My global teacher isn't that great, and I feel unprepared for the midterm. Has anyone taken global 9 honors?

here part of study guide midterm had on subject 2 years ago:

beginning

nomad: people move place place without settling, hunting , gathering food
cultural diffusion: spread of ideas 1 place
neolithic: age after old stone age when animals domesticated , people learned plant instead of hunt, leading development of settlements
technology: tools developed meet needs of people
polytheistic: belief in many gods
pharaoh: king of egypt, thought god, mummified after death next person in dynasty take on
fertile crescent: area of fertile land in mesopotamia due water tigris , euphrates rivers
--- conquered assyrians @ 1 point after sumerians, later persians under darius
cuneiform: writing system developed in sumer (press pen-like instrument clay)
empire: group of territories ruled 1 person
middle kingdom: name china, since believed culture important (center of earth), being isolated others
dynasty: ruling family

india

indus river valley:
-key cities = harappa + mohenjo daro
-monsoons (wind + rain) helped crops
-impressive cities sewers , cities organized in grid pattern
-conquered aryans
--- aryans spoken on in vedas being brave warriors

maurya dynasty: ruled chandragupta maurya gained power conquering other areas, harsh ruler used secret police informed on crime
bureaucracy: gov’t used maurya had departments officials specific tasks, such collecting taxes
asoka: son of chandragupta switched buddhism , led nation peace, spreading buddhism other areas

gupta dynasty: strong civilization helping unify , lead india peace
pataliputra: mauryan capital on ganges river, site of court gupta rulers
untouchables: lowest caste in india, people disgusting jobs, not touched, dirty
joint family: large family, wealth families in villages
patriarchal: male-dominated family in india, women fewer rights, oldest male has highest power
decimal system: system used today based on #10, developed 0
arabic numerals: developed system of numbers use (2)day
stupa: hollow, dome shaped shrines dead, developed buddhists
--- indians developed vaccines before europe, , famous playwright = kalidasa, shakuntala (king marries orphan, evil spell, forgets her, gets on it, happy)

-sepoy rebellion = troops of india part of british company revolt rights, employed british east india company
-armitsar crisis = rebellion indians against brits not giving promised rights indian support in wwii
-jawarlahal nehru= first prime minister india, celebrated independence
-civil disobedience = idea of ghandi, don’t fight, don’t give up, use nonviolence, boycotting, show them they’re wrong
-satis/jauhar = burn if husband dies
-parikrama (go around pyre before burn alive)
-panchayat (council of 5 elders)
-rajasthan = old style, conservative area, ruled rajput princes, declined, people poor, uneducated, fool of blood feuds
-dalit = untouchables (children of god according ghandi)
-73rd amendment (panchayat act) = women can in panchayat, , panchayat elected

china

-yellow (huang river)
-isolated, middle kingdom
-nature spirits + yin/yang
-gov’t = dynasties

mandate of heaven: god given right rule, developed zhou
feudalism: land controlled kings, given lords
qin: dynasty after zhou ruled shi huangdi created great wall
han dynasty: dynasty after qin experienced golden age, liu bang, peasant, first takes power, wudi created civil service exams, based on principles of confucianism

han dynasty:
wudi: famous ruler during han dynasty, efficient gov’t created, trade encouraged, expansion
monopoly: complete control of product or business 1 person or group; wudi created monopoly on items iron , salt)
silk road: route china mediterranean trade

tang dynasty: first dynasty take on china after collapse of han dynasty; revolutions , corruption led collapse of tang dynasty; first ruler = tang taizong came power general
tributary state: states, korea, vietnam, , taiwan, deemed independent had recognize china’s power , give regular payment china
song dynasty: dynasty took on after tang; prosperous dynasty collapsed when invaded mongols
--- japan adopts lot of culture china , blends own
gentry: highest social ranking; nobles owning land learned confucian values , tried obtain gov’t positions
--- below = peasants (physical labor), merchants (profit off others), women lower men
calligraphy: fine handwriting system dev

my midterm on:
- first humans (paleolithic, mesolithic, neolithic)
- sumer , mesopotamia
-china
-india
-greece
-rome

midterm on tuesday. there takes global 9 honors or has? how test, should focus on , how essay?

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