First Semester Final Focus Questions - Vocab (1) PDF

Unit 1: Introduction to World History - Purpose and Foundation Focus Questions: 1. What are the dangers of a single story? How can we use this as a framework for studying history? 2. What is the SPICE framework for understanding history? How can you use it to better understand world his...

Unit 1: Introduction to World History - Purpose and Foundation Focus Questions: 1. What are the dangers of a single story? How can we use this as a framework for studying history? 2. What is the SPICE framework for understanding history? How can you use it to better understand world history? 3. What are the features of a map? How do historians describe location? 4. What are the major religions of the world? What are the central beliefs and practices of each religion?  Unit 2: Foundations of Civilization: The West Focus Questions: Be prepared to use SPICE (social, political, interaction with the environment, cultural and economic) factors to help answer the following questions: 1. What was the Neolithic Revolution and what effects did it have? 2. How did each of these groups of people develop & exhibit the fundamental characteristics of a civilization? 3. How did geography impact the development of early civilizations? 4. How and to what extent did these religions evolve and spread from their origins, and what factors contributed to their spread? 5. How did ancient societies shape one another through cultural blending? 6. How did early civilizations build & govern their civilizations or empires? Foundations Class Notes - Neolithic Revolution 2.1 Characteristics of Civilization nomadic lifestyle civilization animism advanced cities hunter-gatherer specialized workers domestication complex institutions agriculture record keeping improved technology The Middle East 2.2: Mesopotamia 4.3: The Persian Empire Fertile Crescent Cyrus city-state Darius cuneiform satraps ziggurat (from 2.1) Royal Road cultural diffusion Zoroastrianism Hammurabi empire polytheism Religions Class Notes/Reading - Judaism Class Notes/Reading - Christianity Torah Jesus (Christ) Temple or synagogue crucifixion Rabbi Bible (Old & New Testament) Abraham priest Israelites Messiah Covenant disciples, apostles Ten Commandments pope monotheism Greece Rome Class Notes / DBQ packet Class Notes / DBQ packet republic Democracy Senate citizens vs. subjects Patrician  City-state (polis) Plebeian Pericles Pax Romana Assembly Colosseum (in video) Socrates (in video) aqueduct (in video) Parthenon (in video) Unit 3: Foundations of Civilization: The East Focus Questions: Be prepared to use SPICE (social, political, interaction with the environment, cultural and economic) factors to help answer the following questions: 1. How did each of these groups of people develop & exhibit the fundamental characteristics of a civilization? 2. How did geography impact the development of early civilizations? 3. How and to what extent did these religions & philosophies evolve and spread from their origins, and what factors contributed to their spread? 4. How did ancient societies shape one another through cultural blending? 5. How did early civilizations build & govern their civilizations or empires? India 2.4: Planned Cities on 3.2: The Origins of 3.3: The Origins of 7.1: India’s First the Indus Hinduism Buddhism Empires subcontinent Aryans Buddha (Siddhartha Mauryan Empire monsoon Vedas Gautama) Asoka Harappan civilization castes enlightenment/nirvana Gupta Empire Mohenjo-Daro polytheism Noble Eightfold Path or karma Middle Way Brahman Four Noble Truths dharma reincarnation Moksha Atman Ganges River China 2.5: River Valley Dynasties in 4.4: The Unification of China 7.3; The Han Emperors in China China Confucius Han Dynasty oracle bones filial piety Liu Bang Mandate of Heaven Bureaucracy civil service dynastic cycle Daoism Monopoly feudalism Legalism assimilation autocracy/authoritarian Silk Roads Shi Huangdi & Qin Dynasty The Great Wall Islam 8.1: The Rise of Islam Allah Muhammad Imam Five Pillars Muslim/Islam Mecca Ka’aba Qur’an mosque Sunni Shi’a Unit 4: Introduction to Silk Roads Focus Question: How did ancient societies shape one another through cultural blending? Terms Silk Roads Samarkand bazaar Baghdad House of Wisdom calligraphy Kashgar cultural blending (cultural diffusion) Buddhist art Timbuktu Mali Empire Mansa Musa gold-salt trade Ibn Battuta Constantinople caravan Khanbaliq Mongols Genghis Khan Pax Mongolica Unit 5: Encounter & Exchange Focus Questions: Analyze each question & each civilization through SPICE 1. Why did some parts of the world develop into wealthy, expansive civilizations while others did not? 2. In what ways did movement lead to cultural blending in a variety of forms? 3. How effective were each of these civilizations and/or leaders in the areas of leadership, use of resources, technology, art/culture and freedom of their people? 4. Describe the complexities of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in terms of the roles of the various people/groups in Africa, the Americas, and Europe. 5. What is the SPICE framework for understanding history? How can you use it to better understand this topic? Aztec Empire Tenochtitlan chinampas Montezuma II Aztec sunstone/calendar Triple Alliance Inca Empire Pachacuti ayllu mita quipu Cusco European Exploration God, Glory, Gold Prince Henry Bartolomeau Dias Vasco da Gama Christopher Columbus Treaty of Tordesillas Ferdinand Magellan Dutch East India Company Columbian Exchange Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Triangular Trade Middle Passage Afonso I of Kongo Mercantilism Chinese Exploration Ming Dynasty Hongwu Zheng He Qing Dynasty Middle Kingdom Tributes Civil Service System Unit 6: Medieval & Renaissance Europe Focus Questions & SPICE connections: 1. What new ideas emerged out of Medieval Europe, and how did these ideas impact European culture? 2. What were the causes and effects of the Crusades? 3. What new ideas emerged out of the Renaissance, and how did these ideas impact European culture? Terms: Medieval Europe Middle Ages Roman Catholic Church feudalism chivalry Black Death Gothic architecture The Crusades Pope Urban II Saladin Richard the Lionhearted The Renaissance (underlined terms will be covered in class) humanism secular patron (the Medici family) “Renaissance man” Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci Northern Renaissance Machiavelli Shakespeare printing press & Gutenberg