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Midter m Exam Review- Global
Chapter 1: The Peopling of the World, Pr ehistory- 2500 BC
-Culture
-Paleolithic Age
-Neolithic Age
-technology
-Nomad
-hunter-gatherer
-Neolithic Revolution
-civilization
-Specialization
-cuneiform
-Bronze Age
-Hominid Development
-Early Human Migration
-Neolithic Revolution and its effect on world population and farming
-Growth of Civilization
Chapter 2: Ear ly River Valley Civilizations, 3500 BC- 450 BC
-Dynasty
-Silt
-City-State
-Cultural Diffusion
-Polytheism
-Sargon of Akkad (Sumer)
-Narmer (Egypt)
-Pharaoh
-Theocracy
-Hieroglyphics
-Indian Subcontinent
-Monsoon
-Khyber Pass
-Mandate of Heaven
-Dynastic Cycle
-Feudalism
-Geography of: Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates Rivers), Egypt (Nile River), Indus
(Indus River), and China (Huang He River)
-Why did civilization start at these Places?
-Rise of culture, government and social classes
-Importance of Hammurabi’s Code
Chapter 3: People and Ideas on the Move, 3500 BC- 259 BC
-Hittites
-Anatolia
-Aryans
-Vedas
-Brahmin
-caste
-Indo-Europeans
-Reincarnation
-Jainism
-Siddhartha Gautama
-Enlightenment
-Minoans
-Phoenicians
-Palestine
-Canaan
-Torah
-Abraham
-Monotheism
-Moses
-Israel
-Geography of Hittites, Aryans, Minoans, Phoenicians & Hebrews
-Cultural diffusion of religion
-Origins & beliefs of Hinduism, Buddhism & Judaism
Chapter 4: Fir st Age of Empir es, 1570 BC- 200 BC
-New Kingdom of Egypt
-Assyria
-Cyrus
-Darius
-Royal Road
-Zoroaster
-Confucius
-bureaucracy
-Daoism
-Legalism
-Qin Dynasty & Shi Huangdi
-Geography of Egypt, Assyria, Persia and China
-Rise and fall of Egyptian Empire
-Military tactics and government of Assyria
-Government of Persia
-Legacy of Daoism, Confucianism, Legalism and Zoroastrianism
Chapter 5: Classical Gr eece, 2000 BC- 300 BC
-Hellenistic Culture
-Direct Democracy
-Philosophers
-Classical art & architecture
-Pericles
-Alexander the Great
-Athenian Plague
-Homer
-Polis
-Trojan War
-Alexandria
-Drama
-Compare and contrast Sparta and Athens
-Results of Persian & Peloponnesian Wars & Alexander’s conquests
-Achievements of Pericles’ Golden Age (Athens)
-Achievements of Hellenistic culture
-Importance of geography to Greek history
Chapter 6: Ancient Rome and Ear ly Chr istianity, 500 BC- AD 500
-Republic
-Hannibal
-Punic Wars
-Julius Caesar
-Absolute Rule
-Augustus
-Pax Romana
-Gladiator
-Jesus
-Diaspora
-Constantine
-Constantinople
-Attila
-Greco-Roman Culture
-Romance Languages
-Germanic Tribes
-Geography & extent of Roman Republic and Empire
-Beginning of Rome and government of Republic
-Causes of change from Republic to Empire
-Life in Imperial Rome
-History of Jews
-Beginnings of Christianity and reasons for growth
-Reasons for the fall of Rome
-Split between East and Western Empires
Chapter 7&8: India, China and Afr ica Establish Empir es, 300 BC- AD 550
-Mauryan Empire
-Animism
-Gupta Empire
-Brahma
-Vishnu
-Shiva
-Silk Roads
-Han Dynasty
-Civil service
-Assimilation
-Sahara
-Sahel
-Savanna
-desertification
-Geography of India, China, Africa and Silk Roads
-Rise & fall of Mauryan, Gupta and Han Empires
-Importance of trade
-Change in Buddhism and Hinduism
-Indian Achievement
-Chinese Achievement
-Page 188 visual summary
Chapter 10: The Muslim Wor ld, 600- 1250
-Allah
-Muhammad
-Islam
-Muslim
-Koran (Qur’an)
-Five Pillars
-House of Wisdom
-calligraphy
-Origins and spread of Islam
-Social Classes & role of women
-Growth of Muslim Empire & rise of Urban centers (Baghdad)
-Muslim Scholarship
Chapter 11: Byzantines, Russians and Tur ks Inter act, 500-1500
-Justinian Code
-Hagia Sofia
-Slavs
-Constantinople
-Mamelukes
-Seljuks
-Crusades
-Split between Rome and Constantinople
-Development of Eastern Orthodox Church
-Viking Invasions