Agricultural Revolution
Rise of Cities
Empire Building
Creation of a Global World
Golden Ages, Fractures, Foundations, and Transformations
100

The author of Sapiens.

Who is Yuval Noah Harari?

100

Mesopotamia is in current day -

What is Iraq?

100
The two empires we used as examples for comparison in Unit. 2.

What are the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire?

100

Define Hegemon

What is political, economic, or cultural dominance of one group, state, or idea over others?

100
The Islamic Golden Age was during -  and was a time of - 

What was a period of time from the 8th to the 13th century when Islam was flourishing in Al Andalus and the House of Wisdom through economic, cultural, scientific, and mathematical discoveries? 

200

The name of your summer reading book-

What was the Silk Roads - The Extraordinary History That Created Your World?

200

The four world zones are -

What are Afro-Eurasia, The Americas, Australasia, and the Pacific Island Societies?

200

Name at least three forms of government discussed in this unit.

What are democracy, aristocracy, plutocracy, oligarchy, and monarchy? 

200

HAPPY stands for - and is used for-


What is historical context, Audience, Point of View, Purpose, and whY? And what is a system to analyze primary sources?



200

Describe how Mirandola's On the Dignity of Man represented a shift in thinking. 

What was Mirandola's philosophy that shifted the way individuals thought about themselves in the world, in the sense that human achievement is God's creation, and humans are to live up to this expectation?
300

Another name for the Agricultural Revolution

What is the Neolithic Revolution?

300

Define imagined order and describe its purpose in society.

What are shared stories or systems that are not physically "true" but enable us to cooperate effectively? What is cooperate effectively. 

300

According to the Athenians in power, Socrates committed a crime by 

What is teaching the youth in society to ask questions?

300

The Trans-Saharan trade routes created an interconnected world by - Be specific.

What was opening up trade through the desert by introducing camels, caravans, a united Islam, a common language, and help from the Berbers?



300

Machiavelli was important because-

Why did Machiavelli write The Prince as a mirror to kings or governments and expose them to mistreating the people?

400

The Agricultural Revolution started approximately....

What is 11,000 years ago?

400

Describe how writing advanced societies.

What is the ability to communicate information to a large number of people and to keep records for large numbers? 

400

Explain at least four reasons empires fall 

What are invasion, bad leaders, over expansion, succession, economics, division, environmental factores, and religion
400

We studied three world travelers in Unit 3 - name them and their importance. 

Who are Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and Zheng He? What was traveling from Venice to China to bring information back to inspire others by writing The Travels of Marco Polo?

What was traveling for nearly 30 years, visiting every Muslim Country?

What was taking 300 ships and 28,000 men around Asia?

400

The Printing Press changed the world by at least 3 ways)

How did the printing press change the world by spreading Martin Luther's claims against the Church, allowing fringe voices to be heard, allowing common people access to information, powering the Scientific Revolution, and changing jobs? 

500

The components, in order, to write a PEAL paragraph. 

What are thesis, point, evidence, analysis, link?

500

List the key elements of civilizations-

What are government structures, social hierarchies, economics, belief systems, and cultural achievements? 

500

Name the five major world religions and describe how they are connected. (NOTE: This does not mean all are connected to each other, but some are more closely connected than others)

What are Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism? What are monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? What are polytheistic religions- Buddhism and Hinduism?

500

This is what connected the Americas to Europe and Africa. Name it and describe two benefits and two disadvantages. 

What was the Columbian Exchange, and how did it benefit the Americas by bringing domesticated animals and honeybees, but how did it cause major spreading of disease, resulting in large numbers of deaths to the indigenous population, and begin the transatlantic slave trade?

500

Describe what a paradigm shift is and one we learned at the end of Unit 5.

What is a fundamental change in basic concepts or assumptions? What was the shift about the Earth and its place in the universe?