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.