Unit 1: Historical concepts/Prehistory



|Midyear Review Sheet: Global History I |

- Compare geography and the impact of that geography on each civilization:

Civilizations you would want to compare: Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China, Greece, Rome, Byzantine, and Muslim Empires.

Features you want to compare:

- What geographic characteristics does each region have?

- How might geography impact economy, religious beliefs, government styles/government policy, achievements, etc).

- Compare religions:

Religion categories to compare:

- Hinduism vs. Buddhism

- Christianity, Judaism, Islam

Features you want to compare: founder, main beliefs, goals, scriptures, empires/leaders that followed this belief system, where does it exist today

-Compare Chinese belief systems

Belief systems to compare: Legalism, Confucianism, Daoism

Features to compare: who created it, what were the main beliefs of each, which dynasties implemented each system, key terms associated with each one.

- Compare 2 dynasties/city-states/empires/civilizations: PICK TWO THAT LOGICALLY GO TOGETHER

Possible Combinations:

- Mesopotamia, Egypt,and/or China, India

- Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome (but pick a time period for each--maybe Athenian golden age vs. Pax Romana)

- Han Dynasty, Pax Romana, Gupta Dynasty

- Qin, Han Dynasty

Features to compare: time period, where does this civilization/dynasty/city state exist; Important leaders, reforms made, government type (i.e. absolute ruler, democracy?), advancements/achievements (if any), achievements, reason for decline)

Unit 1: Historical concepts/Prehistory

• The 5 themes of geography

• Define: anthropology, culture, historian, primary source, secondary source

• Define: nomad, hunters and food gatherers, animism, and domesticate

• Features of the Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Revolution

• Define: civilization, polytheistic, pictograms, city-state, empire, and cultural diffusion

• The features of a civilization

• Catal Huyuk

• River Valley Civilizations

Unit 2: Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt

• Define: hierarchy, ziggurat, cuneiform, codify

• Places/Names to know (know where the place is on a map, its importance, the person’s importance, etc): Babylon, Sumer, Sargon of Akkad, Hammurabi, Tigris River, and Euphrates River

• Describe a Sumerian king’s power and the justification for his power.

• What was the Code of Hammurabi? What type of approach did it take? Why was it important that these laws were written down? Compare it to the Ten Commandments, the 12 Tables.

• Define: silt, cataract, delta, pyramids, mummification, pharaoh, and vizier, hieroglyphics, Rosetta Stone

• Main features/achievements of Egypt’s three kingdoms

• Egyptian religious life

• Egyptians harnessing the power of the Nile River

• Social structure of Ancient Egypt and the roles/responsibilities of each class

• Mesopotamian geography/religion vs. the Egyptian

• Two major rivers in Mesopotamia (be able to locate it on the map)

• Major River in Egypt (be able to locate it on the map)

• Define: Judaism, monotheism, First Covenant, Second Covenant

Unit 3: Ancient India and China

• Define: subcontinent, monsoon, caste system, Upanishads

• Places/Names to know (know where the place is on a map, its importance, the person’s importance, etc): Planned cities, Mohenjo-Daro, Harrapa, Aryans, Siddartha Gautama, Indus River, Ganges River

• Areas of the world India end up influencing as a result of its geographic location

• The two major Indus River Valley Cities

• Indian cities and grid formation

• The Aryan invasion and Indian society

• Define: Hinduism, Buddhism, karma, dharma, reincarnation, moksha/nirvana, four noble truths/ eight fold path

• Positives/negatives of living under the caste system

• Buddhist rejection of the caste system

• Chandragupta, Ashoka

• Maurya dynasty and a strong, central government

• Gupta period and their golden age

• Define: loess, great sorrow, dynastic cycle, feudalism

• Geography influence where people settled in Ancient China

• Shang Dynasty religion

• Zhou governmental system and its ultimate failure

• Dynastic cycle and the Mandate of Heaven

• Define: Filial piety, monopoly,

• Qin Dynasty: Legalism, Shi Huangdi, Great Wall of China

• Han Dynasty: Wudi, Silk Road, Civil Service Examinations, Han Dynasty achievements

Unit 4: Ancient Greece

• Define: strait, polis, acropolis, monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, direct democracy

• Places/Names to know (know where the place is on a map, its importance, the person’s importance, etc): Homer, Pericles, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great

• Geography of Athens and Sparta

• Differences between Athens and Sparta (government, general culture, economy, women’s rights)

• Athenian and Spartan war technologies

• Persian Wars and Greece

• Peloponnesian War

• Basic concepts of Greek religion

• Athenian democracy vs. Roman republic

• Alexander the Great and Hellenistic culture

Unit 5: Ancient Rome and Byzantine Empire

• Define: Etruscans, republic, patrician, consul, dictator, plebeian, veto, tribune

• Geography of Rome

• 12 Tables and Roman governmental reforms

• Roman roads

• Differences between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire (which came first? What type of government was dominant in each? What is each era known for?)

• Define: imperialism, latifundia, Pax Romana, inflation

• Places/Names to know (know where the place is on a map, its importance, the person’s importance, etc): Julius Caesar, Augustus, Diocletian, Constantine, Jesus Christ, Justinian

• Julius Caesar and the implications of his actions on the Republic

• Roman emperors’ promotion of peace/stability in their empire

• Compare and contrast Roman and Greek achievements.

• The Roman concept of “bread and circus.”

• Diocletian and Constantine reforms

• Christianity and its appeal to the lower classes

• Roman Roads and the spread of Christianity

• Christianity’s threat to the Roman government

• The political, social, economic and military reasons credited to causing the fall of Rome

• Define: autocrat, patriarch, Hagia Sophia, Bosporus Strait (where is this located?)

• Justinian and Byzantine power

• Justinian’s Code of Law

• The Byzantine Empire as both a revival of Rome and its own distinct eastern culture

Unit 6: Islam/Muslim Empires

• Define: monotheistic, mosque, hajj, kaaba, sharia law, caliph, sultan, arabesque,

• Places/Names to know (know where the place is on a map, its importance, the person’s importance, etc): Muhammad, Mecca, Medina,

• The teachings of Islam

• The connection between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism?

• Muslim treatment of conquered peoples

• Differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims: Muhammad, Abu Bakr, Ali

• Abbasid Caliphate and Baghdad

• Seljuk Turks influence on the Abbasid Caliphate

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