HIS 101 H Mid term Study Guide

1.  ID & SIGs. I’ll give you 20 of the following. You’ll answer 10 and 10 for points each.

Mummification Queen Hatshepsut Lower Egypt terrace farming

Constantine Schism patricians Memphis

Inca Roads Julius Caesar dictators pax romana

Republic Byzantine Empire pyramids Bantu migrations

Islam in Africa Mansa Musa Darius satrap

Solon Pericles chivalry manors

Serfs three estates Royal Road Timbuktu

patriarchal society advantages of women in Sparta

2.  Short Answer. I’ll give you six of the following. You’ll pick four and answer them in 7-15 sentences each. 25 points each.

a.  Describe the centralizing aspects of the Egyptian civilization.

b.  Describe the centralizing aspects of the Incan civilization.

c.  Describe the centralizing aspects of the Byzantine civilization.

d.  Describe how Rome controlled its population as a republic and as an empire.

e.  Describe how Darius combined centralization and localization to maintain order in Persia.

f.  Describe the feudal system and explain how it helped maintain order in the absence of a central empire in medieval Europe.

g.  Describe sub-Sahara Africa as a kin-based society.

h.  Describe how the idea of Hellenikon connected Greeks but how each city-state maintained order in a unique way.

HIS 101 H Mid term Study Guide

1.  ID & SIGs. I’ll give you 20 of the following. You’ll answer 10 and 10 for points each.

Mummification Queen Hatshepsut Lower Egypt terrace farming

Constantine Schism patricians Memphis

Inca Roads Julius Caesar dictators pax romana

Republic Byzantine Empire pyramids Bantu migrations

Islam in Africa Mansa Musa Darius satrap

Solon Pericles chivalry manors

Serfs three estates Royal Road Timbuktu

patriarchal society advantages of women in Sparta

2.  Short Answer. I’ll give you six of the following. You’ll pick four and answer them in 7-15 sentences each. 25 points each.

a.  Describe the centralizing aspects of the Egyptian civilization.

b.  Describe the centralizing aspects of the Incan civilization.

c.  Describe the centralizing aspects of the Byzantine civilization.

d.  Describe how Rome controlled its population as a republic and as an empire.

e.  Describe how Darius combined centralization and localization to maintain order in Persia.

f.  Describe the feudal system and explain how it helped maintain order in the absence of a central empire in medieval Europe.

g.  Describe sub-Sahara Africa as a kin-based society.

h.  Describe how the idea of Hellenikon connected Greeks but how each city-state maintained order in a unique way.