Monday, May 10, 2010

Study Guide Midterm 1 Part 1/3

Review ALL Quizzes

How do the works, The Epic of Gilgamesh and Hammurabi’s Code reflect similar or different values to the Modern World?

What is a patriarchal society? What is a matriarchal society? Discuss sedentary civilization and the relationship to agriculture. How did nomadic groups spread

How are the values of Eastern cultures different from Western religious ideas?

What is polytheism? Monotheism?

What changed from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age? And Bronze Age to Iron age?

Discuss Neolithic man and hunter gatherer groups. What was religion like for these human and what was the role of men and women like?

What was the first civilization? Where was it located and why is this significant?

What is the difference between a sedentary community and a civilization?

What is the difference between civilization and empire?

Discuss the five river valley civilizations: where (on a map) are they located, what were the cultures, religion, languages and social structure like? How were they governed? What was the role of women in these societies? Slaves? What were the laws like?

What is the Four Great Revolutions? Why are they historically significant?

Discuss life in Egypt: social structure, religion, culture and war. Why was writing important?

Discuss the building of the Pyramids and the process of mummification.

Why was Egypt so successful at maintaining its culture and civilization for so long? How long did it last?

Why were the Assyrians so successful at establishing their Near Eastern Empire? How did it differ from the Hittites and Egyptians?

How is the history of the early Indus Valley civilizations differ from those in China, Mesopotamia and Egypt?

What were the stages of early Chinese history?
Discuss the Olmec civilization.

Define:
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphs
Indo-Euroepean
Aryans
Mahabharata and Ramayana
Mandate of Heaven
Paleolitic Age
Pharaoh
Raja
Upanishads
Vedas


Why was Chinese philosophy important? Identify and discuss: Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism?

Why is Hebrew Monotheism important?

Discuss the Indian religion and Hinduism.

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