Download File - Mr. Pfannenstiel`s AP World History Class

Review Template #2: WHAP/Princeton Review
More Ancient Stuff: Around 8000 B.C.E. to Around 600 C.E.
Questions:
1- Cite five significant facts about the Mayas (Include dates and location):
2- Discuss the significance of Tikal.
3- What did the Mayas lack that led to the use of humans as their primary source of labor?
4- Cite three accomplishments of the Maya:
5- List four empires in India and China that existed from around 300 B.C.E. to around 500 C.E. that
the AP World History Exam will likely focus on:
6- Why and how was Ashoka Maurya transformed (include information about the Rock and Pillar
Edicts)?
7- Compare and contrast the Gupta Empire and the Mauryan Empires.
8- Cite several accomplishments from the Gupta golden age.
9- What rights did Indian women lose during the Gupta Dynasty?
10- Why did the Gupta dynasty collapse?
11- What does the Qin Dynasty’s connection of separate fortification walls that eventually became the
Great Wall of China reveal about the dynasty?
12- List three significant facts about Qin Shihuangdi:
13- Who were the Xiongnu and why were they important?
14- List two accomplishments of Wu Ti:
15- Describe the Han examination system.
16- List three accomplishments from Han China:
17- Discuss the impact of geography on Ancient Greece.
18- How did Greece’s limited geographical area also contribute to its dominance?
19- Define polis.
20- Compare and contrast Athens and Sparta.
21- Describe Athenian democracy.
22- What should World AP students know about Draco and Solon?
23- How did the Persian Wars change the Greek city-states?
24- What changes occurred during the Golden Age of Pericles?
25- What was the Delian League?
26- What was revolutionary about the ideas of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
27- List facts about math, science, art, and architecture during the Greek Golden Age?
28- What was the Peloponnesian League?
29- How did the Peloponnesian War transform Greece?
30- Cite three significant facts about Alexander the Great:
31- How did the Macedonian Empire change world history?
32- Define Hellenism.
33- Discuss the geography of the Italian peninsula and its impact on the Romans.
34- Discuss the Roman class system (Think Patricians, Plebeians, and Slaves).
35- Describe the Roman government (Representative Republic).
36- Explain the significance of the Twelve Tables of Rome.
37- Discuss gender and slavery in Rome.
38- Cite one significant fact for each of the three Punic Wars:
39- What did the Romans build to maintain their vast empire?
40- What social and economic conditions led to the formation of the first triumvirate?
41- What happened when power shifted to Octavius?
42- Define Pax Romana.
43- Why does an empire’s expansion frequently lead to artistic and scientific advances?
44- What was the Edict of Milan and how did it transform religious life?
45- Cite several theories for the collapse of the Maya:
46- Cite the accomplishments and failures of Wang Mang?
47- What happened to the Han after Wang Mang’s death?
48- What happened to China after the collapse of the Han dynasty?
49- What is the one simple reason for the collapse of the Gupta Empire?
50- What are the two most significant reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire?
51- How did Diocletian try to save the empire?
52- How did the actions of the Romans regarding the Visigoths and the actions of Attila and the Huns
impact the Roman Empire?
53- What happened to the Eastern Roman Empire after 476 C.E.?
54- Discuss the significance of the Silk Road.
55- Cite a negative impact of increased trade on the Silk Road:
56- Cite several examples of religious diffusion: