AP World History

Accelerated World History

October 15-16, 2015

Warm Up – October 15-16, 2015

•Get out your study guide and review the first 5minutes of class. We will start our review gameimmediately after the late bell.

Agenda

•Unit 2 Review

•Unit 2 Test

•Reminders:

•Study Guide Due Today!

•Progress Reports Given Out in 6th Period.

Review Game Rules

•You will be in 3 teams.

•Each team gets a sticky note. Pick a captain!

•When the question comes up on the board, yourcaptain will rush to the board and put his/hersticky note on it. The first team to get to the boardwill be called on to answer.

•If they get it right, they get the point. If not, thenext one will get the opportunity to answer.

Review Game Rules

•If there is a tie, both teams have the chance toanswer and get the point.

•Breakdown of prizes*:

•Winning team – 5 bonus points on test

•2nd Place – 4 bonus points

•3rd Place – 3 Bonus Points

•Last Place – 2 Bonus Points

•*As long as everyone in group participates.

Question 1

•Who won the Peloponnesian War?

•Sparta

Question 2

•Why was Alexandria, Egypt, important during theHellenistic period?

•It was a center/central location for commerce,trade, and culture

Question 3

•What separated the different regions withinGreece?

•Mountains

Question 4

•What territories were conquered by Alexanderthe Great?

•Persian Empire, Egypt, and the Indus RiverValley

Question 5

•What did Athens and Sparta have in common?

•They were both city-states

Question 6

•What were the reasons for the decline of theRoman Empire?

•Invasions of neighboring tribes, huge amounts ofdebt + inflation, disruption of trade

Question 7

•What languages are derived from Latin?

•French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese(The Romance languages)

Question 8

•What was the emperor’s purpose for dividing theRoman Empire?

•It was more efficient (easier) to control

Question 9

•In the early Roman government, who were theconsuls?

•Chief Executives (they make and enforce laws)

Question 10

•Describe the 12 Tables

•Written laws; Publicly displayed; gave legalprotection to all citizens

Question 11

•What were the reasons that Christianity spreadthroughout the Roman Empire?

•Rome’s infrastructure (roads) were great &encouraged the exchange of ideas; embraced allpeople; Jesus taught eternal life.

Question 12

•Why was Augustus the most able emperor ofRome?

•Stabilized the frontier (border of empire); builtbeautiful government buildings; created anenduring government (stable, long lasting)

Question 13

•What regions of the world today are still stronglyinfluenced by the achievements of Rome?

•Europe & the United States

Question 14

•What is a republic?

•A representative democracy; citizens electsrepresentatives to vote for them.

•Bonus – who is the most well-known countryTODAY that is a republic?

Question 15

•Why did Roman rulers oppose Christianity?

•Christians would not worship the Roman gods

Question 16

•What happened during the Pax Romana?

•The Roman Empire experienced peace andprosperity thanks to good rulers and smartdecision making.

Question 17

•What rights were Roman citizens guaranteedunder Roman law?

•Right to receive equal treatment under the law;right to be punished for actions, not thoughts;right to be considered innocent until proven guilty.

Question 18

•During the 8th century dispute over icons, whosupported their use?

•The Pope

Question 19

•Justinian created a panel of experts to do what?

•Compile laws to regulate a complex society

Question 20

•What title did Ivan III adopt?

•Czar

Question 21

•What did Justinian and Yaroslav the Wise bothcreate?

•Effective legal codes

Question 22

•Orthodox Christianity became the state religionof which empire?

•Byzantine Empire

Question 23

•What is a pastoralist?

•Nomad who herds animals

Question 24

•What happened to the Mongol Empireimmediately following the death of GenghisKhan?

•Expanded into other parts of Asia (thanks to hissons and grandsons).

Question 25

•What modern day states were once part of theMongol Empire?

•North Korea, Russia, South Korea, China

Question 26

•What made Kublai Khan unique from his fellowMongols?

•He was not nomadic.

Question 27

•What happened during the Pax Mongolica?

•Ideas and innovations/inventions spread withtrade between Europe and Asia

Question 28

•Why did Kublai Khan favor Mongols andforeigners for government posts?

•He believed that Mongols and foreigners didhave local loyalty

Question 29

•Describe the Mongol Empire

•Geography – Largest unified land empire

•Religion – Ritualistic, Animistic

•Political – Ruled by families and a king

Test Instructions

•Name

•Date – 10/15/2015

•Class Period – 4th

•Test Version – 1, 2, or 3

•Subject – Unit 2 Test

•Number two pencil. Find something to do afterthe test. If I see a phone, it’s a zero. 