Copy of Pre-AP Final Exam Review Packet

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FINAL EXAM

REVIEW PACKET

Self-Guided Review

Geography

Step 1: Create a legend Land Water Mountains Desert	Step 2: Create a orientation (compass) on the top right corner	Step 3: Label the following: North America South America Europe Africa Asia	Australia Middle East Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean Indian Ocean	Arctic Ocean Mediterranean Sea Himalaya Mts Andes Mts Sahara Desert Fertile Crescent

1. Key Concept G.1 - Principles of Geography

Generally speaking, geographers make maps to identify the location of places. However, they do so much more than that. Geographers use maps and data to________________________________ and examine how _______________________________________________.

Draw examples of the two types of maps below:

1. Key Concept G.2 - Regionalization

Geographers will often use regional boundaries to separate places from one another. Depending on the purpose of the map, these regional boundaries can be based on different information. The separation of the two regions shows they are different from one another, but they may not be different in every aspect or among all data. Regional boundaries can based in _____________________________________________ as well as _______________________, _______________________, and _________________ regions.

Describe details for each of the following types of regional boundaries

1. Key Concept G.3 - Spatial Reorganization

Spatial reorganization is the changes in the _____________________________________________ and activities resulting from improvements in ____________________ and __________________________ technology.

While population pyramids display current population makeup, the same data can be used to predict future trends.

What trends can a population pyramid predict?

Describe the difference between a push and pull factor for migration

1. Key Concept G.4 - Human Adaptations to the Physical Environment

Geographers can also use maps to show the_____________________________________________ between humans and their physical environment. Human adaptations can lead to __________________ and ________ ______________________________________. Also, humans use innovations to adapt to the environment and those innovations can alter the environment.

List positive consequences of human adaptation to the environment:

List negative consequences of human adaptation to the environment:

1. Key Concept G.5 - Comparison of World Regions

For all of the explorations of political, economic, cultural, and social topics that appeared in our course, it is important that we don’t overlook the importance of how_________________________________________

____________________________________________________. World regions are often be shaped by cultural and economic patterns but are not limited to these patterns.

Name TWO cultural patterns that can exist in maps when comparing world regions

Name THREE measurements of quality of life

Give examples of economic and political patterns that can be compared worldwide

Self-Guided Review

Period 1: The Ancient Period, to 600 BCE

1. Key Concept 1.1 - Human Adaptation and Migration in the Paleolithic World

Color-Code the map with the locations of FIVE foundational civilizations		From the Map
Mesopotamia Indus River Valley China Egypt Olmec		One example of trans-regional trade in period 1 was between what two River Valley Civilizations? Pastorialists are semi-nomadic herders. What is the significance of pastoralists in period 1? (What did they spread?)

Throughout the Paleolithic Era, humans developed sophisticated _____________________________ and adapted to different geographical ________________________ as they migrated from ______________ to _______________________, _____________________, and the _____________________.

CIRCLE ONE: Fire was developed during the (PALEOLITHIC or NEOLITHIC) era.

What is the importance of fire?

Humans developed a wider range of _______________ specifically adapted to different environments from _______________________ to ____________________________.

People lived in small ________________ that structured social, emotional, and political activity. These bands exchanged _________________, ______________________, and _____________________.

1. Key Concept 1.2 - Causes and Effects of Neolithic Revolution

Around ___________ years ago, likely in response to warming ______________ at the end of the last Ice Age, agriculture emerged independently in various regions around the world. Complete the chart as you read the italicized paragraph and scroll past the Crash Course videos:

Patriarchy and social hierarchies developed in early agricultural societies.

1. Key Concept 1.3 - Origins of Complex Urban Societies in the Ancient World

The term “civilization” is normally used to designate large societies large societies with cities and powerful states. Complete the chart with 6 similarities among the period 1 civilizations.

River Valley Civilizations: Match the rivers to their civilization below.

Culture - including writing systems, law codes, religious practices, art, architecture, and literature - helped unify civilizations starting in period 1.

Identify THREE examples of monumental architecture in period 1.

• What does the scale of these architectural projects reveal about the civilizations that built them?

Identify THREE systems of record keeping in period 1.

• How was your ability to write connected to your social status?

Identify TWO law codes from period 1.

• Did these law codes seek to reform the inequalities in their respective societies?

Identify THREE religious beliefs that developed in period 1.

• TERMS TO KNOW:

  • Ethnic Religion - A belief system handed down from generation to generation within an ethinicty or culture.

  • Universalizing/Proselytizing/Missionary Religion - A belief system that attempts to be global; they appeal to a diverse people of various ethnicities and cultures. They tend to spread far beyond place of origin.

ISLAM BUDDHISM JUDAISM

HINDUISM CHRISTIANITY

Based on the definitions above, classify the 5 major world religions.

Interactions between civilizations will only increase over time, but that does not mean that period 1 civilizations were isolated. (Based on the map) Identify TWO examples of period 1 migrations and TWO examples of interregional trade.

1. People to Know

1. Art Pieces to Know

Self-Guided Review

Period 2: The Classical Period, 600 BCE - 600 CE

1. Key Concept 2.1 - Development of Religious/Cultural Traditions

Color-Code the map with the locations of SIX major empires		From the Map
Maya Greek City-States Persia China Rome India		List major cities of the time period and their regional location: Identify major invaders and where they invaded:

Religions and belief systems provided a ___________________________ code to live by. These shared beliefs also influenced and reinforced _____________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________.

Religious and political authority often _________________ as rulers used religion, along with military and legal structures, to ______________________________________________ and ensure its continuation.

Use the following chart to keep track of the major belief systems of the Classical Period.

1. Key Concept 2.2 - The Development of States and Empires

As the early states and empires grew in number, size, and population, they frequently competed for resources and ________________________

___________________________________.

Use the table below to keep track of the details for all of the Classical States.

1. Key Concept 2.3 - Emergence of Trans-Regional Trade Networks

With the organization of large-scale empires, the ____________________ of long-distance trade _______________________________________________. Much of this trade resulted from the demand for ____________________________ and ___________________________. Land and water routes linked many regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. List the things tha were exchanged along with trade on these routes:

List the major trade routes of the time and the regions they connect:

List the major innovations in trade durings this time period:

Explain how the following transformed as a result of their spread (through trade):

• Buddhism -

• Christianity -

• Hinduism -

1. People to Know

1. Art & Architecture to Know

1. Documents to Know

Self-Guided Review

Period 3: The Post-Classical Period, 600 CE - 1450 CE

1. Key Concept 3.1 - Expansion of Communication & Exchange Networks

Color-Code the map with the locations of SEVEN major states		From the Map
Aztec Mali China Mongol Byzantine Inca Islamic Caliphates		List major cities of the time period and their regional location: Identify FOUR major trade routes:

Although Afro-Eurasia and the Americas remained separate from one another, this era witnessed a deepening and widening of old and new networks of human interaction within and across regions. The results were unprecedented ______________________________________________________ and the intensification of ___________________________________________________. Innovations in transportation, state policies, and mercantile practices contributed to the expansion and development of commercial networks, which in turn served as conduits for cultural, technological, and biological diffusion within and between various societies. ___________________________________________ groups played a key role in creating and sustaining these networks.

Improved transportation technologies and commercial practices led to an increased volume of trade, and expanded the geographical range of existing and newly active trade networks.

Identify how each of the following developments helped facilitate trade.

Identify how the following state practices facilitated trade:

The expansion of EMPIRES facilitated Trans-Eurasian trade and communication as new peoples were _____________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________.

(We’ll get to the empires/states in a bit…)

The movement of peoples caused environmental and linguistic effects. The expansion and intensification of long-distance trade routes often depended on environmental knowledge and technological adaptations to it. Detail them here.

Some migrations has a significant environmental impact. Name one way in which migrations impact the environment:

Some migrations and commercial contacts led to the ___________________________________ throughout a new region or _______________________________________________________.

Name one language below that spread due to migration or commercial contact AND where it originated from/spread to:

Cross-cultural exchanges were fostered by the intesitfication of existing, or the creation of new networks of trade and communication.

Islam, based on the revelations of _________________________________, developed in ___________________________________. The beliefs and practices of Islam reflected interactions with ____________, ______________________, and _________________ with the local Arabian peoples. Muslim rule expanded to parts of Afro-Eurasia due to __________________________, and Islam subsequently expanded through the activities of _____________________ and ________________________.

In key places along important trade routes, merchants set up diasporic (the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland) communities where they introduced their own cultural traditions into the indigenous culture. Detail them below.

As exchange networks intensified, an increased number of travelers within Afro-Eurasia wrote about their travels.

List as many instances of cultural diffusion as you can during this period:

List as many instances of diffusion of CROPS during this period and where they went:

1. Key Concept 3.2 - Continuity and Innovation in State Forms & their Interactions

Following the collapse of empires, most reconstituted governments, including the Byzantine Empire and the Chinese dynasties - Tang and Song - combined ____________________________________________________________________________ with ________________________________________________________________________________.

Use the table below to keep track of the details for the Post-Classical States that fit the description above.

In some places, new political entities emerged. Use the table below to keep track of the details for these Post-Classical states.

Interregional contacts and conflicts between states and empires encouraged significant technological and cultural transfers. Use the space below to note causes, details, and effects of the Crusades. Note why they are a turning point, especially for Europe.

1. Key Concept 3.3: Increased Economic Productive Capacity & its Consequences

Changes in trade networks results from and stimulated increasing productive capacity, with important implications for _________________________ and environmental processes. Productivity rose in both ________________________ and ____________________________ but also strained environmental resources and at times caused dramatic demographic swings. Shifts in production and the increase volume of trade also stimulated new __________________________________, inducing adaptation of existing patterns of free and coerced labor. Social and gender structures evolved in response to these changes.

Technological Innovations:

The fate of cities varied greatly, with periods of significant decline, and with periods of increase urbanization buoyed by rising productivity and expanding trade networks. (Use Freeman-pedia packet to help)

List cities that declined:

Why?

List cities that were on the rise:

Why?

Note different types of labor systems used in the Post-Classical Era:

Identify how the spread of religions impacted different places:

1. People to Know

Pre-AP World: CRQ Review

Question 1: Contextualization

You will be required to read a document, then provide either the historical or geographic context for the historical developments referenced in that document.

Document 1

Explain the historical circumstances that led to the Crusades.

Question 2: Sourcing

You will be required to read a primary source, then respond to a prompt about the author’s audience, purpose, point of view, or bias. See the prompts below that could appear on your Exam.

Document 2

Using document 2, identify Ibn al-Athir’s point of view concerning the siege of Jerusalem during the First Crusade.

Question 3: Cause and Effect Relationship, Turning Point, Similarities and Differences

You will be required to use both documents in the CRQ set to respond to a prompt about a cause and effect connection between the two documents, a turning point associated with the two documents, or a similarity or difference between the two documents.

Cause and Effect

Similarities and Difference

Base your answer on both Documents 1 and 2 and on your knowledge of social studies.

Similarity — tells how something is alike or the same as something else.

Difference — tells how something is not alike or not the same as something else.

Using evidence from both Documents 1 and 2 and your knowledge of social studies:

a) Identify a similarity or a difference between the events, ideas, or historical developments presented in documents 1 and 2.

b) Explain the similarity or difference you identified using evidence from both documents.

Pre-AP World: Enduring Issues Review

Follow the steps below to identify the enduring issue in the documents.

Step 1. Read your document and underline or highlight any PROBLEMS or CHALLENGES you see.

Step 2. Based on what you underline or highlight, write POSSIBLE ENDURING ISSUES present in the document in the section labeled “Write POSSIBLE ENDURING ISSUES present in the document in the space below.”

Step 3. Go on to the next document and repeat steps 1-2.

Read your document and underline or highlight any PROBLEMS or CHALLENGES you see.

Document 1

Hindu Caste System
Source: Guide to the Essentials of World History, Prentice Hall, 1999 (adapted) from the New York State Global History and Geography Regents Exam.

Write POSSIBLE ENDURING ISSUES present in the document in the space below.

Read your document and underline or highlight any PROBLEMS or CHALLENGES you see.

Document 2

Source: New York State Global History and Geography Regents Exam.

Write POSSIBLE ENDURING ISSUES present in the document in the space below.

Read your document and underline or highlight any PROBLEMS or CHALLENGES you see.

Document 3

Write POSSIBLE ENDURING ISSUES present in the document in the space below.

Construct Arguments	Construct an Enduring Issues Argument Using the documents and activities above, complete the tasks below to construct an enduring issues argument.

Thesis Template:

Global History I: Enduring Issues Outline

Introduction Paragraph:

• An enduring issue is…

• One example of an enduring issue is…

• ___________ is a significant enduring issue because…..

• It can be seen in topic of 1st doc, topic of 2nd doc, topic of 3rd doc

Body Paragraphs 1, 2, & 3: (Repeat same steps for ALL THREE)

• I: Introduce the topic of the document by PROVIDING HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Connect the document back to the Enduring Issue in Intro paragraph

• C: Cite evidence from the document that supports the Enduring Issue

• E: Explain how this evidence and this topic is an example of the EI and how society has been affected by or attempted to resolve this issue

Repeat x2

Conclusion Paragraph:

• Review the topic of this essay (your chosen enduring issue)

• Review the 3 areas this was mentioned above (topics of documents)

• Why is this considered an enduring issue?

  • Where in the world can we see this EI still occurring or see the resolution of this issue?

  • Why is this issue still important or relevant?