Long history study

world history a
final exam
use the following questions to guide your study.
1. which question might a geologist best an archaeologist answer?
2. what evidence would archaeologists look for to identify a site as paleolithic?
3. what did the first civilizations in asia and africa have in common?
4. how did the persian empire maintain rule over a vast area? give examples.
5. which teachings of judaism most likely it appeal to followers?
6. menes, the king of upper egypt, united the two regions of upper egypt and lower egypt. what feature served as a highway linking the two regions?
7. how did the maya and the aztec civilizations differ?
8. which accomplishment most likely the incan emperor maintain rule over widespread lands?
9. how has climate affected the culture of the american indians in the southwest?
10. which beliefs do hindus and buddhists share?
11. what does this domed structure, a stupa, show about the characteristics of the maurya empire in india?
12. why did zhou power over china decline after several centuries?
13. how did the qin dynasty reflect legalist principles of governance?
14. why did both minoans and mycenaeans come to depend on trade?
15. how did the spartan government differ from the government in athens?
16. now, where is the gentle goddess peace? . . laconians, approach; and you, athenians, on my other side. now hearken all! i am but a woman; but i have good common sense; nature has endowed me with discriminating judgment, which i have yet further developed, to the wise teachings of my father and the elders of the city. first i must bring a reproach against you that applies equally to both sides. at olympia, and thermopylae, and delphi, and a score of other places too numerous to mention, you celebrate before the same altars ceremonies common to all hellenes; yet you go cutting each other’s throats, and sacking hellenic cities, when all the while the barbarian yonder is threatening you!
who wrote this?
17. summarize the democratic characteristics of the roman republic.
18. which conditions enabled julius caesar’s rise to power and the republic’s transition to an empire?
19. what fact about the roman empire is best supported by this archaeological evidence, a central paved street with ruined columns?
20. what did paul contribute to christianity?
21. describe the reigns of both clovis i and charlemagne?
22. how did the feudal and manor systems promote a social hierarchy within medieval europe?
23. how did the crusades and the reconquista both contribute to changing political conditions in late medieval europe?
24. what signaled the rise of church power in the late middle ages?
25. how was the power of the medieval church expressed in architecture?
26. describe the impact of the hundred years’ war on medieval europe.
27. describe the relationship between the russian orthodox church and russian rulers?
28. how did muhammad spread islam across the arabian peninsula?
29. what did the umayyad and the abbasid caliphates have in common?
30. how did both the ottomans and the safavids come to rule such large empires?
31. how have geographic factors such as the nile river and the great rift valley affected people in africa?
32. what factor promoted the rise of powerful east african city-states?
33. what does the spread of islam in africa demonstrate?
34. why were muslim invasions in northern india so successful?
35. describe how tang and song society reflected cultural influences over social classes.
36. how did marco polo describe the yuan dynasty?
37. which cultural elements would you cite as evidence of chinese influence in korea?
38. what does the spread of hinduism and islam to southeast asia suggest about the region?
39. be able to recognize a humanist focus on perspective in a work of art from the renaissance.
40. sir thomas more’s utopia most threatened the ways of life of which group?
41. “i am publishing a book in the german tongue about christian reform, directed against the pope.”
–martin luther
what conclusions does this excerpt support?
42. on which point did different protestant sects during the reformation agree?
43. describe the scientific method.
44. why did spanish monarchs most likely support the voyages of christopher columbus?
45. why did fifteenth and sixteenth century european monarchs compete to control trade routes?
46. how did the arrival of europeans most strongly affect the native peoples of the americas?
47. describe the triangular trade.
48. which detail would best support the argument that european expansion in the americas fueled a commercial revolution?