Semester+1+Final+Study+Topics


 * Part 1**: Map Section: You should be able to locate the following places on a map and explain their significance in relation to what you have learned this semester:
 * Mesopotamia, **
 * Indus River, **
 * Yellow River, **
 * Rome, **
 * Japan, **
 * Carthage, **
 * Constantinople, **
 * Mecca, **
 * Jerusalem, **
 * Crete, **
 * Athens, **
 * Sparta, **
 * Persia, **
 * The Silk Road, **
 * The Persian Road, **
 * Cordoba **
 * Afghanistan **


 * Part 2: Comparative Religion **
 * You should be prepared to answer questions about the belief systems you researched/learned about in class. **
 * Religions that we studies: Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Baha’i, Sikhism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Judaism, Hinduism, others..... (You must write about 6 different total religions) **

Some ideas for religious topics: Role of religious text (rules, stories, word of God......), Impact on daily life, idea about the afterlife, concept of God, ideas on violence etc....

1. Are there identifiable historical patterns? 2. Why do we fight? 3. To what extent is history determined by individuals as opposed to circumstances? 4. Who owns history?
 * Part 3: Civilization Short Answer Questions: **
 * Topics to study in preparation: **
 * ( Regions we specifically studied: Greece, Rome, Persia, China) **
 * Essential Questions we have covered this semester: **

5. What characteristics does a society have to have to be considered "civilized"? Use specific examples of a civilization to support your answer and compare it to a society that you would __not__ consider "civilized".

6.How can you define the success of a civilization? 7. Describe the changes that occurred in early complex societies in human relationships to the environment, to other humans, and to ideas.

8.To what extent does geography impact a civilization?

9. How does ideology shape societies?

10. How are trade and conflict interrelated?

11. To what extent is geographic luck a factor in the advancement of civilizations?

12. Did trade influence the rise of empires or did empires influence the extent of trade?

13. What makes civilizations rise AND fall? Are there patterns for the rise and fall of civlizations?

**Review Week Schedule:**

**Day 1: Based on the topics above, create your own Jeopardy Game for review. Also, be sure to review the wiki for all of the units we covered so far. Use this [|Jeopardy Lab Template]to help you create your game. One of your games will be chosen to play next class as our final review!**

**Day 2: Jeopardy Review!!**

 Period 1 Games: [|Chiara and Aadit] [|Jammin and Anna] [|Mridu and JuYun] [|Jared] [|Rachel and Zoe] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">[|Ben and Austin]