Seventh%20Grade%20History%20Review

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Seventh Grade History Review

• Or, What You Should Have Learned Last Year

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The Fall of the Roman Empire

• Rome grew too large, could not effectively manage
  an empire of its size
• Ultimately fell to invading Germanic tribes in
  the year 476
• Clovis, ruler of the Franks, would be the first
  to unite Gaul following the fall of the Empire

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Islam

• Muhammad discovers a Mecca that is dedicated to
  the worship of multiple gods and unites the Arabs
  under one God
• Arabia is an important stop on the trade routes
  between Asia and Europe
• Christians and Jews considered People of the
  Book
• Muslim scholars contribute much to math,
  medicine, geography, history

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Medieval China

• Great seagoing vessels, technological progress
• Invention of gunpowder, the compass, and printing
• Tang and Song Dynasties establish modern Chinese
  society
• Irrigation systems and canals support
  agriculture, especially rice production
• Under Mongol rule, China experiences great trade
  and cultural exchange

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Medieval China

• By the 1400s, though, things changed
• The massive bureaucracy developed in China
  restrained progress
• Unable to control the unbelievable growth in
  commerce, the Chinese bureaucracy decided to
  simply end it in 1433
• Confucian ideals were used to justify the
  restraint of the merchant class

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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

• Sub-Saharan Africa is important for its location
  along trade routes
• Ghana and Mali become powerful empires by
  controlling the gold-salt trade
• Mali becomes a world power after converting to
  Islam Timbuktu becomes a major world center

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Medieval Japan

• Many ideas borrowed from nearby China
• Japans isolation fostered political independence
• Buddhism becomes major religion of Japan
• Many gifted female authors in Japan Tale of
  Genji considered a classic of world literature
• Medieval society shogun, daimyo, samurai

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Medieval Europe

• The Church influenced every aspect of life in
  Medieval Europe
• St. Francis of Assisi
• The Crusades
• Feudalism as an economic and political system
• Epic poetry such as Beowulf
• Persecution of the Jewish minority in Europe
  Spanish Inquisition

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Meso-America and the Andes

• Maize agriculture helps Mesoamerica to flourish
• Mayans reached their peak around 500 AD Incas
  reach their peak around 1300 AD Aztecs reach
  peak around 1500 AD
• Mayan achievements architecture, calendar,
  pictographs, astronomy
• Incas engineering, administration
• Aztecs massive temples, Aztec calendar

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The Renaissance, Reformation, Sci Rev

• What does the Renaissance mean?
• Renaissance art and literature
• Abuses and accusations of the Church
• People break away from the Catholic Church
• The split between Germanic Europe and Latin
  Europe
• Scientific Revolution Galileo, Kepler, Newton
• Telescope, microscope, thermometer, barometer,
  and printing press

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Exploration, Enlightenment, Age of Reason

• Exploration
• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights and the Glorious
  Revolution, 1688
• John Locke
• American Declaration of Independence