World History – First Semester



World History – First Semester

Credit by Exam Review

Preparing for the Credit by Exam:

The credit by exam will consist of sixty- three multiple-choice questions. One of the main problems students confront when taking a credit by examination is knowing what to study. This study guide will help you to organize the subject matter and focus on those areas of the course that will be covered on this exam.

It is not expected that you will memorize all of this information; however, it is important to understand the important concepts of world history. Important events and movements are all linked by cause and effect, and are not merely a series of unrelated collections of facts.

Review of key ideas and concepts based on Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

|World History CBE | | |

|Blueprint |Texas Essential Knowledge and |Percentage of items on the CBE |

| |Skills | |

| |First Semester | |

|Objective 1 |1A,B, C 3A,B, C 4A,B 5A, B, 6 |37% 23 of 63 questions |

|History |A,B, C 7A | |

|Objective 2 |11B |16% 10 of 63 questions |

|Geography | | |

|Objective 3 |13 A,B, 14A, 23A |16% 10 of 63 questions |

|Economics | | |

|Objective 4 |15B, 16A,B, 18A |14% 9 of 63 questions |

|Government | | |

|Objective 5 |19A,B 20A,B , 21B, 22A, 25A |16% 10 of 63 questions |

|Culture/ Science and | | |

|Technology | | |

Use your World History textbook to review the following list. This list of people, events, and concepts is intended as a review of the key ideas, concepts for the first semester of World History.

| |Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills |

|1A |identify the major eras in world history and describe their defining characteristics |

|1B |identify changes that resulted from important turning points in world history such as the development of farming; the |

| |Mongol invasions; the development of cities; the European age of exploration and colonization; the scientific and |

| |industrial revolutions; the political revolutions of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries; and the world wars of the 20th |

| |century |

|1C |apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods |

|3A |compare medieval Europe with previous civilizations |

|3B |describe the major characteristics of the political system of feudalism, the economic system of manorialism, and the |

| |authority exerted by the Roman Catholic Church |

|3C |identify the political, economic, and social impact of the Crusades |

|4A |identify the causes and characteristics of the European Renaissance and the Reformation eras |

|4B |identify the effects of the European Renaissance and the Reformation eras |

|5A |identify causes of European expansion beginning in the 16th century |

|5B |explain the political, economic, cultural, and technological influences of European expansion on both Europeans and |

| |non-Europeans, beginning in the 16th century |

|6A |summarize the major political and cultural developments of the civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa |

|6B |summarize the major political, economic, and cultural developments of civilizations in Mesoamerica and Andean South |

| |America |

|6C |summarize the major political, economic, and cultural developments of civilizations in China, India, and Japan |

|7A |analyze examples of major empires of the world such as the Aztec, British, Chinese, French, Japanese, Mongol, and Ottoman|

| |empires |

|11B |pose and answer questions about geographic distributions and patterns in world history shown on maps, graphs, charts, |

| |models, and databases |

|13A |identify important changes in human life caused by the Neolithic agricultural revolution |

|13B |explain economic, social, and geographic factors that led to the |

| |development of the first civilizations |

|14A |identify the historic origins of the economic systems of capitalism and socialism |

|23A |give examples of major mathematical and scientific discoveries and technological innovations that occurred at different |

| |periods in history and describe the changes produced by these discoveries and innovations |

|15B |define and give examples of different political systems, past and present |

|16A |trace the process by which democratic-republican government evolved from its beginnings in classical Greece and Rome, |

| |through developments in England, and continuing with the Enlightenment |

|16B |identify the impact of political and legal ideas contained in significant historic documents, including Hammurabi's Code,|

| |Justinian's Code of Laws, Magna Carta, John Locke's Two Treatises of Government, and the Declaration of Independence |

|18A |trace the historical development of the rule of law and rights and responsibilities, beginning in the ancient world and |

| |continuing to the beginning of the first modern constitutional republics |

|19A |compare the historical origins, central ideas, and the spread of major religious and philosophical traditions including |

| |Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism |

|19B |identify examples of religious influence in historic and contemporary world events |

|20A |identify significant examples of art and architecture that demonstrate an artistic ideal or visual principle from |

| |selected cultures |

|20B |analyze examples of how art, architecture, literature, music, and drama reflect the history of cultures in which they are|

| |produced |

|21B |describe the political, economic, and cultural influence of women in different historical cultures |

|22A |summarize the fundamental ideas and institutions of Eastern civilizations that originated in China and India |

|25A |identify ways archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and geographers analyze limited evidence |

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