His Study Guide

History 121

Western Civ. I

Test 1 Study Guide

Terms

Abraham

Agriculture

Akkad

Amenhotep IV

Assyria

Aton

Babylonian Captivity

Barbarian

Bronze Age

Canaan

Carthage

Cheops

Civilization

Crete

Cro-Magnon

Culture

Cuneiform

Domestication of Plants

and Animals

Dynasty

Upper & Lower Egypt

Epic of Gilgamesh

Hammurabi

Hebrews

Hieroglyphs

Hittites

Homo Sapien Sapien

Horticulture

Hunting & Gathering

Hykos Invasion

Ice Age

Imhotep

Indo-European

Iron Age

Jericho

Judah/Israel

Judaism

Kingdoms (periods) of Egypt

Knossos

Lithics

Ma’at

Material culture

Megaliths

Menes

Mesolithic

Mesopotamia

Minoan Civilization

Monotheism

Murduk

Neolithic Revolution

Nile River

Nomes

Palace-Temple Complex

Paleolithic

Palestine

Pastoralism

Pharaoh

Phoenicia

Polytheism

Pyramids

Rosetta Stone

Sargon I

Seven Wonders of the

Ancient World

Society

Sumeria

Tigris-Euphrates Rivers

Torah

Uruk

Warlord

Warrior Culture

Yahweh

Ziggurat

How did the domestication of plants and animals affect the development of man?

What are the characteristics of civilization? How are they reflected in the various cultures we have discussed?

What geographic features influenced the rise of civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the eastern Mediterranean?

What factors made some civilizations expansionistic while others remained internalized?

Compare and contrast the gods of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel. What were their characteristics? How did each interact with their worshipers? Did religion play a role beyond simple faith?

Did the cultures and civilization discussed in class build upon each other to reach a higher level of development? If so, how?

What is the relationship between barbarian and civilized peoples? Does this alter over time?

Be sure to review the maps in your book to familiarize yourself with the geography of the ancient world