NY Regents Global History and Geography II study plan

Build a chronological spine of Domain 1 by placing the river valley civilizations, classical Greece and Rome, Han China, Maurya and Gupta India, and the Maya, Aztec, and Inca on a single dated timeline

Define and write one-sentence working definitions for the Neolithic Revolution, urbanization, codification of law, and centralized bureaucracy, then attach two specific civilizations to each term

Compare Mesopotamia and Egypt on geography, irrigation, writing systems, and political legitimacy by filling in a three-column comparison table from memory

Identify three enduring issues (for example, power and authority, scarcity, cultural diffusion) and match each to one Domain 1 example with a one-line justification

Trace the spread of belief systems across Afro-Eurasia by mapping the origin and diffusion routes of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on a blank world map

Explain how Buddhism changed as it moved from India to China and Japan, citing at least two specific adaptations

Compare the political and social structures of feudal Europe and feudal Japan using a two-column chart with five matched categories

Describe the causes and consequences of the Mongol conquests on trade, plague transmission, and Russian and Chinese political development

Analyze how the Silk Roads and Indian Ocean trade networks spread goods, technologies, and religions, naming three concrete exchanges

Sequence the major African and Asian empires of the medieval period (Mali, Songhai, Ghana, Song China, the Delhi Sultanate, the Ottoman rise) and state one economic base for each

Explain how trans-Saharan trade shaped the wealth and Islamic character of West African kingdoms using at least two specific pieces of evidence

Describe the intellectual and technological achievements of Song China and the Abbasid Golden Age, listing four achievements and their later diffusion

Evaluate how the Black Death and the bubonic plague reshaped European labor systems, wages, and social unrest

Compare the Renaissance and the European Reformation as challenges to existing authority, identifying one similarity and one difference in their causes

Apply sourcing skills to three short primary-source excerpts from Domain 1 by identifying author, date, audience, and purpose for each

Practice contextualization by writing a two-sentence context statement for a source about the Silk Roads or the Crusades

Write one full practice thematic essay (enduring issues or comparison) on a Domain 1 topic within 45 minutes without notes

Self-score the essay against the Regents rubric criteria for thesis, evidence, and analysis, and list three specific revisions

Explain how absolutism in France, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire concentrated power, naming one specific ruler and one policy for each

Trace the ideas of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment to specific political changes, matching Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau to concrete constitutional principles

Compare the causes and outcomes of the American, French, and Haitian revolutions using a three-row comparison chart

Describe how the Industrial Revolution began in Britain by listing four geographic and economic preconditions

Assess the social effects of industrialization on workers, women, and children and connect them to the rise of labor unions and reform laws

Map the major imperial holdings of Britain, France, Belgium, and Japan by 1914 and state one economic motive for each region's expansion

Explain how nationalism and the alliance system turned a regional crisis into a continental war in 1914

Describe the causes and global consequences of the Russian Revolution of 1917, including one effect on the outcome of World War I

Compare the Treaty of Versailles' terms with the League of Nations' enforcement power and predict two consequences for the 1930s

Analyze how the Great Depression spread globally and how it weakened democratic governments in at least two countries

Sequence the causes and turning points of World War II and explain how total war affected civilians in at least two countries

Describe the Holocaust and other genocides of the twentieth century, identifying the conditions that enabled them

Explain the origins and structure of the Cold War, naming two proxy conflicts and two institutions on each side

Trace decolonization in India, Ghana, and Vietnam, comparing how independence was achieved in each case

Evaluate how globalization since 1990 has changed trade, migration, and culture, citing one benefit and one criticism

Review physical and human geography concepts by labeling a blank world map with major climate zones, population clusters, and one migration corridor

Explain how human-environment interaction shapes settlement by analyzing two cases, such as desert irrigation and coastal flooding

Complete two full timed practice exams or one full exam plus a document-based question, strictly observing time limits

Categorize every missed question by domain and error type (content gap, misread source, weak thesis) to target final review

Recite from memory a five-step document-analysis routine for author, date, audience, purpose, and context