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World History: Semester 1 Final Review
Objectives
Key Traits & Themes:
 Identify and explain the Key Traits of a civilization
 Identify and explain the Themes of Geography
Religions:
 Describe the life of religious figures
o Mohammed, Jesus, and Buddha
 Examine the tenets of Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism
o Compare and contrast the similarities and differences of these religions
China:
 Recognize geographic features that positively and negatively affect China
 Explain the stages of the dynastic cycle and the role of the Mandate of Heaven
 Analyze Chinese philosophies
Greece:
 Recognize and recall the geography of Greece and explain its effect on early Greek settlement
 Impact of Mountains and the Sea
 Compare and contrast the democracy of Athens and military state of Sparta
 Evaluate which city-state’s culture had the greatest impact on modern culture
 Examine the military strategies of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars
 Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis
 Effect of the Delian League
 Describe Athens’ achievements during the Golden Age of Greece
 Philosophy/ Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
 The cause of the end of the Golden Age
 Describe and evaluate the achievements of Alexander the Great
 Alexander’s conquests & his legacy
Rome:
 Explain the role of geographic location in Rome’s early growth
 Identify the Twelve Tables and the important principles of Roman Law
o Hypothesize the outcome to the conflict between the Plebeians and Patricians
 Compare the political institutions of the Roman Republic
o Assembly, Senate, Tribunes, Consuls, Indirect democracy, Veto
 Assess the impact of the Punic War in the Republic
 Describe the transition from the Republic to Empire
o Julius Caesar, 1st Triumvirate, 2nd Triumvirate, Augustus, Pax Romana
o Conclude why the Roman government changed from a republic to an empire
 Identify the 4 problems that led to the decline and fall of Rome
o Immediate cause: Revolts of the German Tribes
Byzantine:
 Describe the geographic advantages of Constantinople’s location
 Describe the role of Justinian in the rise of the Byzantine Empire
 Compare the decline of Roman Empire to the decline of the Byzantium Empire
 Examine the reasons for the split of the Catholic Church within the Byzantine Empire.
Early Middle Ages:
 Appraise how western civilization declined after the collapse of the Roman Empire
o Discuss feudalism and manor life
 Explain the influence of the Christian Church in shaping western European civilization
o Hierarchy of the church, role of church as educator, characteristics of Gothic architecture
Final Exam Study Guide – Semester One
People
Terms/Events
Introduction Unit: Skills
Geo themes:
Location
Place
Interaction
Movement
Regions
Key Traits:
Specialized workers
Advanced technology
Complex institutions
Writing
Advanced cities
Timelines
World Religions
Yahweh
Jesus
Muhammad
Buddha
Allah
Monotheism
Polytheism
Jerusalem
Bible
Torah
Koran
5 Pillars of Islam
Nirvana
Karma
Moksha
China
Taoism
Confucianism
Middle Kingdom
Mandate of Heaven
Silk Road
Great Wall
Family Structure – power
Chinese language
Greece
Pericles
Homer
Socrates
Alexander the Great
Athens
Sparta
Arête
Agora
City-state/polis
Democracy
Persian Wars – Battles
Delian League
Golden Age – cause of decline
Peloponnesian War
Hellenism - characteristics
Rome
Patricians
Plebeians
Hannibal
Julius Caesar
Octavian - reforms
Twelve Tables
Republic
Pax Romana
Forum
Punic Wars
Spread of Christianity
Byzantine Empire
Justinian
Icons
Excommunicate
Location of Constantinople
Roman Catholic/Orthodox
Preserved Greek & Roman Culture
Early Middle Ages
Charlemagne
King Henry
Pope Gregory
Vikings
Ordeals
Lord
Vassal
Fief
Lay Investiture
Manor
Feudalism
Missionaries