2016 World History Exam
Vocabulary
Monsoons
Khyber Pass
Caste System
Mesopotamia
Hammurabi’s Laws
Chinese Dynastic Cycle
Patriarchal
Mandate of Heaven
Karma
Reincarnation
Moksha
Nirvana
Phoenicians
Israel
Hamas
Covenant
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Palestine
Two State Solution
Zionism
5 Pillars of Islam
Qin
Confucianism
Legalism
Terra Cotta Soldiers
Feudalism
Pax Mongolia
Peloponnesian War
Socratic Method
Silk Road
Baghdad
Dome of the Rock
Hajj
Ka’aba
Abraham
Monotheism
Bureaucracy
Quid Pro Quo
Crusades
Choke Points (Indian Ocean Trade)
Hagia Sophia
Byzantine Empire
Nationalism
Directions: Choose 5 Essays. Write approximately ¾-1 page for each. These essays will be graded very closely. Be sure to support and enhance your analysis with plenty of analogies, examples, and statistics.
5 points: analysis that addresses and answers the question correctly.
5 points: the student uses appropriate support evidence such as analogies, examples, statistics, and/or diagrams.
Amos 9:14-15
I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the Lord your God.
1. Describe the main reasons for the fall of Rome.
2. List and explain the 4 Noble Truths of Buddhism. How do they compare to Christian beliefs?
3. Explain the Caste System and its impact on the history of India.
4. How and why was Pakistan created? What is the impact on today’s world?
5. Describe the Qin and Han dynasties. Compare and contrast the two dynasties. How did each contribute to the formation of China? Draw the
6. Draw a map of Israel and the Palestinian areas (West Bank and Gaza Strip). Take a side: do you defend or condemn Israel’s action since 1948?
7. Draw and Label: African/Indian Ocean Trade. Include:
Sahara Desert
Indian Ocean
Timbuktu
China, India, Persia, Africa
Choke Points: Straits of Malacca and Strait of Hormuz
4 items traded in each region=16 items
Silk Road
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
8. Explain the Sunni/Shi’a split. How does it affect the world today (politically, religiously, socially, etc.).
9. Explain how the Crusades and the Pax Mongolia positively affected Europe.