Hines’ History Spot

French II honors – Complete part 1 of your exam review. On Friday you will receive part 2. Complete that in class and over the weekend. Exam Review Monday.

APWH – Complete the exam review part 2 for homework. 2nd period will get their copy in class Friday. 5th and 6th exam review Friday. 2nd per. exam review Monday. All Exam reviews posted below.

APWH Ch15 & 17 Study guides
CH15
1. What marked the decline of the Arabic Caliphate by 1400? (3-4 things)
2. When did the Ming dynasty take over in China?
3. What were the reasons for the Ming dynasty ending their trading expeditions?
4. Who was Zhenghe?
5. Account for the sources of Western dynamism in the 14th and 15th c.
6. Where did the Renaissance begin?
7. Why was Italy the center of the Renaissance?
8. Who was Giotto?
9. Compare the societies of New Zealand and Hawaii.
10. What resulted from European contact with sub-Saharan Africa?

Ch. 17
1. What is the basic principle of Italian humanism?
2. What led to the decline of the Italian Renaissance around 1500?
3. What is a major difference between the Northern and Italian Renaissances?
4. Who was Johannes Gutenberg?
5. What were the hallmarks of the European-style family of the 15th c.?
6. Who is Martin Luther? What did he espouse?
7. Luther’s ideas were supported by both the German elite and the common people. Why?
8. Who established the Anglican Church?
9. What was the basis for Calvinism?
10. Who were the Jesuits?
11. What did the Edict of Nantes establish in 1598?
12. Discuss the results of the Thirty Years War.
13. What was the proletariat?
14. Who was Copernicus?
15. What did John Harvey discover?
16. Who was Isaac Newton?
17. Who were the Deists and what did they believe?
18. What is absolute monarchy? Who is the prime example?
19. What is mercantilism?
20. Which country did not develop into an absolute monarchy but a into a parliamentary government?
21. Who was Frederick the Great?
22. What was the Enlightenment? What were the basic principles?
23. Who was Adam Smith and what did he propose?

APWH – Semester Exam review Ch1-9
1. Discuss the political organization of the Mesopotamian civilization.
2. What was the Mesopotamian, Sumerian civilization known for producing?
3. Compare Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations.
4. Compare the Qin and Zhou dynasties in classical China.
5. Describe the various functions/aspects of the Han government.
6. Compare classical Chinese and Indian society.
7. Compare Daoism and Confucianism.
8. How did Buddhism differ from Hinduism?
9. How did the Mauryan dynasty differ from the Gupta dynasty?
10. Discuss the political, social, and economic aspects of the Roman Empire.
11. Discuss the possible Confucian viewpoint of the Roman Empire.
12. How did the Greeks approach science?
13. Who were the Bedouins?
14. Who was Muhammad? Discuss his role in the development of Islam, especially his flight to Medina.
15. What are the five pillars of Islam?
16. Describe the economy of the Abbasid era.
17. Discuss the status of women in Islamic society.
18. What were the crusades? Why were they successful inititally?
19. Compare Islam and Hinduism – similarities and differences.
20. Discuss the spread of Christianity in Africa – where, to what extent?
21. Discuss the spread of Islam in Africa – where, to what extent?
22. What was significant about the Byzantine Empire?
23. Discuss the creation/rise of Kiev in Russia.
24. What was iconoclasm? What resulted from it?

APWH – Semester review pt.2 Ch10-14
1. Who was Pope Gregory VII?
2. What is manorialism?
3. What is feudalism?
4. Describe the dominant artistic and architectural style of the High Middle Ages.
5. What was the perception of the Toltecs as seen by the Aztecs?
6. Discuss the major themes of the Aztec religion.
7. What was split inheritance? What resulted from this practice?
8. Discuss the basic formation and political structure of the Tang dynasty.
9. Who were the scholar-gentry? Discuss their change in status over time.
10. Discuss the status of women in the Tang-Song dynasty of post-classical China.
11. Discuss the relationship of the peasants to samurai in Japan.
12. What resulted from the collapse of the Ashikaga Shogunate?
13. Discuss the state of the Korean bureaucracy under Chinese influence.
14. Why did were the Chinese not able to incorporate the Vietnamese fully into Chinese culture?
15. Discuss the culture, military and social structure of the Mongols.
16. Identify the 4 khanates and the territories that they controlled.
17. Who was Kubilai Khan?
18. How did Kubilai Khan achieve the separation of the Mongols and the Chinese?
19. Which classes of Chinese society benefited from Mongol rule?