WORLD HISTORY SEMESTER ONE MIDTERM TEST REVIEW



WORLD HISTORY SEMESTER ONE MIDTERM TEST REVIEWDIRECTIONS: Log on right away; click on Shared drive; click on Student Work; click on Jaskowiak; click on Assignments; click on SEMESTER ONE MIDTERM TEST REVIEW; open the PowerPoint; answer the questions on the sheet (the slide numbers show you where to find the information to answer each question)USE COMPLETE SENTENCES#1: Describe several changes that occurred because of the Neolithic Revolution. (SLIDE 3) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#2: What was it about the geography of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China that affected their development into civilizations? (SLIDE 4) ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#3: What was the form of writing developed by the Egyptians? (SLIDE 5) __________________#4: What were some achievements in technology developed by the Egyptians? (SLIDE 6) _____ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#5: What are the followers of Siddharta Gautama called? (SLIDE 7) ______________________#6: What do they believe they can achieve by following the Eight-Fold Path? (SLIDE 7) ______ ______________________________________________________________________________#7: How do Chinese rulers justify their rule? (SLIDE 8) ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#8: How is the overthrow of Chinese rulers justified? (SLIDE 9) _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#9: What are India’s technological contributions? (SLIDE 10) ___________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#10: The Sumerians developed the first form of writing. Where did Sumerians live and what was the name of this writing? (SLIDE 11) _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#11: Give a thorough description of Hammurabi’s Code. (SLIDE 12) ______________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#12: What was the philosophy of Confucius called and what was it based on? (SLIDE 13) ______________________________________________________________________________ #13: When people wanted to become government workers in China, they had to pass a civil service exam. What was the exam based on? (SLIDE 14) ______________________________#14: What were two beliefs that Buddhists and Hindus shared? (SLIDE 15) ________________ _____________________________________________________________________________#15: What were two Hindu beliefs that Buddhists rejected? (SLIDE 15) ___________________ _____________________________________________________________________________#16: What was a way the Persians kept the people they conquered content and less likely to rebel? (SLIDE 16) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#17: What was a way the Persians promoted trade in their empire? (SLIDE 17) ______________ ______________________________________________________________________________#18: What were the rules and guidelines followed by Jews? (SLIDE 18) ___________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#19: What did the Phoenicians develop and who was influenced by it? (SLIDE 19) ___________ ______________________________________________________________________________#20: List the accomplishments if India’s Gupta Empire. (SLIDE 20) ______________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#21: What was the effect of Greece’s geography on its development? (SLIDE 21) ____________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#22: What was the system of government invented by Athens and what later culture was influenced by it? (SLIDE 22) ______________________________________________________#23: What body of water was Rome located around, and what did Rome’s location do for its development? (SLIDE 23) ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#24: What is “cultural diffusion”? (SLIDE 23) ________________________________________#25: What were two ways that Sparta’s culture was different from the culture of Athens? (SLIDE 24) ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#26: What was the greatest legacy of Alexander the Great? (SLIDE 25) ____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#27: Name the ways Greek and Roman culture affected modern Western Civilization (which Americans live in today). (SLIDE 26) _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#28: What was the major way religion changed in Rome? (SLIDE 27) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#29: What were some of the most important contributions of Greece? (SLIDE 28) ___________ ______________________________________________________________________________#30: “Pax Romana” means “Roman Peace”. What was it? (SLIDE 29) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#31: What is a belief shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims? (SLIDE 30) ________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#32: Give a thorough description of the First Stage and Third Stage of the Roman Empire’s decline. (SLIDE 31) _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#33: How did the death of Julius Caesar change the Roman Republic? (SLIDE 32) ___________ ______________________________________________________________________________#34: What is the “shahadah”, the Muslims’ main statement of belief? (SLIDE 33) ____________ ______________________________________________________________________________#35: Describe the Fourth Pillar of Islam. (SLIDE 34) ___________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#36: Describe the Fifth Pillar of Islam (SLIDE 35) _____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#37: What was the main issue that led to the split of Muslims into the Shi’a and Sunni groups? (SLIDE 36) ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#38: What is the name of the law that Muslims obey? (SLIDE 37) ________________________ #39: What are some behaviors that this law encourages and forbids? (SLIDE 37) ____________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#40: How was Islam introduced to East Africa? (SLIDE 38) _____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#41: Why did Muslims consider Jews and Christians to be “People of the Book”? (SLIDE 39) ______________________________________________________________________________#42: Who is the Muslim who traveled over 73,000 miles in his lifetime journeying to the various parts of the Islamic Empire and beyond? (SLIDE 40) ___________________________________#43: What is Islam’s holiest city? (SLIDE 41) ________________________________________#44: What is the Ka’aba? (SLIDE 41) _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#45: What are Muslim accomplishments in the field of medicine? (SLIDE 42) _______________ ______________________________________________________________________________#46: What are Muslim accomplishments in mathematics? (SLIDE 43) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#47: As a result of the pilgrimage (hajj) made by Mali’s king, Mansa Musa, to Mecca, what happened with Timbuktu and West Africa? (SLIDE 44) ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#48: What is syncretism? (SLIDE 45) _______________________________________________#49: What is an example of syncretism in Africa? (SLIDE 45) ___________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#50: What is the climate of Arabia and what effect did it have on Arabians? (SLIDE 46) ______ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#51: How are the Five Pillars of Islam and the Ten Commandments similar? (SLIDES 47 & 48) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#52: What shaped the societies of North and West Africa? (SLIDE 49) ____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#53: How did the Byzantine Empire begin? (SLIDE 50) ________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________#54: When Emperor Justinian took control of the Byzantine Empire, what did he do with the former Roman territory in Western Europe? (SLIDE 51) ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#55: What was the Justinian Code? (SLIDE 52) _______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#56: How did the Byzantine Empire influence Russia in terms of religion? (SLIDE 53) ________ ______________________________________________________________________________#57: What were the things the Western Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church agreed with each other on? (SLIDE 54) _______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#58: What is the greatest work of architecture from the Byzantine Empire? (SLIDE 55) _______ ______________________________________________________________________________#59: What was an important thing that the Byzantine Empire kept alive? (SLIDE 56) _________ ______________________________________________________________________________#60: How did geography affect the Byzantine capital city of Constantinople? (SLIDE 57) _____ ______________________________________________________________________________#61: Give a thorough description of feudalism and how the system worked. (SLIDE 58) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#62: The Crusades had the effect of creating cultural diffusion between the European Crusaders and the Muslims they attacked. What were some of the new things introduced to Europe? (SLIDE 59) ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#63: What was the role that the Catholic Church provided in Europe? (SLIDES 60 & 61) ______ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#64: What were manors? How did the manorial system work? (SLIDE 62) _________________ ______________________________________________________________________________#65: What did knights receive from the lords in return for their military service? (SLIDE 63) ___ ______________________________________________________________________________IF YOU HAVE ANSWERED ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS CORRECTLY AND COMPLETELY, YOU WILL BE READY FOR THE MIDTERM EXAM ................
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