Global Studies
Review
Global 10 Regents Exam
Vocab to Define
 Primary Source: a firsthand record of a historical event
created by an eyewitness who actual experienced the event
 Secondary Source: a secondhand record of a historical event
created by a person who did NOT actually experience the
event
 Prehistory: before the invention of writing
 Paleolithic (Old Stone Age): nomadic; hunters & gatherers
 Neolithic (New Stone Age): change from nomadic herding to
settled farming; domestication of plants & animals
Vocab to Define
 Geographer: study the Earth’s surface and its impact on
humans
 Economist: study how societies use available resources; what
goods & services are produced; how are goods & services
produced; how are good & services distributed?
 Archaeology: the study of human history and prehistory
through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts
and other physical remains.
 Fact: a thing that is indisputably the case
 Opinion: a view or judgment formed about something, not
necessarily based on fact or knowledge
Vocab to Define
 B.C.: the time before Christ on a timeline
 B.C.E.: before the common era; replaces “B.C.”
 A.D.: Anos Domini – “In the Year of our Lord”
 C.E.: Common Era – term now used to replace “A.D.”
Geographic Features
Geographic Feature
Definition
Effect
Example
Deserts
Natural barrier;
protection
Limits trade, travel
Sahara Desert
Irregular Coastline
Natural harbors
Easier to invade
Greece, Italy
Island
Protection
Few natural
resources, isolation
Japan, Cuba,
Madagascar
Lack of Warm
Water Ports
The water does not
freeze over in winter
Can be of great
geopolitical or
economic interest
Russia
Monsoons
Seasonal wind
The rainy season
accompanying the
wet monsoon
India
Geographic Features
Geographic Feature
Definition
Effect
Example
Mountain
Protection from
invaders
Lack of cultural
diffusion
Andes
Rainforests
Resources- wood,
medicine
Limits interaction of
people
Amazon
Regular Coastline
Difficult to invade
No natural harbors
Africa
River Valley
Fertile soil
Unpredictability of
flooding
Tigris/Euphrates
River Valley
Strategic Location
Geographic or social
position which plays
a part in
predetermined plan
Control of, or access
to, areas that have an
impact on security
and prosperity of
nations
India's location is
strategic because
India gives access to
the south east Asia.
Fields of Study in Global
History
1. Archeologist - F
2. Anthropologist - C
3. Sociologist - E
4. Economist - D
5. Geographer - A
6. Historians - B
7. Political Scientist - G
Culture
 Culture: The shared beliefs, customs, practices, and
social behavior of a particular nation or people.
 Cultural diffusion: The spreading of ideas through
contact from one people to another.
 Characteristics of Culture: Cities, Organized
Government, Religion, Job Specialization, Social
Classes, Writing, Art/Architecture, Public Works
 In what ways can cultural diffusion occur: Trade or
war.
Vocabulary Practice
 Historian: D
 Economist: C
 Archeologist: F
 Demographer: J
 Anthropologist: K
 Cartographer: L
 Sociologist: A
 Topographical Map: B
 Geographer: M
 Political Map: G
 Political Scientist: H
 Primary Source: I
 Secondary Source: E
Critical Thinking
If you were to visit Africa…
 Political Map shows
man-made boundaries
& formation of nationstates
 Topographical Map
shows land forms,
elevation and is also a
physical map
Careers in Social Studies…
 Answer on your own.
Toolkit- Multiple Choice
1. Anthropologist
2. Capital cities
3. Anthropology
4. Diary of a Holocaust
survivor
5. Economist
6. Chronological relationship
between events
7. Primary Sources
8. Shaped by the available
evidence
9. How location influences
the way people live
10. Climate
Visuals - Maps
Seven Continents
Oceans
1.
Asia
1.
A
8.
J
2.
Africa
2.
L
9.
B
3.
North America
3.
K
4.
South America
4.
E
5.
Australia
5.
M
6.
Europe
6.
D
7.
Antarctica
7.
C
Early Civilizations
Egypt
North Africa - Nile River
Pyramids
Pharaohs
Mummification
Hieroglyphics
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent – between Tigris &
Euphrates Rivers
Sumer/Babylon
Cuneiform
Ziggurats
Hammurabi’s Code
India
Indus River
Harappan Civilization - grid pattern
cities; well-planned
Gupta Civilization- decimal system,
plastic surgery
Stupas
China
Huang He (Yellow) & Yangtze Rivers
Mandate of Heaven
Great Wall
Civil Service Exams
Dynastic Cycle
Religion
 Monotheism- belief in one God
 Polytheism- belief in many gods
Religion
Religion
Book
Location
Basic Beliefs
Animism
None
Africa
All things in nature have a
spirit
Buddhism
Tripitaka
India
Four Noble Truths; Eightfold
path, Nirvana, Reincarnation
Confucianism
Analects
China
Five Relationships, Filial Piety
Daoism/Taoism The Way of Virtue
China
People should live in harmony
with nature, yin/yang
(balance)
Hinduism
Upanishads
India
Karma, Dharma, Caste
System, Reincarnation
Shintoism
None
Japan
All things in nature have a
spirit
Monotheistic Religions
Religion
Book
Location
Basic Beliefs
Judaism
Torah/Talmud
Ten
Commandments
Middle East
God will send a messiah
Good behavior will be
rewarded in heaven
Christianit
y
Bible
Began in
Middle East
and spread to
Europe
Christ is Messiah, Ten
Commandments
Islam
Qur’an, Koran
Middle East
Five Pillars, followers called
Muslims
Vocabulary Practice
Matching
1. E
8. B
2. F
9. J
3. H
10. G
4. C
5. A
6. I
7. D
Critical Thinking
1. Trigger Effect: farming – surplus
– markets – cities – civilization
2. Silk Road is an example of
cultural diffusion because it was
responsible for trade, which
spread ideas and cultures to the
rest of the world.
3. River valleys were the first places
for early cities because of human
need for water.
Events Practice
Chronology
1. 2 – 4 – 1 – 5 – 3
2. 2 – 1 – 4 – 3
3. 1 – 4 – 2 – 3
Critical Thinking
1. Many elements of the beliefs of
Judaism translated into, or can be
found in, Christianity and Islam.
2. River Valley civilizations
(Mesopotamia- Tigris &
Euphrates Rivers)
3. Cultural Diffusion
Part E- Regents Multiple
Choice
1. Civilizations developed
6. Cultural diffusion
2. Bantu
7. Buddhism
3. Judaism
4. River valleys
8. Law sometimes
distinguishes between
social classes
5. Philosophers of ancient
9. Provided a basis for social
Greece
order
10. Expansion was limited by
geographic factors
Part F- Visuals
 Neolithic Revolution:
 Document 1 Domestication of Animals
 Plow
 Document 2-
 Food is domesticated
Empires
Where
Who
Europe
Rome
Byzantine
Asia
Qin
Han
Africa
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Americas
Maya
Aztec
Inca
India
Maurya
Gupta
When
What
Why
Events Practice
Chronology
 3–2–1–4–5
 2–1–3
 4–1–2–3
Critical Thinking
1. 500 CE- Gupta; 750 CE-
Islam; 1000 CE- Byzantine
2. Decentralized governments
hurt cultural diffusion
3. Warfare disrupted trade
Geography Practice
1.
Part of Tang Dynasty, not part of Song- G
2.
Gupta Empire- F
3.
Part of Islamic Empire- I, E
4.
Center of Byzantine Empire- E
5.
Part of Song & Tang Dynasties- G, H
6.
Indian Ocean- C
7.
Mediterranean Sea- D
8.
Atlantic Ocean- A
9.
Pacific Ocean- B
People Practice
1.
Averroes
6.
Sunni
2.
Gupta
7.
Justinian
3.
Shiite
8.
Saladin
4.
Tang
9.
Song
5.
Byzantine
10. Charlemagne
Critical Thinking
1. No central power to the kings
2. Manors