9 th Grade World History
Midterm Review
Focus on how geography influenced each of the civilizations that we have studied.
Review primary source documents that we have discussed in class
Directions: Review the following questions for your midterm exam
1. What political, social, economic, and technological phenomena are indicators of civilization?
2. Explain the relationship between urban centers and the surrounding agricultural hinterlands in the Mesopotamian city-states.
3. Egypt has been called “A gift of the Nile” Evaluate the accuracy of that statement.
4. How did geography influence the written languages of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt?
5. What were some common geographical factors of the first civilizations? How did these common factors influence the development of civilization?
6. Contrast the views of Confucius and Han Fei on human nature and the qualities of the ideal ruler.
7. What is the Mandate of Heaven? How did this idea justify Zhou rule in China?
8. Explain the concept of filial piety. How did this concept impact the Chinese view of the relationship between a ruler and his people?
9. What was the impetus for the formation of a strong state in Nubia?
10. Why do scholars argue that civilization appeared later in the Western Hemisphere than in the
Eastern Hemisphere?
11. What role did the environment play in the development of early civilizations in America?
12. Why did the New Kingdom expand its borders beyond the Nile?
13. Explain the possible impacts of cultural diffusion on the Hebrew Bible.
14. What effect did the Diaspora period have on the Israelite people?
15. How were the Assyrians able to maintain control of a large and diverse empire?
16. Compare and contrast Assyrian and Carthaginian expansion.
17. How did the Persian Empire maintain control over a large and diverse empire?
18. How did Greek civilization evolve and spread beyond its original territories?
19. What were some common characteristics that united the city-states of ancient Greece?
20. How did a cultural synthesis develop during the Hellenistic age?
21. Compare and contrast Ancient Athens and Sparta.
22. How did geography effect the development of the polis?
23. What are latifundia? How did they affect economic and political life in the Roman Empire?
24. Analyze the effects of the rise and spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire.
25. Analyze the influence of Legalism and Confucianism in both Qin and Han China.
26. Compare and contrast family life in Ancient Rome and Han China.
27. Compare and contrast the influence of technology and trade in Ancient Rome and Han
China.
28. Compare and contrast the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire and the fall of Han China