Mr. A. Smith - AP World History1 AP World Mid Term Review 8000 BCE – 600 BCE 600 BCE – 600 CE 600 – 1450 CE 1450 – 1750 CE

Mr. A. Smith - AP World History 1

AP World Mid Term Review

8000 BCE – 600 BCE

600 BCE – 600 CE

600 – 1450 CE

1450 – 1750 CE


AP World Mid Term• What is peridoization? • What is History?

• What are pastoral nomadism, hunting and gathering, horticulture, shifting cultivation, and sedentary agriculture?

• Which established a larger surplus?

• Where did the earliest transition in Agriculture take place?


• Why settle near a river?• What were the early cultural hearths of civilization?

• What were major rivers of civilization? • Which cultural hearth had no river? • Describe cultural diffuse vs. independent invention? • What was the role of women in agriculture?• Agriculture in Mesopotamia depended on artificial canals

for irrigations. What other civilizations developed such canals?

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• Describe the early religions within Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus river valley region and China.

• Why are the deities worshipped by Mesopotamia and Egypt considered anthropomorphic?

• Know the political developments of Mesopotamia (A B H A C P), Egypt (Old, Middle, New), India (Dravidian to Aryan) and China (Xia, Shang and Zhou and Qin).

• Describe artworks and monuments that were important to the above regions’ cultures and religions. (ex: ziggurat…)

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• What created the first major conflicts of civilization?

• Why did writing develop and where do historians have evidence of its’ first appearance?

• What society developed the first codified law code?

Early Eastern Ideas and Philosophies:

• Why and where did the concept of the Mandate of Heaven develop?

• What is ying and yang? What is feng shui?

• Identify the following philosophies: Confucianism, Daoism (Taoism) and Legalism

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• Unifiers of Ancient Civilizations: – Sargon (Mesopotamia) – Menes (Egypt) – Cyrus (Iran)

• Review religion in the ancient world – What country focused more on family ties then life after death?

• What was the main early Holy text of the Israel / of Zoroastrianism / of Hinduism?

• Who were the Phoenicians? • Language Families? • Monotheism develops form what Civilization? What

about Dualism?

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• Who were the Minoans of Crete and Mycenaean's of the Peloponnesians?

• Important epic myths of the Ancient and Classical world? (Gilgamesh, Homer’s…)

• What was the Greek’s view of their geography? (i.e. the Sea)

• Why where the Acropolis and Agora important to Ancient Greek city-states?

• Describe the cause of the Greek Dark Age. • Who where the three key Greek philosophers?

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• What were the causes and effects of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars on Greek society?

• Why is Alexander the Great important to the development of World history? What happened to his empire after his death?

• What was the Hellenistic Age? What was the greatest city of that age?

• What natural resources did Rome rely on as they developed into a Mediterranean super power?

• What was the economic wealth of the Roman state based on?

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• Why can it be said that the Roman state was not a true democracy?

• What was the role of women in Ancient Greek and Roman society? How did this compare to other societies?

• How did Roman society view the natural world?

• One success in winning loyalty of all Italy was…• Why could Christianity be considered an act of

disloyalty at times in Roman society?

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• What was the fundamental resources of China?

• List the important innovations of Rome and Han China.

• What was the influence of Confucianism on Chinese society?

• What were the natural borders of the classical civilizations?

• List the major classical civilizations form East to West.

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• What natural boundary exists between Northern India and China?

• Describe the varna system and how it developed in India.

• Know the major tenants of Hinduism and Buddhism.

• Who was Siddhartha? What did the Four Noble truths state?

• Describe the rise and fall of the Mauryan and Gupta. What was there lasting influence?

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• Describe the Silk Road in general. • What type of goods traveled along this

road? Know some examples (other than silk – from different regions)

• Describe early maritime trade? What religion (as well as the Silk road) helped to spread?

• What was the technological advancement that helped to navigate the Indian Ocean?

• What is a universalizing religion?

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• What was the belief structure of Manichaeism? How did this faith spread?

• In general where the Parthian and Sassanid Empires located? How had they risen a fallen (very brief)?

• Describe the founding of Islam.• What created division in Islam? • What is the meaning of Muslim? What is the

meaning of Islam?• Why did the Umayyad Dynasty Collapse?• Conversion to Islam.

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• Causes of the Fall of Rome and the Han Empire. • What was the remaining section of the Roman

empire? Why had it remained intact? • What was the role of Christianity in the Middle

ages? • Why had the Great Schism taken place? • How did Byzantine culture differ from the west? • What was the “Plague of Justinian”? • What were Byzantine cultural achievements? • What is the importance of Justinian?

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• What linguistic zones developed after the fall of Rome?

• What were the primary centers of agricultural development after the fall of Rome?

• Who was Charlemagne? How had he risen to prominence?

• Who were the new invaders of this Medieval world? (From the north and the east)

• Briefly describe feudalism. • What was the role of women in Islamic and in

Western Medieval society?

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• What was the Investiture Controversy? (later ended by the Concordant of Worms)

• What was the most important impact of monastic orders?

• What caused a revival in Western Europe between 1000 – 1200, which caused a population boom?

• Describe the causes and effects of the Crusades.

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Gothic v.s Romanesque Architecture

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• Be able to compare and contrast Medieval Japan and Medieval Europe.

• Which empire reunited China in the 6th century? • During the period of disunity in China what

philosophy came to dominate and why? • What major achievement did the Sui build?• Why was the Tang empire considered

cosmopolitan? • Know the importance of Chang’an • Describe the tributary system and why it was

practiced.

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• What goods and ideas did Central Asia and the Islamic world introduce to China?

• Describe the rise and fall of the Tang. What religion did the Tang blame their instability on?

• What was a major Song achievement in navigation?

• Describe the Song government and the civil service examinations.

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• South East Asia - – What goods did SE ASIA supply that merchants

wanted? – How did Hinduism, Buddhism and then Islam influence

SE Asia? – Describe the developments of SE Asia between 600 –

1450 and 1450 – 1750.

• Africa - – What goods did Africa supply the classical world? – How did Islam change Africa. – Describe the developments of Africa between 600 –

1450 and 1450 – 1750.

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• Review the five themes of AP World during each time period (Wood Text)

• Review Rubrics of the essays! (Wood Text & Online)

• Review important dates (online)

• Review Iconic Images (online)

• Review the list of Who’s Who (online)

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Mr. A. Smith - AP World History1 AP World Mid Term Review 8000 BCE – 600 BCE 600 BCE – 600 CE 600 – 1450 CE 1450 – 1750 CE