Student Name: _______________________________________
Period: __________
Score: ________
World History: Fall Semester Post-Test Study Guide
This final exam will consist of 35 questions assessing knowledge from Fall Semester.
Guide is used to prepare and review, but not allowed to be used during the assessment.
Early Civilizations
1) What laws does each major world religion adhere to? What are the commonalities between them? How do they influence
the lives of their followers?
2) What are the enduring Greek contributions and their impact on later civilizations?
3) What are the enduring Roman contributions and their impact on later civilizations?
4) What are the enduring Chinese contributions (ie: science, math, inventions) and their impact on later civilizations?
VOCABULARY:
Democracy
Dynasty
Ten Commandments
Greek Golden Age
Mandate of Heaven
Socrates
Eightfold Path
Abacus
Pythagoras
Five Pillars of Faith
World In Transition
1) In what ways were the Han and Roman Dynasties similar?
2) How and why did European feudalism begin? How does European feudalism compare with Japanese feudalism?
3) What were the causes and effects of the crusades?
4) How did cultural diffusion impact European and Asian civilizations from the 12​th​ to the 16​th​ centuries?
VOCABULARY:
Black Death
Merchants
Silk Road
Centralized Government
Nomads
Crusades
Pax Romana
Byzantine Empire
Justinian Code
Empire
Renaissance and Reformation
1) What were the key features found within the European Renaissance?
2) Explain the key technological advances found within the Renaissance and their effects on society.
3) Explain the concept of humanism. How does that differ from the ideas found within the middle ages?
4) What were the main effects of the Renaissance on Western Europe?
5) Who was Martin Luther and what did he begin? Why? Explain the short and long term effects of the first part of the
question on people and on the government?
VOCABULARY:
Secularism
Classical society
Humanism
Protestant Reformation
Vernacular
Martin Luther
Encounters and Exchange
1) What technologies allowed Europeans to begin exploration?
2) How did transAtlantic contact impact both Europeans and Native Americans?
3) Why, how and where were colonies established by European powers?
4) Why and how did the Atlantic Slave Trade begin? What were the major impacts of this?
VOCABULARY:
Columbian Exchange
Pandemics
Triangular Trade
Mercantilism
Colonies
Astrolabe
Caravel
Age of Revolutions
1) How did new ideas of the Scientific Revolution change the way people understood the world?
2) Explain the idea of the Enlightenment. How did this affect the way people thought about the rights of citizens and
government’s role in society?
3) Identify and explain the philosophies of the following individuals: John Locke, Voltaire, Thomas Hobbes, Montesquieu,
Rousseau
4) Explain the causes that led to the French Revolution.
5) What were the short and long term effects of the French Revolution on Europe?
6) Why did the French people support Napoleon Bonaparte? What led to this support?
VOCABULARY:
Heliocentric
Absolute monarchy/Absolutism
Social Contract
Separation of Powers
Enlightenment
Magna Carta
Natural Rights
Petition of Right
English Bill of RIghts
Nationalism