WORLD HISTORY COURSE REVIEW

Ancient World
Mesopotamia

Egypt

India

Where
When
Rulers
(names or type)

Trade
Writing
Religion

Who were the Phoenicians and what did they contribute to civilization?
What is monotheism and which early religions practiced it?
What is the Mandate of Heaven and how did the Chinese use it to rule?
What are the main beliefs of Hinduism?
Who was the founder of Buddhism, what did he teach, and where did it spread?
Classical Civilizations
Greece
Government

Rome
Government

Culture

Christianity

Philosophy

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Byzantine

Mongols

Location

Genghis Khan

Justinian

Kublai Khan

Orthodox Church

China

Who was Alexander the Great and what is his legacy? Explain the spread of Hellenism.
Who was Marco Polo and what was the result of his travels?
Empires, Expansion, and Conflict

Judais

Christiani

Isla
m

How did Christianity spread?

Why did the Sunni and Shia branches split?
What was the impact of the Crusades for Europe and the Islamic World?
Draw and label the major trade routes on the map below.

Describe
the
manorial
system
feudalism of the Middle Ages using the terms vassal and fief.

and

Who was Charlemagne and what were his accomplishments?

How did towns and cities revive in the High Middle Ages?

Renaissance and Reformation

What was the Renaissance?
Why did the Renaissance begin in Florence?
What is humanism and who were the early humanist writers?
What is a Renaissance Man, who best represents the idea and why?
What were Martin Luthers beliefs on religion and how did his thinking lead to the Protestant
Reformation?
How did John Calvin contribute to the Reformation?
Who invented the printing press and why was it important during the Renaissance and Reformation?

Why did Henry VIII begin the Protestant Reformation in England?

How did Elizabeth I continue the change in the Anglican Church?
How did the Catholic Church respond to the Reformation and what did they decide at the Council of
Trent?

The Age of Discovery

Who were the Bantu people in Africa?
What were the products of the Trans-Saharan trade routes?
Who was Mansa Musa?

The Americas

Olmec

Maya

Time and Location

Political Structure
Economy
Cultural
Achievements
Religion

What were the reasons for European exploration of the New World?

Aztec

Inca

List the area explored and main achievement by the following:

Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
James Cook
What was the Columbian Exchange and what was its impact on the Old World and the New World?

Enlightenment and Revolutions

Scientific Contributions

Copernic
us

How did the work of these

individuals change the world-view
of science?

Kepler

What did Isaac Newton contribute

to the Scientific Revolution?

Galileo

How did the Scientific Revolution

contribute to the Enlightenment?
Define the Age of Enlightenment?

What was this time period about?

What did Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau have in common regarding Enlightenment thought?
Compare and Contrast the following political revolutions.
England
Dates of
Revolution
Main Causes

United States

France

Latin America

Important
Individuals
Important Facts
Results
Industry, Imperialism and World War I
What is the Industrial Revolution and when did it begin?
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?
Draw lines to match the inventions or contribution to the inventor.
John Kay

cotton gin

Richard Arkwright

steam engine

Robert Fulton

flying shuttle

Eli Whitney

water frame

James Watt

steam boat

How did the invention of the locomotive change society during the Industrial Revolution?
What were the working and living conditions in urban areas during this time?
How did the work of Karl Marx offer an alternative to political and economic thinking during the
Industrial Revolution?

What is nationalism and what did it lead to in Germany in the late 1800s?

Who was Ieyasu Tokugawa and what were his policies in Japan?

How did Japan change during the Meiji Era, after the arrival of Matthew Perry?

What did the Opium Wars, Taiping Rebellion and Boxer Rebellion in China have in common?

What is imperialism and what did European countries want with Africa and Asia?

What was the Berlin Conference and how did it impact Africa?
World War I
Long Term Causes
Immediate Cause
Western Front

Technology
Treaty of Versailles
Russian Revolution
(causes and result)

The Rise of Dictators and World War II

Mussolin
i

Hitler

What were the main causes of World War II?

Write a paragraph explaining

and describing the Holocaust.

Why did the United States enter the war?

What were some of the major battles in Europe and Asia?
How did the war end in Europe? in Asia?