Advanced Placement World History
Midterm Review Sheet 2014-2015
Exam Date:
Tuesday, January 27th at 10:05am
Exam Format:
70 Multiple Choice questions (70 points)
DBQ Essay (30 points)
*It is highly recommended that you purchase an AP WORLD review book
(Kaplan, Barrons, or Princeton Review)
Exam Content:
Themes
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Interaction between Humans and the Environment
Development and Interaction of Cultures
State-Building, Expansion, and Conflict
Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems
Development and Transformation of Social Structures
Units of Study
Period 4 Global Interactions (1450-1750)
Stearns Chapters 15-22
Period 5 Industrialization and Global Integration (1750-1900)
Stearns Chapters 23-27
Period 4 Global Interactions (1450-1750)
Chapter 15 &16: THE WEST & THE WORLD
ECONOMY
1. What were the motives for European exploration and
expansion and what was the impact on natives of the
Americas?
2. Discuss mercantilism.
3. Discuss the changes in trade, technology, and global
interactions.
4. What are the characteristics of an absolute monarchy?
Provide specific examples.
Chapter 17 & 18: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE
WEST (RENAISSANCE AND RESTRUCTURING OF
ECO, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS)
AND THE RISE OF RUSSIA
1. Describe the roles of plague pandemics in the 14th
century.
2. What new economic and commercial structures
emerged during the Renaissance?
3. What does the term “westernization” mean?
4. What did Peter the Great and Catherine the Great do to
modernize and westernize Russia?
5. Discuss Mediterranean Trade.
6. In what ways did the Scientific Revolution and
Enlightenment impact Europe?
7. Describe the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Chapter 19 & 20: EARLY LATIN AMERICA AND
AFRICA (EXPLORATION, COLONIZATION IN
THE AMERICAS, SLAVE TRADE AND THE
COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE)
1. Discuss the impact of the Columbian Exchange, guns,
disease, and new technology on traditional societies in
the Americas and Africa.
2. Compare and contrast coercive labor systems.
3. Discuss the impact and origins of the use of silver in
global trade.
4. What percentage (estimate) of the population of the
Americas died as a result of the “encounter”?
5. Contrast African kingdoms before and after the arrival
of the Europeans.
6. What impact did the arrival of Europeans and Africans
have on the culture of the Americas?
Chapter 21: MUSLIM EMPIRES (Ottoman Safavid
and Mughal)
1. What is a "gun powder empire"?
2. Describe the political structure and the rise and fall of
the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires.
3. What caused their decline?
4. How were women treated in these empires?
Chapter 22: ASIAN TRANSITIONS (MING)
1. How did the arrival of Europeans alter the Asian
Trading Network?
2. Where did the Chinese explore and why did they end
their voyages?
3. Why did Japan choose to isolate itself during this
period in history?
4. What was neo-Confucianism and how did it impact
China?
5. What impact did missionaries have in Asia during this
period?
Period 5 Industrialization and Global Integrations
(1750-1914)
Chapter 23 & 24 INDUSTRIALIZATION,
REVOLUTION, NATIONALISM, and IMPERIALISM
1. What were the motives for and the effects of
industrialization?
2. How did the emergence of nationalism affect
Europe?
3. What were the causes of and the impacts of the
French Revolution?
4. In what ways did the role of women change during
this period? What steps did women take to facilitate
the changes?
5. How did expanded democratic reforms impact the
social lives of the people in Europe and her
colonies?
6. How did imperialism impact Africa, Asia, and the
Middle East?
7. What goods were desired by Europeans and from
where were they acquired?
8. Compare the competing economic ideologies of
capitalism and socialism.
9. Discuss the impact of the rise of the middle class.
Chapter 25: The Consolidation of Latin America 18301920
1. What motivated the Haitian, Mexican, and Latin
American revolutions?
2. To what extent were these revolutions successful?
3. Describe the post-independence struggles for new
nations in Latin America.
4. How did the United States impact Latin America
during this period?
Chapter 26: Ottoman Empire, the Islamic Heartlands,
and Qing China
1. What hastened the decline of the Ottoman Empire
and Qing China?
2. Discuss the causes and impact of European
involvement in these areas.
Chapter 27: Russia and Japan: Industrialization
Outside the West
1. In what specific ways did Japan and Russia
modernize and westernize during this period?
2. Why was Japan more successful than China at
resisting foreign domination?
3. How/why was Russia’s progress hindered by
internal conflict?
Important Vocabulary and People (Periods 4 and 5)
*this is NOT a vocabulary test. Simply memorizing vocabulary words and important
people will not guarantee a high score. You must also understand the major historical
concepts and themes to do well on this examination.
VOCAB:
Demography
Enclave
Tribute System
Treaty of Tordisillas
Sunni, Shiite, Sufi
Harem
Concubine
Hagia Sofia
Dar al Islam
Colombian Exchange
Creole
Encomienda
Commercial Revolution
Joint-Stock Company
Socialism
Communism
Capitalism
Enlightenment
Absolutism
Protestant Reformation
Nationalism
Liberal
Conservative
Multinational Empire
Syncretism
Colony
Imperialism
Berlin Conference
Social Darwinism
Zionism
Extraterritoriality
Sphere of influence
“White Man’s Burden”
Cash crop
Taiping Rebellion
Protectorate
Enclave
Epidemic/Pandemic
Islamization
Westernization
Boyars
Tokugawa Shogunate
Swahili
Junks, Caravels, Dhows
Astrolabe
Neo-Confucianism
Mita
Coercive Labor
Chattel Slavery
Mercantilism
Monroe Doctrine
Miscegenation
Janissaries/ Devshirme
Jizya
Millet
Taj Mahal
Sepoy Rebellion
PEOPLE:
Babur
Akbar
Suleyman
Muhammad
Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
Mughal Empire
Martin Luther
Tokugawa Shogunate
Ibn Battuta
Zheng He
Manchu
Conquistadors
Captain Cook
Prince Henry
Nzinga Mvemba
Zulu
Shah Jahan
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
Columbus
Otto von Bismarck
Karl Marx
Napoleon
Toussaint L’Overture
Qing Dynasty/Manchus
King Leopold