Download 2009 Second Semester Review Sheet—World History

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I. Islam
 Sunni/Shiite Split
 Important places in Islam (cities and shrines)
 5 pillars
 Ramadan
 Hajj
 Ibn Battuta
II. Middle Ages Europe
 Church problems
 Practice of simony
 Role of monasteries
 Gothic Architecture
 Crusades
 Role of technology in increasing crop production
 Role of surplus of food
 Importance of Silk Road
 Role of trade in helping Europe to re-emerge form Dark Ages
 Dark Ages
 Guilds
 100 Years war (nationalism, technology, importance of leaders and military)
 Magna Carta and how it informed future political relationships between ruler and
subjects
 Jewish sentiment
III. Renaissance and Reformation
 Renaissance
 Humanism
 Martin Luther
 Protestant/ Catholic split
 Identify Catholic countries and Protestant countries
 The role of the split in future colonialism and imperialism (nationalism,
competition, zeal to convert)
 Reformation
 MACHIAVELLI
 The social/economic/religious implications of the Plague
IV. Africa 800-1500
 Slavery
 Mansa Musa
 Ibn Battuta
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Gold and Salt
V. The Americas
 Columbian Exchange--- what was it and what was exchanged…
 Political organization of Aztec, Maya, and Inca
 Geographic locations of the three major indigenous groups
 Science of the indigenous people
 Creation myth of Maya
 Decline of each indigenous civilization
 What allowed for Spanish to conquer Aztec
 Tupac Amaru
 Pachamama
 Pizzaro
 Cortez
 Chicha
VI. Dealing with Industrial Age
 Capitalism
 Free market economy
 Laissez Faire
 Adam Smith
 Invisible Hand
 Socialism
 Karl Marx
 Hammer and sickle
 Pros and cons of communism and capitalism
VII. French Revolution and Enlightenment
 Palace of Versailles
 Louis XIV
 Louis XVI
 Mercantilism
 NAFTA
 Declaration of the Rights of Man
 Guillotine
 Robespierre
 Coup d’etat
 Napoleon
 Napoleonic Code
 Haiti 1789
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Purpose for sale of Louisiana Territory
Napoleon in Russia
Scorched Earth tactic
Copernicus
John Locke
VIII. China and Japan Respond Differently to Imperialism (1850-1914)
Imperialism
 Reasons for China’s isolationism
 Reasons the West wanted access to China
 Trade imbalance prior to the West gaining access to China
 Major products of China, which were coveted by the West
 Opium
 Opium War
 Treaty of Nanjing
 Extraterritorial rights
 China’s Domestic problems
 Chinese sentiment towards Japan and foreigners
 Taiping Rebellion
 Qing Dynasty
 Open Door Policy
 Boxer Rebellion
 Modern opium trade and production in Afghanistan
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Commodore Matthew Perry
Geography of Japan
Meji
Japan’s rapid industrialization
Japan relations w/ Korea
w/Russia
w/China
IX. Colonial and Post-colonial Africa (from reports)
 Reasons for European colonization of Africa
 Methods of colonizing
 Effects of drawing political border in Africa
 S. Africa apartheid
 AIDS in Africa
 Rwanda’s history w/Belgium
 Hutus/ Tutsi
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United Nations in Africa
Mugabe’s policy of land redistribution in Zimbabwe
Inflation in Zimbabwe
Nelson Mandela
Effects of the World Wars on African independence movements
X. World Wars
 Nationalism
 Appeasement
 Alliance System
 Founding of Israel
 Significance of the founding of Israel
 Gaza and West Bank
 Palestinians
 Dates for WWI and WWII
 Great Depression
XI. Mao’s Revolution in China
 Philosophical roots
 Rural beginnings
 Korean War
 US relations w/China
 Collectivization
 Great Leap Forward
 Cultural Revolution
 Modern China’s sentiment towards Japan/US
 “Little Red Book”
 Fidel Castro…Cuba
 1979 Iran