Name: ______
HIS101Fall2017 Midterm Study Guide-STUDENT
-Use your homework assignments, lecture notes, power points, and book as study guides (I also suggest making flash cards to study with). Will cover chapters1-6.
-We will spend Monday, October 2ndand Wednesday, October 4thin class reviewing for the Midterm.
-The midterm is Friday, October 6th. If you are absent the day of the Midterm without previous arrangements with the instructor, you must schedule a retake and the retake will be considered late with a 50% off penalty! Midterm is worth 350 points.
The following will be multiple choice topics on the Midterm:
What Hellenism was:
Who fought in and who won the Battle of Actium:
Who created an “eye for an eye” law code:
Whose writings became most useful source of info. on Pompeii:
What the primary source of Hebrew history is:
What Alexander the Great’s mom, Olympias, worshipped in the cult of Dionysus:
Who David’s son was that was known for his wisdom:
Definition of Oligarchy:
Who the members of the 1st Triumvirate were:
What nickname King Tut was given because of his age:
What evidence is used to find out about Cyrus the Great:
What zealots were:
Name of King Tut’s mother:
What military formation the Spartans used:
The leader of the 300 Spartans:
The following will be short answer topics on the Midterm. Must explain in detail and in complete sentences:
What happened in Pompeii: Include HOW and WHY so many died:
What happened at the wedding reception of King Philip II and Cleopatra Eurydice:
HOW and WHY Mark Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide:
What happened with King Herod and the Massacre of the Innocents:
Why Mark Antony disliked Octavian AND what he ‘did about it’:
Explain life of a Spartan boy (include how raised, what expected of them, and how were so successful in battle:
Reasons/outcomes for each of the 3 Punic Wars:
Assassination of Julius Caesar. Include who led the “Liberators” and what happened to these men after Caesar’s death:
Explain the life of a gladiator in ancient Rome. Include who became gladiators as well as what their life and death was like:
What happened to Pompey when he fled to Egypt AND Caesar’s reaction to it: