REVIEW Global History and Geography Name: Teacher:
TABLE OF CONTENTS ii Geography 1-3 Belief Systems.4-5 Turning Points 6-9 Human Rights Violations 10-12 Great Documents and Written Works.13-14 Economic Systems. 15-17 Organizations and Agreements. 18-19 Political Systems.. 20 Internal Policies of Countries. 21-22 Important Figures in Global History 23-35 Regents Essay Writing Made Easy.36 Thematic Essay Scoring Rubric 37 Document-Based Essay Scoring Rubric.38
AREAS OF STUDY iii Grade 9 1. Early People & River Valley Civilizations 2. Classical Civilizations 3. Rise and Fall of Great Empires 4. Emergence & Spread of Belief Systems 5. The Gupta Empire in India 6. Tang and Song Dynasties in China 7. Byzantine Empire and Russia 8. Islamic Civilization 9. Medieval Europe 10. The Crusades 11. Early Japan and Feudalism 12. The Mongols & Their Impact 13. Global Trade & Interactions 14. Resurgence of Europe 15. African Civilizations 16. Mesoamerican Civilizations 17. Ming Dynasty in China 18. Ottoman Empire 19. Exploration, Encounters and Imperialism 20. Absolutism & the Puritan Revolution 1. Scientific Revolution Grade 10 2. Enlightenment 3. French Revolution 4. European & Latin American Revolutions 5. Industrial Revolution 6. Nationalism 7. Imperialism 8. The Great War (WWI) 9. Russian Revolution 10. Between World Wars 11. World War II 12. The Holocaust 13. The Cold War 14. Indian Independence 15. African Independence 16. Modern Problems in Southeast Asia 17. Modern Problems in Latin America 18. Modern Problems in the Middle East 19. Modern Economics 20. Modern Environmental Problems
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GEOGRAPHY 1 FEATURE NAME/AREA EFFECTS (Positive and/or Negative) Amazon Ganges RIVERS Yellow (Huang He) Nile PLAINS Poland NATURAL RESOURCES Japan Middle East
GEOGRAPHY 2 FEATURE NAME/AREA EFFECTS (Positive and/or Negative) Japan MOUNTAINS China Latin America Africa COASTLINE Western Europe Amazon RAINFOREST Congo
GEOGRAPHY 3 FEATURE NAME/AREA EFFECTS (Positive and/or Negative) DESERT Sahara Panama CANALS Suez WARM WATER PORTS Russia Japan ARCHIPELAGO Indonesia
BELIEF SYSTEMS 4 SYSTEM FOUNDER MAJOR BELIEFS WHERE PRACTICED (when founded and today) IMPORTANCE TODAY ANIMISM SHINTOISM HINDUISM JUDAISM CONFUCIANISM BUDDHISM
BELIEF SYSTEMS 5 SYSTEM FOUNDER MAJOR BELIEFS WHERE PRACTICED (when founded and today) IMPORTANCE TODAY TAOISM LEGALISM CHRISTIANITY (Catholicism) CHRISTIANITY (Protestantism) ISLAM SIKHISM
TURNING POINTS 6 DEFINITION OF TURNING POINT: TURNING POINT DESCRIBE THE CHANGE DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION FALL OF ROME FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE THE CRUSADES THE PLAGUE EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICAS
TURNING POINTS 7 TURNING POINT DESCRIBE THE CHANGE DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE RENAISSANCE INVENTION OF PRINTING PRESS LUTHER S 95 THESIS SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION ENLIGHTENMENT FRENCH REVOLUTION
TURNING POINTS 8 TURNING POINT DESCRIBE THE CHANGE DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION MEIJI RESTORATION THE GREAT WAR RUSSIAN REVOLUTION STALIN S RULE OF THE U.S.S.R.
TURNING POINTS 9 TURNING POINT DESCRIBE THE CHANGE DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE RISE OF NAZI GERMANY DROPPING OF ATOMIC BOMBS FOUNDING OF THE U.N. DISINTEGRATION OF THE U.S.S.R. FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS ON U.S.
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 10 DEFINITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: VIOLATION CAUSES DESCRIPTION ACTIONS TAKEN (IF ANY) AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION DURING THE REFORMATION ARMENIAN MASSACRE NANKING MASSACRE
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 11 VIOLATION CAUSES DESCRIPTION ACTIONS TAKEN (IF ANY) THE HOLOCAUST DISSIDENTS UNDER STALIN UNTOUCHABLES IN INDIA ROLE OF WOMEN APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 12 VIOLATION CAUSES DESCRIPTION ACTIONS TAKEN (IF ANY) GENOCIDE IN CAMBODIA GENOCIDE IN BOSNIA GENOCIDE IN RWANDA GENOCIDE IN DARFUR MODERN CHINA -Political Dissidents -Tibet
GREAT DOCUMENTS AND WRITTEN WORKS 13 DOCUMENT AUTHOR DESCRIPTION IMPACT Torah Hammurabi s Code Analects Twelve Tables Bible Koran Magna Carta The Prince 95 Thesis
GREAT DOCUMENTS AND WRITTEN WORKS 14 DOCUMENT AUTHOR DESCRIPTION IMPACT Two Treatises on Civil Government English Bill of Rights The Wealth of Nations Essay on Population Communist Manifesto Origin of Species Mein Kampf The Jewish State Wilson s 14 Points
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 15 TERM & DEFINITION WHO/WHEN/WHERE BASIC PHILOSOPHY MERCANTILISM: Favorable Balance of Trade: Mother Country: Colony: CAPITALISM: Laissez-Faire: Private Enterprise: Supply and Demand: SOCIALISM: Utopia: Mixed Economy: COMMUNISM: Class Struggle: Command Economy: Revolutionary Change: Proletariat:
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 16 ECONOMIC TERM Scarcity DEFINITION Diversity Interdependence Economic Indicators Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Standard of Living Per Capita Income Productivity Mixed Economy Capital Consumer Goods Heavy Industry
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 17 ECONOMIC TERM Deficit DEFINITION Surplus Trade Gap Market Economy Inflation Recession Depression Tariff Trade Barriers Prosperity Debt
ORGANIZATIONS AND AGREEMENTS 18 ORGANIZATON/ AGREEMENT GOAL EFFECTS INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (INC) AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC) TREATY OF VERSAILLES LEAGUE OF NATIONS UNITED NATIONS NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO)
ORGANIZATIONS AND AGREEMENTS 19 ORGANIZATON/ AGREEMENT GOAL EFFECTS WARSAW PACT ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN STATES (OAS) EUROPEAN UNION PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO) ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC) CAMP DAVID ACCORDS NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA)
POLITICAL SYSTEMS 20 POLITICAL SYSTEM DESCRIPTION WHERE/WHEN PRACTICED OLIGARCHY REPUBLIC FEUDALISM ABSOLUTE MONARCHY LIMITED MONARCHY PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY THEOCRACY DICTATORSHIP TOTALITARIANISM
INTERNAL POLICIES OF COUNTRIES 21 POLICY ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND/OR POLITICAL? COUNTRY or COUNTRIES DESCRIPTION PAX ROMANA PAX MONGOLIA ISOLATION WESTERNIZATION MILITARISM ISOLATIONISM APARTHEID FIVE YEAR PLANS
INTERNAL POLICIES OF COUNTRIES 22 POLICY ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND/OR POLITICAL? COUNTRY or COUNTRIES DESCRIPTION GREAT LEAP FOWARD URBANIZATION ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM ONE CHILD POLICY GLASNOST PERESTROIKA ETHNIC CLEANSING
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 23 PERSON COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT MOSES CONFUCIUS BUDDHA SOCRATES ALEXANDER THE GREAT JESUS
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 24 PERSON COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT CONSTANTINE MOHAMMAD CHARLEMAGNE GENGHIS KHAN MARCO POLO ZHENG HE
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 25 PERSON COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT IBN BATTUTA MANSA MUSA COLUMBUS DA VINCI JOAN OF ARC GUTENBERG
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 26 PERSON COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT MARTIN LUTHER HENRY VIII ELIZABETH I MICHELANGELO MACHIAVELLI COPERNICUS
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 27 PERSON COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT GALILEO SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT JOHN LOCKE THOMAS HOBBES JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU MONTESQUEIU
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 28 PERSON MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT ADAM SMITH PETER THE GREAT CATHERINE THE GREAT ROBESPIERRE NAPOLEON
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 29 PERSON CHARLES DARWIN GIUSSEPE MAZZINI CAMILO CAVOUR GIUSSEPE GARIBALDI COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT METTERNICH MATTHEW PERRY
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 30 PERSON COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT KARL MARX OTTO VON BISMARCK SIMÓN BOLÍVAR MIGUEL DE SAN MARTÍN FATHER HIDALGO TOUSSAINT L OUVERTURE
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 31 PERSON WOODROW WILSON VLADIMIR LENIN JOSEF STALIN BENITO MUSSOLINI COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT ADOLF HITLER GANDHI
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 32 PERSON COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT NEHRU MAO ZEDONG AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI JOMO KENYATTA NASSER ANWAR SADAT
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 33 PERSON MENACHIM BEGIN COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT YASIR ARAFAT KEMAL ATATURK FIDEL CASTRO HO CHI MINH POL POT
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 34 PERSON NELSON MANDELA COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT FW DE KLERK DESMOND TUTU DENG XIAOPING LECH WALESA MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
IMPORTANT FIGURES IN GLOBAL HISTORY 35 PERSON BORIS YELSTIN VLADIMIR PUTIN SADDAM HUSSEIN COUNTRY/ REGION YEARS ACTIONS IMPACT MAO ZEDONG KIM JONG IL KOFI ANNAN