World History A Semester Exam Study Guide
Make sure to answer all the questions with complete sentences!!
1.Why did Europeans want to explore the Western Hemisphere in the 15th century?
2.What did people in Europe desire as a result of the Crusades?
3.Why did they want to find a direct sea route to Asia?
4.What group of people were the most responsible for trade between the 7th and 14th centuries?
5.What is cultural diffusion?
6.What system was created because of the decline in native population in South America?
7.What were the main Enlightenment ideas of John Locke?
8.Why do we not know a lot about the Indus River Valley civilization?
9.What did Genghis Khan do for the Mongols?
10.Who were the Aryans and why were they important?
11.What were the two most important materials in the Aztec economy?
12.What do Hinduism and Buddhism have in common?
13.What are the different roles of the people in the European Feudal system?
14.Who are Newton and Galileo? What Revolution were they a major part of?
15.How did early civilizations adapted to their environment?
16.How many people did the Bubonic Plague kill, of Europe’s population?
17.What was a positive result, in the labor market, from the Bubonic Plague?
18.How did the Crusades impact the Muslim lands?
19.What happened to the Zhou Dynasty?
20.Why are Hammurabi’s Code of laws important?