World History Final Exam Review
Part 1
I. Byzantium and Eastern European Empires
A. Justinian and the Legacy of Rome (The fall of Rome)
1. Constantine’s New
2. Rome
3. Contributions of the Empire
B. Religion and State
1. The Christian Church
2. and the role of
3. Iconoclasts
4. Iconoclastic
5. Controversy
6. The Schisms
7. The Growing Divide between the East and West Churches
C. Decline of the Byzantine Empire
1. The Impact of the Plague
2. Arab Conquests through 767
3. Germanic Peoples of W. Europe
4. The Crusades
5. The Seljuk Turks
6. The Ottoman Turks
II. The Rise of the Islamic Empire
A. The Origins and Rise of Islam
1. The faith of Islam
2. The Five Pillars
3. Important People
B. The Spread of Islam
1. Islam in India vs. Hinduism
2. The Division of the Islamic
3. Community
4. Abassid Caliphate
5. Ummayad Dynasty
C. The Islamic Culture
1. Literature, Art and Architecture
2. Philosophy and History
3. Government and Society
4. Caliphate System
5. Advances and Technology
6. The Role of Women
D. Islam vs. Monotheistic Religions
1. Christianity
2. Judaism
3. Hinduism
III. The Middle Ages and East Asia
A. The Collapse of the Western Roman Empire
1. The Rise of the Franks
2. Carolingian Dynasty
3. The Vikings
4. The Mongols
B. Early Russian Society
1. Kiev Rus
C. European vs. Japanese Feudalism
1. Manorialism
2. The role of the Church in Medieval Europe vs. Japanese Belief
systems
3. Orders of Medieval Social Hierarchy
D. Importance of Monasteries and convents
E. Using geography to understand methods of political control
F. East Asian Networks
1. The Song Dynasty
2. Jin Dynasty
3. Commercial Revolution
4. Tang Dynasty
5. Footbinding
6. Civil Service Examination
7. Paper Money
8. Movable Type
9. Neo-Confucianism
G. Japan Cultural and Economic relationship to China and Korea
1. Koryo Dynasty
2. Kamakura Period
IV. The Later Middle Ages: Wars and Growth of Nations
A. England
1. William of Normandy
2. Battle of Hastings
3. Henry II
4. “Common Law”
B. France
1. Hugh Capetian
2. Phillip II Augustus
3. Phillip IV
4. “The Three Estates”
C. English Legal and Constitutional History
1. King John I
2. Edward I
3. Magna Carta
4. Parliament
D. Cultural and Intellectual Achievements
1. Rise of Universities
2. Scholasticism
3. Vernacular Literature
4. Architecture
E. The Growth of the Modern Economy
1. Towns
2. Guilds
3. Middle Class
4. Bourgeoisie
5. Market Economy
F. The Transition Years
1. The Hundred Years War
2. Joan of Arc
3. Louis XI
4. The Great Famine
5. The Black Death
6. The Great Schism of 1378
7. Avignon
G. Ferdinand and Isabella
H. The Rise of the Holy Roman Empire
1. Otto the Great
2. Frederick the I and II
V. African Civilizations
A. The Early History of Sub-Saharan Africa
B. Kingdom of Mali
1. Mansa Musa
2. Timbuktu
3. Griot
C. Kingdom of Ghana
1. Gold and Salt Trade
2. Tunka Manin
D. Kingdom of Songhai
1. Mohammed I Askia
2. Sonni Ali
E. Trade-Networks of Sub-Saharan Africa
1. Trans-Saharan Trade
2. Indian Ocean Trade
3. Swahili
4. Slave Trade- East Africa
5. Ibn Battuta
6. Dhow
F. Migration Patterns in
1. Sub-Saharan Africa
2. Bantu Migrations
3. Great Zimbabwe and Its
4. Satellites
VI. Meso and South American Civilizations
A. The Legacy of Early Civilizations
B. Chavin
1. Andes
2. Religious Vessels
3. Cultural Achievements
C. Olmec
1. Mexican Civilization
2. Stone Heads
D. Zapotec
E. Incas
1. Machu Pichu
2. Quippi
3. Forced labor
4. Gold/Silver
F. Aztecs
1. Tenochitlan
2. Lake Texcoco
G. Mayas
1. Writing-glyphs
2. Yucatan Peninsula
H. The Economy of the Americas
I. Political Systems of the Americas
1. Kingdom vs. Empire
J. Cultural Characteristics of the Americas
1. Sacrifice
2. Math and Science