AP WORLD HISTORY
STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM ONE:
“FOUNDATIONS: PREHISTORY – 600 C.E.”
TERMS/IDEAS TO KNOW:
1. Pastorialism
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2. Patrilineal
11.
3. Matrilineal
12.
4. Hominids
13.
5. Cuneiform
14.
6. Hammurabi’s
15.
Code of Law
16.
7. Upper Egypt
8. Lower Egypt
9. Mandate of
17.
Heaven
Scholar-gentry
Legalism
city-state
Monotheism
Polytheism
Maize
Civil service
examination
system
Delian League
18. Peloponnesian
League
19. Council of 500
20. Hellenic
culture
21. Hellenistic
culture
22. Eunuchs
23. Jati
24. Varna
25. Karma
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nirvana
reincarnation
Transmigration
monasticism
diffusion
Oligarchy
democracy
Silk Road
INDIVIDUALS/PEOPLES TO KNOW:
34. King
39. Abraham
Menes
40. Moses
35. Queen
41. Alexander
Hatshepsut
the Great
36. Confucius
42. Julius
37. Laozi
Caesar
38. King
43. Marc
David
Antony
44. Octavian
(Augustus
Caesar)
45. Marcus
Aurelius
46. Constantine
47. Diocletian
48. Aryans
49. Dasas
50. Chandragupta
Maurya
51. Ashoka
52. Chandra
Gupta
RELIGIONS/BELIEF SYSTEMS TO KNOW:
53. Confucianism
55. Animism
54. Daoism
56. Buddhism
57. Christianity
58. Hinduism
59. Judaism
PERIODS, AGES, ERAS TO KNOW:
60. Mesolithic era
62. Paleolithic era
61. Neolithic era
63. Bronze Age
64. Iron Age
WARS AND CONFLICTS TO KNOW (WHO, WHY, RESULTS):
65. Persian Wars
66. Peloponnesian
67. Punic Wars
War
CIVILIZATIONS, KINGDOMS, EMPIRES TO KNOW THINGS ABOUT:
68. Indus River
75. Olmecs
84. Han Dynasty
civilization
76. Chavin
85. Mauryan Empire
69. Nile River civilization
77. Maya
86. Gupta Empire
70. Huang He civilization
78. Sumeria
87. Kingdom of Israel
71. Tigris-Euphrates
79. Phoenicia
88. Kingdom of Judea
civilization
80. Athens
89. Assyrian Empire
72. Shang Dynasty
81. Sparta
90. Sasanid Empire
73. Zhou Dynasty
82. Etruscans
74. Qin Dynasty
83. Roman Empire
ARCHITECTURAL, ARTISTIC, LITERARY WORKS TO KNOW:
91. Lascaux cave
93. Pantheon
96. Bhagavad-Gita
paintings
94. Upanishads
92. Parthenon
95. Ramayana
Unit 1 Study Guide (Foundations – 600 C.E.)
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Characteristics of pastorialism/nomadic societies.
How long ago did hominids begin to evolve?
What period did people begin developing the arts?
Effects of pastorialism on history and society?
Characteristics and benefits of early agricultural societies?
Importance of bronze? Iron?
Reasons why cities are important to civilization?
How was Sumeria politically organized?
What event/happening do most historians begin the history of Egypt?
On what did Egyptian civilization depend?
How did ancient Egypt civilization and the Mesopotamian civilization resemble each
other? How did they differ?
What major similarities did the four great river systems have in common? Where are
they? What differences do they have?
Major characteristics of the Shang dynasty?
What was the longest Chinese dynasty and what were the factors for its longevity?
Major results for the fall of the Zhou Dynasty? What major philosophies came out of
this time period? Explain basic tenets of each.
What were the major roles of the scholar-gentry?
What are the “Five Relationships”?
What were the major civilizations in Classical Mesoamerica? Major reasons why
pastorialism did not develop in the Americas?
Most significant contribution of Judaism?
Contributions of the Phoenicians?
Treatment of women in Greek city-states?
The common enemy of the Greek city-state?
What were Alexander the Great’s ideas for this new empire?
Characteristics of Greek architecture and drama?
After what events did the Romans come to control the Mediterranean?
Major political flaws/problems of the Roman Empire?
Rome’s cultural legacies to the world?
Symptoms of Rome’s decline?
What was the basic political philosophy of the Han Dynasty?
Status of women during the Han Dynasty?
Comparisons of Rome and Han Dynasties – politically, economically, socially,
militarily, religiously?
Major ideas/thought of Confucius?
In what ways did the Aryans treat their conquered peoples?
Characteristics of the caste system?
What are the various levels of the caste system?
Social characteristics of Hinduism?
How did the Mauryan and Gupta empires compare political and economically?
What was the Silk Road, why did the Chinese open it and what were some of the
products the Chinese exported?
Impact of the Indian Ocean Trade.
Trans-Saharan trade prior to 600 c.e.
What were the Bantu migrations and what areas did they move into?
Spread of Buddhism in Southeast Asia and the spread of Christianity in post-Roman
areas.
Know the major trade routes of this time period. What they were, where they went,
what they traded, how this affected the people in these areas.
Be able to compare and contrast the roles of women in various empires.
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