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WORLD STUDIES
Final Exam Review Sheet
Mr. Culbertson
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Directions: Answer the concept questions completely and in your own words for up to 3 points
Extra Credit for each, up to a total of 90 points. Start with the new material first. This is due the
day we get back from break. This must be typed and saved!!!
People:
Abraham, Moses
Abu Bakr, Umar, Ali
Alexander the Great
Ashoka
Charlemagne
Cheng (Shi Huang Ti), Liu Ch’e (Wu Ti)
Confucius
Etruscans
Franks
Hannibal, Scipio Africannus
Harrapans, Aryans
Hammurabi
Homer
Jesus of Nazareth, Paul of Tarsus
Julius Caesar, Augustus, Constantine
Muhammad
Pericles, Themistocles
Pope Urban II
Saladin, Richard the Lion-Hearted
Siddhartha
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
William the Conqueror
Vikings
Concept Questions (New Material):
1. How and why did the Roman Catholic Popes help the Carolingians become kings of the
Franks?
2. What were the major accomplishments of Charlemagne? What happened to his empire after
his death?
3. What impact did the Magyars and Vikings have on Western Europe?
4. How did feudalism work? Make sure to include relationships between nobles and land
ownership?
5. How was feudal justice different than our own system?
6. How was the manor organized during the feudal era?
7. What was the purpose of the code of chivalry? How well did it work?
8. How did the Roman Catholic Church exercise power in Medieval Europe?
9. What was the purpose of monasticism? What made the monasteries so important to Europe in
the Middle Ages?
10. What were some of the biggest problems within the Medieval Church?
11. How did Edward the Confessor’s death lead to the Norman Conquest of England?
12. How did the death of Thomas Becket increase the power of the Church in England?
13. What was Magna Carta, and who did it apply to?
14. What is the Parliament, and how was it established? What is common law?
15. What led to the struggle between Henry IV and Gregory VII, and how was it resolved? What
were Pope Innocent III’s views on the relationship between the Church and kings?
16. What were the most important long-term consequences of the Crusades?
17. What do the following terms mean? Hanseatic League, barter economy, domestic system,
usury, capital, market economy?
18. What were rights did townspeople gain in most of Europe?
19. What were the purposes of a guild, and how did it function?
20. What caused the Black Death and what impact did it have on Europe?
21. What caused the Hundred Years War, and how was it finally resolved?
22. What was the Great Schism? How did it begin and how was it ended?
Concept Questions (Older Material):
1. What was the Neolithic Revolution, and why was it a necessary step for the rise of
civilization? What is cultural diffusion?
2. What were the four original world civilizations, and what key factor did they have in
common?
4. What geographic advantages did the Egyptians enjoy?
5. What is polytheism? What was the major difference between Egyptian and Mesopotamian
religion?
6. What important geographic features were present in India?
7. How did the caste system operate in India, and how was it reinforced through Hinduism?
8. What are the major tenets of Buddhism?
9. What were the most important ideas of Confucius?
10. What was the dynastic cycle in China, and what did the Chinese mean by the “Mandate of
Heaven?”
11. What was the Silk Road, and how was it able to function?
12. What was the Greek polis? What were some of its characteristics?
13. How did democracy develop in Athens? How was it structured?
14. What was expected of a citizen in Sparta? How was this different from Athens?
15. How does polytheism in the ancient world tend to differ from modern religions?
16. What was the outcome of the Persian War? The Peloponnesian War? Alexander the Great’s
campaigns?
17. How was the Roman Republic organized, and how did it embody the idea of checks and
balances?
18. What led to the fall of the Roman Republic, and what followed it?
19. What was the “Pax Romana?”
20. What were the basic concepts of Christianity, and who in the Roman Empire found this new
religion most appealing?
21. What are the five pillars of Islam?
22. What was the umma, and how was it a new concept in the Arab world?
23. How did Islam spread so rapidly, and what attitude did Muslims take toward Christians and
Jews?
24. What led to the division of Islam into Sunni and Shiite branches?
Places:
Arabia
Asia Minor
Athens
Babylon
Carthage
China
Constantinople (Istanbul)
Danube River
Delhi
England (Great Britain)
Egypt
Fertile Crescent
France
Greece
India
Indus River
Jerusalem
Mecca
Mediterranean Sea
Mesopotamia
Nile River
Rome
Spain
Sparta
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Yellow River