World History Honors
Spring Exam Review Sheet
Unit 8
Harappan Civilization
-Mohenjo-daro
-decline
Aryan Society
-religion
-moksha
-social organization
-castes/jati
-impact
-gender relations
Mauryan Empire
-political organization
-Chandragupta
-Ashoka
-decline
Classical Religion
-reasons for development
-Jainism
-doctrine
-Buddhism
-doctrine
-Mahayana Buddhism
-Hinduism
-doctrine
-success/appeal
Unit 9
Postclassical India
-economic organization
-agricultural developments
-trade activity
-social organization
-caste system
-religion
-decline of Buddhism
-Hinduism
-devotional cults
-Ramanuja
-Bhakti movement
Unit 10
Indian Contact with Europe
-Portuguese
-goals
-British
-East India Company
-control over the Indian population
-imperialism
-royal control
-economic policy
Mughal Empire
-political organization
-bureaucracy
-religious policy
-Aurangzeb
-Taj Mahal
-decline
Indian Nationalism
-development
-Gandhi
-ideology
-strategy/methods
-significance
-independence
-partitioning
-Jinnah
Unit 11
Shang Dynasty
-political organization
-tombs
-decline/fall
Zhou Dynasty
-political organization
-mandate of heaven
-decline/fall
Chinese Society
-religion
-patriarchal control
Schools of Thought
-Daoism
-core teachings
-political application
-social application
-Confucianism
-core teachings
-political application
-social application
-Legalism
-core teachings
-political application
Qin Dynasty
-Qin Shihuangdi
-political organization
-centralization
-public works
-significance
-decline/fall
Han Dynasty
-Han Wudi
-political organization
-Xiongnu
-impact
-decline/fall
Unit 12
Sui Dynasty
-political organization
Tang Dynasty
-political organization
-centralization
-expansion
-Taizong
-decline
-An Lushan
Song Dynasty
-political organization
-military policy
-decline
-Jin empire
Chinese Society
-reasons for economic development
-patriarchal control over women
-foot binding
-neo-Confucianism
Japan
-Kamakura Shogunate
-decentralization
-shogun
-samurai
Mongols
-Chinggis Khan
-rise to power
-political organization
-conquest
-significance
-the Mongol empires
-political organization
-impact
Unit 13
Ming Dynasty
-Hongwu
-centralization
-Yongle’s expeditions
-purpose
-Zheng He
-political organization/policy
-military
-economic
-cultural
-neo-Confucianism
-decline/fall
Qing Dynasty
-Manchu invaders
-appeal
-Qianlong
-political organization
-significance
Chinese Society
-economic policies
-Christianity
-response
Tokugawa Shogunate
-political organization
-daimyo
-Christianity
-response
Unit 14
Japan
-Meiji restoration
-political reform
-economic developments
-imperialism
-goals
-western attitude towards
-World War II in the Pacific
-causes
-Japanese expansion
-invasion of China
-Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
-Japanese defeat
-reasons for
-surrender
China
-Opium War
-significance
-foreign influence/“unequal treaties”
-rebellions
-goals
-attempted reforms
-reasons for failure
-CCP
-ideology
-Mao Zedong
-Guomindang
-ideology
-alliances and conflicts with the CCP
-Jiang Jieshi
-political organization
-Communist Revolution
-political organization
-economic policy
-Great Leap Forward
-impact
-Cultural Revolution
-impact
Essay Topics
Political Organization
-government structure
-policies
-how to be successful/maintain control
*can reference any (but probably not all) of the political entities that we studied
Religion
-core ideas/beliefs
-major influences
*development/change from postclassical to modern era?