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Early World History

1st Semester Exam Review Guide

due Monday, December 16, 2013

You may bring one “helper sheet” to the exam. Front page only. Regular notebook paper size.

Part One –About 80 multiple choice and matching over everything from First Semester: Study your target sheets (History, Greece/Rome, Islam, Africa, Asian Empires), also study all old tests, quizzes and vocabulary.

Part Two –Write a script for a commercial that advertises one of the Asian Empires: In class before the exam, your teacher will present the rubric to you. During the exam, you be assigned ONE Of the Asian Empires and asked to write the script. Be ready.

What is History? – From your history target sheet.

  1. How do you think like a historian?
  1. What’s the difference between a primary and secondary source?
  1. What are the elements of an effective timeline?
  1. What is a thesis?
  1. What is the difference between specialization and interdependence?
  1. What are the 8 elements of civilization?

Greece and Rome – Study your vocab, target sheet, and old test.

  1. How did geography impact the Greek and Roman Empires?
  1. Identify the Greek Legacies.
  1. Describe the Roman legacies. How do they influence the modern world?
  1. Explain the difference between a direct democracy found in Greece and the republic found in Rome.
  1. Explain the three types of government in Rome? Which one influences the United State the most? Explain.
  1. What were some ways Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire?
  1. How did trade impact the Roman Empire?
  1. How did the Roman Empire end?
  1. Apply the 8 elements of civilizations to Rome.

Islam – Study your Islam target sheet and Africa/Islam test.

  1. Who are the “People of the Book” and what do they have in common with Muslims?
  1. Explain why Arabia’s location made it good for trading.
  1. What happened to Islam after Muhammad’s death? Who ruled the empire then?

  1. The Muslim empire spread across parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa; what unified these diverse groups of people?

  1. What was not present in Islamic art and why?

  1. What best describes Muslims’ attitudes about scholarship and learning?

  1. What where the lasting achievements of the Islamic Empire?
  1. Apply the 8 elements of civilization to Islam.

West AfricaStudy your old Africa target sheet and Africa/Islam target sheet.

36. How did rulers of cities and towns end up ruling huge kingdoms controlling many cities and towns?

  1. What are the four types of settlements in West African history? In which order would you put them if you were going from smallest to largest?

  1. What are griots and what are they known for today?

  1. What is the order of existence of the three West African kingdoms?

  1. What West African leader from Mali went on an impressive, elaborate hajj to Mecca and brought back Arab scholars and traders to build the city of Timbuktu when he returned?

  1. Who conquered Songhai?

  1. Songhai was conquered due to what technology?

  1. What are the similarities between all the West African Empires?
  1. How did camelsmake trans-Saharan trade possible?
  1. Because of its location, what role did Ghana play in Salt and Gold trade?

  1. If you came from the southern forests area below Ghana, you traded to get what necessary resource?

  1. How did Ghana make its money in the Salt-Gold Trade?

  1. Along which physical feature did many trading centers develop?

  1. What group of traders first brought Islam to West Africa?

  1. What became a common language in West Africa after Islam was introduced?

  1. What is one example of how geography affected the lives of people in West Africa?

  1. What is the name of the desert that stretches across northern Africa?

Asian Empires and Silk Road: Use your Asian Empires target sheet and Asian vocab

  1. What made silk valuable in the West?
  1. What important Roman ideas, products, and technologies were spread to China?
  1. What important Chinese ideas, products, technologies and resources were spread to Rome?
  1. How did goods get to Rome if the Silk Road overland routes ended at Antioch?

  1. Give some examples of cultural diffusion along the Silk Road.
  1. Which of the 8 elements of civilization can you apply to the Silk Road?

  1. The capital of the Byzantine Empire was named after the Emperor______and today it is called ______.
  1. Who is Genghis Khan?
  1. How did Genghis Khan come to power?
  1. What impact did the Mongols have on the Silk Road trading?
  1. Under which empire was the Grand Canal an example of a public work?
  1. How did the Grand Canal benefit people in China?
  1. What did those the Ottoman and Byzantine empires have in common?
  1. What was great about the location of the capital cities of Constantinople or Istanbul?
  1. What was the main religion practiced in each of the five Asian Empires?
  2. Byzantine
  3. China
  4. Mongol
  5. Mughals
  6. Ottoman
  1. What role would Mughals have likely played along the Silk Road?
  1. What famous piece of architecture are the Mughals known for that still stands today?

Primary and Secondary Sources:

Be prepared to interpret primary and secondary sources. You will explain if a document is a primary/secondary source and how you know. Also, you will explain the main idea of the document.

Writing Question for the Exam:

Some historians argue that during its high periods, the Silk Road was a civilization. Other historians argue the opposite. Was the Silk Road a civilization? Write a thesis and defend your thesis with specific evidence from the Silk Road.

Thesis: (One sentence, strong argument, with three claims, third person – never use “I” or “In my opinion”)

______

Evidence: (At least three pieces, must be different, must be accurate, should be SPECIFIC).

______

You will answer in one strong paragraph with an opening and closing sentence. Use one of the documents.