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World History Midterm Review Page 1 Name______________________ Period:____________ EXAM DATE:_______________ World History PreAP Midterm Review 2010-2011 Below you will find ideas, items, terms, people, places that will appear on your midterm exam. Use your interactive notebook, textbook, old quizzes, and any other documents we have used throughout the year. For each term, you MUST handwrite a definition or description. Number each term according to the numbers below. You may list them on plain paper or define them on flashcards. DO NOT DEFINE THEM ON THIS PAGE. Staple this page to the front of your definitions/descriptions. This is an individual assignment. This study guide is worth 200 points and 10 BONUS points on your final. (1 point per term + neatness + effort) Unit 1: The Rise of Civilization 1) Artifact 2) Prehistory 3) Barter 4) Archaeologist 5) Neolithic Revolution (aka Neolithic Agricultural Revolution) 6) Polytheism 7) Monotheism 8) Cultural Diffusion 9) Fertile Crescent 10) Specialized Workers 11) Disadvantages of the Hunter/Gather life style 12) Important Advances that lead to the rise of civilization—specialized workers, farming, herding animals, etc. 13) The importance of domesticated animals 14) 5 Characteristics of Civilization 15) Development around River Valleys, the Empires 16) Advantages of Agriculture (what type of lifestyle did this lead to?) 17) Hammurabi’s Code Unit 2: Ancient Rome and Greece 18) City-state/Polis 19) Athens 20) Sparta 21) Impact of Geography on Greece 22) Monarchy 23) Aristocracy 24) Democracy (Direct vs. Representative) 25) Oligarchy 26) Homer 27) 28) 29) 30) 31) 32) 33) 34) 35) 36) 37) 38) 39) 40) 41) Philosophy & the Philosophers Plato Golden Age of Greece Pericles Disadvantages of both Sparta and Athens Hellenistic Culture Alexander the Great Roman Republic Roman Empire Republic (executive, legislative, judicial) Pax Romana Twelve Tables of Law Rise & Spread of Christianity Fall of Roman Empire, East and West Impact of Ancient Greece and Rome on Western Civilization Unit 3: Byzantium, Russians & Turks, Islamic Empire, World Religions 42) Byzantine Empire 43) Justinian Code 44) Icons 45) Hagia Sophia 46) Constantinople 47) Schism 48) Excommunication 49) Origin of Eastern Orthodox 50) Islam Empire Characteristics 51) Islamic Contributions/Inventions 52) Ghengis Khan 53) Russian Empire Characteristics 54) Ottoman Empire Characteristics 55) Judaism Basics 56) Christianity Basics 57) World Religion Basics World History Midterm Review Page 2 Unit 4: Middle Ages 58) Feudalism 59) Lord & Serf 60) Fief & Vassal 61) Manor 62) Cycle of Debt 63) Tithe 64) Causes of Feudalism-Rise of and what was the effect of Feudalism? 65) Medieval Manor 66) Chivalry 67) Impact of Chivalry on Feudal Society 68) Clergy 69) Canon Law 70) Holy Roman Empire 71) Lay investiture 72) Concordat of Worms 73) Common Law 74) Magna Carta 75) Black Plague 76) Crusades 77) 100 Years War 78) Great Schism Unit 5: Renaissance & Reformation 79) Renaissance 80) Humanism 81) Secular 82) Patron 83) Vernacular 84) Renaissance Artists & their works 85) Thomas Moore’s Utopia 86) William Shakespeare (Twelfth Night) 87) Effects of Printing Press, Gutenberg Bible 88) Reformation, Martin Luther, 95 Theses 89) Indulgences 90) Protestantism, Lutheran 91) Henry VIII 92) Calvinism & predestination 93) Presbyterians, Baptists 94) Catholic Reformation 95) Queen Elizabeth I 96) Council of Trent Unit 6: Exploration & Colonization 97) Prince Henry 98) 1400s – Most important traded good 99) Batolomeu Diaz 100) Vasco da Gama 101) East India Company 102) Cape of Good Hope 103) Chinese Exploration 104) Japanese Exploration 105) Motives of European Exploration 106) Treaty of Tordesiallas 107) Dominant Countries in India in 1700s 108) Motives of French colonization 109) Aztecs conquered by? 110) Incas conquered by? 111) Christopher Columbus, 1492 112) Encomienda system 113) Incan Chasquis 114) Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade 115) Columbian Exchange – Items traded 116) 1754 Map of America 117) 1763 Map of America