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World History I Final Exam
Study Guide
Purpose
Why is there a final exam? The final is meant to help you:
 Review important ideas and events from the regions of the world we’ve studied
 Bring together ideas from different units in order to better understand the world before 1600
 Demonstrate your ability to use evidence and analysis to answer a question
Format
 80 multiple choice questions
 1 open response answer
Big Questions/Big Ideas
The World History I Final Exam asks you to bring together ideas from different units to
create a picture of the world before 1600. Use these “Big Questions” as a guide to help you
think about the big ideas that connect the regions of the world we studied this year. You
should know how to answer these questions to be prepared for the final exam.
In what ways did leaders gain and maintain legitimacy?
How did trade networks change societies?
What sparked technological and intellectual innovations, and what changed because of
them?
How did religion and philosophy influence government, art, social class and gender?
Open Response
For the open response question, you will be asked to write a well-organized answer that includes
the following:
 Idea-driven claim
 3 pieces of evidence--each one from a different unit (3 pieces of evidence total)
 Analysis of each piece of evidence and an explanation of how the evidence helps answer the
question
 Conclude with a sentence that links to the claim
Regions of the World
On the following pages is a list of each region of the world we studied this year and the objectives,
or things you should know about, each region. You are encouraged to create a study tool that will
help you prepare for the exam; that could be a huge stack of flashcards, a two-column chart,
completing the items below, etc. Once you’ve completed that, your work is not over - you then
need to review it, have people quiz you on it...
World History I Final Exam
12pm Wednesday, June 17, 2015
South Asia (India)
 Describe how Chandragupta Maurya ruled the Mauryan Empire
 Explain Ashoka’s role in spreading Buddhism
 Describe the accomplishments of the Gupta Empire and explain why it was a Golden Age
 Explain the basic beliefs of Hinduism and their relationship to each other (karma, moksha,
reincarnation/samsara, Caste)
 Retell the story of the Buddha’s life
 Explain the basic beliefs of Buddhism and their relationship to each other (Four Noble
Truths, Eightfold Path, nirvana, dharma)
 Compare Hinduism and Buddhism
Chapter 3-1 and 3-2, p. 57-61; Chapter 7-1 and 7-2, p. 172-176
China
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Explain why China described itself as the Middle Kingdom
Explain how the Mandate of Heaven relates to the Dynastic Cycle
Describe the main ideas of Confucianism (filial piety, civil service, five relationships)
Describe the basic ideas of Legalism (Qin Dynasty/Shi Huangdi) and Daoism (Laozi)
Describe the accomplishments of the Han Dynasty
Use the innovations of the Tang and Song Dynasties to describe life in China
Describe the Mongols’ way of life using the terms pastoralist & nomad
Describe the ways in which the Mongols were both a regressive force and agents of
cultural diffusion
Chapter 2-4, p. 46-51; Chapter 4-4, p. 97-101; Chapter 7-3, p. 181-187; Chapter 12-1, 2, and 3,
p. 286-302
Rome and Byzantium
 Describe the Roman Republic using the terms consul, patrician, plebeian, senate, tribune
 Explain the importance of civic virtue to a republic
 Compare and contrast the Roman republic and Roman Empire
 Explain the importance of Pax Romana
 Evaluate the accomplishments of Julius Caesar, Augustus and Constantine
 Explain why the Roman Empire was divided and why the western empire collapsed
 Compare the impact of the Roman Empire on Judaism and Christianity
 Describe the basic beliefs of Judaism and Christianity, their relationship to each other, and
how these religions spread during the Roman Empire (Torah, Abraham, covenant,
Diaspora, Jesus, Bible, Jerusalem)
 Compare the Roman and Byzantine Empires
 How were the Byzantine’s ‘New Rome’?
Chapter 6-1 through 6-5, p. 141-169; Chapter 11-1, p. 268-273
Islamic Empires
 Describe the origins, beliefs and practices of Muslims (Muhammad, Qu’ran, Five Pillars)
 Identify several ways in which Islam is rooted in Judaism and Christianity
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Describe the geographic growth of Islamic Empires
Describe the role of the “rightly guided” caliphs and explain how differences in later
caliphates led to different beliefs between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims
Explain why Islamic Empires succeeded militarily, politically, and religiously
Explain the importance of trade in the growth of the Islamic Empires
Explain how the scientific, artistic and intellectual accomplishments of the Islamic Golden
Age were influenced by religion and trade
Chapter 10-1 through 10-3, p. 233-249
Africa
 Compare and contrast the trans-Saharan and Swahili Coast trading networks
 Explain the political and economic reasons East and West Africans converted to Islam
 Explain how Mansa Musa influenced the culture and economy of West Africa
Chapter 8-3, p. 203-205; Chapter 15-2 and 15-3, p. 371-381
Middle Ages
 Describe the role of vassals, lords, knights and manors in feudalism
 Provide examples that show how religious and secular leaders interacted during the Middle
Ages (Charlemagne, Pope, Henry IV)
 Explain how monasteries helped increase the legitimacy of the Church
 Explain the causes and consequences of the Schism of 1054
 Identify the causes and consequences of the Crusades
 Explain how life changed after the Crusades
 Explain how the plague spread and contributed to the chaos of the late Middle Ages
Chapter 17, p. 415-432
Reformation & Renaissance
 Explain the importance of the printing press
 Describe the reasons for the Reformation and the changes that resulted
 Describe the Renaissance, explain why it took place, and identify the values of humanism
(secularism, individualism, classicism)
 Compare the Renaissance to the Middle Ages
Chapter 13 and 14, p. 314-362
Cross-Unit (ideas, events and people that come up in more than one unit)
 Compare pastoral nomads and settled people
 List the goods, ideas, and aspects of culture traded along the Silk Road
 Explain the accomplishments of ibn Battuta and their significance to historians today
 Describe the role of Hajj in linking societies across Afroeurasia
 Compare Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, & Islam
Key Vocabulary
Knowing these words will help you answer multiple-choice questions and will help you to
write a more sophisticated open response. You should know the definition and how it
applies to what you have learned.
absolute power
aristocracy
autocracy
bureaucracy
commercialization
cosmopolitan
infrastructure
legitimacy
monotheism
peasant
pluralism
polytheism
urbanization
Mapping
You should be able to identify and locate
 Locate the following cities on a map of Afroeuraisa
Baghdad
Rome
Jerusalem
Timbuktu
Mecca
Constantinople
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Locate the following physical features on a map of Afroeurasia
Arabian Peninsula
Sahara Desert
Ganges River
Taklamakan Desert
Himalayas
Yangtze River
Indian Ocean
Yellow River
Mediterranean Sea
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These are the major empires we’ve studied, you should know where they are
Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire
Gupta Empire
Swahili Coast
Han Dynasty
West African Empires (Ghana, Mali and
Islamic Empires
Songhai)
Mongol Empire
Materials to Review:
During the year you should have been cleaning out your current unit section and keeping only
materials helpful for studying.
Things from the year you want:
 Study guides from each unit
 Your vocabulary words defined from each unit
 Study guide questions you answered
 Whatever study materials you put together for unit tests
You do NOT want:
 Each individual reading and everything from the year
 All of your notes/classwork