II. The following terms will be either in multiple choice or matching, although the questions will be in a pool, and you will not all receive the same questions, it is wise to know the definition of each:

Paleolithic                                          Brahman

Neolithic                                            Nirvana

Animism                                            Monasticism

Polytheism                                         Bodhisattva

Cuneiform                                         Patricians

Shiva                                                Plebeians

Aryans                                              Nicene Creed

Caste system                                     Griots

Upanishads                                       Ka’ba

Hieroglyphics                                    Caliphate

Monotheism                                      Sunni

Mandate of Heaven                            Shogun

Mesoamerica                                     Kotow

Analects                                            Rajputs

Zoroastrianism                                  Bhakti

Polis                                                  Feudalism

Hellenism                                          Serfs

Guilds                                               Holy Inquisition

Manorialism                                      Simony     

Mongols                                            Humanism

   

III. Short Anwser:

You will find a good summary of many of the questions below in the “Societies, Networks, Transitions” sections at the end of Part I, Part II & Part III. Your charts will also be helpful to you in addressing these questions, especially in giving examples of political, social systems. Again, these questions will be in a pool and each student will receive 6 of the questions, worth 5 points each.

The responses to the questions do not have to be full sentences, they can often be a listing 1, 2, 3. Be sure you completely answer the question.

1.   The making of iron was a technological breakthrough in the ancient world. List three innovations of this technology

 2.   Give two examples of the migration in the ancient world due to the invention of the wheel and of boats.

3.   What were the most common social divisions in the ancient world? Give at least one example.

4.   List three characteristics of the ancient political structure

5.   List four themes common to Axial Age thinkers

6.   How were Confucian and Legalistic ideas used by Chinese rulers to enhance their power?

7.   What were three characteristics of the empires of the Axial Age?

 8.                What commonalities did the universal religions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity and the religions of the Americas share?

 9.                List two attributes of monastic life.

10.                List three consequences of trade on the Silk Road

11.     What was the common role of women in society in the classical era? (600 BCE – 600 CE) Give at least one example.

12.                List three connections fostered by Afro-Eurasian trade between 600 – 1500 CE.

13.                List three consequences of trade along the Silk Road in the Intermediate Period.

14.          List three examples of the advances in the intellectual and scientific thought in the Middle Ages/Intermediate Period.

15.                Why did patriarchy become a stronger and entrenched form of society by 1400 CE?