DIRECTIONS: Every Friday you will have a HW assignment. The ODD weeks you
will have an essay TTC grid for a Thematic or DBQ essay. The EVEN weeks you
will have a section of regents review packet of questions that you will
answer on a sheet of loose leaf or in you spiral notebooks. These questions
along with the TTC's can be found for each week on this page...
*Use the appropriate link located BELOW each week's Regents Review section
for the EVEN week's assignment! You will have 5 TTC's and 5 Regents Review
Question Packets Due each quarter! (10 HW's each quarter makes up 30% of your
quarterly average - miss just 1 and lose 3 points off of your average!)
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Quarter 1:
(1) Geography Thematic TTC - Due 9/18/09
Complete steps 1-3 of this week's TTC Grid...Be sure to use
specific detail to complete the TTC Grid. Fact not fluff!
Use this link to get to this week's Thematic Essay Question
(2) Geography Regents Review Questions Packet - Due 9/25/09
Human and Physical Geography
Name:____________________
(1) Intro.- How have physical and human geography changed the
course of history?
(2) Intro.- Which of the 5 themes of human & physical geography
is the greatest determinant of a culture and explain why you
think that theme is the most important:
(3) Intro.- For each of the 4 climate zones, identify 1
civilization/culture that lived there and explain how climate
became a factor for their development:
(4) Rivers- What is the difference between a group of nomads and
a civilization?
(5) Rivers- Why did civilizations flourish in river valleys
during the Neolithic Revolution?
(6) Rivers- What positive uses have come from rivers? (give 4)
(7) Mountains- Have mountains historically helped or hindered
cultural diffusion and why?
(8) Mountains- Define: Terracing
(9) Mountains- How did mountains help develop parts of ancient
Greece?
(10) Deserts- Explain how deserts historically helped & hindered
cultural diffusion?
(11) Deserts- What is desertification & why is it a threat today?
(12) B.O.W.- Give 5 positive effects & 3 negative effects of
B.O.W. on history:
(13) B.O.W.- Give 2 examples of straits and explain how their
geography greatly effected the region MILITARILY:
(14) B.O.W.- What advantages does an IRREGULAR coastline have?
(15) Rainforests- Have rainforests historically helped or
hindered cultural diffusion and why?
(16) Rainforests- What should the world do about deforestation in
the Central and South America?
(17) Plains- Why is it that we can say plains have been the
greatest contributor to cultural diffusion?
(18) Plains- What was the chief problem with life on a plateau?
(19) Human Impact- Give 3 examples of civilizations who created
vast networks of roads that changed history in those regions:
(20) Human Impact- Which of the major world canals helped develop
the region the most and why?
(21) Human Impact- Which of the major world canals hurt the
respective region the most and why?
(22) Human Impact- How have fossil fuels changed recent history?
(23) Human Impact- Overall, have the effects of humans on the
environment been harmful but necessary to the evolution of
society or far too harmful and unnecessary which will
ultimately lead to humanity's demise? (Explain)
Use this link to get this week's Regents Review Document Packet Info.
(3) Belief Systems Thematic TTC - Due 10/02/09
Complete steps 1-3 of this week's TTC Grid...Be sure to use
specific detail to complete the TTC Grid. Fact not fluff!
Use this link to get to this week's Thematic Essay Question
(4) World Belief Systems Regents Review Questions Packet - Due
10/09/09
Name:____________________ Review
Session # _____
(1) Define: Polytheism and Monotheism and give 3 examples of
civilizations / cultures that practiced them.
(2) Intro.- What did Asian philosophies express the need for?
(give 3)
(3) Animism- What were the teachings of Animism?
(4) Animism- Give an example (other than U.S. Native Americans)
that practiced animism (think Asia)
(5) Shintoism- Define: Archipelago and give 1 example other than
Japan
(6) Shintoism- According to Shintoism, what is the role of the
Emperor?
(7) Shintoism- Give an example from your Global I studies that
reflects how Japan historically viewed the Emperor:
(8) Shintoism- What is the role of humans according to Shintoism?
(9) Hinduism- Define: Cultural Diffusion and explain how it
relates to the creation of Hinduism:
(10) Hinduism- Because all animals possess souls what is the
universal truth of Hinduism?
(11) Hinduism- Define: Reincarnation, Dharma and Karma & show how
each relates to the others:
(12) Hinduism- Play the reincarnation diagram and explain it:
(13) Hinduism- Explain the caste system diagram:
(14) Judaism- What is the holy book of Judaism and what are the
basic teachings (laws) called?
(15) Judaism- Teachings of Judaism were the basis for what other
religions?
(16) Buddhism- Why was Buddhism created?
(17) Buddhism- What is the root of all evil according to Buddhism?
(18) Buddhism- Summarize the 4 noble truths:
(19) Buddhism- What is the 8 Fold Path and what symbol is used to
describe it & why?
(20) Buddhism- Because Buddhists denounce the caste system, what
is their alternative? Explain...
(21) Confucianism- Confucius philosophy was created to...
(22) Confucianism- Explain how the 5 relationships factors into
Confucianism:
(23) Taoism- How do Taoists feel about government and laws? Why?
(24) Taoism- Explain yin-and -yang in relationship to the Tao or
"the way":
(25) Christianity- Give two similarities and differences between
Judaism and Christianity:
(26) Islam- What does Islam translate into?
(27) Islam- Who was Muhammad and what were his teachings called?
(28) Islam- Why did Muhammad travel to Medina and how did Jihad
contribute to this time?
(29) Islam- Explain the 5 Pillars of Islam:
(30) Islam- Which of the 5 do you believe is most important and
why?
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/beliefsystems/index.cfm
(5) Golden Ages Thematic Essay TTC Due Friday, October 16th
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/essays/thematic/goldenages/index.htm
(6) Golden Ages Regents Review Questions Packet - Due 10/23/09
Name:____________________
(1) Intro.- Define the term "Golden Age"
(2) China- Explain the dynastic cycle:
(3) China- What was the mandate of heaven and where else in our
studies have we seen a system like it?
(4) China- Identify 3 features of the Han Dynasty that made it a
Golden Age:
(5) China- Why were the voyages of Zheng He important? (hint:
think silk road)
(6) Hellenistic- Identify the golden age leaders of Greek and
Hellenic empires
(7) Hellenistic- What type of government ruled over these empires?
(8) Hellenistic- Identify 1 example for each of the 5 areas of
expansion in these empires:
(9) Pax Romana- What was the Pax Romana and why did it occur for
200 years?
(10) Pax Romana- Choose 1 of the areas of achievement and discuss
how Rome expanded Greek invention:
(11) Gupta- Why do you think the Gupta govt. chose to align the
civil code with the Hindu beliefs?
(12) Islam- What were the three reasons attributed to the success
of the Muslim Empire:
(13) Islam- What role did the Qur'an have in establishing the
Abbasid Golden Age?
(14) Islam- Identify 3 economic achievements of the Islamic
Empire:
(15) Islam- What is Sharia and how do we see it today?
(16) Mesoamerica- Out of the Olmec, Aztec, Inca or Maya, which
had the greatest success as an empire in your view and why:
(17) Africa- What became the major financial factor in the West
African empires?
(18) Africa- Who was Mansa Musa and how did his rule contribute
to cultural diffusion?
(19) Africa- Out of this global commerce, what was a negative
effect?
(20) Renaissance- How did Humanism reflect the goals of the
Renaissance?
(21) Renaissance- What did all of the Renaissance artists and
literary figures have in common?
(22) Renaissance: What was the scientific revolution and how did
its principles tie into the Renaissance?
(23) Enlightenment- Why can we say that the scientific revolution
tied into the principles of the Renaissance?
(24) Enlightenment- Identify 2 points of conflict between Locke
and Hobbes:
(25) Enlightenment- How did the works of Locke, Rousseau and
Montesquieu contribute the U.S. Constitution?
(26) Enlightenment- What was the impact of the Enlightenment in
England,Latin America and Central Europe?
(27) Japan- How did cultural diffusion between Asian
civilizations develop Japan? (give 2 examples)
(28) Japan- Compare Japanese and European feudalism: (give 3
examples)
(29) Japan- Who was Tokugawa Ieyesu and what type of system did
he develop in Japan to combat corruption and disorder?
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/goldenages/index.cfm
(7) Change and Turning Points Thematic TTC - Due 9/30/09
Create and complete the TTC Grid...Be sure to use
specific detail to complete the TTC Grid. Fact not fluff!
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/essays/thematic/change801/index.htm
(8) Change and Turning Points Review Questions Packet - Due
11/06/09
Name:____________________ Review
Session # _____
(1) Intro.- What is the difference between Evolution and
Revolution?
(2) Intro.- Give an example of each and explain how each example
reflects the fact that it is an evolution or revolution:
(3) Geography- How does geography influence civilizations?
(4) Geography- Choose 3 of the given landforms and (a) explain
how each influences civilizations (b) give 3 examples for each
(5) Neolithic Rev.- What is the difference between nomads and
those that lived during the Neolithic Revolution?
(6) Neolithic Rev.- What were the overall effects of the
Neolithic Revolution?
(7) Commercial Rev.- How did the Crusades contribute to the
Commercial Rev.?
(8) Commercial Rev.- Why did the Black Plague result from the
Commercial Revolution?
(9) Commercial Rev.- What were guilds? and give 2 examples:
(10) Commercial Rev.- Describe the capitalist theory of supply
and demand:
(11) Commercial Rev.- The Commercial Rev. led to the end of
feudalism and the "rebirth" of the Roman Empire called the __?__.
(12) Reformation- Who were the leaders of the Protestant
Reformation and why did the reformation occur?
(13) Reformation- Define: Indulgences & 95 Theses
(14) Reformation- What were the reasons for the Reformation?
(15) Reformation- What are the differences in beliefs between the
Lutherans and Calvinists?
(16) Reformation- What were the overall effects of the Prot. Ref.
(give 3)?
(17) Exploration- Why did Imperialism come about?
(18) Exploration- What was the Columbian Exchange and give an
argument that supports and denounces its importance in history:
(19) Scientific Revolution- Explain the Scientific Method:
(20) Scientific Revolution- What happened during the age of the
Enlightenment?
(21) Scientific Revolution- Who was John Locke and how was he
different from Hobbes?
(22) Scientific Revolution- What was the over all effect on
countries?
(23) Political Revolution- For each of the revolutions, identify
WHY each is considered a political revolution
(24) Nationalism- Was the Italian or German fight for unification
more important and WHY?
(25) Nationalism- What changes were made to Japan during the
Meiji Restoration? (Give 3)
(26) Nationalism- Which country began the idea of Zionism after
the Diaspora?
(27) Nationalism- Define: Pan-Africanism & Pan-Slavism and how
did they contribute to the development of the cultures?
(28) Industrial Rev.- Create a multi-flow map with the 4 main
causes and the 8 main effects of the Industrial Revolution:
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/change/index.cfm
(9) Movement of People and Goods Review Questions Packet - Due
11/13/09
Name:____________________ Review
Session #_____
(1) Intro.- Give 1 example how interdependence has promoted
cultural diffusion socially, politically and economically in our
lives today:
(2) Early Peoples- What was the Neolithic Period and how did it
differ from the Paleolithic Period?
(3) Early Peoples- Identify 2 positive and 2 negative ways in
which rivers changed Egyptian and Sumerian societies?
(4) Belief Systems- What is China's official religion and what
was the Mauryan dynasty's greatest contribution?
(5) Belief Systems- How did the Diaspora contribute to the spread
of Judais throughout the world?
(6) Belief Systems- Which period of time saw the greatest
expansion of Christianity?
(7) Belief Systems- Identify 3 different ways in which following
the Muslim faith contributed to the success of the
empire:
(8) Global Trade I- What did Mediterranean Sea, Silk Road, Indus
River and the Roman system of roads have in common?
(9) Global Trade I- Which of those had the greatest influence on
cultural diffusion and why?
(10) Global Trade II- How did the Tang Dynasty influence other
Asian countries?
(11) Global Trade II- Identify 3 elements of the Greco-Roman
culture kept under the Byzantine Empire:
(12) Global Trade II- How was the Pax Mongolia under Kublai Khan
(and others)like the Pax Romana? (3 examples)
(13) Global Trade II- Which body of water became the most
important for global trade? Why?
(14) Global Trade II- Why were the Crusades arguably the greatest
event to contribute to global trade?
(15) Africa- Based on the map, why did the Ghana, Mali and
Songhai empires spring up in the East?
(16) Africa- Which 2 goods were traded over land across Africa
that expanded global markets?
(17) Africa- Who was Mansa Musa and what is he attributed with?
(18) Africa- Which trade (begun by the Portuguese) was the most
lucrative trade from Africa? What did it lead to?
(19) Exploration- Why was the Reconquista considered both a
positive and negative event in Spanish history?
(20) Exploration- Why was Africa important geographically?
(21) Exploration- What was the reason for the race for
imperialism?
(22) Exploration- Who were the Boers and which trade did they
create a monopoly of?
(23) Exploration- Who were the Sepoys and how did they reflect
European imperialism?
(24) Exploration- Why were North and South America discovered?
(25) Exploration- Identify the Triangle Trade and the Columbian
Exchange:
(26) Exploration- Which of them cause the greatest benefit to
Europe and the greatest damage to the rest of the world? Why?
(27) Industrial Rev.- How did the Industrial revolution
contribute to the spread of imperialism?
(28) Industrial Rev.- Which groups were the "first
immigrants" and which were the "new immigrants" and why?
(29) Modern World- What is the greatest strain on industrial
countries resources today? (especially the US)
(30) Modern World- What is the benefit of multi-national
countries and global trade agreements? What is the problem?
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/movement/index.cfm
Conflict (pt. 1)
Name:____________________ Review
Session # _____
(1) Intro.- Describe the overall idea of conflict but use the 3rd
paragraph:
(2) Transition- How did (a) the Renaissance (b) Protestant
Reformation (c)
Scientific Revolution and (d) Absolutism reflect
transition?
(3) Transition- What were the benefits of a centralized
government as opposed
to feudalism? (Give 3)
(4) Transition- What was the relationship between absolute
monarchs and
the church? Explain why:
(5) Transition- Define Balance of Power:
(6) Transition- How did kings use religion as leverage for war?
(7) Transition- What was the Treaty of Tordesillas and how did it
reflect
conflict in the age of exploration?
(8) Democracy- What did the ideas of Locke, Montesquieu and
Rousseau reflect?
(9) Democracy- The Magna Carta in 1215 was the first time in
English history
that ___?___
(10) Democracy- Who was Oliver Cromwell and what was the result
of the English
Civil War
(11) Democracy- What was the Glorious Revolution and how was it
different from
past rule of English kings and queens?
(12) Democracy- Describe in detail why the French Rev. occurred:
(13) Democracy- What was the Reign of Terror and what were its
effects?
(14) Democracy- Who was Napoleon Bonaparte and why did he come to
power?
(15) Democracy- Compare the American and French Revs. to the
Latin Am. Rev.:
(16) WW's- What were the M.A.I.N. causes that led up to WWI?
(17) WW's- Why were the Balkans considered the "powder keg
of Europe" and what
was the spark that lit it? (explain why!)
(18) WW's- What were the provisions of Wilson's 14 Points vs. the
Treaty of
Versailles? Were they alike?
(19) WW's- Why was Germany able to rearm itself to start WWII?
(20) WW's- What happened in Munich in 1938?
(21) WW's- What was Blitzkrieg and how was it used?
(22) WW's- Where did Germany take victories?
(23) WW's- How did the Allies get them back?
(24) WW's- What mistake did Hitler make in WWII that Germany made
in WWI?
(25) WW's- What was the Holocaust and how are its effects still
seen today?
(26) WW's- What happened at the Nuremburg War trials?
(27) Cold War- Give 3 reasons why the Cold War was considered
"cold":
(28) Cold War- How did the quest for atomic energy, policy of
containment,
Truman Doctrine/Marshall Plan, Berlin Wall and
NATO vs. Warsaw
Pact contribute to the fueling of the Cold War?
(29) Cold War- Explain how the quote by Churchill at the top of
the page
reflected the growing tension in the cold war:
(30) Cold War- How did the Brezhnev Doctrine, Bay of Pigs, Korean
and Vietnam
Wars, Cuban Missile Crisis, Domino Theory, and
Detente'
contributed to the Cold War:
(31) Cold War- Why did the Soviet Union fall?
(32) Cold War- What did this mean for the U.S.?
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Conflict (pt. 2)
Name:____________________ Review
Session # _____
(1) Religion- What is most ironic about most religious wars?
(2) Religion- The Crusades were what?
(3) Religion- Why was Jerusalem so important to so many people?
(4) Religion- Along with the systematic end to feudalism, what
was the most
important contribution of the Crusades? (Be
specific)
(5) Religion- Why can we say that the Renaissance led to the
Protestant Ref.?
(6) Religion- What was the Catholic Church's response to the
Protestant Ref.?
(7) Religion- What triggered the conflict between India and
Pakistan and why?
(8) Religion- Describe both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict?
(9) Religion- How did Israel come to be an independent state?
(10) Religion- Who was Anwar al Sadat?
(11) Religion- What was the PLO and what were its goals and how
did it try to
reach them?
(12) Ethnic- What is ethnic cleansing?
(13) Ethnic- Explain why Armenians were targeted by Islamic Turks:
(14) Ethnic- Why did Hitler and the Nazi's attack the Jews?
(15) Ethnic- What was Kristallnacht and the "Final
Solution"?
(16) Ethnic- Were the Nuremburg Trials of Nazi's effective or
"fair"? Explain:
(17) Ethnic- How did the events following WWII create conflict in
the Balkans?
(18) Ethnic- Why were thousands of non-Serbs targeted in the
1990's?
(19) Ethnic- What happened in Rwanda after WWII?
(20) Ethnic- Why did theses massacres come about?
(21) Social- Explain the difference between capitalism and
socialism:
(22) Social- According to Marx, what did the working class need
to do to
create a perfect society?
(23) Social- Why did Stalin create the Great Purge?
(24) Social- Explain 5 Year Plans and Collectivization:
(25) Social- How did Mao attempt to create a new economic and
social state in
China?
(26) Social- How did the Chinese show their support for Mao's
initiatives?
(27) Social- What was the Tiananmen Square massacre and what did
it reflect?
(28) Social- What did Gandhi fight for? How did he attempt to get
it?
(29) Social- After India's independence, what happened in India
with the
Muslim League?
(30) Social- Who were the Afrikaners and how did they contribute
to Apartheid?
(31) Economic- How did the Age of Exploration contribute to
economic conflict?
(32) Economic- Explain the Triangle Trade and the Columbian
Exchange:
(33) Economic- How did the encomienda system contribute to
slavery?
(34) Economic- Why did Japan need to modernize under the Meiji
Restoration?
(35) Economic- What is OPEC and why was it created in relation to
economic
conflict?
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/conflict/index.cfm
Economic Systems
Name:____________________ Review
Session # _____
(1) Intro.- Define: Factors of production:
(2) Intro.- Give an example of a country/civilization for each of
the economic
systems:
(3) Intro.- Define: Scarcity-
(4) Neolithic Revolution- What type of economy evolved during
this period of
time and what resulted from it?
(5) Mesoamerica- Identify the 1 major agricultural advancement
for the Aztec,
Inca and Mayans:
(6) Mesoamerica- What did the Incas do to create advances in
cultural
diffusion?
(7) Mesoamerica- What other civilization used an expansive set of
roads to
promote cultural diffusion?
(8) Islam- Why was the Abbasid Empire considered the golden age
of the Muslim
Empire ECONOMICALLY?
(9) Islam- How did the Abbasids use literacy to benefit them
economically?
(10) Islam- How did the Silk Road influence the Muslim Empire?
(11) Islam- What was the credit system and the banking system?
(12) Middle Ages- What is the difference between feudalism and
manorialism:
(13) Middle Ages- Why was a feudal manor deemed self-sufficient?
(14) Middle Ages- Describe the relationship between population
and the feudal
system:
(15) Middle Ages- Why can we say that the Crusades were the
"greatest mistake
history has ever made?"
(16) Global Trade- Why was the creation of the Middle Class
important?
(17) Global Trade- Why did Capitalism and Market Economies rise
with the
commercial revolution?
(18) Global Trade- Out of all of the "New Business
Practices" which had the
greatest long-term effects upon world markets?
(Think today)
(19) Global Trade- How did the Columbian Exchange forever change
world
commerce?
(20) Global Trade- What was the Triangle Trade route and which
area developed
the most as a result of it? (be sure to
explain)
(21) Revolutions- What was the Estates General and how did it
lead to the
French Revolution?
(22) Revolutions- what was the overall effect of the factory
system?
(23) Revolutions- What is laissez-faire economics and how does it
reflect
capitalism?
(24) Revolutions- How did the command economy change Russia after
the
revolution?
(25) Revolutions- What did Mao do to change China to a Communist
state?
(26) Revolutions- Who was Deng Xiaoping and how did he contribute
to China's
economic status?
(27) Imperialism- Identify 3 differences between the New and Old
Imperialism:
(28) Modern World- Based upon the Great Depression chart, what
were the
overall results of the events that led to the
Great Dep.?
(29) Modern World- Based upon the Cold War comparison chart:
which economy
seems more beneficial and why?
(30) Modern World- How have post WWII (non-US) countries
influenced the
global economy?
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/economic/index.cfm
Human Rights
Name:____________________ Review
Session # _____
(1) Intro.- Why was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights so
important?
(2) Intro.- Why was the Holocaust such an important event in
world history?
(3) Women- Describe the role of women in Islamic societies around
the world:
(4) Women- Which rights were denied to women in Europe in the
past?
(5) Women- Which event in world history led to the largest gain
in women's
rights in Europe?
(6) Self Determination- Define: Self Determination-
(7) Self Determination- Identify 3 elements of a rigid class
society:
(8) Self Determination- Explain the differences between:
Peninsulare vs.
Creole & Meztizos vs. Mullatoes
(9) Self Determination- What was the basis for the Caste System?
(10) Self Determination- Identify 3 ways that the caste system is
seen in
society today:
(11) Self Determination- Who led the Khmer Rouge and how did they
come to
power?
(12) Self Determination- Why did they massacre so many Cambodians?
(13) Self Determination- Why are the Balkans such a "hot-
bed" of international
tension?
(14) Self Determination- Who was Slobodan Milosevic and why did
he commit such
crimes?
(15) Self Determination- How has the Arab-Israeli War contributed
to conflict?
(16) Self Determination- Who were Mandela and de Klerk and how
did they
contribute to the end of apartheid?
(17) Ethnic- What was the Irish Potato Famine?
(18) Ethnic- How did the US and England respond to the effects of
the Irish
Potato Famine?
(19) Ethnic- What was Russification and how did it contribute to
ethnic
persecution?
(20) Ethnic- Describe how tribalism in Africa led to genocide:
(21) Religious- Why did Hitler and the Nazis target the Jews?
(22) Religious- What did the other groups persecuted by the Nazis
have in
common?
(23) Religious- How has the struggle between Hindu India and
Muslim Pakistan
overflowed into a global threat?
(24) Religious- What is the IRA? What are its goals? How does it
attempt to
achieve these goals?
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/humanrights/index.cfm
Imperialism
Name:____________________ Review
Session #_____
(1) Intro.- What man-made feature was added to the Middle East to
make the
map on the intro page promote cultural diffusion?
(2) Intro.- Why did imperialism base its roots in industry?
(3) Intro.- Define: balance of power-
(4) Intro.- What was the "White Man's Burden" & how did
it relate to
ethnocentrism?
(5) Intro.- Despite the problems and racism that evolved from
imperialism,
what were some of the benefits? (Give 3)
(6) India- What were the main goals of the British East India
Company?
(7) India- How did the British then diffuse its ideas?
(8) India- Why did the Sepoy Rebellion happen? (Think deeper than
just biting
the cartridge...think of the history!)
(9) Middle East- Identify 3 different geographic reasons to
imperialize the
Middle East.
(10) Middle East- What is a protectorate and what did the Suez
Canal mean to
England?
(11) Middle East- What was the Balfour Declaration and why did it
contribute
to problems in the region?
(12) S.E. Asia- What did the U.S. gain from the outcome of the
Spanish-
American War? (Address its gains and European
losses)
(13) S.E. Asia- Why was imperialism necessary for Japan?
(14) S.E. Asia- What were the Killing Fields and how did they
result from
imperialism?
(15) China- What was the Opium War and how did the Treaty of
Nanking hurt
China?
(16) China- How did the U.S. stop the carving of China into
spheres of
influence?
(17) China- Why were the Taping and Boxer Rebellions so important?
(18) China- How did communism settle in China?
(19) Japan- Why did the country move from a feudal state under
the Tokugawa
shogunate to the Meiji restoration?
(20) Japan- Why were the Japanese victories against the Chinese
and Russians
so important? and what resulted from these victories?
(21) Japan- What was the real reason for Japan creating the
Greater East-Asia
Co-Prosperity Sphere?
(22) Latin America- How did the Monroe Doctrine benefit THE U.S.?
(23) Latin America- Interpret the political cartoon...what's
going on?
(24) Latin America- How did the Roosevelt Corollary contribute to
U.S.
imperialism?
(25) Latin America- How did the U.S. gain rights to the Panama
Canal?
(26) Africa- What was the "Scramble for Africa" and how
did the Berlin
Conference contribute to it?
(27) Africa- Why did the Zulu who fought against imperialism
eventually lose
and what was this a sign of?
(28) Africa- Who was Cecil Rhodes and how did he contribute to
British
imperialism?
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Interdependence
Name:____________________ Review
Session #_____
(1) Intro.- What is interdependence?
(2) Intro.- Besides the example of interdependence/cultural
diffusion in
Great Britain and the US, give another country's need
for
interdependence in the world today. (ie: China)
(3) Global Trade I- How did ancient civilizations add to
interdependence?
(4) Global Trade I- Give 2 examples of how the Greeks and Romans
benefited
from interdependence of conquered areas:
(Global I info.)
(5) Global Trade I- What was the name of the culture created by
Alexander the
Great and what were its 4 components?
(6) Global Trade I- Why was the Silk Road the most important
method of
cultural diffusion of its time?
(7) Global Trade I- How did Korea contribute to Japan's evolution?
(8) Global Trade I- Based on the map of the Roman Empire, what
can be said
about the evolution of trade at that time?
(9) Byzantine- How did the Byzantine Empire come about? (why was
it created?)
(10) Byzantine- Why did Diocletian do this?
(11) Byzantine- Give 3 reasons why Constantinople was chosen as
capital:
(12) Byzantine- Who did the Byzantines have greatest influence on
and how do
you know?
(13) Islam- Create a flow map of how the Islam Empire had spread:
(14) Islam- How was the Abbasid Empire like the Byzantine Empire?
(Give 3 ex.)
(15) Islam- How did the Crusades effect the Islamic Empire?
(16) World Trade II- What was the reason for the Crusades and
what were its
overall impacts?
(17) World Trade II- Why did the resurgence of European commerce
begin in
Genoa, Florence, and Venice?
(18) World Trade II- With the rise of global interdependence with
the
resurgence of new goods, what new method of
transport
helped carry new goods further distances?
(19) World Trade II- What age grew out of this new period of time
and why?
(20) World Trade II- Make 3 correlations between the Pax Romana
and Pax
Mongolia:
(21) Modern World- Why after WWII has there become a greater
global
economic interdependence?
(22) Modern World- How did the "New Imperialism" create
interdependence?
(23) Modern World- In your estimation: how important is oil in
interdependence
and why?
(24) Modern World- What was the purpose of the European Union
(EU) and has it
worked? (hint: think of the value of the US
dollar vs. the
Euro)
(25) Modern World- Which country do you think benefits the most
from NAFTA and
why?
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/interdependence/index.cfm
Justice and Law
Name:____________________ Review
Session #_____
(1) Intro.- Why did different forms of government occur in
ancient Greece
like Democracy in Athens and an Oligarchy in Sparta?
(2) Intro.- Identify 3 of the provisions of roman Law that we see
today in
the U.S. Constitution?
(3) Intro.- How did Justinian come up with his code of laws and
why did he
go about creating his system of laws this way?
(4) Intro.- How did the Black Plague contribute to an evolution
of laws?
(5) Early Civ.- How did war contribute to governing over ancient
civilizations?
(6) Early Civ.- Because the Egyptian king called the pharaoh was
seen as a man
and a god, he ruled with absolute power through
Divine Right.
What is Divine Right?
(7) Early Civ.- Which two roles did the King in Mesopotamia
play?
(8) Early Civ.- What was Hammurabi's Code of Laws?
(9) Early Civ.- Why did he use death as a penalty?
(10) Classical Civ.- What is a city-state?
(11) Classical Civ.- How is Direct Democracy different than
Representative
Democracy that is used in countries like
England today?
(12) Classical Civ.- What was the criteria to be eligible to vote
in Athens?
(13) Classical Civ.- Why did the Fall of Rome prompt Justinian's
Code?
(14) Classical Civ.- Copy the chart at the bottom of the webpage:
(15) Religion/Philosophy- What is basis for Hebrew LAW? (not the
Torah
though they are in it)
(16) Religion/Philosophy- Identify 2 similarities between Judaism
and
Christianity:
(17) Religion/Philosophy- How does the 10 Commandments relate to
civil code?
(18) Religion/Philosophy- What are the 5 pillars of faith? (be
sure to know
what each of them mean!)
(19) Religion/Philosophy- How are the teachings of Islam and
Christianity
alike in the eyes of law?
(20) Democracy- What is the difference between a Direct Democracy
and
Representative Democracy?
(21) Democracy- What was the Glorious Revolution?
(22) Democracy- How did the Magna Carta and the Glorious
Revolution help pull
break the bonds of Absolutism in England?
(23) Democracy- What was the Enlightenment and how did it
influence Democracy?
(24) Democracy- Why did Democracy encourage the
"Revolutionary Spirit"?
(25) Communism- Define- Socialism and Communism:
(26) Communism- Who were Marx and Engels?
(27) Communism- How did they characterize history?
(28) Communism- What were Lenin's promises? What did they
represent?
(29) Communism- But what did the soviet Union become?
(30) Communism- What were collectives and how did they relate to
Command Eco.?
(31) Communism- Identify 3 of Mao Zedong's goals in Communist
China:
(32) Communism- Conclusions- Were the initiatives of Stalin, Mao
and Castro
beneficial?
(33) International Law- What was the difference between
France/England and
Woodrow Wilson's goal for Post-WWI Europe?
(34) International Law- What is the main difference between the
LON & the UN?
(35) International Law- What is the Universal Declaration of the
Rights of
Human Rights?
(36) International Law- Review each of the crimes against
humanity and choose
the one that had the greatest influence
on YOUR
generation and why:
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/justice/index.cfm
Nationalism and Nation States (pt. 1)
Name:____________________ Review
Session #_____
(1) Intro.- Define "Nationalism" not using the words
pride in one's country:
(2) Intro.- How did the Protestant Reformation contribute to
England's
rise of nationalism and a nation state?
(3) Intro.- Explain how the Renaissance lead to imperialism?
(4) Revolutions- Why have certain groups of people revolted in
the name of
nationalism?
(5) Revolutions- State 3 similarities between the enlightened
thinkers Locke,
Montesquieu and Rousseau:
(6) Revolutions- Which of the 3 in your estimation contributed
greatest to
the "revolutionary spirit" and why?
(7) Revolutions- Explain the political cartoon and how it relates
to the 3rd
Estate:
(8) Revolutions- How were the Latin American Revolutions like the
American
Revolution?
(9) Unification- Identify 3 goals of the Congress of Vienna in
1815:
(10) Unification- Why were Italy and Germany broken up after the
Congress of
Vienna?
(11) Unification- Identify how Cavour, Garibaldi and Mazzinni
used nationalism
to unite Italy:
(12) Unification- Define- Realpolitik-
(13) Unification- Who was Machiavelli and how did Bismarck use
his teachings
to
unite Germany?
(14) Unification- What was the main idea behind his Blood and
Iron speech?
(15) Unification- How did Prussia's historical military
background help raise
Germany into an industrial power?
(16) Division- Explain why nationalism was a divisive force in
the Hapsburg
(Austrian) Empire:
(17) Division- When did nationalism finally prevail and break up
Austria's
Empire?
(18) Division- Did WWI settle disputes in the Balkans?
(19) Division- Why was the Ottoman Empire considered the
"Sick Man of Europe"
and how was it like the Hapsburg Empire?
(20) Division- Define: Ethnic Cleansing and give 3 examples in
history of it
occurring:
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/nationalism/index.cfm
Nationalism and Nation States (pt. 2)
Name:____________________ Review
Session #_____
(1) Asia- What is the difference between European Self-Rule and
Asia autonomy?
(2) Asia- Why did imperialism lead to revolution?
(3) Asia- Who was Sun Ixia (Sun Yates) and what did he do?
(4) Asia- Jiang Jieshi (Shang Kai-shek) was Sun's successor...how
would you
characterize his rule and that of the Kuomintang for
the people?
(5) Asia- Because Jieshi was democratic and Mao was Communist,
how did their
views differed economically?
(6) Asia- Once Mao won the civil war (post-WWII) his rule was
highlighted by
the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward.
Were they
effective? Explain-
(7) Asia- What was the "Long March?"
(8) Asia- Would you consider Ho Chi Minh a Pragmatist or
Idealist? Why?
(9) Asia- What was Diem Bien Phu?
(10) Asia- What were Gandhi's goals?
(11) Asia- How did he achieve them and what was the Salt March?
(12) Asia- Why did he want to get rid of the Caste System in
India?
(13) Asia- Which other event that we have studied in Global
Studies )other
than the Holocaust) could be compared to the Amritsar
Massacre?
(14) Asia- Although Gandhi's efforts gained India's freedom from
British
imperialism India falls into internal chaos. Why?
(15) Africa- Define: Pan-Africanism
(16) Africa- Identify 3 reasons why tribalism has negative
effects on Africa:
(17) Africa- What happened in Rwanda? Give 2 other examples in
history like
Rwanda:
(18) Africa- What did Ghana offered the world in exports/ (think
Global I)
(19) Africa- What was the biggest problem facing Ghana and Kwame
Nakruma? and
how did he solve it?
(20) Africa- Interpret the quote- How did this apply to Gandhi’s
teachings?
(21) Africa- Identify 1 way in which Kenya was similar to Ghana
and 1
way they were different:
(22) Africa- Who was Nelson Mandela? and what did he do?
(23) Africa- How was South Africa like the U.S. in the south
after the Civil
War? (give 3 examples)
(24) Middle East- Describe the Pan-Arabism vs. Zionism debate:
(25) Middle East- Who were Gamal Nasser and Theodore Herzl?
(26) Middle East- Who won the majority of the Arab-Israeli Wars?
(27) Middle East- Who did the US support and how did that effect
US/Middle
East diplomacy?
(28) Middle East- Who was Anwar el-Sadadt and did he help matters?
(29) Middle East- What is the PLO and what measures do they use
to get their
way?
(30) Middle East- Who was Yassir Arafat?
(31) Middle East- What was the Balfour Accord?
(32) Middle East- Why is the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
considered a
nationalist leader? What were his main ideas to
ruling Iran?
(33) Middle East- What did Kamal Attaturk do to advance and
create the country
of Turkey as a prosperous nation?
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/nationalism/index.cfm
Political Systems and Citizenship (pt. 1)
Name:____________________ Review
Session #_____
(1) Intro.- Give 1 example for each of the 5 systems of
government listed in
the chart through global history (Do not use the US!)
(2) Early Systems- Give 2 examples of how an early civilization
leader was
both the king and the spiritual leader:
(3) Early Systems- How were "Divine Right" kings of
Europe like Chinese
"Mandate of Heaven" Emperors?
(4) Early Systems- Identify 2 benefits of being a pharaoh in
Egypt in ruling
their people:
(5) Monarchy- Define: Dynastic Cycle-
(6) Monarchy- Where would you put the status of the US today in
the flow-chart
(7) Monarchy- How did the bureaucracy help Chandragupta Maurya?
(golden age
of
India)
(8) Monarchy- When did a monarchy return to the Roman empire?
(9) Monarchy- Why was a monarchy under Augustus Caesar beneficial
to the Pax
Romana?
(10) Feudalism- What were the responsibilities of the powerful
and lesser
nobles in exchange for land?
(11) Feudalism- How did class structure factor into feudalism?
(12) Feudalism- what is manorialism? (give 3 properties!)
(13) Feudalism- Why was the system of manorialism difficult to
break and
evolve into a market economy?
(14) Feudalism- Give 5 examples of how Japanese and European were
similar:
(15) Absolutism- Who was Philip II and Ferdinand II of Spain?
(16) Absolutism- Who were Cardinal Richelieu, Cardinal Mazzarin
and Jacques
Bousset and how did they contribute to rise of
Absolutism in
France?
(17) Absolutism- How were Peter the Great and Catherine the Great
similar?
(18) Absolutism- Why was the English Civil war fought? What was
the outcome?
(19) Absolutism- Did the Grand Interregnum or Cromwell's republic
last?
(20) Absolutism- Aside from the examples given in the short
paragraph, why
were Suleiman and Akbar considered great
absolutist rulers
compared to Louis XIV?
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/politicalsystems/index.cfm
(16)Political Systems and Citizenship (pt. 2)
Name:____________________ Review
Session #_____
(1) Enlightenment- What was the origin of the Enlightenment? Why?
(2) Enlightenment- Describe how each of the 5 philosopher's
contributions
helped in creating constitutions:
(3) Enlightenment- What were some of the actions taken by Louis
XIV that the
enlightened philosophes would disagree with?
(give 2)
(4) Enlightenment- Explain how the Enlightenment led to the
French and Latin
American Revolutions:
(5) Enlightenment- What was an "Enlightened Despot" and
why were they
titled this?
(6) Imperialism- Define" Imperialism-
(7) Imperialism- What is the benefit of colonies?
(8) Imperialism- Give an example of trade routes created as a
result of the
"old imperialism":
(9) Imperialism- How did imperialism create a balance of power in
Europe?
(10) Imperialism- Which of the 4 causes from the chart do you
think was the
greatest preponderant to the spread of
Imperialism and Why?
(11) Democracy- What contributions did ancient Greece and Rome
add to the
creation of democracy?
(12) Democracy- What was the Laws of the 12 Tables and how was it
like
Justinian's Code?
(13) Democracy- Why was the English Bill of Rights important to
the evolution
of democracy?
(14) Communism- Give 2 examples of Communist and Socialist states
in history:
(15) Communism- In your estimation...is Marxist Socialism
possible? Explain!
(16) Communism- Define: Proletariat-
(17) Communism- According to Marx, history can be categorized by
___?___
(18) Communism- What was the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital?
(19) Communism- What was Lenin’s motto for the revolution?
(20) Communism- Was Lenin's version of Communism a true Marxist
definition?
Explain!
(21) Communism- How did a command economy further strengthen the
totalitarian
state?
(22) Communism- How did Stalin deal with criticism or opposition?
(23) Communism- Identify 3 similarities and 3 differences between
China &
USSR:
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