AP World History 1

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AP World History

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Semester Final Exam

Review Guide

1. Permanent agricultural villages in eastern Mediterranean, then Mesopotamia, Nile River Valley, Sub-Saharan Africa, Indus River Valley, Huang He Valley, Papua New Guinea, Mesoamerica, and the Andes (1.2 I)

Similar question type: Map showing phenomena and analysis of key symbology (1)

2. Effects of the Neolithic Revolution (agriculture and pastoralism began to transform human societies, 1.2 II)

Similar question type: Chart showing a pattern, must recognize the underlying cause of pattern and/or the likely effect (2)

3. Effects of the Neolithic Revolution (agriculture and pastoralism began to transform human societies, 1.2 II)

Similar question type: understanding how evidence supports or contradicts claims (6)

4. New religious beliefs such as Hebrew monotheism emerged and

eventually codified the Hebrew scriptures, providing a bond and ethical code to live by(1.3 III E and 2.1 I A)

Similar question type: how primary sources reflect the influence of cultural constructs (4)

5. New religious beliefs such as Vedic emerge, reflected in the Rig Veda and eventually codified the Sanskrit scriptures, providing a bond and ethical code to live by(1.3 III E and H and 2.1 I B)

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6. Oral history tradition

Similar question type: types of sources historians use and what the strengths and limitations of the sources are (3)

7. Gender issues in early societies (hunter-gatherer, early agricultural, Minoan, Spartan, Greco-Roman, Chinese, Sub-Saharan Africa, Muslim, Mongol, Wet-Rice Agricultural settings, Japanese)

8. New religious beliefs such as Zoroastrianism emerged and influenced later periods such as the Achaemenid Persian dynasty (1.3 III E) Similar question type: how primary sources reflect the influence of cultural constructs (4)

9. The rise of democracy in Athens and criticism (2.2 III A)

Similar question type: recognition of how the author’s context (who he or she is and what the audience is) may influence the content and/or attitude of the source, also known as POV (5)

10.In the major Daoist writings, the core belief of balance between humans and nature assumed that the Chinese political system would be altered indirectly. Daoism also influenced the development of Chinese culture (2.1 II C)

11.“Axial Age”

Similar question type: understanding global chronologies and periodization (7)

12. The convergence of Greco-Roman culture and Buddhist beliefs affected the development of unique sculptural developments (2.1 V C) 13.Belief systems affected gender roles. Buddhism and Christianity

encouraged monastic life and Confucianism emphasized filial piety (2.1 III)

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14.Effects of Confucianism on family (2.1 III)

Similar question type: types of sources historians use and what the strengths and limitations of the sources are (3)

15.Empires and states such as China, Persia, Rome, and South Asians developed new techniques of imperial administration such as

centralized bureaucracies, diplomacy, supply lines, fortifications, roads, currencies, and drawing new groups of military officers and soldiers from the conquered (2.2 II)

16.Effects of the rise and of the fall of the Roman Empire (2.2 IV) Similar question type: Chart showing a pattern, must recognize the underlying cause of pattern and/or the likely effects (2)

17. 600 CE as a turning point in world history

Similar question type: understanding global context sufficiently for recognition of significant turning points (8)

18.Islam, based on the revelations of the prophet Muhammad, developed in the Arabian peninsula…Muslim rule expanded to many parts of Afro-Eurasia due to military expansion, and Islam subsequently expanded through the activities of merchants and missionaries (3.1 III A)

19.Significant innovations in travel (such as camel saddles and caravanserai), in sea travel (such as compass, astrolabe, and ship design), and in forms of finance (such as credit, checks, and banking houses) encouraged the growth of interregional trade of luxury goods like silk and cotton textiles, porcelain, spices, precious metals and gems (3.1 I C)

20.Patriarchy persisted; however, in some areas, women exercised more power and influence, most notably among the Mongols, West Africans, Japanese, and Southeast Asians (3.3 III B)

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21.In the Americas, state systems expanded from 900-1450 CE, during which networks of city states flourished in Mesoamerican Maya

territory. After 1400, imperial systems such as the Mexica Aztecs and Inca added organized bureaucratic governments. (3.2 I D)

22. Medieval period…The movement of peoples was based on

technological adaptations (like the Viking longship or the Arab camel saddle used by the Berbers) These migrations caused environmental effects (like Bantu iron and farming techniques modifying the

landscape) and linguistic effects (like the spread of Bantu, Turkic, and Arabic). (3.1 II)

23. The basic beliefs of early Islam

24.Medieval period…There was continued diffusion of crops and

pathogens throughout the Eastern Hemisphere trade routes, such as the Indian Ocean trade routes. Specifically, crops include cotton, champa rice, citrus fruits and bananas (3.1 IV)

25.Medieval period…Despite significant continuities in social structure such as patriarchy and in labor organization like the Inca ayllu, new forms of coerced labor emerged, such as serfdom in Japan and Europe Similar question type: understanding global chronologies and

periodization (7)

26.Song and Tang technologies (3.1 III E)

27.The Mongols used a variety of Central Asian nomadic fighting styles and new weaponry in establishing a massive empire, then created a new form of governance: the khanate ( 3.2 I overall and 3.2 I B particularly) Similar question type: understanding how evidence supports or

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28.European vs. Ming support of exploration

29.New forms of governance emerged during the medieval period, including decentralized styles of feudalism in Western Europe and Japan (3.2 I B)

30.Japan decides to stop continued borrowing from China as the Tang move against Buddhism (3.2 I B)

31.Some regions and states synthesized local and borrowed traditions, such as what happened with Muslim states borrowing from the Persians and Heian Japan borrowing from China (3.2 1 C)

32. Following the collapse of empires, most rebuilt governments, including the Byzantine Empire and Chinese dynasties (Sui, Tang, and Song) combined traditional sources of power and legitimacy like patriarchy and religious justifications (such as Christianity and the Mandate of Heaven with ancestor veneration) with innovations in justifications (such as caesaropapism and the bodhisattva concept). (3.2 I A) 33.Tang repression of Buddhism

Similar question type: ability to recognize key features of a historical theory and understanding how evidence would support or contradict the theory (9)

34.1300s CE as a turning point

Similar question type: understanding global context sufficiently for recognition of significant turning points (8)

35. The writings of certain interregional travelers such as Ibn Battuta and Marco Polo illustrate the extent and the limitations of intercultural knowledge and understanding (3.1 III C)

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36.Southernization theory

Similar question type: ability to recognize key features of a historical theory and understanding how evidence would support or contradict the theory (9)

37.Existing trade routes flourished and promoted the growth of powerful new trading cities (such as the Mediterranean promoting Venice and Novgorod, the Silk Roads promoting Baghdad, the Trans-Saharan promoting Timbuktu, and the Indian Ocean promoting Hangzhou and the Swahili city-states like Kilwa). (3.1 I A)

Similar question type: Chart showing a pattern, must recognize the underlying cause of pattern and/or the likely effect (2)

38.Continuing influence of Confucianism on Japan (3.2 1 C)

39.Map analysis, specific content not significant

40. Map analysis, specific content not significant

41. Specific content insignificant

42.Comparative thesis statements, specific content not significant Similar question type: understanding what constitutes a strong comparative thesis

43.CCOT thesis statement, specific content not significant

Similar question type: understanding what constitutes a strong continuities and changes thesis

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44.Map recognition of the origination and spread of faith systems

Possibilities include: Hebrew monotheism, Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism, Christianity, Islam

45. Map recognition of political territories

Possibilities include: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Harappan civilization, Shang, Olmec, Chavin, Persia, Qin and Han China, Maurya and

Gupta India, Phoenicia, Greek city-states, Hellenistic kingdoms, Roman Empire, Maya city-states, Moche, Byzantine Empire, Muslim

Caliphates, the Mongol khanates

46.World regions: questions will indicate world geographic zones, so students will have to recognize which parts of the world are which zones…this information can be found attached at the end of this packet