GLOBAL HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY 9H
FINAL REVIEW SHEET
Some of the chapter topics that will be covered on the exam include:
General Terms and Vocabulary
Culture
Economy
Anthropology
History
Pre-History
Agriculture
Cultural Diffusion
Syncretism
Barter system
Golden Age
Geography
Traditional Societies
Ethnocentrism
Chapter One (Before History):
The Leakeys
Donald Johansen
Hominids
Nomad
Hunter/gatherer
Migration
Technology of Early Humans
Paleolithic Age
Nomadic Role of Women
Cave Paintings
Neolithic Revolution
Subsistence Agriculture
Gender & Agriculture
Technology of Agriculture
Population Growth
Civilization
Pastoralism
Chapter Two (Early Societies in SW Asia):
Tigris & Euphrates
Mesopotamia
Sumerians
Cuneiform
Epic of Gilgamesh
Ziggurat
Hammurabi
Hammurabi’s Code
Babylonia
Assyrians
New Babylonians
Wheel
Role of Women
- Veils
Hebrews
Palestine
Diaspora
Monotheism
Phoenicians
- Alphabet
Indo-European Migration
- Language
- Horses
- Hittites
- Iron Metallurgy
- War Chariots
Trade Networks
Patriarchal
Chapter Three (Early African Societies):
Nile River
Cataracts
Desertification
Sahel
Ancient Egypt
“Gift of the Nile”
Mummification
Pyramids
Pharaohs
Hieroglyphics
Akhenaton
Cult of Osiris
Nubia
Role of Women
Meroitic Writing
Kush
Hyksos
Trade Networks
Bantu Migration
Chapter Four (Early Societies in South Asia):
Indus River
Hindu-Kush Mtns
Ganges River
Monsoons
Mohenjo-Daro
Harappa
Early Aryan Migration
Vedas
Caste & Varna
SubcastesJati
Rig Veda
Sati
Upanishads
Moksha
Karma
Dharma
Brahman
Chapter Five (Early Societies in East Asia):
Yellow River
Xia
Shang
Zhou
Millet
Bronze Metallurgy
Decentralized gov’t
Mandate of Heaven
Iron Metallurgy’s impact
Role of merchants
Veneration of ancestors
Patriarchal
Oracle Bones
Chinese Writing
Book of Songs
Warring States Period
Steppe Nomads
Yangzi River
Terraced farming
Chapter Six (Early Societies in the Americas & Oceania):
Olmecs
Maize
Ceremonial centers
Jade & obsidian
Yucatan Peninsula
Maya
Mayan terraced farming
Tikal
City-kingdoms
Chichen Itza
PopolVuh
Bloodletting
Ball game
Maya calendar
Maya writing
Teotihuacan
Pyramids of the Moon & Sun
Andes Mtns
Chavin
Terraced farming
Irrigation
Alpacas & llamas
Mochica
Waruwaru
Australian hunting & gathering societies
Austronesian migrations
Agriculture in New Guinea
Polynesia
Lapita peoples
Chapter Seven (Empires of Persia):
Achaemenid
Cyrus
Darius
Persepolis
Satrapies
Lydian coins
Persian Royal Road
Qanat system
Persian Wars
Seleucid/Parthains/ Sasanids
Free peasants
Zoroastrianism
Ahura Mazda
Influence of Zoroastrianism
Chapter Eight (The Unification of China):
Confucius
Analects
Daoism
Laozi
Daodejing
Legalism
Han Feizi
Qin
Shi Huangdi
Book burning
Centralization
The Great Wall
1st Emperor’s Tomb
Standardization
Han
Liu Bang
Han Wudi
Confucian education
Xiongnu
Ban Zhao
Silk, Paper, Crossbow
Yellow Turban Uprising
Chapter Nine (State, Society, and the Quest for Salvation in India):
Mauryan Dynasty
AshokaMaurya
Rock & Pillar Edicts
Regional Kingdoms
Gupta Dynasty
Arabic Numerals
Gupta Golden Age
Indian Ocean Trade
Epics
Caste system
Jainism
Ahimsa
Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama
Mahayana Buddhism
Bodhisattvas
Bhagavad Gita
Popular Hinduism
Chapter Ten (Mediterranean Society: The Greek Phase):
Minoans
Mycenaean Society
City-States (Polis)
Sparta
Military Society
Lycurgus
Athens
Solon
Pericles
Parthenon
Direct Democracy
Greek colonies
Mediterranean Trade
Olympic Games
Slavery
Socrates, Plato & Aristotle
Pythagoras
Greek Deities
Cult of Dionysus
Comedy & Tragedy
Persian Wars
Delian League
Peloponnesian War
Philip of Macedon
Alexander the Great
Hellenistic
Chapter Eleven (Mediterranean Society: The Roman Phase):
Etruscans
Roman Republic
Law (12 Tables)
Patricians & plebeians
Punic Wars
Roman Expansion
Julius Caesar
Octavian/Augustus
PaxRomana
Roman roads
Commercial agric.
Meditrn. trade
Aqueducts
“Bread & Circus”
Paterfamilias
Slavery
Roman Deities
Cicero & Stoicism
Mithras & Isis cults
Judaism
Christianity
Jesus of Nazareth
Paul of Tarsus
Chapter Twelve (Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Roads):
Monsoon System
Hellenistic Trade
Silk Roads
Mare Nostrum
Spread of…
- Buddhism
- Hinduism
- Christianity
- Manichaeism
Spread of Disease
Fall of the Han
Sinicization of nomads
Fall of W. Rome
Diocletian
Constantine
Germanic Invasions
The Huns
St. Augustine
Orthodox Christianity
Patriarchs
Chapter Thirteen (The Expansive Realm of Islam):
Arabian Peninsula
Bedouin
Islamic Golden Age
Expansion & policies
Mecca/Makkah
Hajj
The Five Pillars
Hijrah/Hegira
Muhammad
Quran/Koran
Shariah
Caliph
Umayyad Dynasty
Abbasid Dynasty
Sunni/Shia
Dar al-Islam
Spread of new crops
Hemispheric trading zone
Camels & caravans
Al-Andalus
Veiling of women
Sufis
Influences on Islam (Persian, Indian, Greek)
Chapter Fourteen (The Resurgence of Empire in East Asia):
Sui Dynasty
Grand Canal
Tang Dynasty
Li Bo
Xuanzang
Equal-Field System
Tributary states
Buddhist Influence
Dunhuang
Chan/Zen Buddhism
Song Dynasties
Neo-Confucianism
Fast-Ripening Rice
Internal trade
Population & urbanization
Foot binding
Porcelain
Gunpowder
Block printing & moveable type
Naval technology
Paper money
Silla Dynasty
Chinese influence on Korea, Vietnam & Japan
Nara Japan
Heian Japan
Shintoism
The Tale of Genji
Feudal Japan
Shogun
Samurai
Code of Bushido
Chapter Fifteen (India and the Indian Ocean Basin):
Mahmud of Ghazni
Delhi Sultanate
Chola
Monsoons & irrigation advances
Temples as community centers
Internal trade
Indian Ocean trade
Dhows & junks
Emporia
Specialized production
Axum
Expansion of the caste system
Hindu cults
Bhakti
Indian influence in SE Asia
Angkor Wat
Chapter Sixteen (The Two World of Christendom):
Byzantine
Constantinople
Caesaropapism
Justinian & Theodora
Justinian Code
Hagia Sophia
Mosaic
Theme System
Byzantine trade
Greek fire
The Franks
Charlemagne
Vikings
Heavy plow
Feudalism
Manorialism
Population decrease & recovery
Pope
Patriarch
Iconoclasm
Monasticism
Cyril & Methodius
Schism
Black Sea-Baltic trade
Slavs
Kiev & Vladimir
Onion domes
Chapter Seventeen (Nomadic Empires & Eurasian Integration):
Nomadic pastoralism
Turks
Saljuq/Seljik Turks
- Persia (Abbasid)
- Anatolia (Byzantine)
- India
Mongols
- Genghis
- Society
- Conquest
Mongol impacts
- Persia
- China (Kublai)
- Russia (Golden Horde)
PaxMongolica
Silk Road travel
- Trade
- Missionaries
- Diplomats
- Bubonic plague
Tamerlane
Ottoman
Chapter Eighteen (States and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa):
Bananas
Early Africa
Kin-based society
Animism
Slavery
Role of women
Zanj revolts
Camels
Ghana
- Gold & Salt
- Islam
Mali
- Mansa Musa
- Jenne & Timbuktu
Swahili Coast
- KilwaSofala
Great Zimbabwe
Axum
Ethiopia
- King Lalibela
- Rock churches
Chapter Nineteen (The Increasing Influence of Europe):
Holy Roman Empire
William the Conqueror
Agricultural growth
Development of towns & cities
Early Commercial Rev.
- Guilds
- Urban women
Meditrn. Trade
Hanseatic League
Three Estates
Chivalry
Troubadours
St. Thomas Aquinas
Lay Investiture
Gothic
Religious orders
Heresy
Vinland
Crusades
Reconquista
Spanish Inquisition (chapter 23)
Chapter Twenty (Worlds Apart: The Americas & Oceania):
Maize
The Mexica/Aztec
- SPICE
- Tribute
- Trade
- Chinampas
Pueblo/Navajo/ Iroquois
Inca
- SPICE
- Empire
- Roads/Bridges
- Terraces
- Quipu
- Trade
Australian foragers
Pacific islanders
- Long-distance voyages
- Maori & sweet potatoes
- Society
- Religion
Chapter Twenty-one (Reaching Out: Expanding Horizons of Cross-Cultural Interaction):
Travelers
- Marco Polo
- Ibn Battuta
Missionaries
- Sufis
- John of Montecorvino
Diplomats
- RabbanSauma
Exchanges
- Sugarcane
- Gunpowder
- Plague
Italian city-states
The Renaissance
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Humanism
- Machiavelli
Hundred Years War
Spain
Ivan the Great
Ming
- Neo-Confucianism
- Zheng He
Chapter Twenty-two (Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections):
Portuguese est. of Medit. sugar plantations
Caravel
Maritime technology
Volto do mar
Prince Henry the Navigator
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
James Cook
Portuguese trading posts
Trading Companies
Conquest of the Philippines
- Manila Galleons
Conquest of Java
Seven Year’s War
Columbian Exchange
- Impacts on areas
Environmental impacts of trade
Chapter Twenty-four (The Americas and Oceania):
Taino
Encomienda
Smallpox
Conquistadores
- Cortes
- Pizarro
Council of the Indies
Viceroys
Las Castas
Silver Mining
Mita
Hacienda
Engenho
Settler colonies in N. America
Fur trade
Tobacco
Mercantilism
Indentured labor
Impact of Catholicism
CONTINUITY/CHANGE OVER TIME SCORING GUIDELINES
BASIC CORE (competence) 0–7 Points
1. Hasacceptable thesis. 1 Point
•The thesis correctly specifies BOTH continuity and change.
•The thesis must be explicitly stated in the introduction or the conclusion of the essay.
•The thesis may appear as one sentence or as multiple sentences.
2. Addresses all parts of the question, though not necessarily evenly or thoroughly. 2 Points
For 2 points:
•Essay addresses BOTH continuity AND change with historically relevant specificity.
For 1 point:
•Addresses EITHER continuity OR change with historically relevant specificity.
3. Substantiates thesis with appropriate historical evidence. 2 Points
For 2 points:
•Provides at least five pieces of accurate evidence of continuity AND change.
- Each piece of evidence must be a supporting example of continuity OR change.
For 1 point:
•Partially substantiates thesis with appropriate historical evidence.
•Provides at least four pieces of accurate evidence of continuity AND/OR change.
- Each piece of evidence must be a supporting example of continuity OR change.
4. Uses relevant world historical context to explain continuity and change over time.1 Point
•The essay relates or describes an extra-regional connection or a global process to explain a continuity OR change.
•Using “relevant world historical context” CANNOT count for the analysis point (#5).
5. Analyzes the process of continuity and change over time. 1 Point
•Accurately explains reason for or impact of a continuity OR change.
•“Analyzes …” CANNOT count for “uses relevant world historical context” (#4).
EXPANDED CORE (excellence) 0–2 Points
A student must earn 7 points in the basic core area before earning points in the expanded core area.
Examples:
- Has a clear, analytical, and comprehensive thesis.
- Analyzes all issues of the question (as relevant): global context, chronology, causation, change, continuity, effects, content.
- Provides ample historical evidence to substantiate thesis.
- Provides links with relevant ideas, events, and trends in an innovative way.
- Provides a clear and concrete chronology of change.
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POSTCLASSICAL REVIEW CHART (600 C.E. – 1450 C.E.)
Social(Gender Roles & Relations, Family & Kinship, Racial & Ethnic Constructions, Social & Economic Classes) / Political
(Political Structures & Forms of Governance, Empires, Nations & Nationalism, Revolts & Revolutions, Regional/Transregional/Global Structures & Organizations) / Interactions
(Demography, Disease, Migration, Patterns of Settlement, & Technology) / Cultural
(Religions/Belief Systems, Philosophies, Ideologies, Science & Technology, Arts and Architecture) / Economic
(Agricultural & Pastoral Production, Trade & Commerce, Labor Systems, Industrialization, Capitalism & Socialism)
North America
Latin America
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Middle East /
North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
East Asia
Oceania
Major continuities, changes and interactions throughout the time period 600 C.E. – 1450 C.E.
Continuities / Changes / InteractionsMajor continuities, changes and interactions throughout the time period 600 B.C.E. – 600 C.E.
Continuities / Changes / InteractionsMajor continuities, changes and interactions throughout the time period pre-history – 600 B.C.E.
Continuities / Changes / Interactions