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World History Final Exam Study Guide
Vocabulary:
1. monotheism
2. Zoroastrianism
3. cuneiform
4. alphabet
5. civil service system
6. mandate of heaven
7. patriarchal
8. polis
9. philosophy
10. Hellenism
11. polytheism
12. manorial system
13. feudalism
14. imperialism
15. militarism
16. nationalism
17. dynasty
18. totalitarianism
19. fascism
20. Marshall Plan
21. ideology
22. communism
23. United Nations
24. terrorism
25. O.P.E.C.
World History Final Exam Study Guide
Identification:
1. Hammurabi (Babylon)
2. Aristotle (Greece)
3. Alexander the Great (Greece)
4. Julius Caesar (Rome)
5. Augustus (Rome)
6. Justinian (Byzantine)
7. Genghis Khan (Mongol)
8. Ibn Battuta
9. Mansa Musa (Mali)
10. Leonardo da Vinci
11. Martin Luther
12. Henry VIII (England)
13. Zheng He (China)
14. Vasco da Gama (Portugal)
15. Christopher Columbus (for Spain)
16. Ferdinand Magellan (for Spain)
17. James Cook (England)
18. Suleyman the Magnificent (Ottoman)
19. Akbar (Mughal)
20. Galileo
21. Isaac Newton
22. John Locke
23. Louis XIV (France)
24. Czar Peter the Great (Russia)
25. Tokugawa Ieyasu (Japan)
26. Adam Smith
27. Karl Marx
28. Otto Von Bismarck (Germany)
29. Emperor Meiji (Japan)
30. Vladimir Lenin (Russia)
31. Josef Stalin (Soviet Union)
32. Benito Mussolini (Italy)
33. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (Turkey)
34. Winston Churchill (United Kingdom)
35. Harry Truman (USA)
36. Jawaharlal Nehru (India)
37. Mao Zedong (China)
38. Chiang kai-shek/Jiang Jeishi (China)
39. Nikita Krushchev (Soviet Union)
40. Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Union)
World History Final Exam Study Guide
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Instructions: complete with thorough and accurate responses. Do NOT type your
answers. Write your responses on this handout or on a separate sheet of paper (but not
both).
Civilizations, Empires, Dynasties, Nation-states, & Countries
1. Ancient Mesopotamia (Sumer) – location: Fertile Crescent/modern day Iraq
a. accomplishments: invention of wheel, sail, potter’s wheel, number system (10, 60, 360), cuneiform
b. best/worst leaders: Sargon I (unified city-states) & Hammurabi (law code)
c. cultural traits: polytheistic, city-states, ziggurats, farming with irrigation, etc., pessimistic outlook
2. Ancient Egypt a.
b.
c.
3. Hebrews a.
b.
c.
4. Phoenicians a.
b. N/A
c.
5. Maurya a.
b.
c.
6. Qin a.
b.
c.
7. Ancient Greece a.
b.
c.
8. Ancient Rome (Republican) a.
b.
c.
9. Ancient Rome (Empire) a.
b.
c.
10. Byzantine Empire a.
b.
c.
World History Final Exam Study Guide
11. Mongols a.
b.
c.
12. Islamic Empire a.
b.
c.
13. Bantu a.
b. N/A
c.
14. Mali a.
b.
c.
15. Medieval Europe a.
b.
c.
16. Aztec a.
b.
c.
17. Inca a.
b.
c.
18. Qing Dynasty a.
b.
c.
19. Ottoman Empire a.
b.
c.
20. Meiji Japan a.
b.
c.
21. Romanov Dynasty a.
b.
c.
22. Nazi Germany a.
b.
c.
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23. Empire of Japan (Pre WW II and WW II) a.
b.
c.
24. Totalitarian Soviet Union a.
b.
c.
25. Communist China a.
b.
c.
Events - explain the significance, development, etc. of the following:
1. Development of writing 2. Development and the basic beliefs of Hinduism 3. Development and basic beliefs of Buddhism 4. Development and basic beliefs of Confucianism –
5. Spread of Christianity 6. Origins of Islam 7. Basic beliefs of Islam –
8. Impact of the Crusades on the Islamic World & Europe –
9. Growth of towns and cities –
10. The Renaissance –
11. The Protestant Reformation (Luther’s)
12. Improved technology in European Exploration –
13. Scientific Revolution –
World History Final Exam Study Guide
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14. The Enlightenment –
15. French Revolution –
16. Latin American Independence Movements –
17. Industrial Revolution –
18. Imperialism in Africa by the British –
19. Imperialism in Asia by the Japanese –
20. Causes of World War I –
21. Russian Revolution –
22. Versailles Treaty –
23. Battle of Stalingrad –
24. D-Day (Battle) –
25. Chinese Civil War 26. Formation of Israel –
27. Independence of India –
28. Cold War Arms Race –
29. Breakup of the Soviet Union –
30. Rise of terrorism (PLO, Shining Path, Red Brigade, Hamas, & Al Qaeda) –