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Unit 1: Prehistory and the Rise of Civilizations (Chapters 1, 2, and 3)
Vocabulary:
1.
Artifact
2. Culture
17. Mesopotamia
33. Loess
48. Enlightenment
18. City-State
34. Mandate of
49. Nirvana
3. Hominid
19. Dynasty
4. Paleolithic Age
20. Cultural
5. Neolithic Age
6. Homo Sapiens
7. Nomads
8. Hunter-
diffusion
21. Polytheism
22. Hammurabi
23. Delta
Heaven
35. Dynastic Cycle
36. Feudalism
37. IndoEuropeans
51. Aegean Sea
52. Knossos
53. Phoenicians
38. Steppes
54. Palestine
39. Migration
55. Canaan
40. Hittites
56. Torah
41. Anatolia
57. Abraham
42. Aryans
58. Monotheism
43. Vedas
59. Covenant
Gatherers
24. Narmer
9. Domestication
25. Pharaoh
10. Civilization
26. Theocracy
11. Specialization
27. Pyramid
12. Scribe
28.
13. Cuneiform
29. Hieroglyphic
44. Caste
14. Bronze Age
30. Papyrus
45. Mahabharata
15. Ziggurat
31. Subcontinent
46. Reincarnation,
16. Fertile
32. Monsoon
Brahmin
Mummification
Karma
Crescent
50. Minoans
47. Siddhartha
Gautama
Questions Chapters 1 and 2
1. What clues do bones and artifacts give about early peoples?
60. Moses
61. Israel
62. Judah
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2. What were the major achievements in human history during the Old Stone Age?
3. Why would hunter-gatherers have to lead a nomadic life?
4. What advantages did domestication of animals offer Neolithic people?
5. How did the development of agriculture lead to the establishment of villages?
6. What major fact shows the importance of religion to the Sumerians?
7. What was the relationship of religion, government, and trade in Sumer?
8. Why did the growth of civilization make government necessary?
9. How did floods in the Fertile Crescent make farming difficult?
10. How did Sumer’s location in the Fertile Crescent allow the civilization to have specialized workers?
11. In what ways was Hammurabi’s Code like our laws today?
12. What was the main difference between the flooding of the Nile and that of the rivers in Mesopotamia?
13. What was the purpose of the pyramids?
14. How did building the pyramids show the power of the Egyptian pharaohs?
15. What was the purpose of mummification?
16. How did being surrounded by deserts benefit Egypt?
17. What is the Indian Subcontinent?
18. What is a Monsoon?
19. What problems could a monsoon cause?
20. What do the planned cities of the Indus Valley people tell us about their culture?
21. What reasons are suggested for the disappearance of the Indus Valley civilization?
22. How were Sumerians, Egyptians, and the people of the Harappan civilization similar in their use of the
environment?
Questions Chapter 3
1.
How are the Indo-Europeans linked to modern people of Europe and Southwest Asia?
2. Why was the change from bronze to iron technology important?
3. What effects would a rigid caste system have on a society?
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4. What important contributions did the Aryans make to the culture and way of life in India in terms of religion,
literature, and roles in society?
5. How do Hinduism and Jainism encourage moral conduct?
6. Why is the eight-fold path called the Middle Way?
7. What were the attitudes of Hindus and Buddhists toward women?
8. What are the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?
9. How has Hinduism influenced social structure in India?
10. What role did geography play in Minoan culture’s influence on Greek culture?
11. What was an advantage of Phoenicia being a collection of city states?
12. In what ways are the Torah and the Vedas similar?
13. How were the roles of Saul and David similar and different in establishing the kingdom of Israel?
14. Why might a stronger power accept tribute from a weaker state rather than attacking and annexing it?
15. What were the main problems faced by the Hebrews between 2000 b.c.e. and 700 b.c.e.?
Chapter 4: Egypt and China
Vocabulary:
1.
Hyksos
8. Piankhi
15. Cyrus
22. Bureaucracy
2. New Kingdom
9. Meroé
16. Cambyses
23. Daoism
3. Hatshepsut
10. Assyria
17. Darius
24. Legalism
4. Thutmose III
11. Nineveh
18. Satrap
25. Qin Dynasty
5. Nubia
12. Medes
19. Royal Road
26. Shi Huangdi
6. Ramses II
13. Chaldeans
20. Zoroaster
7. Kush
14.
21. Confucius
Nebuchadnezzar
Questions:
1. How did the invasion of Egypt by the Hyksos demonstrate the importance of military technology?
2. What evidence supports the idea that Egypt’s decline was political but not cultural?
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3. What role did geography play in Egypt’s rise and fall?
4. What advantages did the Assyrian military demonstrate?
5. Why did Cyrus pray in the temples of the conquered?
6. What did Zoroaster teach?
7. Summarize Confucian ideas about the family and about society.
8. How were Shi Huangdi’s policies similar to those of the Persian ruler Darius?
9. What did Legalists see as the key to restoring order?
Unit 2: Greece and Rome (Chapters 5 and 6)
Vocabulary
1.
2. Mycenaean
16. Phalanx
3. Trojan War
17. Persian wars
4. Dorian
18. Direct
5. Homer
6. Epic
7. Myth
8. Polis
9. Acropolis
29. Alexander the
Great
30. Darius III
democracy
31. Hellenistic
19. Classical art
32. Alexandria
20. Tragedy
33. Euclid
21. Comedy
34. Archimedes
22. Peloponnesian
35. Colossus of
War
Rhodes
42. Dictator
43. Legion
44. Punic Wars
45. Hannibal
46. Julius Caesar
47. Triumvirate
48. Augustus
49. Pax Romana
10. Monarchy
23. Philosopher
36. Republic
50. Jesus
11. Aristocracy
24. Socrates
37. Patrician
51. Apostle
12. Oligarchy
25. Plato
38. Plebeian
52. Paul
13. Tyrant
26. Aristotle
39. Tribune
53. Diaspora
14. Democracy
27. Philip II
40. Consul
54. Constantine
15. Helot
28. Macedonia
41. Senate
55. Bishop
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56. Peter
59.
Constantinople
62. Virgil
57. Pope
60. Attila
63. Tacitus
58. Diocletian
61. Pompeii
64. Aqueduct
Questions
1. How did the geography of Greece affect its development?
2. Why did most Greeks identify with their local community instead of Greece as a whole
3. Why were the epics of importance to the Greeks of the Dorian period?
4. What were advantages and disadvantages of the city-state as a form of government?
5. Which Athenian leader’s reforms most resemble aspects of U.S. democracy?
6. How does an aristocracy differ from an oligarchy?
7. How was living in Athens different than living in Sparta?
8. What sorts of artistic values did classical artists celebrate?
9. What advantages did each the Spartans and Athenians hold during the Peloponnesian Wars?
10. How does the trial of Socrates reflect on Athenian democracy?
11. What was the military consequence of the lack of unity among Greek city-states?
12. How was Philip II able to conquer Greece?
13. What happened to Alexander’s empire after his death?
14. Why would Alexander have founded a library in Alexandria?
15. How did trade contribute to cultural diversity in the Hellenistic city of Alexandria?
16. Describe how the growth of Alexander’s empire spread Greek culture.
17. What were the similarities and differences between Rome’s patricians and plebeians?
18. What limits were there on the power of the Roman consuls?
19. What factors contributed to the fall of the Roman Republic?
20. What measures did the government take to distract and control the masses of Rome?
21. How were Jesus’ teachings at odds with Roman values and religious ideas?
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22. Explain how establishing a church structure helped Christianity spread.
23. What was the importance of the Nicene Creed?
24. What were the main causes of the empire’s decline?
Chapter 11: Byzantium, Turks, and Russia
Vocabulary:
1.
2. Justinian
8. Cyrillic Alphabet
14. Czar
3. Justinian Code
9. Slavs
15. Seljuks
4. Hagia Sophia
10. Vladimir
16. Vizier
5. Patriarch
11. Yaroslav the Wise
17. Malik Shah
6. Icon
12. Alexander Nevsky
7. Excommunication
13. Ivan III
Questions:
1.
What were the names and characteristics of the four parts of the Justinian Code?
2. What were some important features of life in Constantinople?
3. Which peoples attacked the Byzantine Empire? What part of the empire did they invade?
4. What two main religions emerged out of the split in the Christian Church?
5. What does The Primary Chronicle say about Rurik and the origin of Novgorod?
6. According to The Primary Chronicle, how did Vladimir choose Byzantine Christianity?
7. How did Moscow’s location contribute to its growth?
8. What event marked Russia’s liberation from Mongol rule?
9. In what ways did the Turks show respect for their Persian subjects?
10. What group eventually conquered the empire established by the Seljuk Turks?
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Unit 3: The Rise and Expansion of the Muslim World (Chapters 10 and 18)
Vocabulary:
1.
2. Allah
12. Caliph
22. Ghazi
32. Shah
3. Muhammad
13. Umayyads
23. Ottoman
33. Shah Abbas
4. Islam
14. Shi’a
24. Sultan
34. Esfahan
5. Muslim
15. Sunni
25. Timur the
35. Mughal
Lame
6. Hijrah
16. Sufi
7. Mosque
17. Abbasids
8. Hajj
18. Al-Andalus
9. Qur’an
19. Fatimid
28. Devshirme
39. Shah Jahan
10. Sunna
20. House of
29. Janissary
40. Taj Mahal
30. Safavid
41. Aurangzeb
11. Shari’a
Wisdom
21. Calligraphy
26. Mehmed II
27. Suleyman the
Lawgiver
36. Babur
37. Akbar
38. Sikh
31. Isma’il
Questions:
1. Describe the religious environment into which Muhammad was born.
2. Why did many people in Mecca reject Muhammad’s ideas at first?
3. How did early Muslims view and treat Jews and Christians?
4. Why were the “rightly guided” caliphs so successful in spreading Islam?
5. What were the main reasons for the split between the Sunni and the Shi’a?
6. Why did trade flourish under the Abbasids?
7. How was Muslim society structured?
8. What were some of the practical reasons Muslims had for supporting the advancement of science?
9. In which fields of learning did Muslims excel?
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10. How did the art and architecture of the Muslims reflect cultural blending?
11. Why were the Ottomans such successful conquerors?
12. How did Mehmed the Conqueror show his tolerance of other cultures?
13. Why was Selim’s capture of Mecca, Medina, and Cairo so significant?
14. What are some of the causes of cultural blending in the Safavid Empire?
15. In what ways did the Safavids weave foreign ideas into their culture?
16. In what ways did Akbar defend religious freedom during his reign?
17. How did Akbar’s successors promote religious conflict in the empire?
Unit 4: Asian Empires (Chapters 7 and 12)
Vocabulary:
1.
2. Mauryan
Empire
3. Asoka
4. Tamil
5. Gupta Empire
6. Patriarchal
7. Matriarchal
8. Mahayana
11. Brahma
20. Assimilation
29. Kublai Khan
12. Vishnu
21. Tang Taizong
30. Marco Polo
13. Shiva
22. Wu Zhao
31. Shinto
14. Kalidasa
23. Movable type
32. Samurai
15. Silk Roads
24. Gentry
33. Bushido
16. Han Dynasty
25. Pastoralist
34. Shogun
17. Centralized
26. Clan
35. Khmer Empire
27. Genghis Khan
36. Angkor Wat
28. Pax Mongolica
37. Koryu Dynasty
government
9. Theravada
18. Civil service
10. Stupa
19. Monopoly
Questions:
1. What were three significant accomplishments of the Mauryan rulers?
2. How did India change during the 500 years between the decline of the Mauryan Empire and the rise of the
Gupta Empire?
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3. How did the southern tip of India differ from the rest of India?
4. How did changes in Buddhism influence art in India?
5. What advances in science and mathematics had been made in India by about 500?
6. What were the economic and cultural links between India and Southeast Asia?
7. Why was Wudi one of China’s most significant rulers? Explain.
8. Under the Chinese Civil-Service system, who could become government officials?
9. How did silk influence China’s government, economy, and culture during the Han period?
10. How did economic problems lead to the decline of the Han?
11. Why was the reform of the civil service under the Tang so significant?
12. How did changes in agriculture support other developments during the Song Dynasty?
13. Why were nomads and settled people sometime in conflict
14. What were the most important accomplishments of the Mongol Empire?
15. Explain how Kublai Khan treated his Chinese subjects?
16. How did Kublai Khan encourage trade?
17. Describe the impact of Chinese culture on Japan.
18. How did feudalism develop in Japan?
19. What is Japanese feudalism?
20. Describe the two sources of prosperity for Southeast Asian Empires.
21. What were the major accomplishments of the Koryu Dynasty
Unit 5: Africa (Chapters 8 and 15)
Vocabulary:
1.
2. Sahara
5. Animism
3. Sahel
6. Griot
4. Savanna
7. Nok
8. Djenné –
Djeno
9. Migration
10. Push-pull
factors
11. BantuSpeaking
Peoples
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12. Aksum
18. Patrilineal
24. Mali
30. Yoruba
13. Adulis
19. Matrilineal
25. Sundiata
31. Benin
14. Ezana
20. Maghrib
26. Mansa Musa
32. Swahili
15. Terraces
21. Almoravids
27. Ibn Battuta
33. Great
16. Lineage
22. Almohads
28. Songhai
17. Stateless
23. Ghana
29. Hausa
societies
Questions:
1. How did geographic features affect the settlement of Africa?
2. What technology did Nok introduce to West Africa?
3. What circumstances enabled Djenné – Djeno to become a bustling trade center?
4. What are three general causes of migration?
5. How are push-pull factors related to migration?
6. What caused the Bantu-speaking peoples to migrate?
7. Why were the migrations of Bantu speakers so extensive and successful?
8. Why was Aksum able to control international trade?
9. In what ways did Ezana contribute to the rise of his kingdom?
10. Why did Aksum fall?
11. How is a dispute settled in Efe society?
12. What is an age-set system?
13. How were the beginnings of the Almoravid and Almohad empires similar?
14. What accounted for Ghana’s financial success?
15. What were two ways that Islam spread through Africa?
16. What was the economy of the Hausa city-states like?
17. How did the Swahili language evolve?
18. Why was it important for Kilwa to control Sofala?
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19. Who was most affected by the introduction of Islam to East Africa?
20. What was the relationship of Great Zimbabwe to the Mutapa Empire?
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