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AP World History Review Important People, Places, & Things

AP World History Review Important People, Places, & Things. Borrowed from Mr. Millhouse AP World History Hebron High School Carrollton, TX. Modified by Mr. Ackerman AP World History Potomac Falls High School Potomac Falls, VA. AP Test-Taking Tips. Days before the test

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AP World History Review Important People, Places, & Things

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  1. AP World History ReviewImportant People, Places, & Things Borrowed from Mr. Millhouse AP World History Hebron High School Carrollton, TX Modified by Mr. Ackerman AP World History Potomac Falls High School Potomac Falls, VA

  2. AP Test-Taking Tips • Days before the test • Review content material and the guidelines for essay writing • 50% of the test is multiple-choice • 50% of the test is 3 essay questions • Make sure you know the nuances of each question • Get a good night’s sleep. Do not stay up late cramming. • Eat breakfast. It is a long test. • Be in the school at least 15 mins early. Don’t be running in at the last moment. • Relax when you get there. Be confident that you know the material. Start focusing on task at hand.

  3. AP Test-taking Tips • Multiple-Choice Tips • 1 pt for every correct question, and zero pt for incorrect responses or leaving it blank • Guessing can’t hurt you, so go ahead and guess • Answer the easiest questions FIRST • Fill out the answer sheet as you go; don’t wait for the end • Essay Tips • Use the 10 minute prewriting time on the DBQ documents, but take a peek at the other 2 questions before you start. • Do the DBQ first unless you know another question better. • Pace yourself. You do NOT have to switch questions after 40 minutes. You should be close to the recommended time.

  4. Round 1: Regions choose the correct region(s) for each Country. There can be multiple answers.

  5. Round 1: Regions • Argentina • China • Egypt • Germany • India • Iran • Korea • Mexico • Russia • Vietnam • East Asia • Eastern Europe • Latin America • Middle East • North Africa • North America • South America • South Asia • Southeast Asia • West Africa • Western Europe

  6. Round 1 Answers • Argentina – C, G • China – A • Egypt – D, E • Germany – K • India – H • Iran – D • Korea – A • Mexico – C, F • Russia – B • Vietnam – I • East Asia • Eastern Europe • Latin America • Middle East • North Africa • North America • South America • South Asia • Southeast Asia • West Africa • Western Europe

  7. Commonly Misidentified Regions (This is NOT a list of ALL Regions)

  8. Round 2: Who Am I?Important Founders & Builders Determine the famous Founder or builder based upon the information.

  9. Famous Founder & Builder #1 • Emerged as leader of Egypt after failed invasion by Napoleon in 1812 • Modernized Egypt by focusing on the military and economy • Encouraged farmers to grow cash crops such as cotton • Successors would build the Suez Canal

  10. Famous Founder & Builder #2 • Created an absolute monarchy in France • Considered the epitome of absolute monarchy • Nicknamed the Sun King • Built a lavish palace at Versailles • Practiced mercantilism • Made France one of Europe’s wealthiest nations

  11. Famous Founder & Builder #3 • Leader of the Nazi party • Built a totalitarian state in Germany using fascism • Rebuilt Germany militarily and economically • Created jobs and increased the standard of living • Enacted the Nuremburg Laws

  12. Famous Founder & Builder #4 • Name means the “first emperor of China” • Created the first centralized state in China • Built a “great” wall • Standardized laws, currency, & written script • Supported Legalism • Attacked Confucianism • Built a terra cotta army to protect his tomb

  13. Famous Founder & Builder #5 • Founded a shogunate bearing his name in 1600 • 1st person to unify Japan • Created a feudal monarchy in Japan • Began period of Japanese isolation • Banned Christianity & expelled Christian missionaries • Limited trade to the port of Nagasaki

  14. Famous Founder & Builder #6 • Expanded the Mughal Empire • Promoted religious tolerance between Muslims and Hindus • Eliminated the jizya on Muslims • Tolerated Jesuit missionaries • Attempted social reforms to benefit women • Supported the arts

  15. Famous Founder & Builder #7 • Lived in China during the Warring States Period • Promoted social harmony through proper relationships • Five Relationships • Filial Piety • Teachings became the political and social foundations of Chinese society

  16. Famous Founder & Builder #8 • Pilgrimage to Mecca brought attention to the wealth of the Mali Empire • Mali controlled trans-Saharan trade route • Built capital at Timbuktu • Built mosques and schools to promote Islam

  17. Famous Founder & Builder #9 • Expanded the Mauryan Empire • Built roads and inns to encourage trade • Converted to Buddhism after the battle of Kalinga • Encouraged the spread of Buddhism to central Asia and southeast Asia • Built pillars with inscriptions to explain laws & history

  18. Famous Founder & Builder #10 • Replaced Vladimir Lenin as the leader of the USSR • Ruled as totalitarian dictator • Promoted “socialism in one country” • Started five-year plans • Collectivization of agriculture • Ruled USSR in early stages of the Cold War

  19. Famous Founder & Builder #11 • Ruled the eastern portion of the Roman Empire • Attempted to rebuild the Roman Empire through military conquest • Rebuilt Constantinople • Built Hagia Sophia • Wife Theodora was very influential • Codified Roman law

  20. Famous Founder & Builder #12 • Considered by believers to be the last prophet of Allah • Allah’s revelations to him were recorded in the Quran • Teaching and sayings were recorded in the Hadiths • Converted and unified the Arab people prior to his death

  21. Famous Founder & Builder #13 • 19th century philosopher developed a socialist theory to deal with the problems caused by industrialization • Co-authored the Communist Manifesto with Engels • Emphasized class struggle in history • Called for working class revolution • Influenced revolutions in Russia, China, Vietnam, et al.

  22. Famous Founder & Builder #14 • Created an examination system based upon Confucianism • Built imperial university to train bureaucrats • Expanded the Han dynasty into Korea and Vietnam • Encouraged the development of the Silk Roads

  23. Famous Founder & Builder #15 • Unified German-speaking states into a unified nation in 1871 • Promoted nationalism • Defeated the French in the Franco-Prussian War • Encouraged militarism & industrialization in Germany • Made a series of social reforms • Called Berlin Conference

  24. #1 – Muhammad Ali • Emerged as leader of Egypt after failed invasion by Napoleon in 1812 • Modernized Egypt by focusing on the military and economy • Encouraged farmers to grow cash crops such as cotton • Successors would build the Suez Canal

  25. #2 – King Louis XIV • Created an absolute monarchy in France • Considered the epitome of absolute monarchy • Nicknamed the Sun King • Built a lavish palace at Versailles • Practiced mercantilism • Made France one of Europe’s wealthiest nations

  26. #3 – Adolf Hitler • Leader of the Nazi party • Built a totalitarian state in Germany using fascism • Rebuilt Germany militarily and economically • Created jobs and increased the standard of living • Enacted the Nuremburg Laws

  27. #4 – Qin Shi Huangdi • Name means the “first emperor of China” • Created the first centralized state in China • Built a “great” wall • Standardized laws, currency, & written script • Supported Legalism • Attacked Confucianism • Built a terra cotta army to protect his tomb

  28. #5 – Tokugawa Ieyasu • Founded a shogunate bearing his name in 1600 • 1st person to unify Japan • Created a feudal monarchy in Japan • Began period of Japanese isolation • Banned Christianity & expelled Christian missionaries • Limited trade to the port of Nagasaki

  29. #6 – Akbar the Great • Expanded the Mughal Empire • Promoted religious tolerance between Muslims and Hindus • Eliminated the jizya on Muslims • Tolerated Jesuit missionaries • Attempted social reforms to benefit women • Supported the arts

  30. #7 – Confucius • Lived in China during the Warring States Period • Promoted social harmony through proper relationships • Five Relationships • Filial Piety • Teachings became the political and social foundations of Chinese society

  31. #8 – Mansa Musa • Pilgrimage to Mecca brought attention to the wealth of the Mali Empire • Mali controlled trans-Saharan trade route • Built capital at Timbuktu • Built mosques and schools to promote Islam

  32. #9 – Ashoka • Expanded the Mauryan Empire • Built roads and inns to encourage trade • Converted to Buddhism after the battle of Kalinga • Encouraged the spread of Buddhism to central Asia and southeast Asia • Built pillars with inscriptions to explain laws & history

  33. #10 – Joseph Stalin • Replaced Vladimir Lenin as the leader of the USSR • Ruled as totalitarian dictatorship • Promoted “socialism in one country” • Started five-year plans • Collectivization of agriculture • Ruled USSR in early stages of the Cold War

  34. #11 – Justinian • Ruled the eastern portion of the Roman Empire • Attempted to rebuild the glory of the Rome by military conquest • Rebuilt Constantinople • Built Hagia Sophia • Wife Theodora was very influential • Codified Roman law

  35. #12 – Muhammad • Considered by believers to be the last prophet of Allah • Allah’s revelations to him were recorded in the Quran • Teaching and sayings were recorded in the Hadith • Converted and unified the Arab people prior to his death

  36. #13 – Karl Marx • 19th century philosopher developed a socialist theory to deal with the problems caused by industrialization • Co-authored the Communist Manifesto with Engels • Emphasized class struggle in history • Called for working class revolution • Influenced revolutions in Russia, China, Vietnam, et al.

  37. #14 – Han Wudi (Wu Ti) • Created an examination system based upon Confucianism • Built imperial university to train bureaucrats • Expanded the Han dynasty into Korea and Vietnam • Encouraged the development of the Silk Roads

  38. #15 – Otto von Bismarck • Unified German-speaking states into a unified nation in 1871 • Promoted nationalism • Defeated the French in the Franco-Prussian War • Encouraged militarism & industrialization in Germany • Made a series of social reforms • Called Berlin Conference

  39. Round 3: Art & Architecture Name the society or region that created the art & architecture shown on each slide

  40. Art & Architecture #1

  41. Art & Architecture #2

  42. Art & Architecture #3

  43. Art & Architecture #4

  44. Art & Architecture #5

  45. Art & Architecture #6

  46. Art & Architecture #7

  47. Art & Architecture #8

  48. Art & Architecture #9

  49. Art & Architecture #10

  50. Answers to Art & Architecture(Pictures listed clockwise from upper left) • Arabs (Dome of the Rock, Prophets Mosque, cartography, mosaic, calligraphy) • France (Palace of Versailles, Notre Dame Cathedral, Arc de Triumph, Impressionist painting) • Japan (Osaka castle, samurai painting, Ukioye woodblock painting) • Benin or West Africa (Ivory mask, copper sculptures, Portuguese saltcellar) • Byzantine Empire (Byzantine mosaic, Hagia Sophia, the Hippodrome, mosaics of Justinian & Jesus) • Mughal Empire (Taj Mahal, Mughal paintings, Mughal fort, Akbar’s tomb) • Mesoamerica (Aztec god, Mayan pyramid, Aztec sacrifice, Olmec head) • Russia (St. Basil’s Cathedral, Painting of Peter the Great, the Winter Palace, socialist realism) • Southeast Asia (Angkor Wat, Cambodian Buddha, bas relief of Vishnu & statues at Angkor Wat) • China (Buddhist carvings along the Silk Road, painting of Empress Wu, Song dynasty painting, the Great Wall, Ming porcelain, the Forbidden City)

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