Midterm Exam Review

Key Terms:
I. Introduction information
a. Neolithic c. monarchs f. Rosetta
Revolution d. Judaism Stone
b. Artifacts e. Yahweh

II. India
a. Reincarnati d. Nirvana g. Eightfold
on e. Buddha Path
b. Aryans f. Harappa h. Karma
c. Sanskrit i. Asoka

III. China
a. Filial Piety d. Dynastic f. Shi Huang
b. karma Cycle Di
c. Zhou e. Mandate of g. Analects
Dynasty Heaven h. Great Wall

IV. Greece
a. Mycenae g. Pericles n. Philip II
b. Homer h. Socrates o. Alexander
c. Trojan i. Plato the Great
Horse j. Ephors p. Hellenistic
d. Polis k. Phalanx Era
e. Acropolis l. Democracy
f. Parthenon m. Oligarchy

Identify the following on a Map

I. India II. China III. Greece
a. Indus River a. Asia a. Europe
b. Ganges b. Huang He b. Mediterrane
River River an Sea
c. Himalaya c. Changan
Mountains River
d. Indian d. Pacific
Ocean Ocean

Answer the Following Questions:

IV. Introduction Information

a. The oldest period in human history when people were hunters and
gatherers was called the ____________ Age.

b. What are the Features of Civilization?

c. Which civilization had the first form of writing called cuneiform?

V. India

a. The first civilization in India was centered around the __________ river
and had two major cities, _____________ and Mohenjo Daro.

b. What are the two types of Buddhism and how are they different?

c. List the Four Noble Truths:

d. Draw and label the Aryan Caste System including the untouchables.
Know the role of each.

e. Identify the Silk Road and which civilizations traded on it over the years.

f. Similarities between Hinduism and Buddhism

g. What effect did Buddhism have on politics in Asia?

VI. China

a. What was the longest lasting dynasty in Chinese history?

b. Describe the major founders and beliefs of the Three Philosophies,

Schools of Thought, in China.

c. What were the major technological advancements of Han China?

d. Han rulers discarded the ______________ philosophy and based their rule
on the __________ philosophy instead.

e. How did the geography of China influence their belief that they were the
center of the universe?

VII. Greece

a. What were the two main features of the geography of Greece and how
did they influence the development of civilization there?

b. Describe the different types of government that can be found in Greece.

c. What were the differences between Athens and Sparta?

d. What were the main battles and results of the Persian Wars? Which city-
state took credit for their victory over the Persians?

e. Which war weakened Greece when the city-states turned on each other?

f. List some of the ways that Plato’s Republic has influenced later
civilizations:

g. What was Alexander’s most lasting achievement?

h. What contributions did the Greeks make to the arts, including drama?