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World History A First Semester Review Sheet – Mr. Miller
* = Know more than just a definition or an identification
Chapter 1: The Peopling of the World
 Prehistory
 Archeology vs. Anthropology
 Fossils vs. Artifacts
 Australopithecines
 Neanderthals
 New Stone Age – Paleolithic
 Domestication of animals
 Civilization
 6 Characteristics of civilizations*
 Barter
 Ur
 Bronze Age
Chapter 2: Early River Valley Civilizations
 Fertile Crescent
 Tigris & Euphrates
 Sumeria
 Polytheism
 The Code of Hammurabi*
 Cuneiform
 Nile River
 Dynasty
 Pharaoh
 3 Egyptian Kingdoms
 Indian Subcontinent
 Monsoon
 Indus Valley Culture
 Xia Dynasty
 Shang Dynasty
 Oracle Bones
 The Zhou Dynasty
 The Mandate of Heaven*
 Important things about Chinese history
 Chinese Technology
Chapter 3: People and Ideas Move
 Indo-Europeans
 The Aryans
 Caste System*
 Hinduism*
 Relate government and Religion in
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The Buddha and Buddhism*
Four Noble Truths
The Middle Path
Silk Road
The Huns
The Vedas
Minoan
The Phoenicians (Alphabet)
Children of Israel*
Monotheism
Covenant
Chapter 4 Section 4: An Empire Unifies China
 Confucianism*
 Daoism*
 Legalism*
 Mohism*
 The Great Wall of China
 Qin Dynasty
Chapter 5: Classical Greece
 How did Geography shape Greece?*
 Homer, The Iliad & The Odyssey
 Trojan War*
 Polis
 Sparta and Athens Differences
 Xerxes
 Persian Wars
 Direct Democracy vs. Representative
Democracy
 Peloponnesian Wars
 Role of women in Greece
 Greek Religion/Mythology
 Greek Drama (types)
 Philosophy
 Sophists
 Socrates*
 Plato*
 Aristotle*
 Macedonia
 Phillip II
 Alexander the Great*
 Hellenistic Culture*
 Alexandria
 Archimedes & Euclid
Chapter 5: Ancient Rome and Early Christianity
 Rome*
 Republic*
 Patricians & Plebeians
 The Twelve Tables
 The Punic Wars*
 Hannibal
 Cincinnatus
 The 1st and 2nd Triumvirates
 Julius Caesar*
 Marius
 Dictator
 Marc Antony and Cleopatra
 Augustus (Octavian)
 Nero
 Pax Romana
 Roman Life
 Christianity*
 Jesus
 Why Christianity Spread*
 Simon Peter & Paul
 Why did Rome decline and fall?*
 Constantine
Chapter 6: The Muslim World
 Muhammad*
 Mecca (Makkah)
 Medina (Madinah)
 Teachings of Muhammad*
 Why was Islam Appealing?*
 The Five Pillars of Islam*
 Jihad
 Islamic Contributions to the world*
Pages 250-265: World Religions
 Know similarities and differences
between major world Religions
Chapter 8: African Civilizations &
Chapter 15: Societies and Empires of Africa
 Kush
 Axum
 Influence of Islam in Africa
 The Kingdom of Ghana
 The Kingdom of Mali
 The Kingdom of Songhai
 Zimbabwe
 Benin
Chapter 12: Empires in East Asia
 The Sui Dynasty
 The Tang Dynasty
 The Song Dynasty
 Empress Wu
 Eurasian Steppe
 Pastoralists
 The Mongols
 Genghis Kahn
 Why were the Mongols so powerful?*
 Khanates
 Kublai Khan
 Yuan Dynasty
 Japan*
 Samurai
 Shogun
 Buddhism in Japan
 Shinto
 Korea