Global History and Geography 9E Midterm Review 2024-2025 PDF

Global History and Geography 9E Midterm Review 2024-2025 Day & Date Wednesday 1/22/2025 7:40 am - 9:10am ROOM:_________ Introductory Terms of Ge...

Global History and Geography 9E Midterm Review 2024-2025 Day & Date Wednesday 1/22/2025 7:40 am - 9:10am ROOM:_________ Introductory Terms of Geography & Culture: ​ How is the past studied and how is it organized chronologically? ​ How does geography affect culture? ​ What are examples of cultural diffusion? What are examples of cultural diversity? ​ What is ethnocentrism ? Give examples. ​ What is the purpose of government? What is democracy? ​ How do each of the following answer the key economic questions: o​ Command economy o​ Traditional economy o​ Market economy ​ What are the limits of a traditional society? Pre-History: ​ What is archeology and how did it determine the origins of humans? ​ What was the Paleolithic Age like? ​ How was the Neolithic Age a revolution? ​ Compare and contrast the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages. Rise of Civilizations: ​ Why did civilizations emerge in river valleys? ​ What did river valleys have in common? o​ Nile River o​ Tigris-Euphrates River o​ Yellow River o​ Indus River ​ Describe Hammurabi’s code and explain its impact on life in ancient Babylon and beyond. Classical Civilizations: ​ How did the geography of Greece and Rome affect the development of their cultures? ​ Compare and contrast Athens and Sparta. ​ What were the major achievements of ancient Greece? ​ How did democracy develop in Athens? ​ Which ideas did the Romans borrow from the Greeks? ​ Compare Roman law (12 Tables) to Hammurabi’s code. ​ Why was the Pax Romana considered a golden age? ​ How did the Roman empire finally fall? ​ How was the Gupta Empire a golden age of India? ​ How did monsoons impact the lives of Indians? ​ Why did the Abbasid Dynasty experience a golden age? ​ Why was the Great Wall of China significant to China’s unification? ​ How did the Dynastic Cycle explain the rise and fall of ruling families in China? Religious and Belief Systems: ​ What does it mean to be “polytheistic”? Give examples. ​ How did monotheistic religions develop? ​ What are the similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? ​ How did Hinduism and Buddhism develop in India? ​ Compare and contrast Hinduism and Buddhism. o​ Caste System o​ Karma o​ Dharma o​ Reincarnation o​ Four Noble Truths o​ Eightfold Path ​ Why did the Three Schools of Thought develop in China? ​ Compare and contrast Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. Byzantine Empire: ​ Why was Constantinople known as the “new Rome”? ​ What defined the Golden Age of Justinian? ​ Compare and contrast Eastern Orthodox Christianity to Roman Catholicism. Middle Ages ​ The Fall of Rome ​ Western European Dark Ages ​ Feudalism ​ Manorialism