World History

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Semester 1

Final Exam Study Guide

Identify the following concepts, places, people and terms (remember to define a term or identify the person as well as state its/their significance). Also, it may be useful to note the date or time period. Judaism (holy book, deity, beliefs)

Christianity (holy book, deity, beliefs)

Confucianism (holy book, deity, beliefs)

Buddhism (holy book, deity, beliefs)

Hinduism (holy book, deity, beliefs)

Islam (holy book, deity, beliefs)

Sunni vs. Shia

Muslim treatment of conquered people

Genghis Khan

Chinese technological innovations

World History

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Mongol Empire

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Kublai Khan

Tang Dynasty

Angkor Wat

Japanese Samurai

Women status during Tang and Song dynasties

Japanese government

Mongol conquest effects on Korea

Hierarchy of clergy

Canon law

Charlemagne achievements

World History

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Code of chivalry

Vassal

Forces that held feudal society together

Feudalism

Manor system

Status of women during Middle Ages

Goals of the Crusades

Negative effects of the Crusades

Guild

Bubonic Plague and the long term effects

Vernacular

Vikings

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Church reforms during the Middle Ages

Three-field system

Great Schism

Serfs during the Middle Ages

Results of the Fourth Crusade

Reconquista

Hundred Years’ War effects

Problems of the Church

Gothic vs. Romanesque architecture

Parliament

Magna Carta

Decline of the Incan Empire

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Mayans

Aztec rule

Incan Welfare system

Early North American peoples’ view of the land

Matrilineal societies

How did Islam spread throughout Africa?

Trade between East Africa and Asia

Organization of stateless societies in Africa

Significance of Great Zimbabwe

Leonardo da Vinci and Renaissance men

Humanism

Utopia

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Martin Luther and indulgences

John Calvin

Niccolo Machiavelli and The Prince

Renaissance

Printing press

Reformation

Henry VIII’s relationship with the Roman Catholic Church

Major trade good/s from the East

Bartolomeu Dias

Vasco da Gama

Treaty of Tordesillas

Motivation for Europeans for exploration

World History

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Christopher Columbus

Results due to loss of native lives in Latin America

Mercantilism

Prince Henry of Portugal

Economic activity of New France

Encomienda system

Impacts business and trade practices in Europe during the 16th and 17th century

Effects on Africa because of Atlantic slave trade