Download Unit 1 Exam Study Guide – Early Civilizations

Unit 1 Exam Study Guide – Early Civilizations
The following items are fair game for the quiz, test, exam or end of the world. You are expected to identify locations of
geographic features and major civilizations, as well as be able to discuss the attributes of various economic systems and
complex societies. You should also be able to identify, define and discuss the people and terms listed below.
1. Complex societies
! Similarities & differences b/t Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, & China, Meso-America, Andes, Oceania (think SECSE!!)
! Role of Trade, invasion & migration in spread of culture & tech (Phoenicians, Hittites, Hyksos, Bantu, Austronesians & Aryan)
! Political systems – attributes, function, legitimacy
! Legal systems – origins, purpose, types. Relations between laws and social structure
! Role of religion – origins, purpose, types. Rel’ts b/t religion & political syst.
! Social system – slavery, gender, social mobility (dynamic v. static)
! Causes for collapse of empires/dynasties (general & specific examples).
! Importance of innovation & technology (ex. bronze & iron metallurgy, spoked wheel, etc.)
2. Main Ideas
! Relations between new tech & its impact on the environment
! Rel’ts b/t food, population & grwth of complex societies
! Explain the role migration played in the diffusion of civilizations.
! Compare the role of law codes among early civilizations.
! Discuss the decline of gender equality that accompanied the growth of complex societies.
! Role religion played in daily life & its function as a major socializing and legitimizing force in early civilizations.
! Analyze the environmental impact of human development from Neolithic to complex societies.
! Identify and assess the significance of human interaction and the diffusion of goods, technology, culture, etc.
3. People & Terms – Don’t just define -- know the relevance of each to the Main Ideas & the growth of Complex Civilizations
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Hominid
Great Rift Valley
Migration
Carrying capacity
Complex system
Agricultural transition
Surplus
Myth
Social stratification
Hierarchy
Interaction
Diffusion
Dynamic vs. Static
Centralized vs. Decentralized
Polytheistic vs. Monotheistic
Nomadic vs. Sedentary
Negative vs. Positive religion
Positive feedback loop
Irrigation
government
monopolies
oracle bones
monopoly
bureaucracy
infrastructure
Ziggurat
Step pyramid
cuneiform
pictograph
hieroglyphic
ideograph
Culture
Civilization
Corvée
Lex talionis
Draconian
Irrigation
Job specialization
Joman
Natufian
Chinook
Jericho
Çatal Hüyük
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Indo-European
Bantu
Sargon of Akkad
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Assyrians Hyksos
Hittites
Menes (Narmer)
Hatshepsut
Rameses II
Ahkenaten
Amarna Period
Nubia
Kush
Phoenicians
Bantu migration
Aryan Migration
Austronesian Migration
Hebrews
Mohenjo-Daro
Harrapan
Sanskrit
Vedic Age
Varna
Jati
Lawbook of Manu
Rig Veda
Upanishad
Mahabharata
Karma
Sati
Chauvin
Olmec
Maya
Blood-letting
Lapita
Outrigger canoe
Kapu
Ali’i
Kahuna
tian
Mandate of Heaven
oracle bones
Xia Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Warring states
Ancestor worship
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4. HOW TO STUDY FOR THE EXAM.
Every article, document, video, lecture, homework assignment & PowerPoint for the first two weeks of school contains material that will
be on the Exam. If you have been diligent about keeping up with the work & completed assignments w/ great care, you have everything.
A. Start by looking at #’s 1&2. Consider organizing each Main Idea w/similarities & differences. You should have specific example for
each civilization.
B. Review all the PowerPoint lectures. They’re all on the course website. Don’t print them out.
C. Review document, lecture, homework charts & video notes.
D. Focus on the SECSE elements!
E. You should know relative dates for the emergence of agriculture (c. 8,000 BCE), major civilizations, migrations, invasions, & when
people ruled.