Honors World History Final Exam Study Guide



Unit 1: Early River Valley Civilizations

Paleolithic Era

Hunter- Gatherer

Neolithic Revolution

Agriculture/ Farming

Domestication of Animals

Monotheism

Polytheism

Features of Civilization: Organized Government, Complex Religion, Writing, Art and Architecture, Social Classes, Public Works, and Job Specialization

Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley and Yellow River region of China: Compare and contrast how geography effected these river civilizations.

Hieroglyphics

Hammurabi

Ziggurats

Pyramids

City-States

Unit 2: World Religions

Identify Major beliefs, founder, and sacred texts of:

Hinduism

Buddhism

Judaism

Christianity

Islam

Unit 3: Greece and Rome

Geography of Greece

Oligarchy

Theocracy

Direct Democracy

Representative Democracy

Socrates

Aristotle

Plato

Alexander the Great

Hellenistic culture

Athens

Sparta

Rise of the Roman Republic

Republic- describe the divisions of government

Plebian

Patrician

1st Triumvirate

Aqueducts - purpose

Julius Caesar

Augustus

Pax Romana

Constantine

Empire - definition

Units 4 and 5: Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation

Byzantines- Justinian Code, The Great Schism

Constantinople

Feudalism

Lord/Nobles/Knights/Serfs

Manorial System

The Role of the Church in the Middle Ages

The Crusades

Guilds

Hundred Year’s War

Black Death

Magna Carta

Renaissance - Cause and Effects

Renaissance Writers

Renaissance Painters

Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther – 95 Theses

Importance of Printing Press and by who and when?

Catholic Reformation (Counter Reformation)

Unit 6 – Age of Exploration

Columbian Exchange

Triangular Trade

Mercantilism

Middle Passage

Aztecs

Mayans

Incas

Unit 7: Absolutism, Enlightenment and Revolution

Louis XIV, “The Sun King”

Palace Versailles

Henry VIII

Elizabeth I

The Enlightenment

Philosophe

John Locke

Montesquieu

Voltaire

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Social Contract

Natural Rights

Enlighten deposits

Old Regime in France

Estates General (the three estates)

Louis XVI

Marie Antoinette

Tennis Court Oath

National Assembly

Declaration of the Rights of Man

National Convention

Maximillian Robespierre

Reign of Terror

Napoleon

Napoleon’s major reforms

Continental System

Peninsular War in Spain

Invasion of Russia

Nationalism – lasting impact

Unit 8: Industrial Revolution and Imperialism

Industrial Revolution – England

Factors of Production

Why England First?

Capitalism

Adam Smith - “The Wealth of Nations”

Imperialism

Socialism/Communism

Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels – Communist Manifesto

Unions

Unit 9: World War I

MAIN Causes

The Spark

New Technology

Trench Warfare

Western Front

Russian Revolution

Before the war Alliances

Central and Allied Powers

Treaty of Versailles

League of Nations

Woodrow Wilson

Effect of the War

Unit 10: Great Depression and World War II

Causes for the Great Depression of 1929

Why did totalitarian governments arise in Europe?

Causes and Effects of the War

Appeasement

Non-Aggression Pact

Axis Powers

Allied Powers

Battle of Britain

Pearl Harbor

Two theaters of war

D-Day

Battle of Stalingrad

Battle of Midway

Atomic Bomb

Holocaust

Final Solution

Nuremberg Trials

United Nations

Yalta Conference

Unit 11: The Cold War

The Cold War begins (US and Russia) – WHY?

Values of Soviet Union, USA

Berlin Airlift

Containment

Arms Race

Sputnik

Korean War

Cuban Missile Crisis

Vietnam War

Berlin Wall

Glasnost and Perestroika

Unit 12: Globalization

Globalization

Technology innovations

Pros and Cons of Globalization

Terrorism - September 11th

Environmentalism

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