The Golden Age of China. Four dynasties - Tang, Sung, Mongols, and Ming. The reunification of China. Buddhism spread through China, Korea and Japan. Block printing was invented. The Mongol invasion, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, and Marco Polo. Confucianism. The Grand Canal. The Silk Road. Sea expeditions. The imperial state and its bureaucracy. Chinese inventions (tea, paper, woodblock printing, the compass, and gunpowder) and their impact on world history. 338 test questions.

How geography shaped the culture. Nara. Prince Shotoku. The Golden Age of Literature: Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book, and haiku. The rise of a military society. Shinto and Zen Buddhism. The rise of cities like Edo (Tokyo). How weak Ashikaga shoguns tried to rule, yet the daimyo warred among themselves. The samurai’s impact on culture. Noh and Kabuki theater. How medieval Japan and medieval England were very similar. 631 test questions.

How geography shaped life in medieval Europe. How Christianity spread throughout northern Europe. The rise of feudalism and life on the manor. The rise of towns. The rise of monarchy. Kings & Popes. The story of Charlemagne. William the Conqueror and the Norman invasion. The Magna Carta, Parliament, the English court system - and how they influenced the U.S. Causes and results of the Crusades. Trace the route of the bubonic plague. The Catholic Church’s impact on Europe. Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Reconquista. 1,364 test questions.

Over 4300 unique test questions covering Fall of the Roman Empire, The Rise of Islam, Medieval China, Africa in the Middle Ages, Medieval Japan, Medieval Europe, The Maya, Inca, Aztec, The Renaissance & Reformation, The Scientific Revolution, Age of Exploration, and The Enlightenment. Using Bloom's Taxonomy, we take every term, person, quote and event and ask questions 6 different ways. This is how the people that write End Of Course Tests do it. It is the practice your students need!

It's hard to remember historical figures, much less why each became famous. We tell you about their dilemma, now YOU predict what they did! Story telling makes each historical figure an individual and therefore memorable. This book covers all the ones that are on the test! The fall of the Roman Empire: from Julius Caesar to Attila the Hun. Islam in the Middle Ages: from Muhammad to Ibn Battuta. Africa in the Middle Ages: from Sundiata to Mansa Musa. China in the Middle Ages: from the Han dynasty to the Mongols. Medieval Japan: including Prince Shotoku and Lady Murasaki. Medieval Europe: everybody from Charlemagne and William the Conqueror to Eleanor of Aquitaine and Joan of Arc.

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