World History Study Guide

AP World History Unit Two Test Study Guide

1. Explain the Indian caste system and evaluate its importance in societal functioning. 2. Compare and contrast Confucian and Hindu values. 3. Examine the interaction within the India’s trade network. 4. Compare and contrast China and India’s social and economic structures. 5. Compare and Contrast Greek and Indian politics. 6. Evaluate the Roman Empire from a Confucian viewpoint. 7. Explain the social hierarchy of China. 8. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of China’s economy. 9. Discuss the roles of women in Han China and after the fall of Han China. 10. Examine cultural diffusion in early Chinese history. 11. Compare and contrast the invasions of India and the invasions of China. 12. Compare and contrast the Mauryan dynasty and the Gupta dynasty. 13. Compare and contrast classical China and the Huanghe river valley civilizations. 14. Explain the “Son of Heaven “concept. 15. Examine the Chinese views of nature. 16. Compare and contrast Daoism and Confucianism. 17. Discuss the concept of “ceremony” in upper-class Chinese life. 18. Examine how the Roman emperors controlled popular disorder. 19. Explain the Socratic Method. 20. Compare and contrast the Greek and Hellenistic approach to science. 21. Compare and contrast Chinese architecture with Greek and Roman architecture. 22. Compare and contrast Greek and Roman agriculture. 23. Explain the role of slaves in the Roman Empire. 24. Examine the influences on the first kingdoms in East Africa below the Sahara. 25. Discuss Wang Mang’s Reform Program. 26. Explain China’s uniqueness in the ancient world. 27. Explain the system of the jatis in India and its effects. 28. Compare and contrast the city states of Classical Greece and Han China. 29. Examine the effects of Germanic tribes in the western part of Roman Empire. 30. Compare and contrast the prominence of empires in India and China. 31. Compare and contrast classical Chinese and Roman empires. 32. Compare and contrast the classical religions and philosophies (e.g.: Confucianism). 33. Determine important influences of Zoroastrianism. 34. Compare and contrast Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity. 35. Compare and contrast Christianity and Zoroastrianism. 36. Discuss the decline of Buddhism in India and the rise in China. 37. Compare and contrast Christianity before and after the death of Jesus. 38. Compare and contrast Persian and Greek ways of governing. 39. Compare and contrast the Persian and the Mauryan empires. 40. Discuss motivations for the expansion of the Roman Empire. 41. Compare and contrast classical Athens and Sparta. 42. Discuss the roles of women in ancient societies. 43. Examine the causes of the collapse of the Maya civilization. 44. Discuss the geographical regions of pastoral societies (classical era). 45. Examine the regions that had the least productive agriculture and explain the causes. 46. Discuss the geographical regions of the emergence of civilizations and explain why there? 47. Compare and contrast African cultures and their distinct features. 48. Trace the spread of Bantu people to south and east Africa. 49. Compare and contrast of Mesoamerican and Andean cultures. 50. Determine which classical civilization did develop significant cities, but did not have an encompassing state structure and explain why.

Essay: Comparative analysis: Compare and contrast nationalism with the Chinese philosophies that emerged in the Warring States Period.