Review –Exam 2

World Civ. I

Fall 2004

MW Class

 

 

Identifications (5 points each)

Each student will answer six identifications from a list of twelve that will be chosen from those listed below.  The twelve will be chosen by the instructor.  Be sure to think about the questions who, what, when, why, where and the significance as you formulate your answers.

 

Coliseum                                  Knossos                                   Tribune

Aristotle                                   Diogenes                                  Great Wall

Legalism                                   Zeus                                         Romulus

Pompeii                                    Pax Romana                             Caligula

Minotaur                                  Helen of Troy                           Homer

Spartacus                                 Equestrian                                Brutus

Olympias                                  Ptolemies                                  Lydians

Nero                                        Terracotta Army

 

Essays (35 points each)

Each student will answer two out of four long essay questions that will be chosen by the instructor from the list below.  Be sure to answer in detail, remembering to give examples, define terms and illustrate as needed.  Think about answering the question as if you are telling someone who has never had any world history at all.

 

  1. Explain the Struggle of the Orders in the Roman Republic.  What were the key problems and how did the Senate try to solve them?  How did this struggle contribute to the rise of the Empire?
  2. Explain the basic ideas of Confucianism and why they became so entrenched in Chinese society.
  3. Explain the basic characteristics of a polis and then discuss the major differences between Athens and Sparta.  Be sure to give specific examples.
  4. Explain the reasons why the Classical Age of Greece failed and how different groups responded to that failure.
  5. What was Alexander the Great’s main goal and how did he set out to accomplish this?  Why did he fail and what were the consequences?
  6. Discuss what it would have been like to have lived as a member of either Minoan or Mycenean civilization.  Be sure to talk about advantages and disadvantages.
  7. Explain the importance of Augustus to the rise of Rome.  Who was he and how did he accomplish so much?  What are some of his legacies?
  8. Explain the importance of the gladiator games to the Romans.  What was their purpose and who participated?  Why did the Romans choose this practice as a part of their culture?