WH 1 - Final Exam Study Guide
- Matzen
- Jan 9, 2020
- 1 min read
Be able to identify and describe why these terms, people, and concepts are important to World History. You may use a 3x5”notecard to write notes and use on the test.
Unit 1
5 Themes of Geography
o Definitions
o Examples
7 Cultural Universals
o Definitions
o Examples
Ancient World
o Fertile Crescent
o Neolithic Revolution
o Roots of inequality (Guns, Germs, & Steel)
Unit 2
Silk Road / globalization
World Religions (origins, key beliefs, practices, characteristics)
o Judaism
o Christianity
o Islam
o Hinduism
o Buddhism
o Confucianism
o Daoism
Mongol Empire
o Genghis Khan
o Kublai Khan
o Major events / significance
Unit 3
Middle Ages
o role of Catholic Church
o economics
o bubonic plague
Renaissance
o humanism
o arts, literature
o sciences
Reformation
o Martin Luther
o Indulgences
o 95 Theses
o Printing press
Scientific Revolution
o Major scientists
o Major discoveries / inventions
Age of Exploration / Conquest
o Columbus
o Cortes
o Spanish Empire in Americas
o Columbian Exchange
o Triangle Trade
o Middle Passage
Unit 4
Absolutism
o Characteristics
o divine right theory
o Philip II
o Louis XIV
o Peter & Catherine the Great
o English monarchy --> civil war --> Glorious Revolution
RESOURCES TO HELP YOU PREPARE:
o your lecture & textbook notes
o graded work
o textbook (esp. 1.2, 1.3, 12.2, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 15.1, 15.2, 15.5, 16.1, 16.2), available online in ClassLink
o Crash Course World History videos (available on YouTube)
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