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World History I – 1 Semester Exam Study guide Clan Euclid
Subcontinent Hippocrates
Ch 1 – Toward Civilization Rajah Philip
- Why is Geography important to history? Loess Monsoon
- What were the characteristics of the Old Stone Age? Brahman Calligraphy
Dynastic Cycle Feudalism
- Did the Stone Age people believe in life after death? Ideograph Mystic
Demagogue Plague
- What was the Neolithic Revolution? Pythagoras Socrates
- What effect did contact with other people have on ancient civilizations?

- What does an archaeologist primarily study?

- What was the New Stone Age like?

- What marked the beginning of civilization?

- Where did the first cities emerge?

- How did trade affect cultural diffusion among the ancient peoples?

Ch 2 – First Civilizations – Africa and Asia

- How did ancient Egyptians view their pharaohs?

- Did the Egyptians believe in life after death?

- Why did the Egyptians develop hieroglyphics?

- What was the Code of Hammurabi?

- How did the Nile River influence ancient Egypt?

- Most Egyptians were members of which group?

- What did the movement of people across the Fertile Crescent result in?

Ch 3 – Early Civilizations in India and China

- What evidence suggests that the Indus Valley cities had a well-organized government?

- How long did the Indus Valley civilization last?

- What is the Mahabharata?

- Why was the Chinese system of writing difficult to learn?

- What is the Mandate of Heaven?

- Mohenjo-Daro was carefully planned, which is evidence that it had what?

- Why did the Indus Valley civilization decline?

- When power shifted from the Kshatriyas to the Brahmins, how did the society change?

- What did the Aryans learn from the Dravidians?

 - Why was the Huang He nicknamed the “River of Sorrows”?

- What was feudalism?

- Why did India enjoy a golden age during the Gupta dynasty?

- Who administered the government of the Indian villages?

Chapter 4 – Empires of India and China

- What did Legalism teach?

- Hindus and Buddhists shared a belief in what?

- The golden age of India took place during the rule of which group?

- Who was the head of the family in an Indian household?

- Who ruled the Indian villages?

- According to Confucius, what was the most important duty?

Chapter 5 – Ancient Greece

- What was the geography of Greece like and how did this affect their empire?

- The Peloponnesian War was a result of a conflict between which 2 groups?

- What was Greek theater based on?

- What was Alexander’s most lasting achievement?

- What were Spartan boys trained to do?

- What were Greek artists and architects like?

- Who established the empire that extended from Greece to Egypt to India?
You will identify
the following
locations on blank
maps:
Map 1: Athens,
Sparta, Knossos

Map 2: Western
Desert, Upper
Egypt, Lower
Egypt, Red Sea,
Mediterranean Sea

Essay – Do you believe that the invention of writing was the single most important step in human civilization
after the development of agriculture? You will have to support your opinion with specific examples.