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UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7
Belief Systems:
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Major Belief Systems under the Tang Dynasty
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Major beliefs of Hinduism
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How did different religions spread
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Law of Manu and Gender roles
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Basic principles of Confucianism Xiao, Ren, and Li
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Differences between Buddhism and Hinduism
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Belief systems of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
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Major concepts in Buddhism
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Similarities of Buddhism and Hinduism
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Importance of Aryans to India
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First Christians and the Roman Empire
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Similarities of Buddhism and Christianity
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Major beliefs in Daoism
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Tenets of Zoroastrianism
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Skin color and Caste system
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Reincarnation and the atman
Paleolithic Age and Neolithic Revolution:
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Meaning of the words Paleolithic and Neolithic
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Compare and Contrast Paleolithic and Neolithic
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Compare areas of the world that the Neolithic Revolution started
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Characteristics of Hunting and Gathering
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Compare and contrast status of women in both time periods
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Pastoral nomadism (Americas?)
Empires:
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Compare Zhou and Han Dynasties
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Compare Greeks and Phoenicians
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Compare and contrast Rome, Han, Gupta
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Uniqueness of the Shang and Zhou compared to other early civilizations
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Social Structures in early India
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The effects of slavery in Greece, India, China, and Rome
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Compare Gender roles in Rome and Han Chine
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Indus River Valley
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Political legacy of the Zhou Dynasty
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Role of the family in early China
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Compare and Contrast Roman Republic and Roman Empire
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Greece and its City-States
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Major advancements in Phoenicia, Greece, Rome, Han China, Gupta
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Compare militaries of Rome and Greece
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Difference in political structure of Rome and Han China
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Compare Mauryan Dynasty and Gupta Dynasty
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Compare and Contrast the fall of the Roman and Han Empires
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Reasons for the slower development of the American civilizations compared to other areas
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Geographical challenges in Mesopotamia
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Persian Government
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Importance of Punic Wars
Trade Routes:
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What areas did the Indian Ocean trade network directly link to and affect
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Trade network locations between 1700 and 1100 B.C.E.
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How can modern historians tell there were extensive interactions among sub-Saharan Africans
People/Places/Terms:
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Ashoka
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Alexander the Great
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Location of early civilizations
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Persian Empire map
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Scholar gentry
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Cultural hearths in the Americas
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Geography of Ancient Greece and why it is important
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Polis
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Lateen sail
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Shi Huangdi
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Akhenaten