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Midterm Study Guide: 2007-2008
Please use your class notes, guiding reading sheets, and tests to complete the
following study guide for your midterm exam. Define all vocabulary terms in your own
words and bullet responses that focus on main ideas for all other questions/prompts. Your exam is on
Thursday, 1/31 (classes 5 and 3) or Friday, 2/1 (classes 4, 1, and 2).
THIS STUDY GUIDE IS DUE ON MONDAY, 1/28!
PREHISTORY
archaeologist:
artifact:
specialization:
domesticated:
prehistory:
Achievements of Neanderthals:
Achievements of Cro-Magnons:
Steps in excavating an archaeological site:
Please list the following dates in order from earliest to most recent: 55 A.D., 1979 B.C, 0, 2000 B.C., 643 A.D.
What was the Neolithic Revolution? _________________________________
Effects of the Neolithic Revolution:
MESOPOTAMIA
In which Age did Mesopotamia develop- Paleolithic, Mesolithic, or Neolithic? _______________
How do you know?
surplus:
cuneiform:
scribe:
artisan:
hereditary:
migrating:
ziggurat:
Uses?
Main traits of Mesopotamian religion:
Draw a SIMPLE diagram of a Mesopotamian city-state. Include where different social classes lived.
Why did Mesopotamians need to invent a writing system? __________________________________________
Two rivers in Mesopotamia: _____________________________________________________
Describe how Mesopotamians used these rivers (other than drinking, bathing, or fishing).
Who created the Mesopotamian law code? _______________________
Similarities between Mesopotamian law (code of Hammurabi) and law in the modern United States:
Differences between Mesopotamian law (code of Hammurabi) and law in the modern United States:
EGYPT
delta:
papyrus (include uses):
Book of the Dead:
surveying:
ma’at (the idea, not the goddess):
Purposes of pyramids?
Devices used to build them?
Main achievements of:
Raamses II
Hatshepsut
Cleopatra
Akhnaten
Briefly explain the steps to reach the Egyptian afterlife, including role of various gods.
River around which ancient Egypt was based: ________________
How did the Egyptians use this river (other than drinking, bathing, or fishing)?
Why did the Egyptians mummify their dead?
Importance of King Tutankhamen’s tomb:
By examining a mummy, what evidence could determine the person’s previous….
Age?
Social class?
CHINA AND INDIA
Main traits and/or achievements of the leadership of…
Ashoka:
Qin Shi Huangdi:
Caste system (define): ___________________________________________________________________
With what religion was it associated? ________________
What “job” did the top caste have? ______________
Specific evidence of city planning in ancient India (think of Mohenjo-Daro):
GREECE
constitution:
acropolis:
agora:
aristocrat:
democracy:
oligarchy:
Peloponnesian War:
Theater was in honor of __________________________________.
Two types of plays were: __________________________ and _________________________
Parthenon:
Please label the following on the temple:
frieze
capital
stylobate
pediment
Life in Athens
MAIN FOCUS was:
Features:
Life in Sparta
MAIN FOCUS was:
Features:
Main traits of Greek religion:
Olympics: For which god? __________________
Describe practices in the Olympics and the cultural value reflected in these practice. (Example:
Women couldn’t attend; Greece had a patriarchal society.
Identify the achievements of each of the following people:
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Hippocrates
Archimedes
Euclid
Sophacles
Please list the ways in which each culture has contributed to the modern world. Be sure you can explain the
impact of each achievement.
Contribution (number your list)
Impact (explain using corresponding number)
1.
Wheel
1. Easier transportation- more goods/ resources could
Mesopotamia
reach more places
Egypt
China
India
Greece
Mayans
*ALSO be able to describe “your” astronomer’s model of the solar system!
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