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1st Semester Review ~ AP World History: 50 Questions
Directions: Each group will complete two review questions by writing a 150 to 250 word response that directly
answers the assigned prompt. Responses will be submitted to Mr. Tickler via email and a completed Review Guide
will be posted to the class website to use to prepare for the semester final.
Period 1: FOUNDATIONS OF CIVILIZATION
Technological and Environmental Transformation, to c. 600 B.C.E.
1. Explain the reasons for human migrations during the Paleolithic period and the patterns of those
migrations.
o Anthropologists and historians theorize that humans beings originated in Africa and migrated to
other parts of the world over the course of a thousand years. Until approximately 8000 B.C.E.
almost all humans lived in small monadic communities defined by marriage and kinship that relied
on hunting and gathering to meet their needs. This foraging lifestyle did not support large numbers
of people and it required all members to participate in food gathering and caused people to migrate
from place to place, gradually expanding the region of human settlement. If the population became
too dense in one area, or if the climate shifted, they might be pushed to move. Other times, they
might be pulled to a new region with new sources of food or fresh water. As people encountered
new climates and environments, they developed new cultural patterns and new forms of
technology. These early Paleolithic people migrated out of Africa to areas in Eurasia, and eventually
the Americas and Ocean (TICKLER)
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Describe life in a hunter-forager society?
To what extent was the Neolithic Revolution a turning point in world history?
Compare the river valley civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Compare the river valley civilizations of India and China.
Analyze the factors that contributed to the rise of permanent civilizations prior to 600 B.C.E.
7. To what extent is 600 B.C.E. a turning point in world history?
o Historians today often use 600 B.C.E. to mark the end of the early period in human history because
it reflects a global perspective on the past, not a focus on one particular region. By that date, core
foundational civilizations had developed in several parts of the world and they established regional
and interregional trade routes. Soon after 600 B.C.E., revolutionary developments in religion and
thought would occur in China, India, and Greece. However, historians in the past usually focused
more on their own cultures than on the entire world. As a reflection of this focus, they often
selected other dates as turning points based on which events were most important in that culture’s
history. For example, European historians often use 753 B.C.E. as a turning point in history because
it marked the founding of the Roman Kingdom. Chinese historians traditionally organize histories
around dynasties of emperors, so 600 B.C.E. was not as significant as 1046 B.C.E., the founding of
the Zhou dynasty, or 256 B.C.E., the end of that dynasty. (TICKLER)
Period 2: CLASSICAL CIVILIZATIONS
Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies, c. 600 B.C.E. to c. 600 C.E.
8. Identify the main features of an empire as a type of state as well as the idea during the classical period.
9. Summarize the ways in which the origins and tenets of various classical philosophies and religions are
similar and different.
10. Analyze the causes and effects of the Bantu migrations in sub-Saharan Africa to 600 C.E.
11. Compare the development and ideology of Confucian, Daoism, and Legalism.
12. Summarize the social organization and significance of India’s Caste System.
13. Compare the origins and characteristics of Hinduism and Buddhism.
14. Identify key people, events, and developments associated with the Qin and Han dynasties in China.
15. Compare the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states.
16. Trace the political development of the Roman Empire.
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Describe the characteristics of the Mauryan and Gupta empires.
Identify the development and primary features of Christianity.
Analyze the various factors that contributed to the decline of major empires in the classical period.
Discuss the notable achievements of the Early American civilizations of Olmec, Chavin, and Moche.
Compare the techniques of imperial administration used by various Classical empires.
To what extent is 600 C.E. a turning point in world history?
Period 3: POST CLASSICAL PERIOD
Regional and Transregional Interactions, c. 600 C.E. to c. 1450
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Identify the origins and primary features of Islam.
Analyze the reasons for the rapid spread of the Arab empire and its effects on conquered regions.
Compare the political and economic structures of West and East Africa.
Identify the main features of the Silk Roads network of exchange.
Compare the primary features of the Indian Ocean and Trans-Saharan networks of exchange.
Compare the experiences and impact of traveler such as Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo, and Xuanzang.
Discuss the improved commercial practices that supported the expansion of trade networks.
Identify the main characteristics of the Byzantine Empire.
Compare European and Japanese feudalism.
Analyze the role of the Catholic Church in Western Europe.
To what extent was the time period between 400 and 1400 C.E. a Dark Ages for Europe?
Compare the Aztec and Inca.
Analyze the revival of empire in China under the Sui, Tang, Song dynasties.
Examine the causes and effects of China’s relationship with Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. (Sinification)
Analyze the reason for the development of the Mongol Empire and compare the different khanates.
Trace the effects of the Mongol Empire on Afro-Eurasia.
Analyze the causes and effects of the Crusades.
To what extent is 1450 C.E. a turning point in world history?
Period 4: EARLY MODERN PERIOD
Global Interactions, c. 1450 to c. 1750
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Analyze the factors that contributed to discovery of the new world.
Describe the consequences of the Columbian Exchange
Compare the methods of conquest and colonization enacted by the Spanish and Portuguese.
Discuss the various Religions Transformations and challenges to the Roman Catholic Church.
Compare and contrast the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution.
Trace the evolution of absolute and parliamentary monarchies in Europe during the 15th to 18th
centuries.
Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of the expanding Global Economy in the 15th to 18th centuries?
Examine the ideas of the Enlightenment.
Analyze the roles of Europeans, Africans, and Americans in the developing global economy.
Compare the various forms of labor in the new world.