Name Date Period
World History & Cultures Midterm Review Sheet 2013-2014
Chapter 3: India and China1. subcontinent –
2. rivers (Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra) –
3. plateau –
4. monsoon –
5. Indus Valley Civilization (well-planned cities, religious beliefs, decline) –
6. veneration –
7. rajahs-
8. Aryans –
9. Brahmins –
10. Kshatriyas –
11. Vaisyas –
12. Sudras -
13. Dravidians –
14. caste –
15. loess –
16. Yellow River (Huang He) –
17. Mandate of Heaven –
18. dynastic cycle –
19. Shi Huangdi-
20. Emperor Wudi- / Chapter 3: Ancient India and China
21. Hinduism –
22. Brahman –
23. moksha –
24. reincarnation –
25. karma –
26. dharma –
27. Four Noble Truths –
28. Eightfold Path –
29. Chandragupta Maurya –
30. Asoka
31. caste system (complex rules) –
32. philosophy –
33. Confucius –
34. Gupta Dynasty –
35. Himalayas -
36. Harappa –
37. Polytheistic –
38. Coastal Plain –
39. Han Golden Age –
40. Know the differences/similarities of: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, & Daoism / Chapter 7: The Rise of Europe
1. Medieval –
2. Franks
3. Charlemagne –
4. Feudalism
5. Vassals
6. Feudal contract
7. Fief
8. Knight –
9. Chivalry –
10. Manor –
11. Peasants –
12. Serfs –
13. Tithe –
14. Merchant guilds –
15. St. Francis of Assisi
16. Apprentice
17. Benedictine Rule
Chapter 8: The High Middle Ages
1. Monarchs (limits to power and how they centralized power) –
2. William the Conqueror –
3. Henry II –
4. Magna Carta –
5. Due process -
6. Habeas corpus –
7. Emperor Henry IV –
8. Pope Gregory VII –
9. Crusade –
10. Schism –
11. Goals for the crusades (pope, knights, merchants) –
12. Results of the Crusades –
13. Thomas Aquinas –
14. Plague (cause, what happened, results) –
15. Joan of Arc –
16. Hundred Years’ War (causes/effects, English advantage=longbow)
17. Excommunication
18. Papal supremacy
19. New technologies / Chapter 12: Japan/Korea
1. Korean geography –
2. Japanese geography –
3. Archipelago –
4. Uji –
5. Similarities to china –
6. Shogun –
7. Selective borrowing
8. Zen
9. Literacy rate
Chapter 10: Rise of Islam
1. Muhammad –
2. Mecca –
3. Islam –
4. Allah –
5. Hijra –
6. Monotheistic –
7. Quran –
8. The Five Pillars (list & explain)
9. Kaaba – / Chapter 10: Rise of Islam
10. Hajj –
11. Jihad –
12. Sharia –
13. Conquered lands/people –
14. Judaism characteristics -
15. Christianity characteristics –
16. Shiite –
17. Sunni –
18. Sufis –
19. Umayyad (caliphs/dynasty)
20. Abu Bkar
21. Taj Mahal
22. Ottoman Empire
23. Suleiman
24. Baghdad
25. Sikhism
26. Mosque
27. Isatanbul