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World Cultures I Merion Mercy Academy 2010 Mid Term Study Guide Unit I: Introduction to World Cultures 1. culture 2. cultural universals 3. worldview Unit II: From Pre-History to the Earliest Civilizations Chapter 1, Section 1: Human Origins in Africa (pages 2 to 5 and 7 to 13) 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. prehistory artifacts archaeologists hominids Paleolithic Age Neolithic Age technology 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. nomads hunter -gatherers Neolithic Revolution slash and burn farming domestication Chapter 1, Section 2: Human Try to Control Nature (pages 14 to 18) Chapter 1, Section 3: Civilization (pages 19 to 23) 17. civilization 18. specialization of workers 19. artisans 20. institutions 21. scribes 22. cuneiform 23. The Bronze Age 24. Sumer 25. barter 26. ziggurats Chapter 2, Section 1: City-States in Mesopotamia (pages29 to 32 ONLY) 27. Fertile Crescent 28. Mesopotamia 29. Tigris and Euphrates 30. city-state 31. dynasty 32. cultural diffusion 33. polytheism Unit III: Ancient Egypt Chapter 2, Section 2: Pyramids on the Nile (pages 35 to 43, and supplemental handouts) 34. Nile 35. Silt 36. Delta 37. Upper Egypt / Lower Egypt 38. Old Kingdom 39. Pharaohs 40. theocracy 41. pyramids 42. mastabas 43. mummification 44. hieroglyphics 45. The Rosetta Stone Mr. Clementi Chapter 4, Section 1: The Egyptian and Nubian Empires (pages89 to 94, and supplemental handouts) 46. Hyksos 47. Achmose / Kamose 48. New Kingdom 49. Hatshepsut 50. Thutmose III 51. Nubians 52. Ramses II 53. Great Temple at Abu Simbel 54. Sea People Unit IV: Hinduism and Buddhism (Chapter 3, Sections 1& 2) 55. Indo-Europeans 56. Hittites 57. Aryans 58. caste system 59. Brahmins 60. Hinduism 61. moksha 62. reincarnation 63. karma 64. Buddhism 65. Siddhartha Gautama 66. enlightenment 67. The Four Noble Truths 68. The Noble Eightfold Path Unit V: Classical Greece Section 5.1 Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea 69. geographic features of Greece 70. Mycenaean 71. Trojan War 72. Dorian 73. Homer 74. epics (Iliad) Section 5.2: Warring City States 75. polis 76. monarchy 77. aristocracy 78. oligarchy 79. democracy 80. The Persian War (Specifically the significance of the battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salami) 81. Delian League 82. phalanx Section 5.3 Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age 70. Pericles 71. direct democracy 72. The Parthenon 73. Greek Drama (tragedies and comedies) 74. Peloponnesian War 75. Greek Philosophers (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) Section 5.4 Alexander’s Empire 76. Macedonia 77. Philip II 78. Alexander the Great 79. Darius III 80. Battle of Gaugamela 81. Kingdoms of Antigonus, Ptolemy and Seleucis Section 5.5 The Spread of Hellenistic Culture 82. Hellenistic 83. Cultural diversity 84. Alexandria 85. Alexandria Museum and Library 86. Ptolemy 87. Euclid 88. Archimedes Unit VI: The Roman Empire Section 1: The Roman Republic 1. Etruscans 89. Roman Republic 90. Patricians 91. Plebians 92. Consuls 93. senate 94. Roman legions 95. Carthaginians 96. Punic Wars 97. Scipio 98. Hannibal 99. Roman Civil War 100. Julius Caesar 101. Augustus 102. Roman Empire 103. Pax Romana Essay Question: Choose an ancient civilization we have studied so far. Using at least 4 cultural universals, explain what would be the worldview of a 14 year old girl in that society. Compare and contrast her world to your own. NOTE: Grammar, syntax and paragraph structure will be accessed.