Below you find a list of information that you will be responsible for knowing for the final exam at the end of the year.  Use your textbooks, notes and anything else you have saved throughout the course of the year to help you. 

I.                   Key People:  Know who these people were and why they are important.

King Phillip                             Alexander the Great                Pope Urban II

Justinian                                  Hammurabi                             Caesar

Octavian                                 Constantine                             Nero

Pope Gregory VII                    Tiberius                                   Allah

Muhammad                             Jesus

II.               Key Terms:  Know what all of these terms mean.

    artisan                                        merchant                                 middle class

    Magna Carta                              Dark Ages                               Ice Age

    Bronze Age                                prophet                                    messiah

    Scribe                                        Renaissance                             Judaism

    Buddhism                                  Islam                                        Christianity

    reincarnation                             tribute                                      cathedral

    Code of Chivalry                       indulgence                               domesticate

    cuneiform                                  hieroglyphics                           polytheism

    monotheism                               messiah

III.          Know these “Big Ideas”

A.     Ancient Civilizations  (Mesopotamia/ Egypt/ India/ China)

·        Know the climate and geographical features of each location.

·        These were river valley civilizations so know how the rivers impacted how the cultures developed

·        Be familiar with the religious beliefs

·        KNOW WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MADE TO SOCIETY TODAY.  BE ABLE TO GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

B.      Ancient Greece and Rome 

·        Know the geographical features of each and how they influenced the way the society developed

·        Be able to discuss the idea of Democracy (direct and indirect) /citizenship as it worked in each of these cultures

Rome:  Discuss the problems between the plebeians and the patricians

            Know the reasons that led to the fall of Rome

KNOW THE CONTRIBUTIONS BOTH CULTURES MADE TO OUR SOCIETY TODAY.  BE READY TO GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

C.      Religions of the World

·        Know the basic beliefs and teachings of Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam

·        Know what they have in common and how they are different.

     KNOW HOW THESE RELIGIONS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR SOCIETY TODAY.  BE READY TO GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

D.    Middle Ages

·        Be able to explain the following about Feudalism:

                                                              i.      What it was

                                                            ii.      Why it developed

                                                          iii.      What each person’s role/responsibility was (serf, vassal, lord)

·        Be able to discuss the importance of the Church in Medieval Society