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AP World History
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9​ Grade Review Project

Directions:
● Each Class will be divided into 5 groups.
● Each group will be responsible for answering their given set of questions.
● (1-24; 25-45; 46-67; 68-87; 88-110)
● Using your iPads you will create a presentation of your answers. ​(google
slides is probably best)
● The presentation should be mainly images, photographs, and maps that will
help answer your questions. (Text should be limited as you will be giving an
oral presentation to the class)
● You will complete ALL of the questions in your packet as you watch the
presentations.

1. On what continent did the first humans appear?

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2. Who was Mary Leakey and what did she believe?

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3. Define the following terms: Archaeologist, Artifact, and Anthropologist.

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4. State two facts about a traditional economy.

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5. Define nomad. Why were early humans nomadic?

6. Define culture and identify specific characteristics of culture.

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7. What was the Neolithic Revolution?

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8. What were the effects of the Neolithic Revolution?

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9. Define civilization and identify specific characteristics of civilization.

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10. Identify the four early river valley civilizations.

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11. What was Mesopotamia?

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12. List two significant facts about the Sumerians.

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13. Define cuneiform and define ziggurat.

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14. What was the Code of Hammurabi? Prove the following statement: The Code of Hammurabi was harsh

and had class divisions.

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15. Think Ancient Egypt and define pharaoh and hieroglyphics.

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16. Describe urban planning in the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro of the Indus River Valley

Civilization (Harappan civilization).

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17. Where did China’s earliest civilization develop?

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18. Who invaded the Indian subcontinent around 1500 B.C.E.?

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19. Where did the Persian Empire stretch at its height?

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20. State three significant facts about Athens.

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21. State three significant facts about Sparta.

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22. Describe Athenian democracy (Who voted and who could not vote).

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23. List three accomplishments of the ancient Greek Golden Age (Include one architectural accomplishment

and one philosophical accomplishment).

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24. Who was Alexander the Great and what did he spread?

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25. Describe the Roman republic.

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26. Identify the Twelve Tables of Roman law.

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27. How did Rome change as it became an empire?

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28. What was the Pax Romana?

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29. Who was Emperor Constantine and why was he significant?

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30. State two causes of the fall of Rome.

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31. State three facts about the Mauryan king Asoka.

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32. What were the Pillars of Asoka?

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33. What happened during the Gupta Empire (Include specific accomplishments)?

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34. What was the Mandate of Heaven?

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35. State facts about the Qin dynasty of China.

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36. List the similarities of the Han dynasty of China and the Roman Empire.

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37. What was the Silk Road and provide examples of cultural diffusion on the Silk Road?

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38. List three Chinese inventions.

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39. Define animism.

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40. Explain the following terms associated with Judaism: Monotheism and the Torah.

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41. Explain the following terms associated with Hinduism: Caste System, Reincarnation, Karma, Dharma,

Brahma, and Moksha.

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42. Explain the following terms associated with Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and

Nirvana.

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43. Explain the following terms associated with Confucianism: The Five Relationships, Inferiors and

Superiors, Filial Piety, and the Examination System.

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44. Explain one belief of Daoism.

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45. Explain two Christian beliefs regarding Jesus Christ.

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46. Identify and describe three significant facts about the Mayas, a pre-Columbian group that flourished in

the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans.

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47. What happened to the Eastern Roman Empire after the collapse of the western half of the Roman

Empire in the 5​th​ century?

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48. What was the Code of Justinian?

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49. What form of Christianity was practiced in the Byzantine Empire?

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50. What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and why did it have a great location for trade?

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51. List two accomplishments of the Byzantine Empire.

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52. How did the Byzantines influence Russia (Consider cultural diffusion)?

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53. Who was Muhammad and how did he change world history?

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54. What happened to Muhammad in 622? What is the name of this event?

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55. List the Five Pillars of Faith that Muslims follow.

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56. What is the Qu’ran (Koran)?

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57. Why did Islam quickly spread?

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58. List two accomplishments of the Islamic Golden Age.

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59. Describe life in the early Middle Ages or Medieval period.

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60. Define feudalism and explain why feudalism existed in the European Middle Ages.

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61. Define the following terms associated with the European Medieval Period: Manor, Serf, and Lord.

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62. Why is the Middle Ages often referred to as the Age of Faith?

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63. What did the Roman Catholic Church provide during the Middle Ages?

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64. What were the Crusades?

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65. The Crusades are sometimes referred to as “Successful Failures” for the Europeans. Why?

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66. List several accomplishments from China’s Golden Age (the T’ang and Song Dynasties).

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67. Explain to beliefs associated with the Shinto religion of Japan (Include a belief associated with the

emperor).
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68. Describe the Trans-Saharan trade.

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69. Identify the three West African Kingdoms that controlled the Trans-Saharan trade.

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70. Who was Mansa Musa and why did he take a famous pilgrimage to Mecca?

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71. What was Timbuktu and why was it significant?

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72. Identify and describe three significant facts about the Aztecs, a pre-Columbian group that flourished

before the arrival of the Europeans.

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73. Identify and describe three significant facts about the Incas, a pre-Columbian group that flourished

before the arrival of the Europeans.

74. Who was Chinggis (Genghis) Khan and how did he change world history?

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75. State two facts about Kublai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty of China.

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76. Who was Marco Polo and what did he do?

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77. Describe the extent of the Mongol Empire (What lands did the Mongols conquer?).

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78. Explain the following terms associated with feudalism in Japan: Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, and

Bushido.

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79. Describe the role of the Japanese emperor during the Japanese feudal period.

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80. How did the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) enter Western Europe?

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81. What were the effects of the Bubonic Plague on Western Europe (Consider direct and indirect effects)?

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82. What was the Renaissance?

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83. Identify several artists, one philosopher, and one scientist of the Renaissance.

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84. Define secularism.

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85. Define humanism.

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86. Who was Copernicus and what was the heliocentric model of the universe?

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87. What happened in 1453 (Consider Constantinople)?

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88. What was an indulgence?

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89. Who was Martin Luther and why did he challenge the Roman Catholic Church?

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90. What were the Ninety-Five Theses?

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91. Why did some German princes protect Martin Luther?

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92. Who was John Calvin?

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93. What did Johann Gutenberg invent and how and why did his invention help spread ideas?

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94. What was the Counter-Reformation?

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95. What happened at the Council of Trent?

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96. What was the Inquisition?

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97. Who were the Jesuits?

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98. Provide one fact about each of the following explorers of the European Age of Exploration: Christopher

Columbus, Vasco Da Gama, and Ferdinand Magellan.

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99. What was the Columbian Exchange and how did it change world history?

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100. Why was Hernán Cortés able to conquer the Aztecs?

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101. Why was Francisco Pizarro able to conquer the Incas?

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102. Explain the impact of European diseases on the Native American Indians, the indigenous peoples of

the Americas.

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103. Describe the class hierarchy or ranking system in colonial Latin America.

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104. Define the following terms associated with the class hierarchy of Latin America: Peninsulares,

Creoles, and Mestizos.

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105. How did a dying Native American Indian population impact Africans?

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106. Explain three facts about the tragic Atlantic Slave Trade.

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107. Define mercantilism.

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108. Define capitalism.

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109. What was the Commercial Revolution?

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110. Explain Divine Right Theory.

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