Review for FINAL part I

1)   What is the definition of prehistory?

2)   When (the date) did prehistory end

3)   How did Paleolithic people live?

4)   List five things that people made or sought that led to civilization?

5)   List some things (3 things) that Cro-Magnons did or made.

6)   What is specialization?

 7)   What is one of the earliest known villages?

8)   What two important discoveries brought on the Neolithic Revolution?

I)              Sumer

1)   Inventions

2)   Gods

3)   Leaders

4)   Rivers

5)   Anything else you know

III.  Egypt

 1)   Inventions

 2)   Gods

 3)   Leaders

 4)   Rivers

 5)   Anything else you know

 Harappa

Inventions

Gods

Leaders

Rivers

       Anything else you know

Part 1: The Assyrians

1) Why did the Assyrians become warriors (think about where they lived)?

2) Discuss how a foot soldier in the Assyrian army might be dressed?

3) The Assyrians were considered CRUEL, why?  What did they do?

4) Who was Ashurbanipal?  What did he do?

Part II:  The Persians

5) How did the Persians differ from the Assyrians

6) Discuss Zoroaster and Zoroasterism (what did they believe?)

7) What was the Persian view of trade?

8)  What major thing did the Persians leave for the World?

Part III: The Hebrews   

9)   Who were the great kings of the Hebrews?  What were some things they did?

10)   Discuss the lifestyle of the Hebrews

11)  Who were the Hebrews descended from?  What city did they come from?

12)  What great gift did the Hebrews leave the World?

Part IV:  The Phoenicians

13)  What great gift did the Phoenicians leave the World?

14) Why did the growth of trade (worldwide) expand under the Phoenicians

15) What were some ancient Phoenician cities?

16) How were Phoenician cities organized?

GREEKS

1) The Minoans lived where?   What were they known for?

2) What is the legend behind the fall of the Minoans?  Who was Theseus?

3) What is the most import thing that the Mycenaeans have left us? 

4) The Mycenaeans became rich off the trade of what product?

5) The Mycenaeans where known for what to occupations?

6) How did the Mycenaeans disappear (you need two specific things).

7) What was the Trojan War?

8)  The average city-state of classical Greece contained how many people?

9) What war was fought between Athens and Sparta?   When did it end?   How long did it last?  Who won?

10)  Discuss the life of a boy in Sparta (make sure you talk about important ages – birth, 7, 20, 30, 60).

11)  Who were the helots?

12)  Who wrote the world’s first democratic constitution?

13)  What was the council of 500?   How did one become a member of the council?

14)  Describe the Battle of Marathon.

15)  Why did the Persians go to war with the Greeks?  What was the final outcome? 

16)  The first Olympic Games where held when?   In honor of who?   List three events at the Olympic Games.

17)  List three Greek philosophers and briefly why each is important

18)  List three Greek playwrights and discuss how theater emerged in ancient Greece.

19)  Who was Hippocrates

20) How, in the worship of Gods, were the Greeks different from earlier people?  

ROME

1)   What is Rome’s legacy on today’s culture? 

2)   Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire?  What were some of his accomplishments?

3)   What was the Pax Romana?

4)   List three reasons the Roman Empire collapsed.

5)   Who Founded Rome?  What is the story behind the founding of Rome?

6)   Why were the Etruscans important?

7)   What was important about the Roman Republic?  How did it end?

8)   Who was Julius Caesar?  Why was he important?

9)   What customs did the Romans borrow or adopt from the Etruscans?

10)                  Who was Hannibal?  What were some of his accomplishments?

11-13) Discuss the following Emperors, what they did for Rome, why were the important:

Trajan

Constantine I

Diocletian

The Early Middle –Ages

THE GERMANS

1) Who were the Goths?
2) Discuss the Battle of Adrianople?  Why was it important?  When did it happen?
3) Where did the Goths end up?
4) Who were the Vandals?
5) What English world did the Vandals inspire?  Why?
6) Who was Odoacer?
7) Who was Theodoric?
8) What happened to the Roman Empire in the West by 550 C.E.? 

THE FRANKS

1)   Why were people no longer interested in learning during the early middle ages?

2)   Why are the Franks important?

3)   Who was Clovis?  How did Clovis become Christian? 

4)   What happened after Clovis became Christian?

5)   Why was it important that the Pope gave Clovis his support?

6)   Why were the Franks more successful at governing than other Germanic peoples?

7)   What modern nations developed out of the civilization built by the Franks?

1)   Why were the Frankish kings after Clovis weak?

2)   Who was Charles Martel?  What did he do?  Why was he known as “The Hammer”?

3)   Why was the Battle of Tours a turning point in history?

4)   What might western Europe have been like if the Arabs and Berbers had won the Battle of Tours?

5)   Who was Pepin?  How did he help the Pope?

6)   Define anointed. 

 

1)   When did Pepin die?  Who were his sons?

2)   Who was Charlemagne?  What did he do?  List the people he defeated in battle.  What does his name mean?

3)   What was The Song of Roland about?

4)   Why was Charlemagne displeased that the Pope crowned him emperor?

5)   What was Charlemagne’s view of education?  What did he do to promote education in his empire?

6)   Who was Alcuin?  What did children study in the school set up by Alcuin?

7)   What were some things that artists created under Charlemagne’s rule? 

8)   Describe estate life.

9)   How did farmers gradually become serfs?

10)  How did minstrels increase Charlemagne’s popularity?

11)  What did the Empire collapse after Charlemagne’s death?

12)  What might have prevented the collapse of Charlemagne’s government?

THE ANGLO-SAXONS

1) The Anglo-Saxons were made up of what three groups?
2) How did Christianity come to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England?
3) What did Alfred do to unite Anglo-Saxon England?
4) Why did Alfred the Great pay the Danes to leave England alone?
5) Why did the king set up local governments in England?
6) What were the duties of the nobles?
7) Why did early English kinds divide the country into shires?  What were some of the jobs of the sheriff?
8) How did the King's peace help unite England?
9) What was the purpose of witenagemot?
10) How did the English government develop under the Anglo-Saxons?
11) Why did Anglo-Saxons unite under Alfred the Great?

The VIKINGS

1)     The Vikings came from what places (think countries)?

2)     The Vikings prowess in trade has led people to compare them with what historical group?

3)     Why did Vikings raid?

4)     Why was there no central government in Scandinavia?

5)     What was a Jarl?

6)      Why did the Vikings disappear?

7)      What some rights that Viking women have?

8)      Who was Erik the Red?

9)      Who were the Normans?

10)    What was a berserker?