Test date: Monday, September 16th
Format:
- 15 multiple choice questions, each worth 3 points each (45 points total)
- 1 essay response (choice of two questions): 55 points total
What is this test on?
This test is on Chapter 1 of
your textbook and all related material covered in class.
What do I need to know?
You are responsible for
knowing the following:
- The development and major characteristics of
early humanity, focusing primarily on the developments concerning homo sapiens and the
hunter-gatherer lifestyle of the Paleolithic Age
- The significance of the Neolithic Revolution
(including when it happened), the development of agriculture, and the
emergence and major characteristics of civilization
- Specific knowledge of all of the
- Sumer and the Sumerians; the Akkadian Empire;
the 1st Babylonian Empire; Egypt; the Hittites; the
Phoenicians; the Hebrews/Isrealites/Jews; the Assyrians; the Chaldean/New
Babylonian Empire. For each you
should know the relevant:
- Major events in each of their histories
- Significant people
- Major characteristics of each of the
civilizations (as relevant: religion,
government, class structure, technology, etc.)
- Major cities
- Significant geographic features
- The difference between a primary source and a
secondary source and how to make use of a primary source
- The primary sources from your textbook assigned
and discussed in class
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