1. What are the characteristics of the Paleolithic Age? Neolithic Age?
2. When and where did Homo sapiens first emerge?
3. What were the major accomplishments of each river valley civilization? Governments?
4. What are the rivers for each river valley civilization? What are their flood patterns?
5. Why do we know so little about the early Indus River Valley?
6. What made the cities in the Indus River Valley different from every other river valley civilization?
7. Who were the founders of Buddhism? Hinduism? Judaism?
8. What led to the spread of Buddhism? Where did this religion spread?
9. What are the basic beliefs in Hinduism? Buddhism? Judaism? Zoroastrianism?
10. What were the accomplishments of Asoka?
11. What were the accomplishments of the Gupta Empire?
12. What were the effects of the caste system?
13. What were the accomplishments of each of the Chinese dynasties?
14. What are the characteristics of each of the three Chinese philosophies?
15. Which civilizations were located in the Middle East?
16. What is the correct chronology of the river valley civilizations?
17. What is the writing system for each river valley civilization? What do they look like?
18. Where did each river valley civilization rule? Identify on a map.
19. What were the accomplishments of Cyrus? Darius?
20. What was the major accomplishment of the Phoenicians?
21. How did Greece’s geography affect Greece’s development?
22. What seas surround Greece?
23. Where did the ancient Greeks live primarily?
24. How do we know that the Sumerians traded with the Indus River Valley?
25. What are the major gods and goddesses in ancient Greece and what were their powers?
26. What are the four forms of government in Athens, and what was their correct progression?
27. What were the major battles of the Persian Wars? What were their outcomes?
28. What were the results of the Persian Wars?
29. Know all of the Golden Age of Athens figures and their accomplishments.
30. What were the major characteristics of the Golden Age of Athens
31. What were the reforms of Pericles?
32. What type of government was practiced in Sparta?
33. What were the results of the Peloponnesian Wars?
34. Why was Alexandria important during the Hellenistic period?
35. Where did Alexander conquer and in what order did he conquer them?
36. What were the major accomplishments of the Hellenistic Age?
37. Be able to read a timeline.
38. Know the characteristics of the Persian Empire, Alexander the Great, and the Assyrian Empire.
39. What was the long-term effect of the caste system
ESSAY: Comparative Essay
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