World History EOCA Review Guide

World History Review Guide 

 African Empires [Ghana, Mali, and Songhai]:
 • Understand what goods were traded
 • Gender roles
• Oral Traditions
• Geography
• Spread of Islam

Chinese Empires: 
• Geography
• Importance of the Silk Road
• Chronological order of Ancient Dynasties
• Han accomplishments/achievements
• Confucianism

Social Classes: 
• Middle Ages

Vocabulary: 
• Polytheism
• Characteristics of a Civilization
• Code of Hammurabi
• Feudalism
• Mandate of Heaven
• Agriculture
• Humanism
• Mercantilism
• Middle Passage
• Perspective
• Griots
• Mansa Musa
• Sunni Ali

Crusades: 
• Major battles
• Results
• Gunpowder- where did it come from, who brought it
• Sides

Catholic Church:
• Western tradition’s role in Crusades
• Center of Learning during the Middle Ages

 Renaissance: 

• Contributions to
• Philosophical contributions
• Scientific innovations
• Paintings during the Renaissance
 • “The Prince” by Machiavelli
• “Utopia” by Thomas Moore

Columbian Age Colonies: 
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• British
• Colonization of Africa
      o Why/who

South American Civilizations: 
• Aztec
• Maya

Mediterranean World: 
• Importance of sea travel to Greeks
• Commonalities between Greek and Roman civilizations
• Athenian democracy
 • Accomplishments/Achievements of Ancient Greece
• Geography Protestant Reformation:
 • Germany’s technological innovations

Understanding/Analysis: 

• Rise, Peak, and Fall of civilizations
• Achievements
• Similarities and Differences
• Cultural diffusion amongst civilizations
• The Columbian Exchange
• Conflict among civilizations

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