World History 9
Ms. Lewis
FINAL EXAM REVIEW SHEET: Period 2 Spring 2009
Exam Schedule Date: Time: Length: Exam Format
The format of the test will be 25 multiple choice questions and 2 essays.
June 16, 2009 9:30AM - 11:30AM Two hours
Section 1: 20 Multiple Choice Questions (25 points)
About half of the multiple choice questions will address material since the last exam – including material we have covered in class. The other half will address important people, events, and issues that we have seen during the second semester.
Section 2: Thematic Essay – Choose 1 out of 2 (45 points)
This essay will require you to write on a theme we have traced throughout the semester such as: cultural diffusion the effects of trade and war on a society the relationship between religious and economic events the role of inventions and science in human development (including warfare) why empires/civilizations rise and fall how disease shapes a society’s politics, economics and religious beliefs You may be asked to compare and contrast two different civilizations, rulers, systems of government or empires. You will also be asked to trace cause and effect.
Section 3: DBQ Essay – One only (30 points) The essay will require you to write on a theme we have addressed since our last exam. Possible topics include: (1) The Scientific Revolution (2) The Wars of Religion (3) The Enlightenment’s effects on Europe and the New World (4) Roles and struggles of women from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment Additional study aid: Go to http://www.yuhsb.org/academics_history_department.htm Then scroll down to Ms. Lewis’s bocks and click under 9 grade on the Review Sheets for Exams 4-6 1
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Questions?
Come see me at lunch. I will be in Room 430 or in my office in Room 444A. You can also email me at dlewis@yuhsb.org I will be available by email for at least two hours every day from June 11-16 except Fridays and Saturdays. Email me and I will get back to you as soon as I can. Good Luck!!
TERMS, PEOPLE, AND EVENTS TO KNOW
Early Humans and Civilizations Archaeology Radiocarbon dating Neolithic Revolution, systematic agriculture Civilization (6 basic characteristics) Social pyramid (all civilizations), status of women Egypt The Nile Hieroglyphics Pyramids Pharaohs Religion Mesopotamia & the Fertile Crescent Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Religion, ziggurats Empires of the Fertile Crescent: Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian Phoenician alphabet Hebrews / Children of Israel Code of Hammurabi Ancient India Hinduism: Vedas, Bhagavad-Gita, reincarnation, dharma and karma Caste system Buddhism’s basic beliefs: Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, reincarnation, nirvana Math, science, medicine Ancient China Yellow River Mandate of Heaven Shi Huangdi (First Emperor) Silk Road Confucianism, civil service exams Ancient Greece Religion/myth Athens and Sparta Democracy 2
Persian Wars Peloponnesian War Art and architecture Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle Alexander the Great Hellenism
Rome Roman Republic Punic Wars Julius Caesar Augustus Roman Empire Christianity Pax Romana Emperor Constantine Constantinople Fall of the (Western) Roman Empire Byzantine Empire Eastern Orthodox Church Justinian’s Code Role in transmission of Hellenistic culture to West Islamic Civilization Muhammad Koran (Qur’an), Five Pillars of Islam Sunnis, Shiites Medicine, mathematics, navigation, astronomy China and Japan Chinese reunification and development: Grand Canal, Chang-An Inventions: movable type, gunpowder, paper currency, pasta Mongol invasion and rule: Genghis Khan Yuan Dynasty
Japan: Feudalism Samurai Daimyo Shogun
Sub-Saharan Africa Matrilineal societies Griots How to do history without written evidence Mansa Musa
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Europe in the Middle Ages Charlemagne Feudalism, manorialism The Church: problems, Inquisition Magna Carta (1215), Parliament Holy Roman Empire The Crusades Revival of Trade (banking, investment, manufacturing) Guilds Universities The Black Death Hundred Years’ War (England vs. France) The Renaissance Revival of culture in Europe Humanists Printing press Vernacular Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Erasmus of Rotterdam Exploration and Expansion Inventions to help exploration Commercial Revolution Mercantilism Christopher Columbus, Columbian Exchange Ferdinand Magellan Triangular (Triangle) Trade Hernando Cortes The “Three Gs” The Protestant Reformation Protestant Indulgences Martin Luther, 95 Theses John Calvin, predestination Catholic Counter-Reformation, Council of Trent English Reformation, Henry VIII Elizabeth I, Spanish Armada Huguenots, St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre (France) Wars of Religion Absolutism Absolute monarchy Cardinal Richelieu Thirty Years War Louis XIV Peter the Great (Emperor of Russia) 4
Catherine the Great (Empress of Russia) Frederick the Great (Emperor of Prussia) Seven Years’ War
The English Revolution Causes of the revolution, James I, Charles I (King vs. Parliament) Oliver Cromwell, the Commonwealth Constitutional monarchy, Charles II The Glorious Revolution Thomas Hobbes and John Locke (English) Bill of Rights Colonial Expansion Sea dogs, India, America The French and Indian War Dutch overseas empire The Scientific Revolution Copernicus, heliocentric theory of rotation Galileo Isaac Newton Johannes Kepler Rene Descartes Baruch Spinoza The Enlightenment Chief philosophers: Voltaire, Diderot (France), Hume, Locke (Britain), Benjamin Franklin (American colonies/United States) Deism Reason The American Revolution: Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence “We, the People…”
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