WHAP Exam Review Packet

Unit 1: Ancient Era (_____________ BCE to _____________ BCE)

Key Terms

Paleolithic Era

Neolithic Revolution

civilization (the requirements to be one)

River Valley Civilization Main River(s)

cuneiform

Hammurabi’s Code

“Fertile Crescent”

theocracy

Mandate of Heaven

“Middle Kingdom”

Pre-Writes

Compare and contrast TWO of the following River Valley civilizations politically and socially.MesopotamiaEgyptIndus ValleyYellow River Valley

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Thesis Statement

Unit 2: Classical Era (_____________ BCE to _____________ CE)

Key Terms

Persian Wars

Delian League

Pericles

Peloponnesian War

Alexander the Great

Cyrus the Great

satrap

Zoroastrianism

consuls

tribunes

patricians vs. plebeians

Augustus

Legalism

Shi Huangdi (a.k.a. Qin Shihuang)

Confucianism

Ashoka (a.k.a. Asoka)

Silk Road

Pre-Write

Analyze change and continuity in the Mediterranean region from 600 BCE to 600 CE.

Outline

Thesis Statement

Use the following documents to evaluate the significance of the Silk Road to classical civilizations.

Document A

Document B

Document C

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Unit 3: Postclassical Era (_____________ CE to _____________ BCE)

Key Terms

Muhammad

Ali

Justinian

Charlemagne

feudalism

manoralism

Magna Carta

Crusades

mit’a system

chinampa

Genghis Khan

Pax Mongolica

Black Death (a.k.a. The Bubonic Plague)

Mansa Musa

Marco Polo

Ibn Battuta

Compare and contrast medieval Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire politically, economically, and socially.

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Thesis Statement

Analyze changes and continuities that occurred postclassical Eurasia as a result of the Mongol expansion (early 13th century).

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Unit 4: Early Modern Era (_____________ CE to _____________ BCE)

Key Terms

Protestant Reformation

Renaissance

Scientific Revolution

Absolutism

Enlightenment

Capitalism

Mercantilism

Zheng He

Columbian Exchange

encomienda

Suleiman the Magnificent

janissaries

Akbar

Peter the Great

Tokugawa Shogunate

Compare and contrast TWO of the following Islamic land-based empires of the early modern era.

Ottoman EmpireSafavid EmpireMughal Empire

Outline

Thesis Statement

Analyze changes and continuities in regional power dynamics across Eurasia from 1300 to 1700 CE.

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Unit 5: Modern Era (_____________ CE to _____________ CE)

Key Terms

Seven Years’ War (including the French and Indian War)

French Revolution

Third Estate

Toussaint L’Ouverture

Simon Bolivar

Industrial Revolution

Adam Smith

Karl Marx

Catherine the Great

Sepoy Rebellion

Berlin Conference (1884)

Mccartney Expedition

Opium Wars

Self-Strengthening Movement

Boxer Rebellion

Matthew Perry’s “black ships”

Meiji Restoration

Analyze changes and continuities in ONE of the following countries from 1750 to 1900.RussiaJapanChina

Outline

Thesis Statement

Compare and contrast China and Japan’s responses to foreign intervention from 1750 to 1905.

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Unit 6: Late Modern Era (_____________ CE to _____________ CE)

Key Terms

World War I

Bolshevik Revolution (a.k.a. Russian Revolution)

Vladimir Lenin

Treaty of Versailles

League of Nations

fascism

Munich Conference (1939)

World War II

Yalta Conference

Potsdam Conference

containment (Truman Doctrine)

Mao Zedong

Mahatma Gandhi

Nelson Mandela

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Iranian Revolution (1979)

glasnost and perestroika

Analyze changes and continuities in political and social life in ONE of the following countries from 1900 to the present.

RussiaChina

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Thesis Statement

Compare and contrast the economic and political impact of the Cold War on TWO of the following regions from 1945 to 1991.

Latin AmericaMiddle EastSoutheast Asia

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Thesis Statement

Compare and contrast U.S. foreign policy from 1914-1945 with U.S. foreign policy from 1945-1991.

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