Global 9 Midterm Review

Global 9 Midterm Review

• Test Style:
  • 30 multiple choice questions
  • 6 short answer document sets
• Materials Required: Pen and pencil
• Prehistory: Time period before the invention of writing.
• Cultural Diffusion: Blending or mixing of cultures.
• First Peoples' Continent: Africa.
• Nomad: A person who travels from place to place in search of food.
• Neolithic Revolution: Change from hunting and gathering to farming.
• Traditional Society/Economy Base: Farming.
• Civilization's Role of Government: Making laws, maintaining peace, and offering protection.
• Neolithic Burial Practices: Burying the dead with tools and weapons, reflecting a belief in an afterlife.
• Polytheism: Belief in more than one god.
• Technology: Advancements that improve human lives.
• Neolithic Revolution's Impact: Permanent civilizations and governments.
• Artifacts: Items left behind by humans.
• Culture: The way people live (language, religion, etc.).
• Cave Paintings: Symbolizing beliefs in spirits, animals, and hunting luck.
• Land Bridge Migration: Early peoples migrated from Asia to the Americas across a land bridge.
• Civilization Organization: Organizing people into groups based on rank or job.
• Archaeology: Scientific study of prehistoric peoples.
• Neolithic Revolution's Additional Impact: Domesticating animals and settling in one place.
• Civilization Development Location: River valleys.
• Early Writing Systems: Hieroglyphics and Cuneiform.
• Monsoons: Important for rainfall in India.
• Physical Map Features: Mountains, rivers, and plains.
• Economist's Study: People's earning and spending of money.
• Historian's Use of Geography: Understanding how geography shaped civilizations.
• Mesopotamia's Rivers: Tigris and Euphrates.
• Nile River's Civilization: Egypt.
• Indian Civilizations' Rivers: Indus and Ganges.
• Shang Dynasty's River: Yellow River.
• Mesopotamia's Alternate Name: Fertile Crescent.
• Reason for River Valley Civilizations: Fertile soil for farming.
• Egyptian Writing System: Hieroglyphics.
• Sumerian/Mesopotamian Writing System: Cuneiform.
• Egyptian Ruler Title: Pharaoh.
• Hammurabi's Code: First set of written laws.
• Pharaoh's Burial: Placed in pyramids.
• Egyptian Achievements: Mummification and pyramids.
• Grid Pattern Cities' Creator: Indus Valley civilization.
• Type of Religion of Civilizations: Polytheistic.
• Irrigation Systems (River Valley Civilizations): Canals and shaduf.
• Chinese Terrace Farming Reasoning: Adapting to their environment.
• Agriculture Advantages: Permanent settlements, permanent food supply.
• Agriculture Disadvantages: Warfare over resources.
• Civilization's Growth from Food Surplus: More food and larger populations.
• Oracle Bones' Uses: Predicting the future.
• Paleolithic Era Characteristics: Nomadic, small groups, hunting and gathering.
• Neolithic Era Characteristics: Farming, settled lifestyle, building settlements.

India

• Caste System: Social structure in Hinduism.
• Moksha: Freedom from reincarnation.
• Karma: Actions determining future lives.
• Dharma: Religious responsibilities.
• Reincarnation: Rebirth of the soul.
• Hinduism's Nature: Polytheistic religion.
• Buddhism's Founder: Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha).
• Four Noble Truths(Buddhism): Explains suffering in life
• Eightfold Path(Buddhism): A way to end suffering in the world
• Asoka: Mauryan ruler who spread Buddhism.
• Golden Age of India: Gupta period.
• Gupta Mathematical Achievements: Concept of zero, Pi, and decimal system.
• Hinduism and Buddhism Similarities: Reincarnation.
• Hinduism and Buddhism Differences: Beliefs concerning karma and dharma vs nirvana or moksha

China

• Warring States Period: Period of division in China.
• Qin Dynasty Leader: Shi Huangdi.
• Qin Dynasty's Ruling Philosophy: Legalism.
• Great Wall of China's Purpose: Keeping out foreign invaders.
• Shi Huangdi's Improvements: Standard weights and measures, cart axles, and canals.
• Legalism Beliefs: Harsh punishments for order.
• Civil Service Exam System Details: Used by the government to choose people who are loyal
• Silk Road Importance: Connected China, India, and Europe.
• Han Dynasty Achievements: Development of paper, the compass, and the rudder.
• Filial Piety: Respecting elders.
• Five Relationships: Part of Confucianism.
• Superior's Duty in Relationships: Take care of the inferior.
• Inferior's Duty in Relationships: Show loyalty and obedience.

Greece

• Homer's Works: Iliad and Odyssey.
• Greece's Peninsula: Balkan.
• Mountain Impact on Greece: Isolation and lack of large-scale farming.
• Archipelago Impact on Greece: Skilled shipbuilders, trade, and cultural exchange.
• Harbour Impact on Greece: Skilled shipbuilders, trade, and cultural exchange.
• City-State: Polis.
• High City: Acropolis.
• Government Types: Monarchy, aristocracy, and oligarchy.
• Democracy's Definition: System where people vote and make decisions.
• Legislature: Law-making body.
• Greek Religion's Nature: Polytheistic.
• Persian Wars Participants: Greeks and Persians.
• Persian War Winner: Greece.
• Direct Democracy Details: Each citizen directly participates in decision-making.
• Famous Greek Architectural Achievement: Parthenon, Columns
• Socratic Method: Asking questions to find answers.
• Peloponnesian War Participants: Athens and Sparta.
• Peloponnesian War Impact: Athens' decline.