An Eclectic Global Review Game!

Global History and Geography I Name: ______

E. Napp Date: ______

Complete the following excerpt based on the Global Regents. A Word Bank follows the excerpt.

______is best defined as the belief that one’s culture is superior to all others. ______is bordered by the Yellow Sea, its population is concentrated along the coast and in river valleys, and mountains and deserts dominate the western region. ______are primarily interested in studying how people change resources into goods and services. The ______is considered a turning point in history because it included the domestication of plants and animals. The primary reason the Bantu-speaking people migrated southward and eastward between 500 B.C. and A.D. 1500 was to find ______for farming and grazing. ______is most closely associated with worshipping many gods. The ______preserved Greek and Roman culture.

Word Bank:

Economists, China, Byzantine Empire, Neolithic Revolution, Land, Ethnocentrism, Polytheism

Let’s continue:

In Western Europe, feudalism developed after the ______collapsed. ______is an important theme in Japanese art and culture. ______served as a cultural bridge connecting China to Japan. During the ______, trade increased between Europe and Asia.

Word Bank:

Nature, Pax Mongolia, Roman Empire, Korea

Another excerpt:

Citizens are the source of power in a ______. The Twelve Tables and an extensive road system are associated with the ______. ______is best defined as a system in which land is exchanged for military service and loyalty. The Pax Mongolia led to regional stability, increasing trade on the ______.

Word Bank:

Silk Road, Roman Empire, Feudalism, Democracy

Based on this map, identify one geographic feature that influenced the location of early centers ofcivilization.

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“Farmers in India Await the Rains, and Despair”

REWARI, India—When the monsoon rains that sweep across India every year failed to arrive in late June, the farmers here began to worry. Now, as they scan the empty blue skies for signs of clouds, their worry is turning to despair.

Broad swaths [wide areas] of India are seeing the country’s worst drought in 15 years. Here in the northern state of Haryana, the level of rainfall until July 24 was 70% below average; for the country as a whole, it was 24% below normal. Since July 24, there has been little relief for the hardest-hit areas.

Under these parched [very dry] conditions, economists say, India’s growth could wilt, sinceagriculture accounts for a quarter of gross domestic product [GDP] and sustains [supports] two thirds of the nation’s billion-strong population. Before the drought, economists were expecting agricultural expansion of around 2% and GDP growth of 4.5% to 6% in the current fiscal year, which began April 1. Now they are predicting that agricultural production will remain stagnant or even turn negative, shaving something like half a percentage point off overall economic growth. . . .

Source: Joanna Slater, The Wall Street Journal,August 6, 2002

Based on this excerpt by Joanna Slater, state one negative impact the lack of rain has had on the economy in India.

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Theme: Movement of People and Goods: Trade

Task:

List three facts about the Silk Roads:

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______

List three facts about the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

  1. ______
  2. ______
  3. ______

The Silk Roads / The Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
One reason for the establishment of the trade route: / One reason for the establishment of the trade route:
One positive or negative effect of the trade route on a specific nation or region: / One positive or negative effect of the trade route on a specific nation or region:

Write an introduction for this thematic essay:

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Islam / A. The development of civil service examinations and a belief in filial piety reflect its influence.
Trade / B. This rigid class system in India. It lacks social mobility.
Confucianism / C. The law sometimes distinguished between social classes.
Greek Philosophers / D. He preserved and transmitted Greek and Roman culture.
Loyalty / E. The African kingdoms of Ghana and Mali are similar in that they established their wealth through this activity.
Cultural Diffusion / F. This “Way of the Warrior” in Japan was similar to the Code of Chivalry of European knights.
Buddhism / G. Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato influenced world history due to their intellectual contributions.
Shinto / H. Buddhist temples are found in Japan.
Caste / I. European knights and Japanese samurai pledged this to their military leaders.
Emperor Justinian / J. The journey to Mecca is associated with it.
Code of Hammurabi / K. It is based on the worship of spirits in nature.
Bushido / L. It is associated with the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the concept of Nirvana.

Korea greatly influenced the development of early Japan by

  1. acting as a bridge for ideas from China
  2. providing Japan with the technology for industrialization
  3. serving as a barrier against Chinese aggression
  4. protecting Japan from early European exploration

Medieval Life: Attacking a Castle

Ladders were used by those attacking a castle to climb over the walls and fight the castle inhabitants within the castle walls. However, ladders had the disadvantage of leaving the man climbing the ladder subject to attack by arrow, boiling water or oil, or by being thrown to the ground if the ladder was pushed away from the wall. To prevent this type of attack the Belfry or SiegeTower was developed.

The Belfry was a large structure on wheels that could be pushed up to the castle walls. Ladders inside the Belfry allowed attackers to climb to the top under cover and get into the castle. Castle owners prevented this type of attack by piling earth up against the castle walls so that the Belfry, which was on wheels, could not be pushed near to the castle

Questions:

1: What sometimes happened to soldiers while climbing over castle walls on ladders? ______

2: What was a Belfry? ______

3: How did the Belfry benefit soldiers? ______

4: How has military technology changed warfare? ______

5: What technologies might exist in the future that will radically change warfare? ______

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Medieval Life

Look up the meaning of any words you don’t know. Discuss how these words are related to medieval life especially to the three groups, the nobles, the serfs, and the church. Find the words in the grid to the left.

archery
armor
bishop
blacksmith
bread
castle
cathedral
church
crop rotation
crops
disease / fallow
famine
field
fight
horse
hunt
jousting
knight
labor
lord
manor / mill
monastery
noble
peasant
pray
serf
tax
tithe
toil
war
work