EVHS First Semester Exam Review
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
Where was the Fertile Crescent?
Describe the Code of Hammurabi:
What does having a surplus of food lead to?
What is cuneiform?
What were the major civilizations of the Indus River Valley?
What is monotheism? What is polytheism?
What was the problem with the Huang He River?
Describe the Golden Age of the Gupta:
Describe Confucianism:
Describe Daoism:
Describe Legalism:
How did Buddhism begin?
Describe the Eight-fold path:
Where did Hinduism come from?
Describe the Caste System:
What is the importance of the Silk Road?
What was the purpose of the Great Wall?
What is a republic?
What is a city-state (polis)?
Who participated in the Peloponnesian War?
Compare the social aspects of Sparta and Athens:
Who was Socrates and what was his philosophy?
What were the reasons for the Fall of Rome:
How did Romans treat Jews in Palestine?
Who was Muhammad, where did he come from, and what was the purpose of the Five Pillars?
Why did the Muslim community split between Sunnis and the Shi’a?
What was the importance of land in the Middle Ages?
How was the church important during the Middle Ages?
What was the most important aspect of the Manor System?
Explain the roles of knights, lords, and peasants under feudalism.
Define Magna Carta:
Causes and Effects of the Crusades
Causes and Effects of Bubonic Plague
What is the importance of the Bosporus Strait?
Describe the achievements of the Byzantine Empire.
What made the West African Kingdoms wealthy?
What were some of the achievements of the Tang and Song Dynasties?
What was the purpose of civil service examinations in China?
Describe the Mongol Empire:
What was the Ming Dynasty most known for? Who was Zheng He?
What was the Great Schism?
How do ideas usually spread?