1. AP WORLD HISTORY
MIDTERM
REVIEW
SUNDAY, JAN. 5
7:00 PM
MS. TINGLEY

2. MIDTERM EXAM
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The 70 Multiple Choice question test will be available on Thursday Jan. 9
*** IF YOU NEED TO TAKE THE TEST ON ANOTHER DAY, IF YOUR SCHOOL IS IN EXAM MODE, YOU
MUST LET YOUR APWH TEACHER KNOW ASAP! AS IN TODAY!!!!
I EXPECT that you will take the test in a supervised setting without the use of notes, books, or
other resources.
If you need to take the test early, please communicate with me in advance. You could void your test
score if you open it before you have permission.
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This Midterm Exam covers Chapters 1-20 in textbook (Lessons 1-17)
I can see if you open the test early - don't do it - take the test when you have plenty of time to
complete it in one sitting. Keep in mind you will be given 55 minutes to answer 70 MC questions on
the APWH exam in May - start practicing for those time limits.
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If you have a technical problem, you can restart the test but you might have to start
over. Communicate with me about any problems you have immediately or I will only accept your
first score.
***You are only allowed ONE attempt, unless there are technical problems - you and your eLA
MUST email about the tech problems.
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***Remember to use FIREFOX for the test- you can download it for free at
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US

3. Study tips!!!
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http://community.sparknotes.com/2013/09/23/midterm-study-tips

4. Review the ID wikis – what terms have we learned? What was
covered again in the EQDBs and PBAs?

5. Start studying tonight! Review 4-5 lessons a day
before Thursday!

6. Avoid those all nighter before the test
jam sessions!

7. Don’t try to read every chapter and highlight
every sentence… review the chapter summaries
and IDs first!

8. Go to your room or a quiet place in your home. Turn off your phone, Ipod and
TV, and focus.. Recent studies have found there really is no such thing as
“multi tasking” – your brain can only focus on one input at a time, so even if
you think listening to music helps, it doesn’t If the music has lyrics – your
brain can only focus on one set of words at a time – either the lyrics or the
words in the text – and guess which one your brain prefers to focus on?????
BUT it does help some to study with someone else – get online with a study
buddy and quiz each other!!!

9. What should I study????
• 80 term online review I found:
• http://quizlet.com/8931730/ap-world-historymid-term-study-guide-flash-cards/
• This would be AWESOME to go over with a
study buddy – or print out and make flash
cards TONIGHT to practice with all week!

10. Unit 1 flashcards!
• http://quizlet.com/14983755/unit-1-chapters1-7-ap-world-history-study-guide-flash-cards/
• For instance:
• 2 Factors that Led to the Agricultural
Revolution?
• Permanent settlements; domestication of
plants and animals

11. Unit 2 flashcards!
• http://quizlet.com/15677605/ap-world-his toryunit-2-test-flash-cards/
• Which of the following is true of Cyrus?
A) His contemporaries called him "the
Shepherd" because of the region he came from.
B) His conquests laid the foundation of the first
Persian empire.
C) He conquered Babylon in a swift campaign.
D) He ruled from his palace in Pasargadae.
E) All these answers are correct ***

12. Quick Review…
• Let’s see what you remember from
lessons 1-17!
• Ready….
• Set ….
• GO!

13. Lesson 1
• What type of sources can include
diaries, letters, speeches,
drawings, photographs, cartoons,
newspapers, yearbooks, posters,
signs, and memoirs?

14. And the answer is…
• PRIMARY SOURCES!
• You practice using these each
lesson with the DWHs….

15. Lesson 2
Which of the following does NOT
Define a civilization?
A.adaptation of new technology, such as
metal tools
B. political units capable of ruling large
regions
C. the development of cities
D. writing systems
E. more equality between social classes

16. And the answer is….
• E - civilizations do not necessarily have equal
social classes – think of the classic Indian
society with the strict caste system. What
other civilizations can you think of that did
NOT practice social equality?

17. Lesson 3
• China's classical period gave rise to all of the
following intellectual traditions EXCEPT
• A. Buddhism
• B. Confucianism
• C. Five classics
• D. Daoism
• E. All answers are correct.

18. And the answer is…
• A!
• Where did Buddhism develop???

19. Lesson 4
• Compared to China, India:
• A. was more secular in outlook.
• B. had more contact with other societies and
civilizations.
• C. lacked regional diversity.
• D. had a more flexible social order.
• E. all of the answers are correct.

20. Lesson 5
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Greek politics was noted for its formation of
A. the monarchy
B. trial by jury
C. democratic city-states
D. emperor system
E. feudal social order

21. And the answer is…
•C!
• What were the most noted
city-states in classical Greece?
What were they known for?

22. Lesson 6
• Between 550 and 400 B.C.E., classical
civilizations produced all of the following
seminal thinkers EXCEPT
• A. Socrates
• B. Confucius
• C. Muhammad
• D. Laozi
• E. Buddha

23. And the answer is…
• C. !
• When and where did Muhammad
live???

24. Lesson 7
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Islam means:
A. submission
B. victory
C. dedication to Allah
D. followers
E. peace

25. And the answer is…
• A!
• What do Muslims mean by
submission? What rules should they
submit to?

26. Lesson 8
• Sunni Ali was responsible for the creation of
what African Empire?
• A. Ghana
• B. Mali
• C. Songhay
• D. Kongo
• E. Ethiopia

27. And the answer is….
• C!
• Songhay was founded by Sunni Ali …
What were the western African
civilizations of Ghana, Mali and
Songhay noted for?

28. Lesson 9
• The capital of the Byzantine Empire and its
commercial center was located at
• A. Rome
• B. Constantinople
• C. Jerusalem
• D. Baghdad
• E. Paris

29. And the answer is….
• B!
• Constantinople is in what modern
country? What is its current name?
What major church/now mosque is it
renowned for?

30. Lesson 10
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Manorialism was the system that
A. defined relationships in the military
B. defined the role of bishops in the church
C. designed medieval farming systems
D. described relations between laborers and
landlords
• E. united rationalism with Christianity

31. And the answer is ….
• D!
• Who were the landlords? What were
their responsibilities towards their
peasant laborers? What
responsibilities did the peasants owe
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32. Lesson 11
• During the postclassical period, societies in the
Americas:
• A. experienced the initial contacts that led
eventually to European invasion of the New
World
• B. remained small and unorganized.
• C. failed to develop imperial forms of government
• D. remained entirely separate from those of the
Old World.
• E. were united under a single government

33. And the answer is….
• D!
• What reasons can you come up with
as to why the early American
civilizations stayed totally separate
from the old world societies?

34. Lesson 12
• Japan began borrowing heavily from China's
culture
• A. in the 5th and 6th centuries C.E
• B. Japan seldom borrowed from Chinese culture,
preferring her own course of development.
• C. in the 1st century C.E.
• D. due to the superior Chinese societal rules
• E. in the 10th century C.E.

35. And the answer is ….
• A!
• Why do you think the Japanese
borrowed from the Chinese? How
was Japan different from China?

36. Lesson 13
• What favorite tactic on the field of battle was
frequently employed by Chinggis Khan's troops?
• A. trench warfare
• B. frontal assault by massed cavalry
• C. pretended flight to draw the enemy out
followed by heavy cavalry attacks on the flanks
• D. massed artillery barrage followed by infantry
attacks on the flanks
• E. the "dry gulch"

37. And the answer is…..
• C!
• Chinggis Khan is commonly called
____?
• What society was he the leader of?
What areas did they take over with
their military attacks?

38. Lesson 14
• Which of the following was not a drawback to
the West's emergence as a global power?
• A.the attack on the Catholic Church, one of the
organizing institutions of the West
• B. lack of political coherence and organizing
ability
• C. recurring European famine
• D. economic crises among ordinary Europeans
• E. failure to establish key commercial and
maritime links until after 1600

39. And the answer is ….
• E!
• I hate double negative questions, so let’s think
of it as this… what effect did Europe’s global
commercial and maritime dominance have on
the rest of the world?

40. Lesson 15
• Which of the following statements about the
Renaissance is true?
• A. The Renaissance was built on a more
commercialized economy
• B. The Renaissance failed to develop any new ideas
about political organization.
• C. The Renaissance, following on the heels of the
scientific revolution, popularized the new technological
discoveries.
• D. The Renaissance occurred first in Italy because of its
more centralized political organization.
• E. None of the answers are correct

41. And the answer is ….
• A!
• What was the Renaissance? Where did it
begin? Brainstorm some facts you remember
about the Renaissance …
• Why did the economic changes help bring
about the societal and artistic changes of the
Renaissance?
• Why is C incorrect?

42. Lesson 16
• The government of Catherine the Great
• A. advocated the abolition of the peasantry and
removed some of the worst abuses of the coercive
labor system.
• B. controlled all aspects of central and local
administration.
• C. was so besieged by peasant rebellions that it
scarcely functioned by the end of the reign.
• D. was strongly centralized, but yielded virtually all
local control to the nobility
• E. None of the answers are correct.

43. And the answer is ….
• D!
• Where there peasant rebellions
under Catherine the Great? Name?
Outcome?

44. Lesson 17 (last one!!!)
• What was the demographic impact of the slave trade on Africa?
• A. Population in Africa seems to have grown at a higher than
average rate
• B. As a result of the slave trade, the population of Africa was only
one-third of what it would have been without the export of men
and women.
• C. The slave trade had the impact of skewing the population of
central Africa in favor of a disproportional number of women.
• D. The slave trade exported millions, but the loss was made up as a
result of the natural prolificacy of the Africans
• E. Besides a reduction in overall population, there was no real effect
of the slave trade on Africa as a whole.

45. And the FINAL answer IS ….
• C!
• Why??? Why would the slave
trade skew the population of
Africa towards more women than
men?

46. Thank you ALL!!!
• For coming to study with us tonight! For being
conscientious about your grade, and more
importantly, about your LEARNING about World
History!
• Remember to take some time to study a bit each
night this week before the exam… and to let your
teacher know ASAP if you have to take it on a day
other than Thursday!
• Have a great evening ---- and fit some study time
in! Get a study buddy arranged tonight!!!