Transcript Unit 1 Review PPT

World History AP
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Impact of Geography & Environmental
Interaction
Global Power & International relations
Political Developments
Economic and Environmental Developments
Cultural Developments
Gender Issues
Technological Advances
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In what ways did geography and climate affect the development of human society?
What were the economic and social results of the agricultural revolution?
What are the issues involved in using “civilization” as an organizing principle in world history?
What is the most common source of change: connection/diffusion or independent invention?
How do agricultural, pastoral and foraging societies differ? Use evidence from Africa, the Americas and Southeast Asia.
What was the impact of agriculture on the environment?
What was the importance of the introduction of bronze and iron?
Compare the basic features of two early civilizations? Choose two of the following: Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, Shang,
Indus
Compare the development of political structures in China with those in India.
How did social and gender structures in India differ from the Mediterranean?
Which regions were favored as areas of human settlement, given the technology available during the Classic period?
Describe the major classical period trading patters within and among China, India, and the Mediterranean?
What were the scientific and technological contributions of China, India, and the Mediterranean?
What were the artistic contributions of China, India, and the Mediterranean?
What were the basic features of the major world belief systems?
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Polytheism
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Hinduism
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Daoism
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Judaism
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Christianity
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Buddhism
What were the main emphases and the main changes in organized religion during the Classic period?
What interactions among regions favored changes in human society?
What changes in population and culture were brought about by migrations?
What were the Greek approaches to science and philosophy? Explain the role of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
What led to the diffusion of the major religions?
Why was the collapse of empire more severe in western Europe than it was in the eastern Mediterranean or in China?
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Describe the life of people in the Paleolithic
Stone Age.
Compare/Contrast role of men and women.
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What changes resulted from the
development of agriculture?
What effects did the agricultural revolutions
have on Neolithic societies?
How did the ability to make simple tools
change human life?
Compare/Contrast role of men and women
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What civilizations developed in Mesopotamia?
What role did geography play in the development of
Mesopotamian civilization?
Why were the Sumerian city-states considered to be
theocracy?
How did the Code of Hammurabi affect Babylonian society?
What role did the physical environment play in the way
Mesopotamians viewed the world?
How did ancient Mesopotamian technological advances
affected our lives today?
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How did flooding patterns of rivers in Egypt
and Mesopotamia caused the two
civilizations to develop differently?
How did the geography of Egypt impact their
civilization?
What were the major differences among the
Three Kingdoms in Egypt?
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What were the major cities of this
civilization?
How did geography impact their civilization?
What are the political and economical
structures of this civilization?
Describe the role of the family, and men and
women.
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What isolated the Chinese people from
peoples in other parts of the world?
How does geography affect Chinese
civilization?
Describe the political and economical
structure of Shang dynasty?
What was the different in political structure
between the Shang/Zhou?
What was their religious
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What was the form of government in Assyria?
Why were the Assyrians so successful at
conquering others?
How did religion (religious beliefs) play a role
in government/politics?
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Hittites
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Indo European (C. Asia), Nomads
2000 BC Migrated to Europe, India, W. Asia
First Indo-Euro’s to use iron
Threatened Egypt
1200 BC Invaded by “Sea Peoples” Phoenicians
Chaldeans
 Responsible for the fall of the Assyrian Empire
 Their empire/kingdom was short lived
 Conquered by Persians
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What was the most significant invention of
the Phoenicians? How did that impact their
civilization?
What was the difference between
Phoenicians economical system than most of
the other civilizations of the time?
Why did they develop colonies? What was
one of their most important colonies?
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Which aspect of the Hebrew culture had the
greatest impact on Western civilization?
Why is the location of Israel important?
What was the belief system of the Hebrew?
How did the Assyrians affect the lives of
Israelites?
What were the political structure of their
leaders?
Who did they begin trading with?
Who did they fall to in 587 BCE?
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How did geography affect their civilization?
Compare/Contrast Minoans & Mycenaeans
What was the importance of a city-state?
How did Athens & Sparta differ?
Describe the political structures?
What was the basis of their economy?
How did colonization help Greek society?
What were the Persians Wars?
What was the Peloponnesian War? Effects?
How did Pericles affect Athens?
Describe Greek religion? Connection with Greek life?
What brought an end to the freedom of Greek city-states?
What were the achievements of Alexander THE GREAT?
Describe the Hellenistic Era? Achievements?
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Describe the organization of the Persian government.
What are the accomplishments of their leaders: Cyrus, Cambyses,
Darius?
Who are the immortals?
What was developed to improve the communication system of their
empire?
Describe their form of economy?
What was the family structure/relationship like?
What was caused the Persian Empire to decline after the death of Darius?
Why are the Persians considered to have made a religious contribution?
How were the Assyrians and Persian systems of government different?
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How did the geography of Rome affect their
civilization?
What types of governments did Rome have?
Describe the social class system in Rome?
What were the Punic Wars? Results? Effects?
How did the Republic decline?
How did Augustus affect Rome? What did he
do?
What is the Pax Romana?
Describe their economic system?
Why did the Roman Empire decline and fall?
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What were the different political structures in
China?
How did the Qin dynasty influence the Han?
How did the their Han Dynasty change their
political ideologies?
What are some of their achievements?
What are some of the reasons these
dynasties decline?
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Who were the Aryans?
Describe the social class system in India?
What religions were “born” in India?
Describe the role of the family, especially
women.
How does Karma and Dharma relate to
Hinduism?
How does Buddhism differ than Hinduism?
Why was Asoka considered a great ruler?
What characteristics made the Gupta Empire
so great?
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What was the purpose of these routes?
 Silk
 Indian Ocean?
 Saharan
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What was traded?
How did culture and religion play a role in the
“exchange”?
What religions were diffused?
 Polytheism
 Judaism
 Hinduism
 Christianity
 Buddhism
 Daoism
 Confucianism
 Legalism
 Zoroastrianism
 Janism