SOL REVIEW QUESTIONS
for
World History and Geography to 1500 A.D.
WHI.2 REVIEW #1
What shaped how early human societies lived their lives? ________________________
On what continent did the first forms of man evolve? ___________________________
What form of early man emerged about 100,000 to 400,000 years ago? ______________
Homo sapiens migrated from Africa to where? _________________________________
How did early man gain his food? ___________________________________________
Early man was dependent on the availability of what? ____________________________
WHI.2 REVIEW #2
Early man was able to overcome his physical environment because he developed what?
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Name 2 characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies. _____________________________
Name 4 things which developed during the Old Stone Age.
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What is another name for the Old Stone Age? __________________________________
A person who migrates in search of food, water and shelter is a _?_. ________________
What group developed the first tools and weapons? ______________________________
WHI.2 REVIEW #3
Name 5 things which developed during the New Stone Age. ______________________
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What is another name for the New Stone Age? _________________________________
What effect did agriculture have on how early man lived? _________________________
What does carbon dating do? _______________________________________________
What is an artifact? _______________________________________________________
Who studies past cultures by locating & analyzing human remains, fossils, and artifacts?
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What archaeological site in England was built during the Neolithic period & Bronze
Age? ___________
WHI.3 REVIEW #4
What did river valleys provide for early civilizations? ____________________________
The area located from the Mediterranean coast to Mesopotamia is called what? ________
When did the first river civilizations appear? __________________________________
Egypt is located next to what river? __________________________________________
What area is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? _____________________
What river valley civilization was located in India? _____________________________
On what river was China’s river civilization located? ____________________________
WHI.3 REVIEW #5
The Nile River is located on what continent? __________________________________
On what continent is Mesopotamia located? ___________________________________
Where did the first civilizations develop? _____________________________________
What groups invaded river valley civilizations? _________________________________
Who settled between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River Valley? _______________
What group settled along the Eastern Mediterranean coast? _______________________
What civilization was located on the upper Nile River Valley? _____________________
WHI.3 REVIEW #6
Where were the “Cradles of Civilization” located? ______________________________
Who ruled Egypt? ______________________________________________________
How did rulers in the river valleys gain power? ________________________________
What is a dynasty? _______________________________________________________
(True)(False) Most river civilizations had a rigid class system. _____________________
What was accepted in most river valley civilizations? ___________________________
The government of early Mesopotamian civilizations often had a centralized government
based on what?_________________________________________________
WHI.3 REVIEW #7
Name the two written law codes of the Fertile Crescent. _________________________
What is an empire? ______________________________________________________
What political system is characterized by a city and its surrounding lands? ____________
What were two metals used to make tools and weapons? __________________________
What group traded throughout the Mediterranean Sea and on Middle Eastern rivers? ____
Name 3 reasons river valley civilizations had an agricultural surplus. ________________
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Where were the world’s first cities located? ____________________________________
WHI.3 REVIEW #8
People who do work according to their skills are practicing what? __________________
What type of religion did most people of the Fertile Crescent practice? _______________
What type of religion did the Hebrews follow? ________________________________
Judaism is the foundation of what other religions? ______________________________
Which civilization was the first to follow one God? _____________________________
Who led the Hebrews out of Mesopotamia and helped found the Jewish faith? _________
Who received the Ten Commandments? ______________________________________
WHI.3 REVIEW #9
What is the holy city of the Hebrews? _________________________________________
Who led the Jews out of Egypt? ____________________________________________
What states the proper moral and religious conduct for Hebrews? __________________
What is the written records and beliefs of the Hebrews? __________________________
What is the belief in one God? _____________________________________________
What is the religion of the Hebrews? _________________________________________
The Hebrews were captured and taken to Babylon. What is this called? _____________
WHI.3 REVIEW #10
The Hebrews were forced to leave Palestine because they rebelled too often. What is this
called? ______
What civilization used hieroglyphics? _________________________________________
What were 2 important cultural innovations developed in early river valleys? _________
What civilization developed the alphabet as we know it? ______________________
What civilization used cuneiform? _________________________________________
The earliest written symbols were called what? ______________________________
WHI.4 REVIEW #11
The Persian civilization developed from what previous civilizations? _______________
How did the Persians treat the people they conquered? _________________________
What is a bureaucracy? _________________________________________________
What religion did the Persians follow? _______________________________________
What did the Persians do to improve communication and trade in their empire? ________
Who had the largest empire in the ancient world before Alexander the Great? _________
What was the second river valley in India to be settled? __________________________
WHI.4 REVIEW #12
Who invaded and conquered the original Indus River Valley civilization? ____________
What was India’s rigidly structured social system based on occupation? ______________
Name 3 geographic barriers which made invading India harder. ____________________
What mountains are to the west of the Indian sub-continent? ______________________
What mountains are to the east of the Indian sub-continent? ______________________
Through what mountain range did invaders reach India? _________________________
What are the 2 main rivers of the Indian subcontinent? __________________________
WHI.4 REVIEW #13
What did the caste system influence? ________________________________________
During what empire was India’s Golden Age of Culture? _________________________
Name 2 non-religious contributions of India. ___________________________________
What was the religion of classical India? _____________________________________
What religion believes in one major deity who takes many forms? __________________
The Indian cycle of rebirth is called what? _____________________________________
Future reincarnation based on present behavior is what? __________________________
WHI.4 REVIEW #14
What are the sacred writings of Hinduism? ____________________________________
What religion did Siddhartha Gautama found? _________________________________
Where was Buddhism founded? ____________________________________________
What does a Buddhist have to do to gain Enlightenment? ________________________
Who was Buddha? ______________________________________________________
Who sent missionaries to spread Buddhism throughout Asia? _____________________
What are the 2 basic beliefs of Buddhism? ____________________________________
In what river valley was classical China’s civilization located? ____________________
WHI.4 REVIEW #15
What is another name for the Huang He? _____________________________________
From where did migratory invaders enter China? _______________________________
Why was the Great Wall built? ____________________________________________
About when did China’s civilization begin? __________________________________
What 2 religions did China contribute? ________________________________________
Who built the Great Wall of China? ________________________________________
The ruling families of China were called what? ________________________________
Chinese rulers served under the authority of what? ______________________________
WHI.4 REVIEW #16
What does this mean? ____________________________________________________
Chinese emperors were considered to be what? _________________________________
What connected China to cultures as far away as Rome? _________________________
People who work for the bureaucracy of China were part of what? __________________
What fabric did China contribute to the world? _________________________________
Name 4 contributions of classical China. _____________________________________
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What religion believes that humans are good, not bad? __________________________
Name 5 beliefs of Confucianism. ___________________________________________________________________________ - __________________________________ _________________________________ - _____________________________________
WHI.4 REVIEW #17
In what country do citizens respect their elders and worship their ancestors? __________
What belief of Confucianism still influences China today? _______________________
What represents opposites in Daoism and Confucianism? _________________________
What religion believes in a simple life and inner peace? ___________________________
What religion believes man should live in harmony with nature? ____________________
Buddhism from where spread throughout Asia? ________________________________
What 3 religions are practiced in China? _______________________________________
WHI.5 REVIEW #18
What geographic feature shaped the economic, social, and political development of
Greece? ___________________________________________________________
The Hellenic civilization took place in what country? ___________________________
How did the Greeks spread the Hellenic culture? ________________________________
What sea is located east of Greece? __________________________________________
What sea is located south of Greece? ________________________________________
What strait leads to the Black Sea? ___________________________________________
What peninsula is located east of Greece? _____________________________________
WHI.5 REVIEW #19
What area was located north of Greece and was the home of Alexander the Great? ___
What were the 2 main city-states of Greece? ___________________________________
Why was agriculture limited in ancient Greece? ________________________________
To trade one good for another is to do what? __________________________________
What was the chief occupation of the Greeks? _________________________________
Greeks practiced barter, but later changed over to what? _________________________
What geographical feature isolated and hindered the development of Greek city-states?
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WHI.5 REVIEW #20
Why did the Greeks colonize outside Greece? __________________________________
What did the design of Greek city-states promote? ______________________________
The Greeks practiced what kind of religion? ___________________________________
Name 3 things Greek mythology explained.
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Why is Greek mythology still important today? _________________________________
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What did Zeus represent? _________________________________________________
What did Artemis represent? _______________________________________________
What did Apollo represent? ________________________________________________
WHI.5 REVIEW #21
What did Athena represent? _______________________________________________
What did Hera represent? __________________________________________________
What did Aphrodite represent? _____________________________________________
What city-state had the most democratic government of its time? __________________
Who were Greek citizens? _________________________________________________
What responsibility did Greek citizens have? ___________________________________
What 3 groups had no political power? _____________________________________
What kind of government was ruled by one family who inherited power? _____________
WHI.5 REVIEW #22
What government is ruled by a small group of nobles? _________________________
What government is ruled by one person who seized power? ______________________
What government is ruled by citizens who could vote? __________________________
Who created written laws with severe punishments? ____________________________
Who improved the legal system & expanded participation in the Assembly? __________
What city-state had a direct democracy? ______________________________________
What 3 democratic principles began in Athens? ____________________________________________________________________ -__________________________________
WHI.5 REVIEW #23
Which Greek city-state had a militaristic and aggressive society? ___________________
What Greek city-state had an oligarchy? ______________________________________
Which city-state had a rigid social structure? ___________________________________
What type of government is ruled by a small group? ____________________________
Which wars united Athens and Sparta against an external enemy? ___________________
What was a result of the Persian War for Athens? ______________________________
Name 2 battles of the Persian Wars. _________________________________________
WHI.5 REVIEW #24
A result of the Persian War for the Greeks was the control of what sea?. ______________
Which war came first--Peloponnesian or Persian? _____________________________
What was the alliance headed by Athens? _____________________________________
What war was caused by competition between Athens & Sparta for control of the Greek
world? _________________________________________
What war caused a slowing of culture and a weakening of political power in Greece?
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What was the alliance headed by Sparta? ______________________________________
Who was Pericles? _______________________________________________________
WHI.5 REVIEW #25
Who rebuilt Athens after the Persian Wars?_____________________________________
What building was rebuilt after the Persian Wars? ______________________________
During the reign of _?_, democracy was extended so all adult male citizens could vote &
participate in the gov’t. __________________________________________________
The Golden Age of Pericles was between what 2 wars? __________________________
Who wrote the Iliad & the Odyssey? ____________________________________
Name 2 Greek dramatic playwrights. ________________________________________
Name the first Greek historian. ________________________________________
WHI.5 REVIEW #26
What Greek historian wrote about the Peloponnesian War? ______________________
Who was the Greek sculptor who created the statue of Athena in the Parthenon? _______
What kind of columns are on the Parthenon? __________________________________
What were the 3 types of Greek columns? ____________________________________
Who was the Greek who developed the lever and pulley? ________________________
Who was the father of medicine? _________________________________________
Name 3 Greek philosophers. ____________________________________________
Who developed a theory about right triangles? _________________________________
WHI.5 REVIEW #27
Who was the father of geometry? __________________________________________
What war made it easier for the Macedonians to conquer Greece? __________________
What Macedonian conquered most of Greece? _________________________________
Name 3 areas controlled by Alexander the Great. ______________________________
What did Alexander the Great spread? _______________________________________
Who conquered the Persian Empire and most of the ancient world? _________________
How was Hellenistic culture spread? _________________________________________
What was Hellenistic culture? ____________________________________________
WHI.6 REVIEW #28
Where was Rome located? ________________________________________________
Name two advantages of Rome’s location. ____________________________________
What protected Italy from northern invaders? __________________________________
What protected Italy on all other sides? ______________________________________
On what landform is Italy located? __________________________________________
What advantages did the Mediterranean Sea provide for Rome? ___________________
What type of religion did Rome follow? _____________________________________
How has Roman mythology influenced western art and culture? ___________________
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WHI.6 REVIEW #29
Did Rome’s religion influence its politics, culture and art? _______________________
Name 3 things Roman mythology explained. __________________________________
Roman mythology was based on what? _______________________________________
What did Jupiter represent? _____________________________________________
What did Juno represent? __________________________________________________
What did Apollo represent? ________________________________________________
What did Venus represent? _______________________________________________
What did Diana represent? ______________________________________________
WHI.6 REVIEW #30
What did Minerva represent? _______________________________________________
Name 3 groups in Roman society who had no rights. ____________________________
Non-Romans living in the Roman Republic were called what? ____________________
What was the highest Roman social class and who was in it? ______________________
Roman slavery was not based on what? ______________________________________
The majority of Rome’s population was what class? ____________________________
Who were forced by conquest to become servants to the Romans? _________________
WHI.6 REVIEW #31
Who held citizenship in Rome? ___________________________________________
Who had the privilege of voting in Rome? ___________________________________
Name 2 responsibilities of Roman citizenship. _________________________________
What kind of democracy did Rome have? _____________________________________
Who was elected by the Assembly & served Rome for one year? ___________________
Who served in the Senate and Assembly? ___________________________________
The written laws of Rome were called what? __________________________________
The Punic Wars were between whom? _______________________________________
WHI.6 REVIEW #32
Rome’s victory in the Punic Wars led to the diffusion of what? _____________________
The Punic Wars were fought because of competition for what? ____________________
Who invaded the Italian peninsula during the Second Punic War? __________________
Who won the Punic Wars? ____________________________________________
The Third Punic War resulted in the destruction of what? ________________________
What wars were fought from 264-146 BC? _____________________________________
At the end of the Punic Wars, Rome controlled the lands around what sea? __________
WHI.6 REVIEW #33
Name 3 results of the Punic Wars? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name 4 areas which became part of the Roman Empire. _________________________
Name 4 causes for the decline of the Roman Republic.
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What replaced the Roman republic? _________________________________________
Define inflation. _________________________________________________________
What did devaluation of Roman currency cause? _______________________________
Who was in the First Triumvirate? _________________________________________
A civil war broke out between the Senate and whom? ___________________________
WHI.6 REVIEW #34
What happened to Julius Caesar? _______________________________________
Who defeated Marc Anthony at the Battle of Actium? ____________________________
Who was the first emperor of Rome? ________________________________________
How did Rome unify and enlarge its empire? __________________________________
What was a weakness of the Roman political system? ___________________________
Name 3 things Augustus Caesar instituted when he established the Roman Empire. ____
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What was the Pax Romana? ________________________________________________
WHI.6 REVIEW #35
What emperor established the Pax Romana? ___________________________________
What was expanded and solidified during the Pax Romana? _______________________
Name 3 effects of the Pax Romana on the economy. ____________________________
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What effect did a uniform system of money have on the Pax Romana? _______________
Name 2 social impacts of the Pax Romana. ___________________________________
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Rule by law describes what? _______________________________________________
During what period did a civil service and uniform rule of law develop? _____________
WHI.6 REVIEW #36
What is the civil service? _______________________________________________
Christianity was based on what religion? _____________________________________
What kind of religion was Christianity? _______________________________________
Who was proclaimed the Messiah? _________________________________________
Who originated Christianity? _______________________________________________
Why did the Romans persecute Christians? ____________________________________
Name 3 basic beliefs of Christianity. ____________________________
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What was the holy book for Christians? ______________________________________
WHI.6 REVIEW #37
Who established early Christian doctrine? ____________________________________
What was the goal of the Apostles? _________________________________________
What does the New Testament contain? _______________________________________
Who helped to establish Christianity as a separate religion? _____________________
Who was the first Christian emperor? ________________________________________
What emperor legalized Christianity? ________________________________________
How did the Romans treat the Christians? _____________________________________
What became the moral authority of the late Roman Empire? ______________________
WHI.6 REVIEW #38
What was the main unifying force in western Europe after the fall of Rome? __________
After the fall of the Roman Empire, to whom did the people of Europe give their loyalty?
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What spread Roman culture? ___________________________________________
What temple was built by Hadrian in Rome and has a freestanding dome? ____________
What area in Rome was the center of gov't and religion? _________________________
It was an amphitheater where gladiator games were held. _______________________
The Appian Way is an example of a _?_. _____________________________________
This carried water to Roman cities. __________________________________________
WHI.6 REVIEW #39
Most Roman buildings have this architectural feature. ___________________________
Name 3 examples of public health in Rome. ___________________________________
Who was Ptolemy? _____________________________________________________
What language did they speak in Rome? ____________________________________
Languages which came from Latin are called what? _____________________________
Name 3 Romance languages. ______________________________________________
Who wrote the Aeneid? _________________________________________________
What were the 2 most important religions in Rome? ____________________________
WHI.6 REVIEW #40
What principle of law came from Rome? _____________________________________
What were the Twelve Tables? ____________________________________________
Why did the Western Roman Empire “fall”? __________________________________
Name 2 economic factors for the fall of Rome. __________________________________
Who did the Roman army include at the “fall of Rome”? ________________________
(True)(False) No one factor caused Rome to fall. _________________________
What was the result in the inclusion of barbarians in the army? ____________________
What factor led to the moral decay of Rome? ________________________________
WHI.6 REVIEW #41
Name 2 factors which increased Rome’s political weakness. _______________________
When did the Roman Empire “fall”? _______________________________________
Who invaded the Roman Empire? ____________________________________________
Who moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium? _____________________
What became Byzantium’s new name? _______________________________________
What event caused the “fall” of the Western Roman Empire? _____________________
What did the Eastern Roman Empire become? _________________________________
WHI.7 REVIEW #42
Name 4 advantages of Constantinople’s location _______________________________
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What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire? ________________________________
What ended the Byzantine Empire? ___________________________________________
The Byzantine Empire helped preserve what cultures? ___________________________
Who codified Roman law? _______________________________________________
What impact did Justinian’s code have on western Europe? _______________________
Under what emperor did the Byzantine empire reach its height of culture and prosperity?
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WHI.7 REVIEW #43
Name 3 accomplishments of Justinian. _______________________________________
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Who is the most well known Byzantine Emperor? _______________________________
What Byzantine emperor reconquered many formerly Roman territories? ____________
What enabled a distinct Byzantine art and architecture to develop? _________________
What tradition influenced Byzantine culture? __________________________________
What are the religious images of the Byzantine Empire? _________________________
What is a mosaic? _____________________________________________________
Where were mosaics used? ________________________________________________
WHI.7 REVIEW #44
What is the Byzantine domed church in Constantinople? _________________________
What language was spoken in the Byzantine Empire? ____________________________
What type of Christianity was practiced in the Byzantine Empire? _________________
What did Byzantine libraries preserve? _______________________________________
What weakened the unity of the Christian Church? ______________________________
Where was the Eastern church centered? _____________________________________
What language did the Eastern church use? __________________________________
What language did the Western church use? ___________________________________
WHI.7 REVIEW #45
Where was the Western church centered? _____________________________________
Who was accepted as the leader of the Western church? _________________________
Who accepted the practice of celibacy? ________________________________________
What was the result of the differences between the Eastern and Western Christian
churches? ________
What civilization influenced Eastern Europe & Russia? __________________________
What church did Russia and Eastern Europe adopt? ___________________________
How did Eastern Europe and Russia come into contact with the Byzantine Empire?
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Who developed the Slavic alphabet? _______________________________________
What civilization influenced Russian architecture and religious art? ________________
WHI.8 REVIEW #46
Who founded Islam? _______________________________________________
What type of religion is Islam? _____________________________________________
Who is The Prophet? _____________________________________________________
What are the two holiest cities of Islam? _____________________________________
Where are they located? _______________________________________________
Where was the first Muslim Empire located? __________________________________
What does Allah mean? ___________________________________________________
What is the holy book of Islam? __________________________________________
Name 3 of the Five Pillars of Islam. __________________________________________
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WHI.8 REVIEW #47
Name 3 prophets Muslims believe in. ________________________________________
Name 2 geographic barriers Muslims overcame to spread their religion. ______________
Where did Islam spread? ___________________________________________________
Islam spread along what type of routes? ____________________________________
What did a common language help Muslims to do? _____________________________
Did geographic barriers stop the spread of Islam? _______________________________
Why was Islam able to spread into the Fertile Crescent and Central Asia? ____________
What language did the Muslims spread? _________________________________
Slavery in Muslim countries was not based on …. _______________________________
WHI.8 REVIEW #48
What are the 2 divisions of Islam? _______________________________________
What battle “saved” Europe from the Muslims? ________________________________
What cities in the Middle East were conquered by the Muslims? ___________________
What mosque is in Jerusalem? ____________________________________________
Name 3 contributions of Islamic society. _____________________________________
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How did Muslims save ancient texts? ________________________________________
What was the artistic form used by Muslims in many of their mosques? _____________
Where did Arabic numerals originally come from? _____________________________
What 2 mathematical concepts did Muslims develop? ___________________________
Name 2 other achievements of the Muslims. ____________________________________
WHI.9 REVIEW #49
What was the unifying force in western Europe after the fall of Rome? _______________
What gained importance as the Roman empire declined? _________________________
Who anointed the Holy Roman Emperor? _____________________________________
What needs of the people did the Roman Catholic Church serve? ___________________
Name the 3 foundations of early medieval society. ______________________________
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What preserved Greco-Roman cultural achievements? ___________________________
What 2 things did Christian missionaries bring to the Germanic tribes? ______________
WHI.9 REVIEW #50
When did the pope anoint Charlemagne? ____________________________________
What title did Charlemagne gain? ___________________________________________
Who served the religious and social needs of the people? __________________________
What kind of system was established in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?
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Why did medieval Europe turn to feudalism? __________________________________
A serf owed obligations, especially protection to whom? ________________________
What ended Roman protection to the Empire? _________________________________
WHI.9 REVIEW #51
A _?_ is the land a vassal received from a lord. ________________________________
What was the major part of lord/vassal relationships? ____________________________
A person who owed loyalty to a lord was a ….. _______________________________
A person who worked for a lord was a..... ______________________________________
The _?_ system was the economic system of the Middle Ages. __________________
What did manors try to be? ________________________________________________
What kind of class structure did medieval Europe have? _________________________
WHI.9 REVIEW #52
How did the Frankish kings expand their territory? ______________________________
The Church allied with whom to reestablish Roman culture in Western Europe? _______
Who was responsible for a revival of learning and Roman culture? _________________
Who did the pope crown Holy Roman Emperor? _______________________________
What disrupted the social, economic, and political order of Europe? ________________
Who was invading Europe? ______________________________________________
What tribe invaded Hungary? _____________________________________________
Where did they come from? _______________________________________________
WHI.9 REVIEW #53
What Germanic tribes invaded England? _____________________________________
Who attacked Europe from Scandinavia? _____________________________________
Who settled in Russia? ___________________________________________________
What provided protection from these invaders? ________________________________
Name 3 results of the Germanic invasions on medieval Europe. ___________________
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What reinforced the feudal system? _____________________________________
WHI.10 REVIEW #54
Trade routes developed between what 3 continents? _____________________________
What trade route crossed Asia to the Mediterranean Basin? _______________________
What does maritime mean? ________________________________________________
What was traded across the Trans-Saharan trade route? __________________________
Northern European trade routes were linked to what sea? ________________________
Western European trade routes centered around what? ___________________________
Southeast Asian trade centered around what sea? _______________________________
What was exchanged between the Eastern Hemisphere trade routes? _______________
What was traded from lands around the Indian Ocean? ________________________
WHI.10 REVIEW #55
What type of goods came from India, China, the Middle East, and later Europe? _______
What goods came from China and Persia? _________________________________
Where did paper originally come from? _______________________________________
How did paper get to Western Europe? _______________________________________
What new crop came from India? ___________________________________________
Name 2 technological inventions from the Eastern Hemisphere? ___________________
Name 2 new navigation technologies. ________________________________________
Where did they come from? ________________________________________________
What ideas spread across the hemispheres? ____________________________________
WHI.10 REVIEW #56
Buddhism spread from China to where? ______________________________________
What religions spread from India to Southeast Asia? ____________________________
Where did Islam spread? _________________________________________________
What 2 inventions came from China? ________________________________________
What 2 religions coexist in Japan? ___________________________________________
What is an archipelago? ___________________________________________________
What is the topography of Japan? ___________________________________________
Name 2 geographic features which helped to defend Japan? _______________________
WHI.10 REVIEW #57
What separates Japan from the Asian mainland? _______________________________
Japan is near what 2 countries? ___________________________________________
Name 3 Chinese influences on Japanese culture. _______________________________
What is the ethnic religion of Japan? _______________________________________
Name 3 important features of Shintoism. _____________________________________
Who did the Japanese worship as part of their religion? ___________________________
What is the state religion of Japan? __________________________________________
(True)(False) A person cannot be a follower of both Shintoism and Buddhism. _______
WHI.10 REVIEW #58
What is the area south of the Sahara Desert called? _____________________________
What brought important economic, cultural, and religious influences to African
civilizations? ________________________________________________________
What 3 African civilizations developed in West Africa? _________________________
What civilization developed in East Africa? ___________________________________
What civilization developed in southern Africa? ________________________________
What civilization was located in the Ethiopian Highlands, near the Nile River? _______
Christianity was the main religion of what African kingdom? ______________________
What civilization was located near the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers, near the coast of the
Indian Ocean? _____________________________________
WHI.10 REVIEW #59
What was Great Zimbabwe? _______________________________________________
On what river were the civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai located? ____________
What city was a center of trade and learning in West Africa? _______________________
What were the main products of the Trans-Saharan trade? ________________________
What desert is near Ghana, Mali, and Songhai? _________________________________
What is animism? ___________________________________________________
What religions did many civilizations of West Africa practice? _____________________
WHI.10 REVIEW #60
Match the technology to where it came from-_____ Paper Money
a. Indian Ocean
_____ Paper
b. India
_____ Crops to produce sugar
c. China
_____ Compass
d. China
_____ Lateen sail
e. China
_____ Printing
f. China
WHI.11 REVIEW #61
What were the 3 civilizations of the Western Hemisphere? _______________________
Where was the Mayan civilization located? ___________________________________
What was Chichén Itzá? __________________________________________________
Who ruled Mayan city-states? ___________________________________________
What kind of religion did the Mayans have? ____________________________________
What architectural feature characterized the Mayan civilization? ___________________
On what was the Mayan economy based? ______________________________________
WHI.11 REVIEW #62
Where was the Aztec civilization located? ____________________________________
What was the main city of the Aztecs? _______________________________________
Who ruled the Aztecs? ___________________________________________________
On what was the Aztec economy based? ______________________________________
What kind of religion did the Aztecs have? ____________________________________
On what was the Aztec religion based? _______________________________________
What architectural feature characterized the Aztec civilization? ____________________
WHI.11 REVIEW #63
Where was the Incan civilization located? _____________________________________
Who ruled the Incas? _____________________________________________________
What was the main city of the Incas? ________________________________________
On what was the Incan economy based? ______________________________________
What kind of religion did the Incas have? _____________________________________
What advancements did the Incans achieve? ____________________________________
Name 3 contributions of the Aztecs, Incas and Mayans. __________________________
WHI.12 REVIEW #64
When did the European nation states begin to form? ____________________________
What did William the Conqueror unite? _____________________________________
Who led the Norman Conquest? ____________________________________________
Who invaded and captured England in 1066? ___________________________________
During whose reign did common law develop? ________________________________
Who signed the Magna Carta? _____________________________________________
What was the result of the Magna Carta? _____________________________________
Who was the Hundred Years War between? ____________________________________
What did it define for England? _____________________________________________
WHI.12 REVIEW #65
Who established the French throne? _________________________________________
What became his capital? _________________________________________________
What did his dynasty achieve? __________________________________________
What did the Hundred Years War define for France? ____________________________
Who was Joan of Arc? ________________________________________________
Why was she important? __________________________________________________
What rulers unified Spain? ________________________________________________
Who expelled the Muslim Moors from Spain? __________________________________
WHI.12 REVIEW #66
Who expanded the Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere? ____________________
What ruler of Russia overthrew the Mongols? _________________________________
Name 3 achievements of Ivan the Great. ______________________________________
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Who held the power in Russia? _____________________________________________
What group influenced the unification of Russia? _______________________________
What was the goal of the Crusades? _________________________________________
Who took part in the Crusades? _____________________________________________
Pope Urban’s speech began what? __________________________________________
WHI.12 REVIEW #67
During the Third Crusade, what city was captured by the Christians? _______________
What did the crusaders establish in the Holy Lands? _____________________________
What Muslim leader captured Jerusalem? _____________________________________
What city was sacked by western crusaders? __________________________________
Name 2 positive effects of the Crusades. _______________________________________
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Name 3 negative effects of the Crusades. _____________________________________
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Name 3 areas invaded by the Mongols. ________________________________________
What were 2 results of these invasions? ______________________________________
WHI.12 REVIEW #68
Who conquered Constantinople? ____________________________________________
When was it conquered? __________________________________________________
What did this conquest end? _______________________________________________
What was the capital of the Ottoman Empire? __________________________________
What is another name for the Black Death? ___________________________________
When did it strike Europe? ________________________________________________
What areas were affected by the Black Death? _________________________________
Name 5 impacts of the Black Death. ________________________________________
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WHI.12 REVIEW #69
Who was educated during the Middle Ages? __________________________________
What was the nobility concerned with during the Middle Ages? ___________________
Who was not educated during the Middle Ages? _______________________________
Where was ancient literature preserved? _____________________________________
What is a monastery? _________________________________________________
What works were translated into Latin? ______________________________________
What new knowledge did church scholars make available in Europe? ________________
What led to the rise of universities in Europe? ____________________________
WHI.13 REVIEW #70
What event introduced new products to Europe? _______________________________
What promoted contact between Europe and the Byzantine and Muslim Empires? ______
Why were credit and banking developed? _____________________________________
Why did Europe need to produce more goods to trade? ___________________________
What is usury? ___________________________________________________________
What 2 things helped secularize northern Italy? ________________________________
What does secular mean? _______________________________________________
What expanded the supply of money and made trade easier? ______________________
WHI.13 REVIEW #71
What new bookkeeping practice was introduced? ________________________________
What was the Renaissance? ________________________________________________
What led to the rise of Italian city-states? _____________________________________
Who were the civic leaders of the Italian city-states? ____________________________
Observations in The Prince were based on whom? _______________________________
Who wrote The Prince? ___________________________________________________
What kind of government did The Prince state was best? _________________________
WHI.13 REVIEW #72
Which of the following are True statements about/from The Prince?
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It states the guidelines of how to gain and keep power. _____________
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It was a modern treatise on government. _______________________________
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Absolute power is good. ________________________________________
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The end justified the means. _____________________________________
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A ruler should always do evil and good deeds only when necessary. _________
WHI.13 REVIEW #73
What 3 Italian city-states controlled trade routes connecting Europe and the Middle East?
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Italian city-states distributed goods to what area of Europe? ______________________
What kind of government did most Italian city-states have? _______________________
Were Italian city-states united under one king? _________________________________
What is a patron? _________________________________________________
How did most patrons gain their wealth? ____________________________________
What did most patrons want glorified? _______________________________________
What type of education was becoming the norm? _______________________________
WHI.13 REVIEW #74
What were the subjects of most medieval art and literature? ______________________
What were the subjects of most Renaissance art and literature? ____________________
Who painted the Mona Lisa and Last Supper? _________________________________
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the David? ______________
Who wrote sonnets to Laura? _________________________________________
Who was an Italian humanist scholar? _____________________________________
Name 3 aspects of humanism._______________________________________________
Where did the Italian Renaissance spread? _________________________________
How did it spread? ______________________________________________
WHI.13 REVIEW #75
(True)(False) The Northern Renaissance was the same as the Italian Renaissance. _____
What supported Renaissance ideas in Northern Europe? ___________________
What did Northern Renaissance thinkers blend? _______________________________
What did Gutenberg invent? ___________________________________________
What helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance? _________________________
Why did books become cheaper during the Renaissance? ________________________
Who wrote The Praise of Folly? ______________________________________
Who wrote Utopia? ______________________________________________
What subjects did the artists of the Northern Renaissance paint? ______________
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