HIS 101 Mid term Exam Study Guide
1. ID & SIG. On the exam I’ll give you 15 choices. You’ll select 10 and identify and state their significance in 3 sentences. 10 points each. 100 points total.
Code of Hammurabi metallurgy Amon-Re Memphis
Veneration of ancestors fast-ripening rice movable type Tikal
Popol Vuh Hellenikon iconoclasm Kilwa
Yellow River theme system Mansa Musa dharma
Trans-Sahara trade route Abraham Dunhuang Calvin
Mohammad Bhagavad Gita St. Augustine Upanishads
2. Short Answer. On the exam I’ll give you three choices. You’ll select two and answer each in 7 to 10 sentences. 50 points each. 100 points total.
a. How Buddhism changed
b. How centralization was regained in resurgent China
c. Opportunities for women in otherwise patriarchal societies
d. Sub-Sahara Africa as a kin-based society
e. Islam as a religion that builds a sense of community
3. Essay. On the exam I’ll give you two choices. You’ll select one and answer it in 15 to 25 sentences. 50 points.
a. Pick one of the civilizations we discussed in block one (your choice) and describe it using the characteristics of a civilization.
b. Pick one of the civilizations we discussed in block one (your choice) and describe it in terms of “a triumph of the human spirit”
c. Pick three of the religions we discussed in block two (your choice) and describe how they spread
HIS 101 Mid term Exam Study Guide
1. ID & SIG. On the exam I’ll give you 15 choices. You’ll select 10 and identify and state their significance in 3 sentences. 10 points each. 100 points total.
Code of Hammurabi metallurgy Amon-Re Memphis
Veneration of ancestors fast-ripening rice movable type Tikal
Popol Vuh Hellenikon iconoclasm Kilwa
Yellow River theme system Mansa Musa dharma
Trans-Sahara trade route Abraham Dunhuang Calvin
Mohammad Bhagavad Gita St. Augustine Upanishads
2. Short Answer. On the exam I’ll give you three choices. You’ll select two and answer each in 7 to 10 sentences. 50 points each. 100 points total.
a. How Buddhism changed
b. How centralization was regained in resurgent China
c. Opportunities for women in otherwise patriarchal societies
d. Sub-Sahara Africa as a kin-based society
e. Islam as a religion that builds a sense of community
3. Essay. On the exam I’ll give you two choices. You’ll select one and answer it in 15 to 25 sentences. 50 points.
a. Pick one of the civilizations we discussed in block one (your choice) and describe it using the characteristics of a civilization.
b. Pick one of the civilizations we discussed in block one (your choice) and describe it in terms of “a triumph of the human spirit”
- Pick three of the religions we discussed in block two (your choice) and describe how they spread