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AP World History
Midterm Review Guide
Mr. Moynihan
Instructions: Utilize this guide to assist you in preparing for the midterm exam. It is not a required
“turn-in” assignment. The first section contains key terms which are representative of concepts which
may appear on the exam. Items in bold are likely to be weighted more heavily in the assessment. Section
two contains several tables to aid in comparing and contrasting different civilizations across periods.
Finally, several sample FRQ questions are provided to aid you in preparing for likely topics.
Section 1:
Chapter 2 KEY TERMS:
agricultural village
Akkadian empire (uh-KAY-dee-uhn)
city-state
Code of Hammurabi (hahm-ur-AB-ee)
cuneiform (kyoo-NEE-uh-form)
fertile crescent
Gilgamesh (GILL-gah-mesh)
ideograms
Mesopotamia
Neolithic (NEE-o-lith-ick)
Pictograms
polytheism
River Valley Civilizations
Sargon of Akkad (SAHR-gone), (AH-kahd)
Sumer (SOO-mer)
Ur
ziggurat (ZIG-gu-rat)
Chapter 3 KEY TERMS:
Akhenaten
Akhetaten
Aryans
caste system
cataract
Harappa (huh-RAP-uh)
Hyksos
Indus Valley civilization
ma’at (muh-AHT)
Menes/Narmer (MEH-neez)
Middle Kingdom
Mohenjo–Daro (moe-hen-joe-DAHR-oh)
monotheism
mummification
New Kingdom
Nile Valley Civilization
Old Kingdom
pharaoh
pyramid
Chapter 4 KEY TERMS:
“sage kings”
Anyang (ahn-yahng)
Chavin (cha-BEAN)
Chimu
Jenne-jeno (JENN-ay JENN-oh)
Longshan culture
Mandate of Heaven
maize
Maya
Mississippi Valley mounds
Moche
Nok culture (knock)
Olmecs
oracle bones
Shang dynasty (shahng)
Teotihuacán (teh-o-tee-WAH-kahn)
Xia dynasty
Yangshao culture
Yellow River (Huang He) (hwahng-HUH)
Zapotecs
Zhou dynasty (joe)
Chapter 5 KEY TERMS
agora (AH-go-rah)
Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) (ah-ken-AHT-n; ah-muhn-HOE-tep)
Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Amorites
Assyrians
Athens
Babylonians
Battle of Qadesh (KAH-desh)
Cleisthenes (KLISE-then-ease)
Cyrus the Great
democracy
dominance
ecumene (eck-ooh-MAIN-ay)
Hammurabi
Hatshepsut (hat-SHEP-soot)
hegemony (hih-JEM-o-nee)
Hellenistic
Hittites (HITT-ite)
hoplite (HAWP-lite)
Hyksos (HICK-sose)
Indo-European
Knossos (NOSS-suhs)
Minoans (mih-NO-uhns)
Mycenaeans (my-suh-NEE-uhns)
Neo-Assyrian Empire
New Kingdom
Nubia
Peloponnesian War (PELL-uh-puh-nez-yan)
polis (POE-lis)
Ramses II
Sargon of Akkad
satrapy (SAY-trap-pee)
Socrates
Solon (SOH-lon)
trireme
Thutmosis I (thut-MOE-sis)
Zarathustra (zah-rah-THOOS-trah)
Zoroastrianism (zo-roe-ASS-tree-uh-niz-uhm)
Chapter 6 KEY TERMS:
Battle of Actium (ACT-ee-um)
Celts (KELTS)
century
Cleopatra VII
Colosseum
Constantine (CON-stan-teen)
consul
Edict of Milan (MEE-lawn)
Fall of the Roman Empire (causes)
G. Julius Caesar
G. Marius (MAH-ree-us)
Goths
iconoclasm (eye-CON-oh-klasm)
imperator (im-pear-AHT-or)
Isis
Justinian Code
Justinian I (jus-TIN-ee-an)
Mark Antony
Mithraism (myth-ray-IS-uhm)
mystery religion
Octavian/Augustus Caesar
oligarch (AWL-ih-gark)
paterfamilias (PAH-ter fah-MEE-lee-us)
patrician
Pax Romana (pox roh-MAHN-uh)
plebeian (pleh-BEE-an)
Punic Wars (Pyoon-ick)
Rome
Roman republic
Senate
stoicism (STOW-ih-siss-uhm)
tribune
triumvirate (try-UHM-veer-uht)
Virgil
Chapter 7 KEY TERMS:
Annam (ANN-am)
Confucius
Civil Service Exams
Daoism (DOW-izm)
Grand Canal
Han dynasty
Laozi
Legalism
Liu Bang (le-oo bahng)
Qin dynasty (chin)
Qin Shi Huangdi (chin shee HWAHNG-dee)
samurai
Shinto
Sui dynasty (sway)
Tang dynasty (tahng)
Warring States period
Wudi (WOO-dee)
Yellow Turbans
Chapter 8 KEY TERMS:
Artha-sastra (ahr-thuh-SHAHS-truh)
Asoka (ah-SHOH-kuh)
Chandra Gupta I
Chandragupta Maurya (shawn-druh-GOOP-tuh MORE-yuh)
guilds
Gupta Empire (GOOP-tuh)
Hunas (HOO-nas)
Indo-Aryan
janapadas (juh-nah-PAH-duhs)
Kautilya (kow-TILL-yuh)
Krishna (KRISH-nuh)
Magadha (muh-GAHD-uh
Mahabharata (mah-hah-BAH-ruh-tuh)
Mauryan Empire (MORE-yun)
monsoon
Rama (RAHM-uh)
Ramayana (rah-mah-YAH-nuh)
Sanskrit
Vedas (VAY-duhs)
Chapter 9 KEY TERMS:
atman (AHT-muhn)
bodhisattva (boe-dih-SUT-vuh)
Brahmanas (brah-MAWN-ahs)
brahmin (BRAH-min)
castes
dharma (DAR-muh)
the Eightfold Path
Hinduism
Jainism (JINE-iz-uhm)
kami (KAM-ee)
karma (KAR-muh)
kshatriya (kshuh-TREE-yuh)
Mahavira (ma-hah-VEER-uh)
Mahayana (mah-huh-YAH-nuh)
meditation
nirvana (near-VAHN-uh)
Rigveda (rig VAY-duh)
sangha (SAHN-guh)
Shinto (SHIN-toe)
Shotoku Taishi (show-TOE-koo tie-EESH-ee)
shudra (SHOOD-ruh)
Siddhartha Gautama (sid-DAR-thuh go-TAHM-uh)
stupa (STOO-puh)
the Buddha
the Four Noble Truths
Theravada (there-uh-VAH-duh)
Upanishads (oo-PAWN-ish-awds)
vaishya (VIESH-yuh)
Chapter 10 KEY TERMS:
10 Lost Tribes of Israel
Abraham
Arianism (AIR-ee-an-izm)
Augustine (uh-GUS-tin)
Benedict of Nursia
Byzantine Empire
Cathedral
Carolingian renaissance
Carolingians (kare-oh-LIN-jyuns)
Charlemagne (SHAR-le-mane)
Clovis (KLOH-viss)
Constantine
Covenant
Dead Sea Scrolls
diaspora (die-ASS-poh-rah)
Eucharist (YOO-kah-rist)
Gospels
Gnostic gospels (NOSS-tick)
Gregory I
Jesus
Judaism
monasticism
Moses
Orthodoxy
Paul of Tarsus
TaNaKh (TAN-akh)
First and Second Temples
Theodosius (thay-oh-DOSE-ee-yus)
Torah (TOE-rah)
Talmud
YHVH
Chapter 11 KEY TERMS:
Abbasid (ah-BASS-id)
Abu Bakr (ah-boo BAK-uhr)
Ali
caliph (KAH-leef)
crusade
Dar al-Islam
Delhi Sultanate
dhimmi
Fatimids (FAT-uh-mid)
Ghana
hadith (hah-DEETH)
hajj
hijra (HIJ-ruh)
imam (ee-MAHM)
inquisition
Islam
jihad
Ka’aba (KAH-buh)
mahdi (MAH-dee)
Mali
Mansa Musa (MAHN-suh MOO-suh)
Mecca
Muhammad
Mosque
Quran (kuh-RAHN)
reconquista (ray-con-KEES-tuh)
Seljuk Turks (sel-JOOK)
shari’a (shah-REE-uh)
Shi’a (SHEE-uh)
Sufis
Sundiata (soon-DJA-tuh)
Sunni (SOON-ee)
ulama (oo-leh-MAH)
umma (UM-muh)
Ummayyad (oo-MY-ad)
Chapter 12 KEY TERMS:
Axum (AX-uhm)
Black Death
Chinggis Khan (JENG-iz KAHN)
free market economy
Ghana (GAH-nuh)
Great Zimbabwe (zim-BAWB-way)
Ibn Battuta (ibn bt-TOOT-uh)
jong
lateen sail
Mali (MAH-lee)
Marco Polo
Ming dynasty
monsoon
Pax Mongolica (pox mon-GOAL-ih-kuh)
sahel (SAH-hel)
Silk Road
Song dynasty
Songhay (SAWN-gay)
Swahili
Temujin (TEM-uh-jin)
Tenochtitlán (teh-noch-TIT-lan)
tsetse fly (TZEE-tzee)
Zheng He (JEHNG HUH)
Chapter 13 KEY TERMS:
Renaissance
Guilds
Hanseatic League
putting – out System
ghetto
medieval
Anselm
Francis of Assisi
Thomas Aquinas
Humanism
Medici (med-EECH-ee)
Johannes Gutenberg (yo-HAHN-es GOOT-en-bairg)
Battle of Lepanto (le-PAHN-toe)
Vikings
Leif Eriksson (layf)
William the Conqueror
Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco de Gama (VAS-go de GAHM-uh)
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci (a-MARE-ih-go ves-POOCH-ee)
Vasco de Balboa (bal-BOH-uh)
Ferdinand Magellan (ma-JELL-uhn)
Section 2:
Primary Civilizations:
Mesopotamia
Political
Economic
Religious
Social
Intellectual
Artistic
Egypt
Indus Valley
Niger River
Americas
China
Classical Civilizations:
Greece
Political
Economic
Religious
Social
Intellectual
Artistic
Rome
Han China
India
Comparative World Religions:
Kingdom of
Israel
Political
Economic
Religious
Social
Intellectual
Artistic
Christian
Europe
Dar al-Islam
India
China
Long Distance Trade 1000-1500:
Americas
Africa
Trade Routes
Common
Diaspora
Free v. Moral
Trade
Commonly
Traded
Commodities
Technology
Associated
with Trade
Other
Significant
Factors
South Pacific
Indian Ocean
Mongol