Download World History I Midterm Review Guide

World History I Midterm Review Guide
Your midterm will cover all of the material discussed so far in class! The following is
meant as a guide to your studying and is by no means inclusive of everything that might
be asked on the test. The midterm exam will be worth 10% of your final grade for the
course, and 20% of your semester grade. Do not take this lightly. Use your notes,
textbook, assignments, tests, and quizzes to help you study.
Early Man
1. On what continent did homo sapiens emerge? About how long ago?
2. What continents did homo sapiens migrate to?
3. What is radio carbon dating?
4. What do archaeologists do?
5. What were the characteristics of the Paleolithic Era?
6. What is a hunter-gatherer? What did their survival depend on?
7. What is a nomad?
8. What “revolution” began the Neolithic Era?
9. What are the characteristics of the Neolithic Era?
10. What tools were developed during the Neolithic Era?
11. What does domesticate mean? List examples of domesticated animals.
River Valley Civilizations
12. What major feature did early civilizations settle around? Why?
13. What were the four early River Valley Civilizations in order of development?
What rivers were they located on?
14. Explain the social class system in early societies.
15. What were the religious beliefs of most early societies?
16. When a ruler died, who usually took over?
17. What were city-states?
18. Describe the geography of Mesopotamia. Where was it located?
19. What were the two civilizations that developed in Mesopotamia?
20. What does Mesopotamia mean?
21. What was the first written law code known as? What leader developed them?
Where was he from?
22. What was the writing form in Mesopotamia known as? What did they write on?
23. What were the main accomplishments of the Mesopotamians?
24. Where is Egypt located? Describe the geography.
25. What type of writing did the Egyptians use? What did they write on?
26. What were the Egyptian rulers called?
27. What is a theocracy?
28. What were the accomplishments of the Egyptians?
India
29. Describe the geography and climate of India? Where is it located?
30. What physical barrier kept the Indus civilization protected from attack for many
years?
31. What were the accomplishments made by the peoples of the Indus River Valley
Civilization?
32. What group eventually invaded and conquered the Indus civilization? What
impact did they have on this area?
33. What is a caste system? List the levels of the caste system in India. What was it
based on?
34. How did Hinduism influence Indian culture and society?
35. Explain the following beliefs of Hinduism: reincarnation, karma, dharma, and
Moksha.
36. List the two sacred writings of the Hindu faith.
37. Who was the founder of Buddhism?
38. Explain the following beliefs of Buddhism: Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path,
and Nirvana.
39. How did Buddhism spread? What ruler was responsible for spreading it?
40. What are the similarities and differences between Buddhism and Hinduism?
41. What were the Indian accomplishments under the Gupta Dynasty?
China
42. Explain China’s location and what the physical features were like.
43. What geographic features kept China protected from invasion?
44. What was the Mandate of Heaven?
45. What was the writing style of the Chinese known as?
46. What was the Silk Road? Why was it important?
47. Why was the Great Wall of China built? Who had it built?
48. What were the contributions of classical China?
49. What were the basic beliefs of Confucianism? How did it influence Chinese
society?
50. What were the basic beliefs of Daoism? How did it influence Chinese society?
51. Explain the concept of Yin/Yang.
52. What religion became most widely followed in China? What about India?
Hebrews and Persians
53. What was the code of laws for the Jews?
54. What religious belief made the Hebrews different from other early societies?
55. Who is the founder of Judaism?
56. What is the Torah?
57. Who was Moses? What did he do?
58. What is the significance of Jerusalem to the Jewish people?
59. Judaism serves as the basis for what other two religions?
60. How did the Persians treat the people they conquered?
61. What is Zoroastrianism? Explain the major beliefs.
62. What were the major achievements of the Persians?
63. What were satraps?
Ancient Greece
64. How did the Phoenicians adapt to their location on the Mediterranean Sea?
65. What was Phoenician writing called? What was different about their writing
system than that of the other civilizations we have discussed so far?
66. Explain the location and physical features of Greece.
67. What water bodies border Greece?
68. What was the main economic activity of Greece?
69. How did the geography help and hinder the development of city-states?
70. What is a colony? Why did the Greeks have them?
71. What are the purposes of myths?
72. Describe the roles of the following gods and goddesses: Zeus, Hera, Apollo,
Artemis, Athena, and Aphrodite.
73. What is a polis?
74. What people were considered citizens in Athens at first? What about when
democracy was fully implemented?
75. Describe the following forms of government: monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny,
direct democracy, and oligarchy.
76. How did government evolve in Athens?
77. Who helped to reform government in Athens?
78. Why was the Athenian government so highly regarded?
79. What form of government did Sparta have?
80. Explain the difference in education between people in Athens and Sparta.
81. What types of societies were in Athens and Sparta?
82. Who fought in the Persian Wars? Why were these wars fought?
83. What happened during the following battles of the Persian Wars: Marathon,
Thermopylae, and Salamis?
84. What were the results of the Persian Wars?
85. Who was the leader during the Golden Age of Athens? What were his major
accomplishments?
86. What were his goals during the Golden Age?
87. What were the three types of columns that were used in Greek architecture? Be
able to identify them.
88. Who was the most famous sculptor during the Golden Age? What were his most
famous works?
89. Who were Aeschylus and Sophocles? What were their main accomplishments?
90. Who was Homer? What is he remembered for?
91. Who were Herodotus and Thucydides? How were they different?
92. What were the accomplishments of Hippocrates and Archimedes?
93. What did Euclid and Pythagoras do?
94. What is a philosopher?
95. What did Socrates do?
96. What were Plato’s accomplishments?
97. What were Aristotle’s accomplishments?
98. What were the Delian and Peloponnesian Leagues?
99. What caused the Peloponnesian War?
100. Who fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War?
101. What were the results of the Peloponnesian War?
102. What king conquered most of Greece? Where was he from?
103. What was the extent of Alexander the Great’s empire?
104. What is the Hellenistic Age?
105. How did Hellenistic Culture spread?
Roman Republic
106. What water body surrounds Italy?
107. What provides protection to Italy in the north?
108. From whom did the Romans borrow their mythology?
109. Describe the role of each of the following Roman gods and goddesses: Jupiter,
Juno, Diana, Minerva, Apollo, and Venus.
110. Who were citizens in Rome? What rights and responsibilities came along with
citizenship?
111. Explain the following features of the Roman republic: representative democracy,
assemblies, senate, and consuls.
112. What was the first law code in Rome known as? How did it come to be?
(NOT ON THE MIDTERM)
113. Who fought in the Punic Wars?
114. What were the causes of the Punic Wars?
115. What were the highlights of each of the three Punic Wars?
116. What were the results of the Punic Wars?
Key Vocabulary: This is just a sampling. Use flash cards to help you study!
Early Man
River Valleys
India/China
Hebrews/Persians Greece
Hominid
culture
monsoon
Torah
City-state
Neolithic Age
cuneiform
covenant
polis
domestication
hieroglyphics
Mandate of
Heaven
monotheism
epics
satrap
myths
Royal Road
Homer
migration
hunter-gatherer
Bronze Age
dynasty
pharaoh
ziggurat
Paleolithic Age cultural
diffusion
slash and burn
farming
polytheism
loess
subcontinent
oracle bones
vedas
steppes
caste
artifact
mummification
reincarnation
Homo Erectus
scribe
karma
Neanderthal
silt
enlightenment
Cro-Magnon
filial piety
legalism
autocracy
yin and yang
Confucianism
Daoism
Buddhism
Hinduism
acropolis
tyrant
phalanx
helot
democracy
oligarchy
aristocracy