ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY
Final Exam Review Sheet
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ALPHABETIZED AND UNDER THE HEADING OF THE
CHAPTER IN-WHICH THEY WERE INTRODUCED. IN-ADDITION-TO KNOWING ABOUT
THEM, BE SURE TO STUDY ALL OF THE MAPS COVERED DURING THE SEMESTER,
FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON KEY PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL FEATURES DISCUSSED. ALSO,
BE CONVERSANT WITH THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE VARIOUS CULTURES STUDIED
DURING THE COURSE OF THE SEMESTER.
Chapter One - Human Beginnings
Artifact
Agricultural Revolution
Bronze
Civilization
Cradles of Civilization
Creation Myths
Cultural Diffusion
Deity
Homo sapiens sapiens
Irrigation
Migration
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Polytheism
Social Order, Emergence of
Chapter Two - Early Civilizations
Egypt
Burial Practices (mummification)
Dynasty
Hatshepsut
Hieroglyphics
Hyksos
Kingdoms - Old, Middle, New (major accomplishments)
Na'armer (Menes)
Nile River
Papyrus
Pharaoh
Pyramids
Ramses II
Religious Beliefs
Rosetta Stone
Scribes
Social Order
Thutmose III
Vizier
Fertile Crescent
Akkad
Akkadians
Babylon
Cuneiform
Hammurabi
Mesopotamia
Sargon
Stylus
Sumeria (place)
Sumerians (people and contributions)
Writing, Development of
Ziggurat
South Asia (India)
Brahmaputra River
City Planning
Demise, Causes of
Ganges River
Government (pries-kings)
Himalayas
Indus River
Indus Valley Civilization
Monsoon
Early China
Bronze Casting
Gobi Desert
Huang He (Yellow River)
North China Plain
Oracle Bones
Shang Dynasty (accomplishments)
Tian Shan
Yu
Chapter 3 - Kingdoms and Empires of the Middle East
Trading Peoples
Alphabet
Aramaeans
Byblos
Carthage
Cultural Diffusion
Currency (coined money)
Fertile Crescent (location and characteristics)
Lydians (contributions)
Phoenicians (contributions)
Tyre
Israelites
Covenant
David
Diaspora
Exodus
Hebrews
Jeruslaem
Messiah
Monotheism
Moses
Prophet
Samuel
Saul
Theocracy
Empire Builders
Assyrians
Diaspora
Hittites
Persians
Royal Road
Satraps
Satrapy
Zoroaster
Zoarastrianism
Chapter 4 - The Rise of Ancient Greece and Chapter 5 - The Height of Greek
Civilization
Aegean Civilizations (Minoans and Mycenaeans)
Alexander the Great
Aristocrats
Art (Architecture / Perspective / Sculpture)
Athens
Citizen
Colonies/Colonization
Crete
Delian League
Democracy
Drama (Tragedy and Comedies) [Aeschylus / Sophocles / Euripides]
Evans, Sir Arthur
Golden Age
Hellenism
Homer
Iliad
Knossos
Labyrinth
Logic
Mycenae
Mythology and Religion (gods, goddesses, and festivals)
Odyssey
Oligarchy
Olympic Games
Peloponnesus / Peloponnesian War (causes / course-of / outcomes)
Persian Wars (causes / course-of / outcomes)
Phalanx
Philip II
Philosophy
Polis
Rhetoric
Schliemann, Heinrich
Science, Contributions to
Sparta
Tyrant
Women, Role
Chapter 6 - Ancient Rome and Early Christianity
Augustus (Octavian Caesar)
Carthage
Cleopatra
Constantine the Great
Consul
Dictator
Etruscans
Hannibal
Jesus Christ
Julius Caesar
Messiah
Patrician
Pax Romana
Plebeian
Pompey
Punic Wars
Republic
Senate
Tribune
Triumvirate
Twelve Tables of the Law
Veto