Ancient World History Late Middle Ages and Post-Classical China Test Review

Test Date:  Wednesday, May 14

Format:  15 Multiple Choice questions, 3 pts each (45 pts)

2 Essay Questions (choose one), 55 pts

Content:  Chapter 13 (pages 374-386), chapter 5 (pages 146-155), chapter 10 (pages 269-289--stop at "The Ming Dynasty") and all related material

The Late Middle Ages:

• The causes, impact and resolution of the Great Schism, including
• The election of Pope Clement V
• The causes and significance of the “Babylonian Captivity”
• The elections of Popes Urban VI and Clement the XII after the death of Pope Gregory XI
• The significance of the Council of Constance

• The causes, spread, reaction to and impact of the Black Death in Europe

• The causes, major people, events, and outcome of the Hundred Years War, including
• The conflict between King Edward III of England and King Philip IV of France
• The comparisons of the English and French forces
• The role of the Yeoman archer and the longbow
• The battles of Crecy and Agincourt
• The significance of King Henry V
• The significance and role of Joan of Arc
• The outcome of the war and how warfare changed
• Causes and characteristics of the Renaissance
• Italian origins
• major artistic and intellectual developments
• humanism
• Machiavelli 

Post-Classical China:

• The Han Dynasty
• Early vs. Later Han
• Significance of Han Wudi
• Causes of Han collapse
• The 3 Kingdoms:
• How China changed during this period
• The resumption of Dynastic rule

• The major aspects of the Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties, including
• Similarities/differences with previous dynasties
• Achievements and polices

·         The grand canal; policies towards expansion and relations with nomadic peoples

·         Social characteristics, including class structure and roles of women

·         Cultural and technological achievements including

o   Block printing

o   Black powder

o   Ship building

The Mongols:

• Major characteristics of nomadic life
• The life and rise of Temujin/Genghis Khan
• Mongol military organization and way of war
• The establishment and expansion of the Mongol empire, including chronology of the expansion, areas they conquered, the limits/boundaries of the empire
• Characteristics/locations of the Khanates:  The Yuan Dynasty, the Il Khanate, the Golden Horde
• The impact of the Pax Mongolica on Asia and Europe
• Reasons for Mongol Decline