WORLD HISTORY I MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW 2010
Exam Schedule
Period
The midterm exam will cover everything that we have studied so far this year. The following
review sheet will guide you in your studying. This sheet does not necessarily cover everything
on the exam. Review your notes, handouts and assigned chapters of the book.
EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
EQ: What is a civilization?
How did ancient civilizations evolve?
Prehistory v. History
 Prehistory
 Timeline of history B.C., B.C.E., A.D., C.E.
 Where did human life begin?
 Agricultural Revolution—Why did the discovery of agriculture (farming) make civilization possible?
 Nomad
 Hunter-gatherer
 Domestication of animals
 Why did the first civilizations develop near rivers?
1. What is a Civilization? What are the 6 Characteristics of a civilization?
i. Advanced Cities
ii. Specialized Workers
iii. Complex Institutions
iv. Record-keeping
v. Advanced Technology
vi. Art and Architecture
Mesopotamia Civilization 3500B.C.
“Birth place of Civilization”
 Ur
 Sumer
 Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
 Fertile Crescent
 Irrigation
 Polytheism
 Monotheism
 Epic of Gilgamesh
 Hammurabi
 Hammurabi’s Code
Make sure you review a bit about the civilization that you studied during the Ancient Civilization
Project.
Egyptian Civilization 3,100 B.C.
 Nile River
 Inundation
 Why was Egypt called the gift of the Nile?
 Social Stratification in Egypt
 Monarchy
 Pharaohs
 Pyramid
 Great Pyramid at Giza
 Feats of engineering – Great Pyramid, Sphinx, Obelisk
 Mummification
 Hieroglyphics
The Origins of Judaism
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Names of land of the Jewish people (Promised Land/Land of Milk and Honey/Canaan/ Judea/Israel)
Hebrew
Philistines
Torah
Abraham
Monotheism
Covenant
Moses
Old Testament
Ten Commandments
Solomon
David
Israel
Exodus
CLASSICAL CIVILIZATIONS 500B.C. to 500 A.D.
EQ: What is a Classical Civilization?
What is the role of a citizen in a democracy?
Classical Greece
 Why is Greece considered a Classical Civilization? What does it mean to be “classic”?
 Heroic Code
 Aerete
 What is Greece’s legacy to us today?
 Trojan War
 Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey
 Polis
 Types of Government
o Monarchy
o Aristocracy
o Oligarchy
o Democracy
o Republic
 Sparta
 Athens
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Differences between Sparta and Athens (Education, Society, Government, Philosophy)
Persian Wars
Xerxes
Battle of Thermopylae – Turning point of the war
Athenian Trireme
Pericles – father of democracy?
The Parthenon
Peloponnesian War
Socrates (make sure you know his ideas, why he was accused of treason)
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What is the role/responsibility of a citizen in a democracy?
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What is treason?
Plato
Aristotle
Philip King of Macedonia
Alexander the Great
Alexander’s Empire – How did he build it, how did he try to sustain it, how did it fall?
Darius – Leader of Persia
Alexander’s Hellenistic Culture
Macedonia
 Alexandria
Ancient Rome
Romulus and Remus
Republic
Patricians
Plebeians
Tribunes
Consuls
Senate
Dictator
Punic Wars
Hannibal
Scipio
Geography
World Map –Major bodies of water: Atlantic,
Pacific, Indian, Mediterranean Sea,
Black Sea, All Continents.
Specifics:
Egypt, Nile, Alexandria.
Mesopotamia, Tigris and Euphrates,
Babylon, Greece, Sparta, Athens, Troy,
Macedonia, Rome, Gaul, Britain,
Germania, Carthage, Spain, Sicily.