Final Exam Review
Use your textbook Chapters 1-18, your class spiral, and other outside resources to complete the review
on a SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER.
Reviews are due in class on December _______ for a grade (even if you are exempting). Failure to turn
in a review voids the exemption form. You will be required to take the test if you do not turn it in.
1. Know the locations and contributions of the following ancient river civilizations:
a. Egypt
b. Sumer/Mesopotamia
c. India
d. China
2. Know the origins and main beliefs of the following world religions:
a. Islam
b. Judaism
c. Christianity
d. Hinduism
e. Buddhism
3. Explain features of the following governments:
a. Theocratic
b. Totalitarian
c. Monarchy
d. Representative Democracy
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4. Know the following people and their major accomplishments:
a. Christopher Columbus
b. Nicholas Copernicus
c. Martin Luther
d. George Washington
e. Thomas Jefferson
5. Know the documents that influenced U.S. governments and how they did so:
a. Magna Carta
b. Mayflower Compact
c. English Bill of Rights
6. Explain the significance of the following battles in the American Revolution:
a. Lexington and Concord
b. Saratoga
c. Yorktown
7. Explain the Black Death/Bubonic Plague:
a. Origins
b. Cause/Spread
c. Effect on Europe
8. Know the following terms:
a. Republicanism
b. Federalism
c. Seperation of powers
d. Checks and balances
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9. What are the key features of the Middle Ages?
10. What church was created in the Great Schism?
11. What is the woman’s responsibility in nomadic cultures?
12. Know the freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. (1st 10 amendments to the Constitution)
13. What is does the Habeas Corpus Act guarantee? When and where was it established?
14. What principles in the Magna Carta are found in the U.S. government?
15. What was the effect of England’s Glorious Revolution?
16. What are John Locke’s beliefs on the role of the government?
17. Be able to compare and Contrast Athenian and Spartan women.
18. How did the Enlightenment influence the American government?
19. Explain how the Enlightenment affected the slave trade.
20. What is an unalienable right? What part of the constitution guarantees these rights?
21. What is the major contribution of Alexander the Great?
22. In the debate over the U.S. Constitution, what did Federalists support?
23. What are the effects of the Gutenberg press?
24. Why did the American colonists reject British rule?
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25. How did English colonists adapt to their environment in North America?
26. Explain triangular trade and its consequences.
27. How did Europeans view Africans during the Age of Exploration?
28. What is the Declaration of Independence? Why was it written?
29. What does the Declaration of Independence say about a government that violates the natural
rights of citizens?
30. What are the effects of the Atlantic slave trade?
31. List at least 3 reasons the Renaissance began in Italy.
32. Who controlled the Bosporus strait and why is it important?
33. Explain the significance and influence of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages.
34. Explain the effects of the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution.
35. What is the term for the global exchange that began with Columbus? Why was it significant?