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1. World History/World History Honors Semester One Exam Study Guide
The semester one exam will consist of 50 multiple choice questions. The exam will require you to use your knowledge, as
well as maps, charts, and source excerpts to answer the questions. To prepare for the exam, use your class notes,
completed work, and textbook to answer the following questions. Answering these questions correctly will almost
certainly ensure a passing grade, and more likely lead to an excellent grade.
Unit 1 (Ch.1 Byzantine/Ch. 2 Islam):
What was Constantine the Great’s impact on the Byzantine Empire?
What is the significance of the Code of Justinian?
What was the city of Constantinople originally named?
Which Emperor split Rome in two?
What written text contains the accounts of Muhammad’s words and actions?
What caused the rift between Sunni and Shiite Muslims?
What was the impact of Abu Bakar?
Who is Muhammad to Muslims?
What are the five pillars of Islam?
What are the legacies of the Byzantine Empire?
Unit 2 (Ch. 3 Med Euro/Ch 4. Japan):
What social classes made up the medieval social hierarchy?
Where did Charles Martel lead the Franks in a victory against the Umayyad Dynasty?
What was Charlemagne’s impact on medieval Europe?
What are the outcomes of Charlemagne being aligned with Pope Leo III?
What was the cause of the Schism of 1054?
What was a primary cause for the spread of the Black Death?
What was the immediate cause of the Hundred Years’ War?
What was the role of a vassal in medieval society?
What were some advancements in agriculture in Medieval Europe, and what were the effects of these innovations in
Europe between 1000 and 1350?
What was the Magna Carta?
How did feudalism in Japan compare to feudalism in Western Europe?
What are the key features of Japan’s physical geography?
2. What is the strict code of conduct that the samurai lived by?
What was the most important resource the Japanese daimyo controlled?
What economic, political, and cultural influences did Japan adopt from Korea?
Unit 3 (Ch. 6 Africa/ Ch. 7 Americas):
What is significant about the slave trade in Mali?
How did a monopoly promote wealth and growth for Ghana?
What important function did griots provide?
Who was Mansa Musa? What is he most well-known for?
Where have most early North American earthworks been discovered?
What was the physical geography of the Incan empire?
Which two major civilizations were located in present-day Mexico and Central America?
How did the culture and technological advancements of earlier civilizations in Mesoamerica influence the Maya and
Aztec civilizations?
How were the agricultural methods of the Maya similar to those of early Mesoamericans like the Zapotecs?
Why did the Mexica build Tenochtitlán on an island?
Why are the Olmec considered the mother culture of later Mesoamerican societies?
How were the agricultural methods of the Maya similar to those of earlier Mesoamericans?
What are the characteristics of the class structure of the Maya, and Aztec civilizations?
What is the greatest example of the Inca’s magnificent stone architecture?
What were the technological accomplishments of the Maya?
How did their tax policy lead to the downfall of the Mamluk Empire?
Which groups made up the Triple Alliance that became the Aztec culture?
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