Map Section

Be able to locate any of the following on the appropriate blank map. Do so by indicating city location with dot as well as name, writing name of area across appropriate area, indicating features, and drawing in boundaries when asked.

Also be able to draw in the boundaries of:

The Assyrian Empire at its height c. 660 BCE The Persian Empire at its height c. 480 BCE - 2 points Hellenistic Civilization c. time of Alexander's death (p 153) - 2 points Roman Empire at death of Hadrian, 138 CE - 3 points Han China at height - 2 points

Identification (ID) topics. Be able to identify and evalulate the historic signigicance of all of the following. Worth 13 points each.

Short Essay Topics. Worth 26 points each.

1.  Who were the Olmecs, and of what significance were they to evolving MesoAmerican civilization?

2.  Describe and explain the overall geographic and cultural context out of which earliest Andean Civilization emerged.

3.  Who were the Celts - from what origins, what sort of rule, society and religious beliefs did they develop?

4.  Describe and explain the bases and style of Neo-Assyrian military conquest and control of conquered lands and peoples.

5. Golden Age Athenian society divided along bpth class and gender lines. Describe and assess who did what, according to what beliefs and assumptions.

6. Rapidly expanding empire first transformed and then almost destroyed the Roman Republic. Describe and explain, first the various factors responsible for Roman imperial success, and then second the various problems besetting the Republic in its last century.

7. How, why, and in what ways did Christianity develop within the Roman lands, from death of Christ through era of Constantine?

8. Describe and assess the reasons and dynamics of Qin unification and brief rule of late 3rd century BCE China. How did they first manage to defeat all rivals and then how did they rule, with what results?

Full Essay Topics. Worth 52 points each.

A. Over the 10th-7th centuries BCE the Assyrians conquered and ruled the first "real" empire in the Middle East. Who were they, in what situation, as of the 10th century BCE? How were they able to conquer what peoples and lands? How did they then manage to rule the resulting empire - using what techniques, with what problems and reforms? Nature of their society (classes and gender), economy, culture and religious beliefs? What happened to them and their empire?

B. Describe and assess Athenian Greece at its mid-5th century BCE "Golden Age" height. Nature of Athenian democracy and empire? Society (classes and genders), economy, culture and beliefs?

C. Describe and assess Imperial Rome at its height, soon after the time of Augustus. Nature of Imperial Roman government and empire? Society (classes and genders), economy, culture and beliefs?

D. Describe and assess Confucian China under the Han. Nature of Confucian imperial government and empire? Society (classes and genders), economy, culture and beliefs?