STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL EXAM

HISTORY 2301 - SPRING, 2013

 

The Final examination will consist of 30 multiple choice questions, 2 short-answer identification questions and 1 essay question taken from all material from Chapters 8 through Chapter 12 of your textbook and all lectures through May 8th. The exam will be worth 100 points. You may (and are encouraged to) research beyond the textbook and lecture notes if you so choose. Bring a small green Scantron to the exam on which to answer the MC questions. You will answer the ID and Essay section on a provided test booklet (do not bring a bluebook). There are no test items associated with the reader Guns, Germs and Steel.

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Multiple Choice: Study the following terms. The questions on the exam will follow the exact order of the study guide terms listed below. The MC portion of the exam will be worth 30 points.

1.    Know what Chinese interaction with the northern nomads during the Tang dynasty resulted in.

2.    Know how both Japan and Korea reacted to their relations with China.

3.    Be able to define Korea's relationship with China in the pre-modern period.

4.    Be able to identify technological innovation(s) that spread from China to the rest of Eurasia.

5.    Know the factors contributing to the growth of Buddhism in China after 300 C.E.

6.    Know how masculine identity came to be defined in Song dynasty China.

7.    Know what features of Islam attracted converts in India.

8.    Know how Sufi practitioners  facilitated conversion to Islam by people living in Anatolia and India.

9.    Know in which region conversion to Islam was motivated by the desire to expand trading networks.

10.    Know what resulted from cross-regional ties created in the expanding Islamic world.

11.    Know the Arabic word for the pilgrimage to Mecca.

12.    The spread of the Arab Empire that accompanied the spread of Islam was from what to what?

13.    Know what characterizes the spread of Christianity throughout Western Europe from 500 to 1000.

14.    Know the technological changes in which field that limited women's opportunities in Western Europe by the 15th century.

15.    Know what was also a target of western crusaders besides Islam.

16.    Know the  regions where rulers held the least power between 1000 and 1300.

17.    Be able to identify examples of European innovation made possible by borrowing technologies from other civilizations.

18.    Know what contributed to the decline of Christianity in Asia and Africa by 1500.

19.    Know what the wars carried out by the Aztec empire were linked to.

20.    Know what the Inca Empire did that the Aztec Empire did not do.

21.    Know what women could do in both the Inca and Aztec empires.

22.    Of all societies studied, know which pair of societies shared a common religion.

23.    Know what scholars call the gender-based system employed by the Inca and Aztec empires.

24.    Know where the hunter-gatherer lifestyle still persisted in the 15th century.

25.    Be able to describe a feature of Qing China's policy toward its possessions in central Asia.

26.    Know how Chinese and Russian expansion into central Asia affected the nomadic peoples inhabiting the steppe lands.

27.    Know what policies the Mughal ruler Akbar favored.

28.    Know the result of the Ottoman Empire's policy toward the Christian population in southeastern Europe.

29.    Be able to discuss the outcome of the establishment of European empires in the Americas.

30.    Know what contributed to the great dying in the Americas.

 

IDENTIFICATION SECTION

Identify the following: In your identification, you MUST address WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, and most importantly, WHY. The "why"  means, What is the historical significance of the subject, i.e., why do historians care? What was there about the person/place/thing that was so significant as to be of paramount importance to contemporary and/or future generations? Spend a LOT of time here. The WHY portion of your answer will constitute 50% of your grade on the question. From the following four terms, two will be chosen for you to answer at the time of the exam. 20 points each.

Gengis Khan

William the Conqueror

Magna Carta

Zheng He

 

ESSAY SECTION

Prepare to thoroughly address the following questions. From the following list of three questions, one will be chosen for you to answer at the time of the exam. The essay question will be worth 30 points. In order to be THOROUGH in your answers, you are highly encouraged to go beyond the textbook to research these topics.

 

 

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Historical Analysis: How did outside influences shape China during the Tang and Song dynasties?

2.

Historical Analysis: What factors contributed to the emergence of Western Europe as a dynamic civilization after 1000 C.E.?

 

3.

Historical Comparison: In what ways were the experiences of women in the Islamic world similar to those of their counterparts in China during the Song and Tang dynasties?