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World Cultures I
Merion Mercy Academy
2011 Mid Term Study Guide
Mr. Clementi
Unit I and II: Introduction to World Cultures
From introductory power-point and lecture notes
1. culture
2. cultural universals
3. worldview
Chapter 1, Section 1: Human Origins in Africa (defined in handout and on pages 2 to 5 and 7 to 13 in textbook)
4. prehistory
5. artifacts
6. archaeologists
7. Paleolithic Age
8. Neolithic Age
9. technology
Chapter 1, Section 2: Human Try to Control Nature (defined in handout and on pages 14 to 18 in textbook)
10. nomads
11. hunter -gatherers
12. Neolithic Revolution
13. slash and burn farming
14. domestication
Chapter 1, Section 3: Civilization (defined in handout and pages 19 to 23 and on pages 14 to 18 in textbook)
17. civilization
18. specialization of workers
19. artisans
20. institutions
Chapter 2, Section 1: City-States in Mesopotamia (defined in handout and on pages 29 to 32 in textbook)
21. city-state
22. dynasty
23. cultural diffusion
24. Polytheism
Early Culture Presentations
25. Egyptians:
ONLY the Nile River, pyramids, pharaohs: ( in handout and Chap 2, Sect. 2 in textbook)
26. Indus:
ONLY the plan cities, plumbing system: ( in handout and Chap 2, Sect. 3 in textbook)
27. Phoenicians:
ONLY the phonetic alphabet, trading ships and purple dye: (in handout and Chap 3, Sect. 3 in textbook)
28. Assyrians:
ONLY military strategies and seize tactics (in handout and Chap 4, Sect. 2 in textbook)
29. Persians:
ONLY Royal Road and government (in handout and Chap 4, Sect.3 in textbook)
Unit III: Classical Greece
Section 5.1 Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea
30. geographic features of Greece
31. Mycenaean
32. Trojan War
33. Dorian
34. Homer
35. epics (Iliad)
Section 5.2: Warring City States
36. polis
37. monarchy
38. aristocracy
39. oligarchy
40. direct democracy
41. Athens
42. Spartans
43. Helots
44. Persian Wars
45. Marathon
46. Thermopylae
47. Salamis
48. phalanx
Section 5.3 Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age
49. Pericles
50. Direct democracy
51. Delian League
52. The Parthenon
53. Greek Drama (tragedies and comedies)
54. Herodotus
55. Peloponnesian War
56. philosophy
57. Socrates
58. Plato
59. Aristotle
Section 5.4 Alexander’s Empire
60. Macedonia
61. Philip II
62. Olympus
63. Alexander the Great
64. Darius III
65. Kingdoms of Antigonus, Ptolemy and Seleucis
Section 5.5 The Spread of Hellenistic Culture
66. Hellenistic
67. Alexandria
68. Alexandria Museum and Library
69. Pharos lighthouse
70. Ptolemy
71. Euclid
72. Archimedes
73. Colossus of Rhodes
Unit III: The Roman Empire
Section 1: The Roman Republic
74. Etruscans
75. Romulus and Remus
76. Tiber River
77. Republic
78. Patricians
79. Plebians
80. consuls
81. senators
82. Centuriate Assembly
83. Tribal Assembly
84. dictator
85. Roman legions
86. Carthaginians
87. Punic Wars
88.Hannibal
Section 2: The Roman Empire
89. Julius Caesar
90. triumvirate
91. Gaul
92. Rubicon River
93. Ides of March
94. Augustus
95. Roman Empire
96. Pax Romana
99. Octavian (Caesar Augustus)
100. Mark Antony
101.
Cleopatra
102. Life in the Roman World
a. trade and commerce
b. Slaves
c. Gods and goddesses
d. Coliseum and gladiators
Section 6.5 Rome and the Roots of Western Civilization
103.
latin and romance languages
104.
Roman art
a. bas relief
b. mosaics
c. frescos
105.
Roman literature
a. Virgil
b. Ovid
c. Tacitus
106.
Roman Architecture and city planning
a. aqueducts
b. roads
c. arch
d. domes
e. concrete
15.
Unit IV: Early Africa and the Americas
Section 8.1 Diverse Societies in Africa
107. Sahara
108. Sahel
109. desertification
110.
Rain forest & canopy
111.
Mediterranean climate
112.
savanna
113.
nomadic
114.
clan
115.
animism
116.
griots
117.
Nok Civilization
118.
Sub-Saharan African
119.
iron smelting
Section 8.2: Migration
120. migration
121.
push factors
122. pull factors
123. Bantu
Section 8.3: The Kingdom of Askum
124. Aksum
125. Adulis
126. Ezana
Chapter 9: The Earliest Americans
127.
Beringia
128.
Clovis Theory
129.
Ice Ages
130.
Olmec
131.
Zapotec
132.
Chavin
133.
Nazca
134.
Moche
Unit V: Islam
Video: The Hajj. Inside Mecca
135. Abraham
135. Hagar
136. Ismail
137. Ihram
138. Valley of Mina
139. Standing at Arafat
140. Stoning the Pillars
Section 10.1: The Rise of Islam
141. Bedouins
142. Mecca
143. Muhammad
144. Allah
145. Islam
146. Muslim
147. Five Pillars of Islam
148. Kab’aba
149. Mosque
150. Qur’an
Section 10.2: Islam Expands
151. caliph
152. “rightly guided” caliphs
153. Shi’a
154. Sunni
155. Sufi
Section 10.3 Muslim Culture
156. House of Wisdom
157. Astrolabe
158.
Thousand and One Arabian Nights
159.
Al Razi’ Comprehensive Book
160.
Al Khwarizmi and algebra
161.
Calligraphy