THINGS TO REMEMBER

WORLD HISTORY

THINGS TO REMEMBER

WORLD HISTORY

PREMIER CURRICULUM SERIESBased on the Sunshine State Standards for Secondary Education,

established by the State of Florida, Department of Education

Copyright 2009Revision Date:12/2009

Copyright 2009Revision Date:12/2009

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Lesson 1 Cro-Magnons were not more intelligent than Neanderthals because they painted pictures in

caves.

Modern man is categorized as a Homo sapiens.

The youngest historical period was the Bronze Age.

The art of metallurgy began when early humans learned how to refine metal from raw ore to make weapons and tools.

The earliest forms of formal government came into existence during the Bronze Age.

The development of domestic utensils and basic tools by early man was a characteristic feature of the Stone Age.

The development of farming also led to the domestication of animals like the dog and the herding of pigs, sheep, cattle and other animals.

The Paleolithic Age era marks the first use of stone tools of ancient people.

The Iron Age historical period led to the greatest development of metal.

The pyramids of Egypt were built during the Bronze Age. Lesson 2 The Hebrews were the first civilization to develop the practice of polytheism which later

spread to the rest of the Mesopotamia.

Cuneiform was the oldest form of writing that developed in the Fertile Crescent.

The Sumerians built elaborate temples called ziggurats to worship their gods.

The pharaoh Menes divided Egypt into Upper and Lower portions to maintain control of the country.

Hieroglyphics are writings made up of pictures and symbols that expressed words and ideas.

The ancient Egyptians invented the first calendar that divided the year into twelve months with 365 days.

The Fertile Crescent definitely is not in the high mountains.

During the Chin dynasty, coins were not used to pay for goods instead of bartering.

The Minoans became a wealthy civilization based on their extensive trade with other countries.

In the social structure of Rome, the plebians were the lower classes and the patricians the upper classes.

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Lesson 3 Feudalism was not a political system that was made to provide serfs with more land.

The nobles and lords owned most of the land during the feudal era.

Church officials had limited authority and power to advise kings and lords.

The sale of indulgences was the way in which the Church collected money.

Byzantine culture was influenced by other civilizations.

The Byzantine Empire did not include Spain, South Africa, or Sweden.

The Muslim Empire did not give women superior positions in society.

The crusades began after the Turks in the Middle East began to interfere with the Christian visitors in the Holy Land.

The Crusades resulted in increased trade between the Middle East and Europe.

The decline of the manorial system was a result of the Crusades Lesson 4 Ghana became a wealthy kingdom primarily from its trade in slaves with the Arabs.

Timbuktu was a center of learning.

The Paleo-Indians were nomadic.

Land bridges from one continent to the next across oceans are only possible if the water levels drop.

Cuzco was the capital city of the Incan Empire.

The Aztec and Incan Empires were not aided by Spanish colonizers.

The Mayans were a civilization to use the number zero.

Under Genghis and Kublai Khan, the Mongol empire became the largest in the world.

Mongol rulers had absolute power.

The Mongol empire did not include Spain.

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Lesson 5 The Renaissance was a “rebirth of learning” in Europe.

Humanism was a movement that emphasized that man should have a closer relationship to God and the Church.

Calvin did not contribute to the spread of the Renaissance in Europe.

Christopher Columbus believed that the world was round, and that by sailing west he would reach Asia.

Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to sail around the world.

The Italians did not establish settlements in the New World.

The “theory of universal gravitation” explained that gravity kept the planets orbiting around the sun.

Copernicus was the first scientist to put forward the idea that the earth was one of many planets that revolve around the sun.

During the Scientific Revolution, the “scientific method” was the new way in which observation and experiments were used to make scientific conclusions.

In the West Indies slaves, were sold but not in exchange for land rights. Lesson 6 The French and Indian War was not the cause of the Revolutionary War.

The first battle of the Revolutionary war was fought at Lexington and Concord.

Military aid from France played an important part in the American victory at Yorktown in 1781.

The storming of the Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution.

The steam engine made it possible for factories to be located at many different places.

Most of the factories were located in urban areas.

Imperialism was the policy devised by countries in Europe to gain control of weaker countries.

Dollar Diplomacy was the way in which the United States provided money for social reforms in Latin America.

The Boxer Rebellion was a nationalistic protest against foreign influences in China.

Lewis and Clark tried to find a North-West passage.

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Lesson 7 The Treaty of Versailles was the official peace treaty that ended World War I.

America entered WWI on the side of the allied powers.

Germany was the only country that had to pay reparations after WWI.

Nicholas II was assassinated after he lost the support of his army and people.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was made up of many diverse subjugated states under communist domination.

Two problems in Germany that led to the rise of Nazism were widespread unemployment and rising inflation.

Both Hitler and Mussolini did not use radio ads to maintain their power.

World War II began when Germany invaded Poland in 1939.

The United States entered the war when Japan bombed the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

The defeat of Japan marked the end of the Second World War. Lesson 8 The purpose of the conference at Yalta was to decide the future of Europe.

The Cold War was the period of hostility without war between the United States and the Soviet Union from the end of World War II to 1990.

The international incident that almost brought the United States and the Soviet Union to war was the Cuban Missile crisis.

When China became a communist country in 1949 it proved to the United States that communism could not be contained in Europe alone.

The Korean War ended by mutual treaty.

A major problem facing the world today is the fact that many natural resources are non-renewable.

Continued deforestation results in the decrease of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and in a decrease of oxygen.

The ozone layer is the layer of gas above the earth’s surface that protects living organisms from the harmful rays of the sun.

As a result of the oil crisis greater efforts were not made by the government to buy cheaper oil.

I-pods have not had any meaningful effect on international communications.

Author: Caroline Y. Grant Copyright 2009

Revision Date:12/2009

Author: Copyright 2009

Revision Date:12/2009

Caroline Y. Grant