WHAP Fall Final Exam Review Sheet
Answer the question briefly. One question on the review may apply to more than one question on the
exam (the exam has 70 questions, including maps).
1. Why did ancient empires build roads?
2. Why did early civilizations begin in river valleys?
3. How did the Christian Church unify medieval Europe?
4. According to the ideas of the American founding fathers, why was revolution justified?
5. What is the Magna Carta?
6. What is a democracy?
7. Where did the idea of democracy begin?
8. What beliefs are shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
9. What are the basic beliefs of Buddhism?
10. What is a “Golden Age”?
11. How did Greece’s geography affect its governments?
12. What was a difference between Rome and China after the collapse of the classical governments?
13. What impact did Marco Polo’s journeys have?
14. What were similarities between Han China and Classical Rome?
15. How does Confucianism believe society should work?
16. What does the archaeology of the Indus Valley civilization show?
17. The strongest influence on Western Europe during the Middle Ages was…
18. How did the Byzantines influence Russia?
19. What was medieval Europe’s economic system?
20. What technological advances were made during the Neolithic period?
21. What was the Neolithic Revolution?
22. How did Swahili develop?
23. What common characteristic was shared by Bronze Age and Classical Age African kingdoms?
24. How did Alexander the Great influence the territories he conquered?
25. Why was the first writing developed?
26. What was the Code of Hammurabi?
27. What social influence did Christianity and Islam have on their societies in the Middle Ages?
28. What was the Muslim attitude about slavery?
29. What are the holy scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
30. What moral behaviors are expected by these religions?
31. What is the caste system? Which religion is it associated with?
32. What is similar between a direct democracy and a republic? What is the main difference?
33. What happened to the Western Europe when the Roman Empire collapsed?
34. How was the Byzantine Empire different from medieval western Europe?
35. What is a serf?
36. What is manorialism?
37. What is feudalism? Why did it start
38. Why did the Crusades happen?
39. What were the results/impact of the Crusades?
40. Why did feudalism arise in medieval Europe? What were the major factors in its collapse?
41. How did the Mongols treat the peoples they conquered?
42. Place the following Chinese dynasties in order: Ming, Qing, Han, Yuan
43. What impact did trade routes have on participating civilizations?
44. How did the plague get to Europe? What was its impact?
45. Who was Zheng He?