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Ch 1-3, 5 (Sec 1-3)

Midterm Review Sheet

1. Why is geography important to history? _______________________________________________________________

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2. What were some characteristics of the Old Stone Age? ___________________________________________________
3. What was a belief that was held by people from the Old Stone Age? ________________________________________
4. What was the Neolithic Revolution? __________________________________________________________________
5. What did cultural diffusion accomplish? _______________________________________________________________
6. Near what geographical feature did most ancient cities emerge? ___________________________________________
7. How did Ancient Egyptians view their pharaohs? ________________________________________________________
8. What were some Egyptian religious beliefs? ____________________________________________________________
9. What was the Code of Hammurabi? ___________________________________________________________________
10. To which social class did most Egyptians belong? _______________________________________________________
11. How do we know that the Indus Valley had a well-organized government? __________________________________
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12. Why was written Chinese difficult to learn?____________________________________________________________
13. What was the Mandate of Heaven?__________________________________________________________________
14. Why was the Huang He referred to as the River of Sorrows?___________________________________________
15. How did the geography of Greece affect its city-states?__________________________________________________
16. What do archaeologists believe could have caused the end of the Minoan civilization? ________________________
17. What can the Iliad and the Odyssey tell us about the ancient Greeks? ______________________________________
18. What was the cause of the Trojan War? ______________________________________________________________
19. What was the role of Spartan women? _______________________________________________________________
20. How did changes in military technology affect the middle class in ancient Greece?_____________________________
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21. What were the two levels of the polis? _____________________________________________________________
Caste

clan

subcontinent

rajah

loess

monsoon

Athens

Brahman

calligraphy

dynastic cycle

feudalism

ideograph

mystic

Sparta

Polytheism

Trojan

strait

Knossos

aristocracy

debt

monarchy

Comedy

Marathon

Peloponnesian

**(All of these terms and definitions are on Quizlet)