CP World History
Midterm Review Guide
Unit 1: Prehistory, Early Mesopotamian Civilizations
Terms
Prehistory
Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Near East
Mediterranean Sea
The continents of the Old World (Asia, Africa, Europe)
Artifact
Hunter-Gatherer
Historian
Animism
Polytheism
Monotheism
Civilization
Dynasty
Irrigation/Agriculture
Ziggurat
Cuneiform
Codify
Criminal Law
Civil Law
People and Cultures
Sumerians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Phoenicians
Hebrews
King Hammurabi
King Nebuchadnezzar
Zoroaster
Abraham
Moses
Unit 1 (continued): Ancient Egypt
Terms
Artisan
Scribe
Pharoah
Vizier
Empire
Cultural diffusion
Silt
Delta
The Nile River
Upper and Lower Kingdoms
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Dynasty
Mummification
Embalming
Hieroglyphics
Demotic
Papyrus
Rosetta Stone
People and Cultures
Egyptians
Hyksos
Hebrews
Ramses II
Moses
Gods:
Osiris
Isis
Horus
Set(h)
Amon
Unit 2: Ancient Greece
Greece
Crete
Macedonia
Persia
Troy
Athens
Sparta
Aegean Sea
Adriatic Sea
Polis
City-state
Acropolis
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Democracy
Aristocracy
Tyrant
Jury
Alliance
Logic
Rhetoric
Comedy
Tragedy
Philosophy
Socratic Method
Olympics
Assimilation
Phalanx
Helot
People and Cultures
Mycenaens
Minoans
Persians
Spartans
Athenians
Macedonians
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Pericles
Cyrus the Great
Xerxes
Peloponnesian War
Trojan War
Helen of Troy
Persian Wars
Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Salamis
Zeus
Unit 3: Ancient Rome
Terms
Italy
Sicily
Apennine Mountains
Alps Mountains
Tiber River
Rubicon River
Rhine River
Danube River
Rome (7 hills)
Aqueducts
Domes
Roads
Republic
Senate
Legion
Census
Imperialism
Punic Wars (1st, 2,d 3rd,)
Civil War
Pax Romana
44 BC
410 AD
476 AD
People and Cultures
Latins
Etruscans
Carthaginians
Huns
Visigoths
Patricians
Plebeians
Senators
Consuls
Tribunes
Dictator
Mercenary
Virgil
Cincinnatus
Pompey
Marc Antony
Cleopatra
Emperors:
Diocletian
Constantine
Caligula
Nero
Hadrian
Marcus Aerileus
Valens
Julius Caesar
1st Triumvirate
“Veni, Vidi, Vici” (I came, I saw, I conquered)
“Jacta Alea Est!” (The die is cast!)
Reforms: increased job opportunities; gave public land to the poor
granted Roman citizenship to more people; Julian calendar
44 B.C. assassinated
Caesar Augustus
Octavian defeats Marc Antony, becomes emperor
Reforms: increased stability of government; ordered a census
(with better tax system); best man for the job, regardless
of class; postal system; self-governance of territories
Established a precedent of absolute power for emperors; limited
the power of the Senate.
Unit 4: The Middle Ages
Terms
England
France
Holy Roman Empire
Medieval
The Church
Frontier
Germanic
Feudalism
Fief
Knight
Chivalry
Manor
Clergy
Monastery
Scholasticism
Convent
Currency
Guild
Crusades
Magna Carta
Epidemic
Black Death
La Danse Macabre
People and Cultures
Missi dominici
Vikings
Monks
Nuns
Priests
Lord
Vassal
Serf
Troubadour
Clovis
Charles Martel
Alcuin of York
Alfred the Great
William the Conqueror
Hugh Capet
Otto I
Pope Gregory VII
Charlemagne
King of the Franks
“Charles the Great”
Defended Pope against attackers; crowned Holy Emperor of Rome
Established a “New Rome” at his capital city at Aachen
Carolingian Renaissance
Reforms: school for non-clergy; use of currency; expanded
Territory; fought Muslims and barbarians; promoted
Christianity; used missi dominici to govern effectively
Empire split into 3 parts at time of his death (Treaty of Verdun)
Unit 5: India, China and Islam
Terms
Indus River
Ganges River
Himalaya Mountains
Hinduism
Buddhism
Reincarnation
Karma
Dharma
Nirvana
Filial Piety
8 Noble Truths
Islam
Hijra
Mosque
Hajj
Jihad
Minaret
5 Pillars
Great Wall of China
Han Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
People and Cultures
Hindus
Buddhists
Tibetan Monks
Mongols
Muhammad
Confucius
Siddartha Gautama
Shi Huangdi
Caliph
Sultan
The Essay
The essay will be 5-paragraphs. You will have your choice of 3 different prompts to write your essay: one pertaining to Rome, one pertaining to the Middle Ages, or one pertaining to the Eastern religion you studied.