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Global History Regents Review Website: www.regentsprep.org
Checklist of Major Terms:
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Acid Rain |
Global Warming |
New Economic Policy (NEP) |
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Anti-Semitism |
Golden Age |
Ninety-Five Theses |
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Apartheid |
Great Leap Forward / Mao Zedong |
Non-alignment |
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Appeasement |
Green Revolution |
Nuremberg Trials |
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Aztecs |
Persian Gulf / Iraq War |
O.P.E.C./ Oil Crisis |
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Balance of Power |
Gupta Empire |
Open Door Policy |
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Berlin Conference |
Hinduism / Caste System |
Ottoman Empire |
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Bolsheviks |
Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
Palestinian–Israeli Conflict |
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Boxer Rebellion |
Holocaust |
Perestroika and Glasnost |
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Buddhism |
Huns /Barbarians/ Fall of Rome |
Qin Dynasty |
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Byzantine Empire |
Irish Potato Famine |
Manchu Dynasty/Opium War |
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Capitalism /Communism |
Inca Empire / Pizarro |
Qu’ran (Koran) |
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Nuclear Proliferation |
Early River Valley Civilizations |
Racism |
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Civil Disobedience |
Iron Curtain |
Renaissance |
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Christianity |
Industrial Revolution |
Reformation |
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Code of Hammurabi |
Iranian Revolution |
Roman Empire |
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Code of Justinian |
Islam |
Russian Revolution |
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Cold War |
Islamic Fundamentalism |
Russification |
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Collectivization |
Judaism |
Savanna / Sahara Desert |
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Commercial Revolution |
Kingdom of Ghana |
Scientific Revolution |
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Communism/Stalin |
Kingdom of Mali |
Sepoy Mutiny/ Indian Congress |
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Confucianism |
Kingdom of Songhai |
Social Darwinism |
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Congress of Vienna |
Kush / Nubia |
Spheres of Influence in China |
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Council of Trent |
Laissez-faire |
Steppes/ mountain ranges |
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Crusades |
League of Nations |
Sung Dynasty |
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Cuban Missile Crisis |
Mandate of Heaven / Divine Right |
T’ang Dynasty |
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Cuban Revolution |
Marshall Plan |
Terrorism |
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Cultural Revolution |
Maurya Empire / Ashoka |
Underdeveloped Nations |
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Deforestation |
Maya |
Tiananmen Square Protest |
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Desertification |
Meiji Restoration |
Tokugawa Shogunate |
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Detente |
Mesopotamia |
Transatlantic Slave Trade |
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Divine Right |
Mexican Revolution of 1910 |
Treaty of Versailles |
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Encomienda System |
Middle Ages |
Tribalism |
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Enlightenment |
Ming Dynasty |
Truman Doctrine |
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European Union |
Mongols |
United Nations |
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Fertile Crescent |
Monotheism |
Warsaw Pact |
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Feudalism |
Mughals |
World War I |
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Five Year Plans |
NATO |
World War II |
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French Revolution |
NAFTA |
Young Turks |
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Genocide |
Nazism |
Yuan Dynasty |
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Imperialism |
Neolithic Revolution |
Zhou Dynasty |
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Kashmir |
Darfur |
Cultural Diffusion |
Checklist of Major Themes (Possible Thematic Essay/DBQ topics):
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Belief Systems |
Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, Sikhism, animism |
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Change |
Neolithic Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Chinese Communist Revolution, Crusades, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, Reformation |
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Conflict |
Religious Conflicts (Middle East, Kashmir, Crusades), Political Revolutions, WWI, Cold War |
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Culture and Intellectual Life |
Roman civilization, classic Chinese civilization, Gupta Golden Age, Islamic Golden Age, Mesoamerican civilizations, African civilizations (Kingdom of Ghana, Mali, Songhai), Renaissance Europe, Enlightenment |
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Diversity and Interdependence |
Diversity of Byzantine Empire and Balkans, Interdependence of Global Economy since 1900s, Environmental Issues |
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Economic Systems |
Traditional Economy, Manorialism, Mercantilism, Capitalism, Marxist Socialism |
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Geography and the Environment |
Early River Civilizations, Chinese Influence on Early Japan, Industrialization in Britain, Industrial Revolution: Impact on the Environment, rise of city-states in ancient Greece, desertification, destruction of rain forests |
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Imperialism |
British in India, European Powers in Africa, Meiji Japan, Imperial Rivalry (cause of WWI), Roman and Byzantine imperialism, Mongols |
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Justice and Human Rights |
Code of Hammurabi, English Bill of Rights, Irish Potato Famine, Tiananmen Square, Justinian’s Code, Magna Carta, the Sharia, Armenian massacres, Holocaust, apartheid, international terrorism, the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia |
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Cultural Diffusion |
Muslim Influence on Africa, Silk Road, Crusades, Modern Communication (Internet, satellite communications, etc.), spread of Belief Systems (Buddhism and Confucianism to Japan) |
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Nationalism |
German and Italian Unification, Early 20th century India, Zionism, African Independence Movements, breakup of Ottoman Empire, Latin American movements of 1800s and 1900s |
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Political Systems |
Monarchy, Feudalism, Democracy, Totalitarianism, militarism of Sparta and Japan, communism, fascism, apartheid, theocracy |
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Science and Technology |
Neolithic Revolution, Invention of Printing Press, Green Revolution, Computer Revolution, Space Explorations, advances in genetics |
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Turning Points |
Fall of Constantinople, Voyages of Columbus, French Revolution, Russian Revolution, Collapse of Communism in Soviet Union, Magna Carta |
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