Review Template #2: Chapter Six WHAP/Princeton Review
More Ancient Stuff: Around 8000 B.C.E. to Around 600 C.E.
Questions:
1-Cite five significant facts about the Mayas (Include dates and location):
2-Discuss the significance of Tikal.
3-What did the Mayas lack that led to the use of humans as their primary source of labor?
4-Cite three accomplishments of the Maya:
5-List four empires in India and China that existed from around 300 B.C.E. to around 500 C.E. that the AP World History Exam will likely focus on:
6-Why and how was Ashoka Maurya transformed (include information about the Rock and Pillar Edicts)?
7-Compare and contrast the Gupta Empire and the Mauryan Empires.
8-Cite several accomplishments from the Gupta golden age.
9-What rights did Indian women lose during the Gupta Dynasty?
10-Why did the Gupta dynasty collapse?
11-What does the Qin Dynasty’s connection of separate fortification walls that eventually became the Great Wall of China reveal about the dynasty?
12-List three significant facts about Qin Shihuangdi:
13-Who were the Xiongnu and why were they important?
14-List two accomplishments of Wu Ti:
15-Describe the Han examination system.
16-List three accomplishments from Han China:
17-Discuss the impact of geography on Ancient Greece.
18-How did Greece’s limited geographical area also contribute to its dominance?
19-Define polis.
20-Compare and contrast Athens and Sparta.
21-Describe Athenian democracy.
22-What should World AP students know about Draco and Solon?
23-How did the Persian Wars change the Greek city-states?
24-What changes occurred during the Golden Age of Pericles?
25-What was the Delian League?
26-What was revolutionary about the ideas of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
27-List facts about math, science, art, and architecture during the Greek Golden Age?
28-What was the Peloponnesian League?
29-How did the Peloponnesian War transform Greece?
30-Cite three significant facts about Alexander the Great:
31-How did the Macedonian Empire change world history?
32-Define Hellenism.
33-Discuss the geography of the Italian peninsula and its impact on the Romans.
34-Discuss the Roman class system (Think Patricians, Plebeians, and Slaves).
35-Describe the Roman government (Representative Republic).
36-Explain the significance of the Twelve Tables of Rome.
37-Discuss gender and slavery in Rome.
38-Cite one significant fact for each of the three Punic Wars:
39-What did the Romans build to maintain their vast empire?
40-What social and economic conditions led to the formation of the first triumvirate?
41-What happened when power shifted to Octavius?
42-Define Pax Romana.
43-Why does an empire’s expansion frequently lead to artistic and scientific advances?
44-What was the Edict of Milan and how did it transform religious life?
45-Cite several theories for the collapse of the Maya:
46-Cite the accomplishments and failures of Wang Mang?
47-What happened to the Han after Wang Mang’s death?
48-What happened to China after the collapse of the Han dynasty?
49-What is the one simple reason for the collapse of the Gupta Empire?
50-What are the two most significant reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire?
51-How did Diocletian try to save the empire?
52-How did the actions of the Romans regarding the Visigoths and the actions of Attila and the Huns impact the Roman Empire?
53-What happened to the Eastern Roman Empire after 476 C.E.?
54-Discuss the significance of the Silk Road.
55-Cite a negative impact of increased trade on the Silk Road:
56-Cite several examples of religious diffusion: