Study Guide for World History Final

Study the subjects listed below in great detail. The more detailed you are in your studying, the more likely that you will do better on the test. You will need to study both your book and your notes for the year. Your final is comprehensive and will cover Chapters 1-11. This list is not exhaustive, is not in detail, and is not in order of chapters.

Rome

  1. Pax Romana
  2. Roman government
  3. Roman Emperors and their legislature
  4. The Byzantine Empire
  5. The legacy and fall of Rome
  6. Rome/Byzantine religion

The Islamic Empire

  1. Geography of the Arabian peninsula
  2. Cities of Islam
  3. Islamic beginnings and beliefs
  4. Islamic leaders
  5. Islamic empires
  6. Muslim cities

Medieval Africa

  1. Africa Geography
  2. African religions
  3. The Bantu
  4. Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
  5. East Africa, Kingdoms of the Rainforest, Axum, and Coastal city-states
  6. Swahili
  7. Slavery and African Culture

China

  1. The Reunification of China
  2. The Middle Ages dynasties of China
  3. Buddhism and Confucius
  4. The economy, art and literature, and technology in China
  5. The Mongols and their rule in China
  6. The Ming dynasty

Japan

  1. Japan’s geography
  2. The first settlers of Japan
  3. Shintoism and Buddhism
  4. Shoguns and the samurai
  5. The Daimyos in Japan
  6. The Culture of Japan

The Medieval Europe

  1. Geography of Europe
  2. Germanic kingdoms
  3. Vikings
  4. The Holy Roman Empire
  5. The Rise of the Catholic Church
  6. Feudalism and the Manorial system
  7. Life in Feudal Europe
  8. England, France, and Eastern Europe during the Middle ages
  9. The Crusades
  10. Religion and society
  11. Medieval Culture
  12. The Black death
  13. The 100 years war
  14. Spain and the Muslims

The Renaissance

  1. The Italian Renaissance
  1. City-states
  2. Marco Polo, Venice and Florence
  3. Architecture of the Churches
  4. Artists of the Renaissance
  5. Humanism and literature
  1. The Northern Renaissance
  1. Northern artists
  2. The spread of the Renaissance to the North

The Reformation

  1. Early reformers
  2. Martin Luther
  3. Changes to the church
  4. Lutheranism and Calvinism
  5. The English Renaissance, Henry VIII. Mary I and Elizabeth
  6. The Counter Reformation
  1. Changes by the church
  2. Religious wars in Europe
  3. Legacy of the Reformation

The First Americans

  1. Farming in Mesoamerica
  2. Early American civilizations
  3. The Maya and Aztecs
  4. The Fall of the Maya and Aztecs

The Age of Exploration

  1. New technology and travel
  2. Exploring the world: Henry the Navigator, Vasco de Gama and other explorers
  3. Europe Empires: Spain, Portugal, and England create empires.
  4. The Commercial Revolution
  5. The Columbian Exchange

The Age of Enlightenment

  1. The Scientific Revolution
  1. Early scientist and science
  2. Astronomy
  3. Scientific discoveries
  4. The scientific method and Descartes
  5. Newton and other scientists
  1. The ideas of the Enlightenment
  1. New ideas of politics
  2. Thomas Hobbs
  3. John Locke
  4. Montesquieu
  5. French Philosophes
  1. Politics and the Enlightenment
  1. The Age of Absolutism
  2. The English and French Monarchies
  3. Revolution and Enlightenment
  4. The Enlightenments Legacy