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1 M-1 Human Emergence on the Changing Face of Earth The Growth of Civilization to 200 A.D. Pages 4 and 5 1. True or False: Civilization started in the Third Millennium B.C. in China. 2. True or False: By the Second Millennium B.C., civilization had developed in Western Europe, China, and India. 3. First millennium Sea Routes crossed the. 4. The settlement of Jericho stood near the eastern shores of the. 5. The city of Troy stood on the waterway connecting the and the.

2 M-2 The Ancient World In the 7 th Century B.C.E. Page 6 1. settled on the coastlines of the Black Sea and Aegean Sea. 2. True or False: Carthage was located on the coast of North Africa. 3. True or False: The Tigris and Euphrates rivers were part of the Assyrian Empire. 4. The ruled much of the Italian peninsula around Rome before the rise of that eternal city. 5. The cities of Ur, Nineveh and Tyre belonged to the.

3 M-3 Achaemenid Empire B.C. Page 8 1. The Achaemenid Empire s easternmost border lay along the river. 2. True or False: Cyprus and Rhodes were not part of the Achaemenid Empire. 3. The Royal Road extended from to. 4. True or False: According to Herodotus, the Achaemenid Empire was subdivided into approximately twenty Satrapies. 5. This empire reached as far as in the northwest.

4 M-4 Earlier and Later Han Dynasty Page 9 1. The main barbarian people who threatened the Han from the north were the. 2. The capital of the early Han was. 3. True or False: Han China occupied Vietnam and Tibet. 4. The Han Empire extended as far west as the desert. 5. True or False: The Later Han Empire extended only as far north as the Great Wall of China.

5 M-5 Alexander s Empire B.C.E. Pages True or False: Alexander the Great was a Spartan. 2. In the Nile Delta in Egypt, Alexander founded a city named. 3. After Alexander s death, the kingdom in Asia was the largest of the three kingdoms ruled by his successor generals. 4. Alexander s army marched as far east as the river. 5. Alexander died in.

6 M-6 Mauryan Empire under Asoka about 250 B.C., Gupta Empire under Chandragupta II about 400 A.D. Page The capital of the Mauryan empire was. 2. True or False: The Mauryan Empire controlled the island of Tamraparni/Ceylon off the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent. 3. The area of Asoka s conquest of Kalinga is along the coast of the. 4. The river flowed through the heart of the Gupta Empire. 5. The capital of the Gupta Empire was.

7 M-7 China under Emperor Wu of the Former Han Dynasty about 100 B.C. Page True or False: China proper, not just the empire, stretched from the Great Wall as far south to the Southern Sea. 2. The was one of China s great rivers, flowing from Pa through Nan and Hofei to Kuangling. 3. True or False: The Great Wall protected the Korean peninsula. 4. The desert lay to the north of the Great Wall. 5. Just beyond the westernmost control of China under Emperor Wu lay.

8 M-8 Roman Republic 31 B.C.E. Pages 14 and Rivals laying to the east of the Roman Empire was the Empire. 2. True or False: Syria was a Roman province. 3. The battlefield of Cannae was in. 4. True or False: Gaul bordered the English Channel. 5. The Roman client state of the Kingdom of the Ptolemies ruled over the River.

9 M-9 Roman Empire and the Barbarian Invasions about 400 A.D. Pages 18 and True or False: The Huns invaded France and northern Italy. 2. The Franks occupied. 3. The Lombards moved into. 4. The latter Roman Empire was split into prefectures. 5. The Anglo-Saxons established a homeland in.

10 M-10 Eastern and Southern Asia About 750 A.D. Pages 20 and The Srivijayan Empire had its capital on the island of. 2. The Southeast Asian nation on the coastline south of China was. 3. True or False: The Abbasid Caliphate ruled much of the Middle East west of the Indus River. 4. True or False: The lower stretch of the Mekong river flowed through Chenla. 5. The southern Korean peninsula nearest Japan was known as.

11 M-11 Trade Routes between Africa and India and The Kingdom of Mali Pages The island of Socotra sits near the entrance to the. 2. The city of is just upriver from where the Ganges empties into the Bay of Bengal. 3. True or False: The Strait of Hormuz separates the Persian Gulf from the Arabian Sea. 4. True or False: Zanzibar is off the coast of east Africa, just south of Madagascar. 5. The maritime trade route closest to Mecca goes through the.

12 M-12 The Maya World A.D., The Inca Empire , The Aztec Empire 1519 Pages The Maya civilization flourished on the Peninsula. 2. The Inca Empire featured a network of roads through the Mountains. 3. True or False: Chichén Itza was part of the Maya civilization. 4. The capital of the Aztec Empire was. 5. True or False: The Aztec capital was on an island in Lake Titicaca.

13 M-13 Africa c. 900 A.D., Africa c A.D. Pages The migrated from west Africa to southern Africa. 2. lay along the Senegal river in western Africa. 3. True or False: The Songhai bordered Nubia. 4. True or False: The Khoisan lived in southern Africa. 5. Christian centers in Africa existed in.

14 M-14 Islamic World c. 800 and c A.D. Pages 26 and At the extreme west of the Islamic World, the capital of the was at Cordoba. 2. The ruled over Egypt, with its capital at Cairo. 3. True or False: Medina is further north than Mecca. 4. True or False: In 800 AD the Islamic world included Sind on the Indus river. 5. Baghdad was the capital of the Caliphate.

15 M-15 International Trade A.D. and Afro-Eurasian Trade Circuits Pages 28 and How many Afro-Eurasian trade circuits were there? 2. True or False: Isfahan was a trading entrepot between Baghdad and Lahore. 3. The city of stood as the port at the end of the Persian Gulf. 4. and were two major points of debarkation for goods in China. 5. True or False: Venice, Genoa, and Marrakesh were all trading centers in the Mediterranean.

16 M-16 Europe and the Crusader States about 1140 Pages 30 and The goal of the crusades was the capture or protection of the city of. 2. True or False: The Fourth Crusade included King Richard of England. 3. The first four crusades passed through the major city of. 4. The four crusading states were the,,, and. 5. Louis IX s two crusades went to Tunis and the Caliphate of.

17 M-17 Asia at the Death of Kublai Khan, 1294 and Dominions of Timur or Tamerlane 1400 Pages 32 and West of the Golden Horde was. 2. The capital of Timur/Tamerlane was. 3. True or False: The Empire of the Great Khan included the Sultanate of Delhi. 4. True or False: Baghdad was part of the Ilkhan Empire of Hulagu. 5. was the Mongol capital from 1230 to 1257.

18 M-18 European Civilization during the Renaissance Pages 36 and Dürer was born in in True or False: Copernicus was born in Poland. 3. Land of the Dukes of lay between France and the Holy Roman Empire. 4. True or False: John Knox was born in 1505 near Oxford, England. 5. lay between Naples and the Holy Roman Empire.

19 M-19 Europe s Age of Discovery: 15 th -17 th Centuries Pages 38 and Magellan was best known for. 2. Sebastian Cabot sailed to. 3. Columbus tried to sail to but actually sailed to. 4. True or False: In 1498 Vasco da Gama sailed past Tierra del Fuego into the Pacific Ocean. 5. In the 15 th Century, an expedition led by the Italian explorer traveled through the Persian Gulf, across India to Siam and Sumatra and Java.

20 M-20 The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires in the 16 th and 17 th Centuries Pages 42 to Fatihpur Sikri was a capital of the Empire. 2. The area between Baghdad and Kabul was the Empire. 3. True or False: After 1635, the Mughals conquered Goa, Mangalore, and Cochin. 4. The Empire had a capital at Constantinople. 5. Cairo, Tunis, and Jerusalem were part of the Empire.

21 M-21 East Asia 16 th Century Pages 44 and In 1511, the Portuguese founded the settlement of on Malaya. 2. In 1557, the Portuguese established trading relations with the Chinese port of. 3. True or False: By 1600, Islam had spread to Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Taiwan. 4. True or False: The four countries bordering Siam were Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Malaya. 5. The Spanish had possession of the in East Asia.

22 M-22 Eastern and Southern Asia About 1775 Pages 46 and From 1766, the British controlled the province of in India. 2. From 1660 to 1796, Ceylon was a colony of the. 3. True or False: Saigon was part of a Portuguese colony until True or False: In 1775, the largest Empire in South Asia was the Maratha Empire. 5. From 1641, the Dutch had a trading post of Deshima in.

23 M-23 Europe in 1721 after the Treaty of Utrecht, 1713, and Associated Treaties Pages 50 and In 1721, Livonia became part of. 2. In 1713, Gibraltar went to. 3. True or False: Austria was the largest territory within the Holy Roman Empire. 4. The Kingdom of Hungary stood between the and the. 5. True or False: The Russian Empire shared a border with the Holy Roman Empire.

24 M-24 Native America Pages 52 and The empires that grew in South America were those of the and. 2. The nations inhabited the region to the north of the Great Lakes in North America. 3. True or False: The Taino (Arawak) peoples lived in the Caribbean. 4. True or False: The Anasazi lived in the Andes Mountains. 5. The inhabited the far frozen lands of North America.

25 M-25 Revolutions in the Atlantic World, Pages 54 and France sold the area of to the United States in Napoleon sailed a French army to in True or False: Thomas Jefferson was the United States representative to England from 1776 to The South American revolutionary leader started in the north, while spread revolution from the south of the continent. 5. Toussaint l Ouverture was a rebel leader who helped to found.

26 M-26 Latin America Pages 62 and Guiana was divided into colonies held by the,, and. 2. Bogata was the capital of Nueva Granada until the country became. 3. True or False: Jamaica was a colony of Great Britain. 4. True or False: Patagonia is in Brazil. 5. Santiago and Valparaíso are in.

27 M-27 Europe in 1810 at the Height of Napoleon s Power Page Just to the east of the French Empire stood the. 2. During the French occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, the regent of Portugal took refuge in. 3. The battles of Austerlitz and Wagram took place in the Empire. 4. True or False: Napoleon s forces captured Moscow in In 1815, Napoleon lost the battle of.

28 M-28 Industrialization of Europe 1850 and Industrialization of Europe 1910 Pages 70 and In the nation of twenty percent of the population were in cities of 100,000 or more. 2. True or False: Berlin and Vienna were the largest cities in Europe in True or False: Russia had the largest population in Europe. 4. The highest tonnage of shipping entered Europe through the ports of the nations of and. 5. In 1850, the two countries with the highest per capita railroad mileage were and.

29 M-29 Unification of Germany, Bismarck s Empire Page In 1866, Prussia annexed and. 2. In 1871, Prussia absorbed these two territories: and. 3. The economic association that united a large number of German states economically in the 1830s was known as the. 4. True or False: The German Empire of 1871 included Bohemia. 5. True or False: The Kingdom of Prussia bordered the Russian Empire in the east and France in the west.

30 M-30 Expansion of Russia in Asia Page By 1598, Russia expanded as far south as the Sea. 2. By 1689, Russia expanded to the Sea of, which connects to the Pacific Ocean. 3. At its greatest extent, Russia spanned from, the capital of Poland to the port of just north of Japan. 4. Just north of Mongolia, the Transiberian Railroad ran from Irkutsk around the shores of Lake. 5. True or False: At the height of its power, Russia annexed Persia in the 1890s.

31 M-31 European Partition of Africa: 19 th century Pages 80 and The colony on the southern shore of Lake Victoria was. 2. Fashoda is near the River. 3. True or False: Omdurman and Khartoum were in Egyptian territory in revolt under the. 4. True or False: After 1890, one could import arms and liquor to African states within 10 degrees north or south of the equator. 5. Somaliland was divided between the and the.

32 M-32 The Civil War, The Vicksburg, Chattanooga and Atlanta Campaigns and Eastern Theater Pages 82 and General defeated the confederates at Vicksburg in The city of lies along the Chattahoochee River. 3. True or False: In July 1863 General Lee led rebels at the battle of Gettysburg. 4. True or False: Kentucky was a confederate state. 5. The Civil War began in 1861 with the bombing of in Charleston harbor.

33 M-33 Europe in 1914 Page True or False: Rumania was an ally of Germany in the First World War. 2. True or False: The Allied States in the First World War included France, Serbia, and Greece. 3. Italy fought on the side of in the First World War. 4. In the First World War, Spain. 5. Foreign influence in Persia was split between and.

34 M-34 Resistance to Europe Colonialism Pages 86 and In Indochina, the rebels were called. 2. In 1878, the British fought a war with, just north of India. 3. True or False: The Boxer rebellion occurred in Japan. 4. In , the Germans quelled the uprisings in Southwest Africa. 5. In , the uprising occurred in Egypt.

35 M-35 The World About 1900 Pages 88 and Angola and Goa were colonies of. 2. Bombay and Madras were cities in the colony of. 3. True or False: Mauritiuswas a colony of Britain. 4. True or False: China was a colony of France. 5. Tsing Tao and New Pomerania were colonies of.

36 M-36 Asia 1900 Pages 90 and In 1910, Japan annexed. 2. Mecca was under control of the. 3. True or False: Siam was a French colony. 4. True or False: Sumatra was a British colony. 5. In 1898 the Philippine Islands went from the control of to.

37 M-37 Europe Pages 92 and In 1938, German annexed and. 2. By signing the in August 1939, these two powers divided among themselves. 3. True or False: Italy wanted the status quo in the years before the Second World War. 4. True or False: Iraq was formally independent from Libya was a colony of.

38 M-38 Second World War, Pacific Theater and Casualties and Second World War, European Theater and Casualties Pages 94 and The fighting on the island of near the battle of Coral Sea stopped the Japanese advance by February The last island invaded in the Pacific campaign, was in March True or False: The United States lost more killed in the Second World War than the Japanese. 4. True or False: Allied landings at Anzio and D-Day occurred within three months of one another. 5. lost more killed and wounded in the Second World War as all other participants combined.

39 M-39 Eastern Mediterranean Area: Pages 96 and has the largest oil production in the region: 11.9 million barrels a day in The main religion of Pakistan is. 3. True or False: Christianity was the second largest religion in Lebanon. 4. True or False: Yemen is a net importer of oil. 5. Since 1952, Egypt s government has been a.

40 M-40 Korean War and Vietnam War Post-War United States, the Caribbean, and Central America Pages 98 and In September, 1950, the United Nations forced launched an amphibious invasion at near Seoul. 2. The was a conduit for supplies and troops from North to South Vietnam. 3. True or False: There were more battle deaths in the Korean War than in the Vietnam War. 4. True or False: Castro took control of Cuba soon after the Bay of Pigs invasion. 5. In 1989, the United States invaded, capturing General Noriega.

41 M-41 Political and Military Alliances, 1990 Page Turkey was a member of the. 2. Australia was the headquarters for the. 3. True or False: Tunisia and Libya are members of the League of Arab States. 4. In 1990, was not a member of the Organization of African Unity. 5. True or False: Cuba is a member of the Organization of American States.

42 M-42 Gross Domestic Product per year in 1985 Pages The poorest continents according to GDP are and. 2. The richest continents according to GDP are and. 3. True or False: Libya was in the top category of GDP, over $ True or False: Most of South America earned less than $400 GDP. 5. The richest countries in the Eastern Pacific include and.

43 M-43 World Political Map Pages 108 and The River flows through China and empties into the ocean at the city of. 2. True or False: Russia is directly north of Kazakstan. 3. Addis Ababa is the capital of. 4. Jakarta is the capital of. 5. Buenos Aires is the capital of.

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