Study Guide: Renaissance & Protestant Reformation

Exam: The Renaissance & the Protestant Reformation

Date: Wednesday, April 4 

Materials to Study:

Chapter 14, Section 2,3
Chapter 17, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4
Notes on Renaissance Artists
Reformation Documents
Printing Press Docs

Key Terms:

Pre-Conditions to the Renaissance:

Commercial Revolution

Guilds

Apprentice

Capitalism
Middle Class

Renaissance Key Terms:
Humanism
Secularism
Printing Press
Renaissance Man
Vernacular
Gutenberg
Artists (Rafael, Michelangelo, Donatello, DaVinci)
Perspective
Geometry
Realism/Individualism
Chiarrascurro
Stfumato
Classicism
Printing Press
Da Vinci
Machiavelli
Medici's
Patron

Reformation Key Terms:

Martin Luther

Johann Tetzel
Indulgences
Literacy
95 Theses
Protestant
Reformation
Calvinism
Predestination
The Elect
King Henry VIII
Annul
Act of Supremacy
Council of Trent
The Index
Church of England (Anglican)
Presbyterian
John Knox

Exam Format:

Multiple Choice (50)

Regents Prep Practice Multiple Choice for Renaissance
Regents Prep Practice Multiple Choice for Reformation

How to Use Your Notes for Studying:

1. Highlight Questions from Headings in HW
2. Do your notes answer the heading questions? If not, what are the answers to those questions?
3. Highlight Vocabulary from HW and in class assignments (including notes)
4. Find places where your HW notes match up with our classwork/class notes. If the information is in both then that means its IMPORTANT!
5. Find places where all of your notes and assignments match up with the Study Guide-- THAT MEANS ITS ON THE EXAM!
6. Can you answer all of the Aims from class since we began our work on the Renaissance?

Study Guide: Japanese Feudalism, Mongols and African Kingdoms

Exam: Thursday, March 8, 2012
Exam Format:Multiple Choice (20 Qs); Mapping (20 Qs)

Materials to Study:
Ch. 12, Sec. 4 (Shintoism, Japanese Feudalism)
Ch. 12, Sec. 2/3 (Mongols)
Ch. 8, Sec. 1 (African Geography)
Ch. 15, Sec. 2 (African Kingdoms)
Shintoism Worksheet
Feudalism in Japan documents and samurai vs knight story
Packet on Mongols
Packet on African Kingdoms

Key Terms to Know:
Shintoism
Samurai
Shogun
Bushido
Feudalism

Pastoralist
Clans
Khanates
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
Marco Polo

Natural Barriers
Animism
Desertificaion
Sahel
West African Kingdom
Mali, Ghana, Songhai
Islam
Mansa Musa
Ibn Battuta

Mapping Items to Know:

Map of Japan:
Hokkaido
Shikoku
Honshu
Kyushu
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Mt. Fuji

Map of Africa:

Niger River
Lake Victoria
Lake Chad
Red Sea
Congo River
Mediterranean Sea
Atlas Mountains
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Sahel
Kalahari Desert
Great Rift Valley
Libyan Desert

Study Options:

1. Spend 20 minutes a day studying on your own (you can do it on the train!)
2. Come see Ms. Hanemann for 10 minutes of power studying during Lunch and Learn or SOS (or both!)

How to Use Your Notes for Studying:
1. Highlight Questions from Headings in HW
2. Do your notes answer the heading questions? If not, what are the answers to those questions?
3. Highlight Vocabulary from HW and in class assignments (including notes)
4. Find places where your HW notes match up with our classwork/class notes. If the information is in both then that means its IMPORTANT!
5. Find places where all of your notes and assignments match up with the Study Guide-- THAT MEANS ITS ON THE EXAM!
6. Can you answer all of the Aims from class since we began our work on the Japanese Feudalism, the Mongols, African Kingdoms

Practice Multiple Choice
Feudal Japan
African Kingdoms
There are no practice questions for the Mongols

Study Guide: Exam Byzantines, Russia, and Islam

Exam: Friday, December 23rd(Day before break-- please make arrangements if you know that you will not be here!!!)
Exam Format: Multiple Choice (20 Qs); Matching (20 Qs)

Materials to Study:
Ch. 11, Sec. 1 & 2(Byzantines & Russia)
Ch. 10, Sec. 1-3
Packet on Byzantine Empire
Packet on Early Russia
Packet on Islam: Spread of Islam; Achievements of Islam
Notes on Division of Muslim Empire

Key Terms to Know:
Byzantine Empire
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Justinian
Justinian's Code
Hagia Sofia
Patriarch
Icon
Iconoclast
Schism
Cyrillic Alphabet

Kievan Russa
Vladimir
Czar
Slavs

Allah
Mohammed
Prophet
Islam
Muslim
Hajj
Qu'ran (alternative spelling: Koran)
Mosque
Mecca
The Dome of the Rock
Five Pillars of Islam
Caliph
Ummayaad
Abbasid
Sufi
Calligraphy
Tribute
Caliph
Islam Achievements

Study Options:

1. Spend 20 minutes a day studying on your own (you can do it on the train!)
2. Come see Ms. Hanemann for 10 minutes of power studying during Lunch and Learn or SOS (or both!)

How to Use Your Notes for Studying:
1. Highlight Questions from Headings in HW
2. Do your notes answer the heading questions? If not, what are the answers to those questions?
3. Highlight Vocabulary from HW and in class assignments (including notes)
4. Find places where your HW notes match up with our classwork/class notes. If the information is in both then that means its IMPORTANT!
5. Find places where all of your notes and assignments match up with the Study Guide-- THAT MEANS ITS ON THE EXAM!
6. Can you answer all of the Aims from class since we began our work on the Byzantines, Russia, and Islam?

Practice Multiple Choice
Byzantine
Islamic Civilizations

Study Guide: Classical Civilizations

Exam: Classical Civilizations (Ancient Greece and Rome)
Date: Thursday, December 1st
Exam has been rescheduled for Friday, December 2nd.
Materials to Aid in Your Studying:

Greece: Chapter 5, All Sections
Rome: Chapter 6, All Sections
Impact of Greece and Rome: Chapter 6, Section 5
Packets on Ancient Greece (Map,Athenian Citizens, Spartan Education, Pericles Funeral Oration, Alexander the Great Graphic Organizer/Reading on Hellenistic Culture)
Packets on Ancient Rome (Map, Twelve Tables, Roman Society, Christians in Rome, Fall of Rome DBQ)

Key Terms:
Greek Key Terms:
Polis / City-state
Democracy
Direct Democracy
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
Athens
Sparta
Alexander the Great
Hellenistic Culture

Rome Key Terms:
Republic
Consul
Senate
Patrician
Plebian
12 Tables
Julius Caesar
Augustus (Octavian)
Pax Romana
Arches
Aqueducts
Coliseum
Jesus
Pope
Grecco-Roman Culture

Geography: Need to know Maps of Greece and Rome (Study the maps we used in class)

Countries:
Greece
Italy
Macedonia
Sicily
Anatolia

Cities:
Rome
Athens
Alexandria
Carthage

Water Bodies:
Mediterranean Sea
Adriatic Sea

Exam Format:

30 Multiple Choice
10 Mapping Questions

How to Use Your Notes for Studying:

1. Highlight Questions from Headings in HW
2. Do your notes answer the heading questions? If not, what are the answers to those questions?
3. Highlight Vocabulary from HW and in class assignments (including notes)
4. Find places where your HW notes match up with our classwork/class notes. If the information is in both then that means its IMPORTANT!
5. Find places where all of your notes and assignments match up with the Study Guide-- THAT MEANS ITS ON THE EXAM!
6. Can you answer all of the Aims from class since we began our work on the Classical Civilizations?

Practice Multiple Choice Questions:
Classical Civilizations

Study Guide: Golden Ages of India, China, and the Americas

Quiz: Friday, 11/4
Quiz Format: Multiple Choice, Matching, Mapping

Materials to Study:
Ch. 7, Sec 1, 2, 3
Ch. 12, Sec. 1
Ch. 16, Sec. 3
Packets on Indian Empires, Chinese Dynasties, Mesoamerican Civilizations

Key Terms to Know:
Golden Age
Classic
Infrastructure
Peace and Prosperity
Chandragupta
Asoka
Buddhism
Decimal System
Civil Service Exams
Silk Road
Tang and Song Inventions
Bureaucracy
Dynasty
Dynastic Cycle
Olmecs
Mayans
Aztecs
Incas
Maize
Quipu
Machu Picchu
Pre-Columbian

Matching:
Be prepared to know the vocabulary well!

Mapping:Be prepared to identify countries
Map of India:
India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan
Map of Latin America:
Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Brazil
Maps of China:
China, Vietnam, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan

How to Use Your Notes for Studying:

1. Highlight Questions from Headings in HW
2. Do your notes answer the heading questions? If not, what are the answers to those questions?
3. Highlight Vocabulary from HW and in class assignments (including notes)
4. Find places where your HW notes match up with our classwork/class notes. If the information is in both then that means its IMPORTANT!
5. Find places where all of your notes and assignments match up with the Study Guide--> THAT MEANS ITS ON THE QUIZ!
6. Can you answer all of the Aims from class since we began our work on Golden Ages?

Study Guide: Early Humans through River Valleys

Exam: Early Humans, Neolithic Revolution, River Valleys

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Exam Format:

30 Multiple Choice Questions
2 Short Answer Questions

Materials to Study:

• Notes Packets:
• Early Humans
• Neolithic Revolution
• River Valley Presentation Handouts
• Homework Notes from:
• Chapter 2, Sections 1-4
• Aims from each class (the short answer questions will come from the aims)

Vocabulary Words to know:

Social Scientists

Primary/Secondary Sources

Darwin's Theory of Evolution

Lucy/Iceman

Great Rift Valley

Pre-historic

Carbon Dating

Paleolithic Age

Nomads

Hunter-Gatherers

Neolithic Age

Neolithic Revolution

Irrigation

Settled/Permanent Civilization

Domestication

Specialization

Slash and Burn Farming

Subsistence Agriculture

Traditional Economy

Surplus

River Valleys

Mesopotamia/Tigris & Euphrates River Valley

Egypt/Nile River Valley

Indus River Valley

Yellow River Valley (Huang He)

Silt

Cuneiform

Hieroglyphics

Code of Hammurabi

For Practice Questions from Regents Prep, click here

Final Exam Practice Questions

Final Exam Practice Multiple Choice Questions on Regents Prep!

Click here for the link to all the quizzes. You should complete all the practice questions from number 0c all the way through 5c.
For Topic Specific Quizzes, click on the topics below:

Belief Systems Practice

Early People and the Neolithic Revolution

Great Empires

African Kingdoms

Byzantine Empire

Islamic Empires and Spread of Islam

Middle Ages

Feudal Japan

Mongol Empire

Renaissance

Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Age of Exploration

Absolutism

Study Guide: Absolutism and the Development of Democracy in England

Exam: Monday, June 6, 2011
Format: 50 Multiple Choice Questions

Materials to Study:

• Packet on Absolutism with lyrics on the front.
• Chart on Absolutist Rulers
• Causes and Effects of Absolutism
• Timeline of England's development of a limited monarchy (in class on Tuesday, 5/31) 

Extra Help Links:

• Reading about development of ABSOLUTISM
• Chart on the development of a LIMITED MONARCHY IN ENGLAND
• Mutiple Choice Practice Questions on ABSOLUTISM
• Multiple Choice Practice Questions on the development of DEMOCRACY

Exam: Age of Exploration

Unit Exam: Age of Exploration (aka: Europeans Encounter, Exploration and Exploitation)
Friday, May 21st

Use LGT as study guide.

Click here for access to practice multiple choice questions from Regents Prep

Exam Format: Multiple Choice and Matching

Study Guide: Unit Exam Byzantine Empire, Islam, Middle Ages and The Crusades

Exam: Thursday, 1/20
Exam Format: Multiple Choice (40 Questions)

Materials to Study:
Ch. 11, Sec. 1 (Byzantine)
Ch. 13, Sec. 1-4 (Middle Ages)
Ch. 14, Sec. 1 (Crusades)
Reading on Early Russia
Packet on Byzantine Empire
Documents Packets:

• Spread of Islam & Golden Age of Islam --> with methods of expansion chart we made in class
• Feudalism and Manorialism
• Medieval Church Rules Your Face Feudal Manor
• Medieval Trade and Towns (Black Death Notes)
• Spread of the Bubonic Plague Docs
• Crusades

Key Terms to Know:
Byzantine Empire
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Justinian
Justinian's Code
Hagia Sofia
Kievan Russa
Vladimir
Islam
Achievements
Manorialism
Feudalism
Social Hierarchy
Serf
Fief
Vassal
Lord
Knight
King (Monarch)
Chivalry
Monk
Pope
Lay Investiture
Excommunication
Interdiction
Canon Law
Crusades
Holy War
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Richard the Lionhearted
Saladin

How to Use Your Notes for Studying:

1. Highlight Questions from Headings in HW
2. Do your notes answer the heading questions? If not, what are the answers to those questions?
3. Highlight Vocabulary from HW and in class assignments (including notes)
4. Find places where your HW notes match up with our classwork/class notes. If the information is in both then that means its IMPORTANT!
5. Find places where all of your notes and assignments match up with the Study Guide--> THAT MEANS ITS ON THE EXAM!
6. Can you answer all of the Aims from class since we began our work on these units?

World Belief Systems Vocabulary List

Vocabulary Quiz: 

Tuesday, October 19th

World Belief Systems Vocabulary

Belief System

Holy Book/Sacred Text

Ritual

Judaism

Hinduism

Christianity

Islam

Buddhism

Taoism (Daoism)

Confucianism

Animism

Monotheism

Polytheism

Mohammed

Jesus Christ

Siddhartha Gautama

Confucius

Reincarnation

Dharma

Karma

Moksha

Nirvana

Enlightenment

5 Pillars of Islam

10 Commandments

Vedas/Upanishads

Koran (Qu'ran)

Bible

Torah

5 Relationships

8-Fold Path

4 Noble Truths

Caste System

Hierarchy

Mecca

Jerusalem

Sharia
Synagogue
Mosque
Church
Caste System
Talmud
Sunni
Shi'ia

Study Guide: Modern China and Japan

Exam: Modern China and Japan
Friday, May 28th

Materials to Study:

Chapter 33, Section 2 in textbook
Notes on the Chinese Civil War (Nationalists vs. Communists)
Chart on Rape of Nanking
Chart on Command Economy vs. Capitalism
Chart on Mao's Programs
Chart on Changes to Daily Life after the Communist Revolution
Reading on Deng's Programs
Reading on Tiananmen Square
Reading on One Child Policy
Movie viewing on Japan in World War II
Japan's Education and business practices
China Today

Terms to Know:

China:

Communism
Command Economy
Capitalism
Democracy
Nationalists (Kuomintang)
Civil War
Sun Yat Sen (Sun Yixian)
-3 Principles
Jiang Jieshi
Rape of Nanking
Long March
Mao Zedong
May 4th Movement
Great Leap Forward
-Modernization
Cultural Revolution
Red Guard
Little Red Book
Communes
Re-Education Camps
Four "Olds"
Deng Xiaoping
Four Modernizations
Private Business
Responsibility System
One Child Policy
Tiananmen Square

Japan:

Kamikaze Pilots
Emperor Hirohito


Practice Short Answer Questions:

1. What was the Rape of Nanking?
2. What caused the Chinese Civil War?
3. What were the differences between the Nationalists (Kuomintang) and Communists?
4. How did life in China change after the Communist Revolution?
5. How did Mao's tactics violate the basic communist principle of equality?
6. What changes did Deng make to China's economy and society
7. How did the Japanese view World War II?
8. What conditions have made the Japanese an economic superpower in recent history?

Exam Format:

Multiple Choice
Identifications

Study Guide: Early China and Japan

Terms to Know:

China:

Ancient China
Dynasty
Mandate of Heaven
Dynastic Cycle
Han, Tang, and Song Dynasties
-Golden Ages
Confucianism
Civil Service System
Bureaucracy
Scholars
Silk Road
Meritocracy
Mongols (Yuan Dynasty)
Ghengis Khan
Kublai Khan
Pax Mongolia
Pastoralist
Steppe
Nomad

Japan:

Topography
Demography
Arable Land
Terrace Farming
Heian Period
-Lady Murasaki
-Tale of Genji
-Haiku
-Kabuki Theater
Feudalism
-Emperor
-Shogun
-Daimyos
-Samurai
Bushido (vs. Chivalry)
Tokugawa Shogunate