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World History 123A Final Exam Study Guide 2013
Unit I: Ancient Civilizations
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5 Traits of Civilization
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Mesopotamia
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Sumer
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Fertile Crescent
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Nile, Haung He (Yellow), Indus, and Tigris & Euphrates River Valleys
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Cuneiform
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Ziggurat
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Egyptian Empire
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Papyrus
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Pharaoh
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Polytheism vs. Monotheism
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Judaism
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Torah
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Zoroastrianism
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Persian Empire (leaders and rise of)
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Hebrews
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Phoenicians
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Alphabet
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Harappa Civilization
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Caste System
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Buddhism
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Siddhartha Gautama
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Hinduism
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Karma
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Nirvana
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Gupta
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Ashora
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Maurya Empire
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Zhou
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Qin
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Confucianism
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Taoism
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Mandate of Heaven
Unit II: Ancient Africa and the Americas
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Bantu people/language
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Bantu migration
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Empire of Ghana
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Empire of Mali
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Songhai Empire
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Sundiata
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Mansa Musa
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Gold-salt trade
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Muslim slave trade
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Swahili
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Axum Empire
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Trans-Sahara trade
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Olmec
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Maya
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Mayan Calendar
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Aztec
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Inca
Unit III: Ancient Greece, Rome, & the Byzantine Empire
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Polis
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Athens & Sparta Compare and Contrast
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Homer
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The Iliad & The Odyssey
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Democracy
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Phalanx
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Alexander the Great
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Trojan War
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Golden Age of Greece
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Peloponnesian War
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Olympics
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Socrates
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Aristotle
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Plato
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Hellenistic Period (Alexander)
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Roman Republic
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Plebeians
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Patricians
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Hannibal
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Punic Wars
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Senate
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Julius Caesar
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Augustus Caesar (Octavian)
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Pax Romana
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Paterfamilias
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Gladiators
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Jesus of Nazareth
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Peter & Paul
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Rise of Christianity
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Constantine
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Byzantium
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Justinian’s Code
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Constantinople
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Great Schism (1054 CE)
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Pope
Unit IV: Rise of Islam and the Muslim Empires
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Islam
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5 Pillars of Islam
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Koran
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Hajj
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Muhammad
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Ramadan
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Mecca
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Sunni
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Shi’a
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Ibu Battuta
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Crusades
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Ottoman Empire
Unit V: The Mongols and Middle Ages
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Mongol Empire
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Genghis Khan
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Mongol influence on Russia and China
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Marco Polo
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Monk
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Monasticism
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Church’s role in medieval society
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Pope Gregory VII
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Henry IV of Germany (Holy Roman Empire)
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Excommunication
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Charlemagne
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Feudalism
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Knights
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Chivalry
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William of Normandy
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Magna Carta
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Parliament
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Crusades
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Manorial System
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Serfs
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Guilds
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Black Death
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Joan of Arc
Unit VI: The Renaissance, Reformation, and Exploration
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Renaissance
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Machiavelli
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Medici Family
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Shakespeare
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Humanism
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Petrarch
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Erasmus
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Dante
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Printing Press
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Vernacular
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Michelangelo
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Martin Luther
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Indulgences
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95 Theses
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Protestants
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Charles V
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Lutheran
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John Calvin
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Calvinism
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Predestination
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Henry VIII
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Elizabeth I
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Catholic Reformation
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Jesuits
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Ignatius Loyola
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Council of Trent
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Vasco de Gama
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Christopher Columbus
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Conquistadors
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Zheng He
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Columbian Exchange
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Magellan
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James Cook
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Astrolabe
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African Slave trade
Unit VII: Absolutism, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment
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Geocentric
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Heliocentric
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Ptolemy
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Copernicus
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Galileo
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Isaac Newton
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Philosophe
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Separation of powers
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Salon
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Montesquieu
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Voltaire
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Locke
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Rousseau
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Natural Rights
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Diderot
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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30 Year’s War
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Hapsburgs
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Peace of Westphalia
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Puritans
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Oliver Cromwell
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English revolution (civil war)
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Divine right
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Absolutism
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Louis XIV
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Mercantilism
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Phillip II (“The Most Catholic King”)
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Peter the Great
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Seven Year’s War (French and Indian War)
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The American Revolution
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