a concrete example.
Give examples of geographic features. Name positive and negative aspects of geography and how it
impacted different civilizations.
Use key words to describe these time periods:
Paleolithic Period
Neolithic Period (Neolithic Revolution)
Early River Civilizations
Why did all river valley civilizations flourish around rivers? What are the similarities between the four
river valley civilizations?
Early River Valley
Characteristics of the Civilization (geography, religion, contributions)
Civilizations
Ancient Egypt
Ancient
Mesopotamia
(Fertile Crescent)
Indus River Valley
(India)
Harappa and
Mohenjo-Daro
Huang He (China)
Hammurabi’s Code (Babylonian)
Classical Civilizations
Greece: How does geography affect its development?
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City-states (polis)
Athens vs. Sparta (similarities, differences, etc.)
Pericles
Direct democracy in Athens – was it a true democracy? Did everyone participate?
Alexander the Great – Hellenistic Culture – examples
Lasting contributions – give concrete examples
Rome: How does Rome’s geography affect its development?
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Roman Republic
12 Tables of Law
Senate
o Patricians vs. Plebeians
Augustus
Roman Contributions – examples
China:
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Mandate of Heaven – Dynastic Cycle
Qin (Chin) Dynasty – Shi Huangdi
o Great Wall
Han Dynasty – Wudi
o Silk Road – explain its importance
o Contributions
India:
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Maurya Empire – Asoka
o Asoka’s Rock Edicts
o Religious tolerance
Gupta (Golden Age)
o Contributions
Rise and Fall of Great Empires
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How is the rise of the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire similar?
How is the decline of the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire similar?
What happened as a result of the fall of the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire?
Belief Systems
What are the characteristics of the major belief systems? How are they similar and different? How did
major religions affect cultures?
How did belief systems spread over large areas?
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Buddhism
Christianity
Confucianism
Hinduism
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Islam
Judaism
Legalism
Taoism (Daoism)
Shintoism
Golden Age of Islamic Empire (800s - 1200s)
 Contributions of Muslims
Spread of Islam – split between Islamic faith
- Sunnis
- Shiites
Mughal Dynasty in India:
 Akbar the Great – Muslim ruler, was tolerant to Hindus
West African Kingdoms: (Ghana, Mali, Songhai) (800 – 1600)
How did Islam impact all three kingdoms?
What was the main source of wealth for all three kingdoms?
What trade routes did all three kingdoms control?
The Byzantine Empire: (330 –1453)
 Justinian
 Code of Justinian
 Great Schism
 Differences between the Eastern Orthodox Church vs. Roman Catholic Church
 Impact on Russia – Cyrillic alphabet, Eastern Orthodoxy, czars
Medieval Europe
 Charlemagne
 Feudalism – self-sufficient
 Manorialism
 Rigid social structure (people in feudal society)
 Importance of Roman Catholic Church
 Crusades
 Rise of Towns and Cities
 Black Plague
Japanese Feudalism
 Rigid social structure (people in feudal society)
 Comparison to European feudalism