HIS 101 Mid term Exam
1. ID & SIG. Select 10 and identify and state their significance in 3 sentences. 10 points each. 100 points total.
Code of Hammurabi metallurgy Memphis
Veneration of ancestors fast-ripening rice movable type
Popol Vuh Hellenikon iconoclasm
theme system Tikal Mansa Musa
Trans-Sahara trade route Abraham Bhagavad Gita
2. Short Answer. Select two and answer each in 7 to 10 sentences. 50 points each. 100 points total.
a. Describe how and explain why Buddhism changed over time.
b. Define centralization and describe how it was regained in resurgent China.
c. Define a patriarchal society and describe opportunities for women in two otherwise patriarchal societies.
3. Essay. 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 (intensive agricultural techniques, specialization of labor, cities, social hierarchy, organized religion and education, development of complex forms of economic exchange, development of new technologies, advanced development of the arts).
b. Pick three of the religions we discussed in block two (your choice) and describe how they spread.
HIS 101 Mid term Exam
1. ID & SIG. Select 10 and identify and state their significance in 3 sentences. 10 points each. 100 points total.
Code of Hammurabi metallurgy Memphis
Veneration of ancestors fast-ripening rice movable type
Popol Vuh Hellenikon iconoclasm
theme system Tikal Mansa Musa
Trans-Sahara trade route Abraham Bhagavad Gita
2. Short Answer. Select two and answer each in 7 to 10 sentences. 50 points each. 100 points total.
a. Describe how and explain why Buddhism changed over time.
b. Define centralization and describe how it was regained in resurgent China.
c. Define a patriarchal society and describe opportunities for women in two otherwise patriarchal societies.
3. Essay. 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 (intensive agricultural techniques, specialization of labor, cities, social hierarchy, organized religion and education, development of complex forms of economic exchange, development of new technologies, advanced development of the arts).
b. Pick three of the religions we discussed in block two (your choice) and describe how they spread.