Transcript WHAP Semester Review - BHS AP and Honors World history

2012
 Use
the PB Works site
 Each student will be assigned 2-3 points
 Student who is assigned #1 on each page (A-I)
will create a page on the wiki
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Each student on that page will add to that page
 Each
student should WRITE IN THEIR OWN
WORDS THEIR INFORMATION
 Each student should include at least ONE
image or graphic for their points.
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Major Comparisons and Snapshots:
1.
Describe the conditions and lifestyles of the two prehistoric time periods
2.
Identify and describe the major characteristics of the early religions and
philosophical systems. Be sure to include the social impact of each.
3.
Compare the role of women in different belief systems – Buddhism, Christianity,
Confucianism, and Hinduism.
4.
Describe how and why the collapse of empire was more severe in western Europe
than it was in the eastern Mediterranean or in China.
5.
Compare the caste system to other systems of social inequality devised by early and
Classical civilizations, including slavery.
6.
Compare social, cultural, and political systems in major civilizations e.g., Indian,
Chinese, and Greek.
7.
Describe interregional trading systems, e.g., the Indian Ocean trade, Silk Roads (for
this time period)
8.
Compare the political and social structures of two early civilizations, using any two
of the following: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, Shang dynasty, and Mesoamerica
and Andean South America.
Need to Know vs. Not Need to Know:
1. Nature of the Neolithic revolution, but not characteristics of
previous stone ages, e.g., Paleolithic and Mesolithic.
2. Economic and social results of the Agricultural Revolution, but
not specific date of the introduction of agriculture to specific
societies.
3. Nature of patriarchal systems, but not changes in family
structure within a single region.
4. Importance of the introduction of bronze and iron, but not
specific inventions or implements.
5. Political heritage of classical China (emperor, bureaucracy), but
not specific knowledge of dynastic transitions, e.g., from Qin to
Han.
6. Greek approaches to science and philosophy, including
Aristotle, but not details about other specific philosophers.
7. Diffusion of major religious systems, but not the specific
regional forms of Buddhism or Aryan or Nestorion Christianity
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1. Even though the Byzantine empire fell in 1453 and was in decline for centuries
before that, it left a strong legacy behind. What was the most important
contribution that Byzantium made to world history? Why is that the most
important?
2. The book states that Byzantium was the only classical empire to survive. Why did it
survive when all the others did not?
3. Islam spread more rapidly than any other major world religion. Why do you think
this was? What aspects of the religion made it appealing? How was the cultural
climate conducive to the rapid expansion of Islam?
4. Compare and contrast the beliefs (including the treatment of women) of the major
world religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism (refer to class
handout/graphic organizers on Western vs. Eastern religion).
5. The book refers to China and the Byzantine and Abbasid empires as "the political
and economic anchor[s] of the postclassical world." What does this phrase mean?
What did all three of those powers have in common? How did those factors
contribute to their political and economic effectiveness?
6. The Chinese population underwent rapid growth from 600 to 1200. What
developments during this period promoted that growth? What were the economic
advantages of having such a large population? What are the potential
disadvantages?
7. How did India manage to exert such a significant influence on other cultures in the
Indian Ocean basin during this era without ever establishing any long-term
centralized political institutions?
1.
. Was the caste system in India during the postclassical era fundamentally a rigid social system
or a flexible one?
2.
. What was the role of Roman Christianity in early medieval Europe? How did it shape the
society? What were its principal channels of influence?
3.
. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the highly decentralized political system that
developed in Europe during this period?
4.
. Compare the effect the Vikings and Mongols had on the societies they came into contact with.
What were the long-term ramifications of these interactions for Europe and the rest of Asia?
5.
. Why do you think the nomadic peoples of Asia were so successful and influential during this
period? What was different from earlier centuries? What were the limits of their success … what
led to their demise?
6.
. Where and how did Islam spread to sub-Saharan Africa? How was it different from north
African and southwest Asian Islam? Why?
7.
. The Roman Catholic Church encountered many challenges during this period. What were they?
How did the Church manage to meet each challenge and still thrive?
8.
. Try to imagine the impact of a catastrophe such as the bubonic plague on European society.
How did people behave? What was the impact on social relations?
1.
Compare Japanese and European
feudalism
2.
Compare developments in political
and social institutions in both
Eastern and Western Europe
3.
Analyze the role and function of
cities in major societies
4.
Analyze gender systems and
changes, such as the impact of
Islam
5.
Compare the Aztec Empire and the
Inca Empire
6.
Compare European and sub-Saharan
contacts with the Islamic world.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Arab caliphate, but not
the transition from
Umayyad to Abbasid
Mamluks, but not
Almohads
Feudalism, but not
specific monarchs
Manorialism, but not the
three-field system
Crusading movement and
its impact, but not
specific Crusades
Viking exploration, and
impact, but not individual
explorers
7. Mongol expansion and its
impact, but not details of
specific khanates
8. Papacy, but not particular
popes
9. Indian ocean trading
patterns, but not Gujarati
merchants
1. What specific motives prompted European overseas voyages? Of all these
motives, which do you think took precedence?
2. Overall, what was the demographic impact (demography concerns the
health and size of populations) of European contact with the New World?
3. What factors led to the dramatic population growth of Europe between
1500 and 1700
4. What were some of the new trade goods entering the world markets in the
sixteenth century? How would European demand for these products affect
overseas trade and colonization?
5. What kinds of communities were established in the New World colonies of
Portugal and Spain? How were they organized?How were they governed?
1.
. Compare the treatment of indigenous peoples by the Spanish in Mexico, the Portuguese in Brazil, and
the French and British in North America. Feel free to use a chart and/or table to gather the info, but
be sure to include a written, summative analysis.
2.
. What was the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on the societies of West Africa? Consider the
social, political, and demographic effects.
3.
. Compare the experience of slaves in the Caribbean, in Brazil, and in North America. Feel free to use
a chart and/or table to gather the info, but be sure to include a written, summative analysis.
4.
. What factors ultimately led to the abolition of the slave trade and ultimately to the abolition of
slavery itself?
5.
. Why did the shoguns decide to cut off relations with the outside world? How was this isolation
accomplished? What did this decision mean for the future of Japan?
6.
. Why did the Qing dynasty discourage Chinese travel abroad and try to control contacts with
foreigners? What was the impact of this policy?
7.
. What factors contributed to the increasing cultural conservatism in the Islamic states during the
seventeenth century? What were the future implications of such resistance to science and
technological change?
8.
. What factors led to the economic and military decline of the Islamic empires?
Comparisons and Snapshots:
1. • Compare colonial administrations
2. • Compare coercive labor systems:
slavery and other coercive labor
systems in the Americas.
3. • Analyze the development of empire
(i.e. general empire building in Asia,
Africa, Europe, and the Americas)
4. • Analyze imperial systems: European
seaborne
5. empire compared with a land-based
Asian empire.
6. • Compare Mesoamerican and Andean
systems of economic exchange.
Need to Know vs. Not Need to Know:
1. • Extent of Ottoman expansion, but
not individual states
2. • Slave plantation systems, but not
Jamaica’s specific slave system.
3. • Relations between the Kongo and
Portugal, but not individual rulers.
4. • Tokugawa Japan’s foreign policy,
but not Hideyoshi
5. • Importance of European
exploration, but not individual
explorers.
6. • Characteristics of European
absolutism, but not specific rulers.