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GLOBAL I STUDY GUIDE
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UNIT 1: THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
VOCAB DEFINITIONS
1. The Social Sciences (list them) -
6. Peninsula / Archipelago -
2. Timeline / Chronological -
7. Areas with Low Population Densities -
3. Artifact / Excavation -
8. Examples of geographic features (10) -
4. Scarcity -
9. Examples of Peninsulas (4) -
5. Topography / Climate -
10. Physical Map / Political Map -
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
1. How are primary and secondary sources different and list 5 examples of primary sources:
2. How do anthropologists and archaeologists study human cultures differently?
Archeologists -
Anthropologists -
3. List 5 things or issues that an economist would examine in a society, past or present:
4. What do geographers study? Why is geography important to early human development?
5. What is adaptation and why was it so important for early humans to frequently adapt?
*UNIT 2: TRADITIONAL LIFE & THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
VOCAB DEFINITIONS
1. The Seven Continents -
6. Nomad / Hunter-Gather -
2. Evolution / Migration -
7. Subsistence (what does this mean?) -
3. Reasons early humans migrated -
8. Agriculture / Domestication -
4. The Bantu Migration (and effect on Africa) -
9. Food Surplus -
5. Prehistory / History -
10. Irrigation / Cultivation -
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
1. Describe 5 facts about Animism, the world’s oldest belief system (religion):
2. Describe 3 facts about early human traditional societies and economies, the oldest kinds:
Traditional Society -
Traditional Economy -
3. What two skills did early humans master in the Neolithic Revolution. Why did this matter?
4. Why was the Neolithic Revolution a turning point in history? List 5 changes that resulted:
5. What is a civilization? Describe 6 features of a civilization, and where the first began near:
Civilization features (6) -
Where they began near and why -
*UNIT 3: CIVILIZATION BEGINS IN THE FERTILE CRESCENT
VOCAB DEFINITIONS
1. River Valleys (list the rivers/locations) -
6. Empire (and list 3 examples) -
2. Fertile (Arable) -
7. Theocracy -
3. Polytheism -
8. Monotheism -
4. Favorable / Hierarchy -
9. Religions that were influenced by Judaism
5. Canal -
10. Patriach / Ethical -
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
1. List the 7 rivers that the first civilizations began near, and why rivers were great locations:
Rivers (7) -
Reasons river valleys were chosen (3) -
2. List 5-10 facts about Sumer (3500-2000 BC), the first civilization in Mesopotamia:
3. What was Hammurabi’s Code (1760 BC)? List 3 ways that it changed how laws worked:
4. Describe 5-10 facts about Egypt (3100-332 BC), a fertile crescent civilization near Sumer:
5. Describe 5-10 facts about Canaan (1550-539 BC) the civilization of the Hebrew people:
*UNIT 4: ANCIENT INDIA, HINDUISM, & BUDDHISM
VOCAB DEFINITIONS
1. Subcontinent (describe the nickname) -
6. Chandragupta Maurya (340-298 BC) &
Ashoka the Great (304-232 BC) -
2. The Deccan Plateau -
7. The Aryans (3 facts) -
3. Monsoons (3 facts) -
8. Rigid / Mobility -
4. Harappa / Mohenjo-Daro (3 facts) -
9. The Ganges River (3 facts) -
5. The Maurya Empire (322-185 BC) -
10. Four Noble Truths (describe the philosophy)
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
1. Describe 5-10 facts about the geography (topography, climate, features) of India:
2. Describe 5 reasons why the Gupta Empire (320-600 AD) was the golden age of ancient India:
3. Describe 5-10 facts (founder, text, beliefs) about Hinduism, an ancient Indian belief system:
4. Describe the Caste System, the social class hierarchy of Hinduism. Who had/lacked rights?
5. Describe 5-10 facts (founder, text, beliefs) about Buddhism, another Indian belief system:
*UNIT 5: ANCIENT CHINA, DAOISM, & CONFUCIANISM
VOCAB DEFINITIONS
1. Ethnocentrism -
6. Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC) -
2. The Middle Kingdom -
7. Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) -
3. The Mandate of Heaven -
8. Shi Huangdi (260-210 BC) -
4. The Dynastic Cycle -
9. Legalism -
5. Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) -
10. Cultural Diffusion -
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
1. List 5 facts about the geography (topography, climate, features, effects) of China:
Eastern China -
Western China -
2. Describe 5 reasons the Han Dynasty (200 BC- 220 AD) was the golden age of ancient China:
3. What was the Silk Road? List 3 ways it affected East Asia, the Middle East and Europe:
4. Describe 5 facts (founder, text, beliefs, values) about Daoism, an old Chinese belief system:
5. Describe 5 facts (founder, text, beliefs, values) about Confucianism, a Chinese belief system:
*UNIT 6: CLASSICAL EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION (GREECE & ROME)
VOCAB DEFINITIONS
1. Colony -
6. Hellenistic Culture -
2. Sparta (3 facts) -
7. Pax Romana (27 BC-180 AD) -
3 Direct Democracy -
8. The Phoenicians (1200-539 BC) -
4. ‘Non-Citizens’ of Athens -
9. The Laws of the Twelve Tables (450 BC) -
5. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) -
10. Reasons the Roman Empire declined (3) -
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
1. List 5 facts about the geography (topography, climate features, effects) of Greece:
2. List 3 reasons why the city-state of Athens was a golden age for ancient Greece (800-146 BC)
3. List 5-10 achievements of ancient Greece in math, literature, philosophy and architecture:
4. List 5 facts about the geography (topography, climate, features, effects) of Italy (Rome):
5. List 5 achievements of the Roman Empire (509 BC-476 AD) in law, government and culture:
*UNIT 7: BYZANTINE EMPIRE, CHRISTIANITY, & EARLY RUSSIA
VOCAB DEFINITIONS
1. Strait (the geographic feature) -
6. The ‘Messiah’ -
2. The Bosporus -
7. Edict of Milan (313 AD) -
3. Autocrat -
8. Salvation -
4. To ‘preserve’ -
9. Icons -
5. Emperor Justinian (482-565 AD) -
10. The Cyrillic Alphabet (860s AD) -
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
1. How was the Byzantine Empire (330-1453 AD) formed? What empire existed there before it?
2. List 5 reasons why Constantinople was an ideal capital city for the Byzantine Empire:
3. List 5 achievements of the Byzantine Empire. What type of culture did it preserve?
4. List 10 facts (founder, text, years, beliefs, rituals) about Christianity, a new world religion:
5. List 5 facts about the development of early Russia (882-1283 AD). What culture was copied?
*UNIT 8: ISLAM & THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
VOCAB DEFINITIONS
1. Muhammad (570-632 AD) -
6. The Caliphate -
2. The Hegira (622 AD) -
7. Suleiman the Magnificent (1494-1566) -
3. The Qu’ran (Koran) -
8. Bureaucracy -
4. Sharia Laws -
9. The Janissary Corps -
5. Mosque -
10. Reasons the Ottoman Empire declined -
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
1. Describe the Five Pillars of Islam, the rituals that practicing Muslims must do in their lives:
2. Describe the split in Islam between Sunni & Shiite Muslims after Muhammad’s death:
3. List 10 achievements of the Abbasid Dynasty (750-1258 AD), the golden age of Islam:
4. What city and empire did the Ottoman Empire (1299-1453 AD) conquer in 1453 AD?
5. Describe how the Ottoman Empire’s geographic location gave it an advantage:
*UNIT 9: THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE CRUSADES
VOCAB DEFINITIONS
1. The Vikings -
2. Medieval Social Classes (list them all) -
6. Guilds -
7. Gothic Art (3 facts) -
3. Chivalry (3 facts) -
8. Cultural Achievements in the Middle Ages (3)
4. Self-Sufficiency -
9. Salvation -
5. The Three-Field System -
10. Anti-Semitism (why did it spread?) -
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
1. How did the Middle Ages (476 – 1400 AD) get its’ name & describe Europe during this period:
2. The political system of the Middle Ages was Feudalism. Describe how this system worked:
3. Describe the system of Manorialism and 3 other facts about the economy of the Middle Ages
Manorialism -
Medieval economies (3 facts) -
4. List 5 ways the Catholic Church dominated and controlled Medieval society in Europe.
5. Describe the Crusades (1095-1285 AD). List 3 effects they had on Europe & the Middle East:
The Crusades -
Effects (3) -
*UNIT 10: ANCIENT AFRICA
VOCAB DEFINITIONS
1. Trans-Saharan trade routes -
6. Islamic culture that spread to Africa (5) -
2. The Niger River (why important?) -
7. Timbuktu (3 facts)
3. Natural barriers (define) -
8. Mogadishu / Kilwa -
4. Examples of natural barriers (3) -
9. Goods traded by African city-states (5) -
5. How barriers led to diversity in Africa -
10. Swahili (what 2 languages mixed?) -
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
1. What time period was Europe in while great African kingdoms existed to Europe’s south?
2. How did African kingdoms grow prosperous (wealthy)? What did they trade, & across what?
3. List the names of the great kingdoms that arose in West, East, and South Africa:
West African Kingdoms (3) -
East/South African Kingdoms (5) -
4. Who was Mansa Musa (1280-1337 AD)? Why is he important in African history?
5. List 5 cultural achievements of the ancient kingdoms of Africa: