An Eclectic Global Review Game!
Global History and Geography I
Name: _______________________
E. Napp
Date: _______________________
Complete the following excerpt based on the Global Regents. A Word Bank follows
the excerpt.
_______________ is best defined as the belief that one’s culture is superior to all
others. _______________ is bordered by the Yellow Sea, its population is
concentrated along the coast and in river valleys, and mountains and deserts
dominate the western region. _____________ are primarily interested in studying
how people change resources into goods and services. The _____________
______________ is considered a turning point in history because it included the
domestication of plants and animals. The primary reason the Bantu-speaking
people migrated southward and eastward between 500 B.C. and A.D. 1500 was to
find ________ for farming and grazing. ________________ is most closely
associated with worshipping many gods. The ____________ ___________ preserved
Greek and Roman culture.
Word Bank:
Economists, China, Byzantine Empire, Neolithic Revolution, Land, Ethnocentrism,
Polytheism
Let’s continue:
In Western Europe, feudalism developed after the ______________
______________ collapsed. ______________ is an important theme in Japanese art
and culture. _____________ served as a cultural bridge connecting China to Japan.
During the ____________ ______________, trade increased between Europe and
Asia.
Word Bank:
Nature, Pax Mongolia, Roman Empire, Korea
Another excerpt:
Citizens are the source of power in a ______________. The Twelve Tables and an
extensive road system are associated with the ______________ ____________.
_______________ is best defined as a system in which land is exchanged for military
service and loyalty. The Pax Mongolia led to regional stability, increasing trade on
the ___________ _____________.
Word Bank:
Silk Road, Roman Empire, Feudalism, Democracy
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Based on this map, identify one geographic feature that influenced the location of early
centers of civilization.
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“Farmers in India Await the Rains, and Despair”
REWARI, India—When the monsoon rains that sweep across India every year failed
to arrive in late June, the farmers here began to worry. Now, as they scan the empty
blue skies for signs of clouds, their worry is turning to despair.
Broad swaths [wide areas] of India are seeing the country’s worst drought in 15 years.
Here in the northern state of Haryana, the level of rainfall until July 24 was 70% below
average; for the country as a whole, it was 24% below normal. Since July 24, there has
been little relief for the hardest-hit areas.
Under these parched [very dry] conditions, economists say, India’s growth could wilt,
since agriculture accounts for a quarter of gross domestic product [GDP] and sustains
[supports] two thirds of the nation’s billion-strong population. Before the drought,
economists were expecting agricultural expansion of around 2% and GDP growth of
4.5% to 6% in the current fiscal year, which began April 1. Now they are predicting
that agricultural production will remain stagnant or even turn negative, shaving
something like half a percentage point off overall economic growth. . . .
Source: Joanna Slater, The Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2002
Based on this excerpt by Joanna Slater, state one negative impact the lack of rain has
had on the economy in India.
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Theme: Movement of People and Goods: Trade
Task:
List three facts about the Silk Roads:
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
List three facts about the Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
The Silk Roads
One reason for the establishment of the
trade route:
The Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
One reason for the establishment of the
trade route:
One positive or negative effect of the
trade route on a specific nation or
region:
One positive or negative effect of the
trade route on a specific nation or
region:
Write an introduction for this thematic essay:
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A. The development of civil service
examinations and a belief in filial piety
reflect its influence.
B. This rigid class system in India. It
lacks social mobility.
Islam
Trade
C. The law sometimes distinguished
between social classes.
Confucianism
D. He preserved and transmitted Greek
and Roman culture.
Greek Philosophers
E. The African kingdoms of Ghana and
Mali are similar in that they established
their wealth through this activity.
F. This “Way of the Warrior” in Japan
was similar to the Code of Chivalry of
European knights.
G. Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato
influenced world history due to their
intellectual contributions.
H. Buddhist temples are found in Japan.
Loyalty
Cultural Diffusion
Buddhism
Shinto
I. European knights and Japanese
samurai pledged this to their military
leaders.
J. The journey to Mecca is associated
with it.
Caste
Emperor Justinian
K. It is based on the worship of spirits in
nature.
Code of Hammurabi
L. It is associated with the Four Noble
Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the
concept of Nirvana.
Bushido
Korea greatly influenced the development of early Japan by
1.
2.
3.
4.
acting as a bridge for ideas from China
providing Japan with the technology for industrialization
serving as a barrier against Chinese aggression
protecting Japan from early European exploration
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Medieval Life: Attacking a Castle
Ladders were used by those attacking a castle to climb over
the walls and fight the castle inhabitants within the castle walls.
However, ladders had the disadvantage of leaving the man
climbing the ladder subject to attack by arrow, boiling water or
oil, or by being thrown to the ground if the ladder was pushed
away from the wall. To prevent this type of attack the Belfry or
Siege Tower was developed.
The Belfry was a large structure on wheels that could be pushed up
to the castle walls. Ladders inside the Belfry allowed attackers to
climb to the top under cover and get into the castle. Castle owners
prevented this type of attack by piling earth up against the castle
walls so that the Belfry, which was on wheels, could not be pushed
near to the castle
Questions:
1: What sometimes happened to soldiers while climbing over castle walls on
ladders?
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2: What was a Belfry?
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3: How did the Belfry benefit soldiers?
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4: How has military technology changed warfare?
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5: What technologies might exist in the future that will radically change warfare?
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Medieval Life
Look up the meaning of any
words you don’t know.
Discuss how these words
are related to medieval life
especially to the three
groups, the nobles, the
serfs, and the church. Find
the words in the grid to the
left.
archery
armor
bishop
blacksmith
bread
castle
cathedral
church
crop rotation
crops
disease
fallow
famine
field
fight
horse
hunt
jousting
knight
labor
lord
manor
mill
monastery
noble
peasant
pray
serf
tax
tithe
toil
war
work