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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 India* 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