Hist 101 (F11) Study Terms

The test will primarily be multiple choice questions (50-60) based on the study terms, using the textbook, primary sources,  and lectures as sources. Additionally, there will be an essay question for each test based on the primary source readings.

Test 1  (9/28)

Pre-test Assignment (1 multiple choice question per term) due Midnight, Sunday (9/25)

Chapter 1
bronze
cities
domestication
Neolithic Revolution
pastoralism
tools
Chapter 2
animism
Babylonia
pharaoh
monotheism
literacy
Epic of Gilgamesh
Hammurabi’s Code
Instructions of Ptah-Hotep
Chapter 3
Aryan
Harappa & Mohenjo Daro
Mandate of Heaven
Shang
varnas
Vedas
Chapter 4
Confucius
Daoism
eunuchs
The Great Learning
Han dynasty
iron
Legalism
Qin dynasty
Chapter 5
Alexander the Great
Athens
drama
Peloponnesian War
philosophy
Royal Road
Thucydides, Funeral Oration of Pericles
Thucydides, Melian Dialogue
Zoroastrianism
Essay Question: The Melian Dialogue and Funeral Oration are both critical sources in our understanding of Athens. What values does each portray Athens as having, and are they in conflict?

Test 2 (11/2)

Pre-test Assignment (1 multiple choice question per term) due Midnight, Sunday (10/30)

Chapter 6
Buddha’s First Sermon
Chandragupta Maurya
dharma
Emperor Ashoka
Gupta Empire
karma
Upanishads
Vow of the Bodhisattva
Chapter 7
Augustus Caesar
Carthage
Cicero
Colosseum
Gospels
Jesus of Nazareth
mystery religions
plebians
Chapter 9
Axum
Bantu
Germans
Ghana
Maori
pastoral nomads
Polynesians
taboo
Yamato
Chapter 10
Attila the Hun
Constantine
heresy
Chapter 11
Abbasids
dhimmi
Five Pillars
jihad
Muhammad
Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat
Qur’an
Shi’a
Sunni
Surahs 1 and 2
Thousand And One Nights
Umayyads
Chapter 12
Bhakti
Crusades
Delhi Sultanate
dhows
Harun al-Rashid
Seljuk Turks
Sufi
Essay Question: Compare and contrast the role of women in Babylonian society (Code of Hammurabi) with the role of women as depicted in the Qur’an (Surah 2). “Better” or “worse” isn’t the question: how are they different or similar?

Test 3 (noon: 12/14; 2pm: 12/12)

Pre-test Assignment (1 multiple choice question per term) due Midnight, Thursday (12/8)

Chap. 13
Ethiopia
Mansa Musa
slave trade
stateless society
Sundiata
Swahili
Chap. 14
Crusades
Cyril
icons
Justinian
Kievan Rus’
schism
Chap. 15
Charlemagne
chivalry
Guilds
Magna Carta

Manorialism
serfs
Thomas Aquinas
vassals
Chaps. 8 and 16
Anasazi
Aztecs
Cahokia
Incas
maize
Maya
Olmec
Toltec
Chap. 17
bureaucracy
flying money
footbinding
Grand Canal
gunpowder
junks
Neo-Confucianism
Sui dynasty
Yang Guifei
Chap. 18
samurai
Shoguns
Shotoku’s 17 Article Constitution
Silla
Sinification
Tale of Genji

Trinh and Nguyen
Chap 19
Chinggis Khan
Khanates
Kubilai Khan
Timur-i-lang
Chap 20
Black Death
Ottoman Empire
Renaissance
Vasco de Gama
Zheng He
Essay Question: Based on the Magna Carta  explain the relationship between citizens and the government in 13th century England. What authority does the King have and what rights to individuals have?