Global 9 Review

Required Review Directions:

• Below is an outline of the major topics covered in Global History and Geography this year. Click on each section to review major people, places, terms, and ideas.
• When you are done reviewing, take the QUIZ for each topic. This is required.
• You must score > 88 for the QUIZ to count. If you score < or = 88, you must redo the QUIZ.
• You can check the Review Spreadsheet to keep track of which topics you have completed.

• QUARTER 1


• Ch 00a: Where History Comes From


• Ch 00b: Geography


• Ch 01: The Peopling of the World (Prehistory to 2500 B.C.)
  • Human Origins in Africa, Humans Try to Control Nature, Case Study -- Ur in Sumer


• Ch 02: River Valley Civilizations (3500 B.C. to 450 B.C.)
  • Mesopotamia, Egypt, Planned Cities on the Indus, River Dynasties in China


• Ch 03: People and Ideas on the Move (3500 B.C. to 259 B.C.)
  • Indo-European Migrations, Hinduism and Buddhism, Phoenecians, Judaism


• Ch 04: First Age of Empires (1570 B.C. to 200 B.C.)
  • Egypt and Nubia Collide, Assyria Dominates, Persia Unites Many Lands


• Ch 05: Classical Greece (2000 B.C. to 300 B.C.)
  • Early Greece, City-States, Democracy and Golden Age, Alexander, Hellenistic Culture

• QUARTER 2


• Ch 06: Ancient Rome and Christianity (500 B.C. to A.D. 500)
  • Republic, Empire, Christianity, Decline, Roots of Western Civilization


• Ch 11: Byzantines and Russians (500 to 1500)
  • Byzantium Becomes the New Rome, Russians Adapt Byzantine Culture


• Ch 13: European Middle Ages (500-1200)
  • Charlesmagne, Feudalism in Europe, The Age of Chivalry, The Church Wields Power


• Ch 14: The Formation of Western Europe (800-1500)
  • Crusades, Towns & Trade, England and France Develop, A Century of Turmoil


• Practice Midterm

Midterm Review stops here

• QUARTER 3


• Ch 10: The Muslim World (600-1700)
  • The Rise, The Spread, Achievement, Turkish Empires, Ottomans, Safavid, Mughals


• Ch 17: Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution
  • Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution


• Ch 07: Indian Empires
  • First Empires of India, Trade Spreads Indian Religions and Culture


• Ch 04/07 China (200 B.C. to A.D. 550)
  • An Empire Unifies China, Han Emperors in China


• Ch 12: Empires in East Asia (600 to 1350)
  • Tang & Song China, The Mongols, Feudal Powers in Japan, Southeast Asia and Korea


• Ch 19: An Age of Exploration and Isolation (1400 to 1800)
  • Europeans Explore the East, China Rejects, Japan Limits Western Contacts

• QUARTER 4


• Ch 08: African Civilizations (1500 B.C. to A.D. 500)
  • Diverse Societies in Africa, Aksum and East African Trade, Bantu-Speaking Peoples


• Ch 15: Societies and Empires of Africa (800-1500)
  • North and Central Africa, West Africa, Eastern City-States and Southern Empires


• Ch 16: The Americas (40,000 B.C. to A.D. 1500)
  • Hunters and Farmers, Diverse Societies, The Maya, The Aztecs, The Inca


• Ch 20: The Atlantic World (1492-1800)
  • Spanish Conquests, Competing Claims, Atlantic Slave Trade, Columbian Exchange


• Ch 21: Absolute Monarchs in Europe (1500 to 1800)
  • Spain, France, Central European, Russia, Parliament Limits the English Monarchy


• Practice Final Exam