History last freshmen exam

Question 1

When was the Agricultural Revaluation and what were it’s effects?

Answer 1

10,000-8000 BC Effects=increased population, specialization

Question 2

Civitas

Answer 2

City

Question 3

What were hunter-gatherers

Answer 3

the communities we had before cities, which moved from place to place, following the big game for a source of food

Question 4

What is the Stone Age and the dates for the 3 parts of it?

Answer 4

Paleolithic=120,000-12,000 BC
Mesolithic=12,000-8,000
Neolithic=8,000-4,000

Question 5

Who was Sargon of Akkad and dates

Answer 5

Started the first empire (the Akkadian empire). His name means legitimate king. 2334-2279 BC

Question 6

Akkadian Empire

Answer 6

first empire
capital=Agade
king=Sargon

Question 7

Hammurabi who was he and dates

Answer 7

started the Babylonian empire and made the most complete law code in the ancient world. (1792-1750).

Question 8

Cuneiform

Answer 8

the kind of writing the Sumerians had

Question 9

Gilgamesh

Answer 9

the hero of the oldest epic

Question 10

city-state

Answer 10

A city that does all the jobs of an empire

Question 11

Old Kingdom Egypt

Answer 11

When Pyramids were built 2649-2134 BC

Question 12

New Kingdom Egypt

Answer 12

1532-1020 BC

Question 13

Middle kingdom Egypt

Answer 13

2040-1640 BC

Question 14

Amenhotep IV

Answer 14

Also known as Akhenaten or smth. He was the mono-theistic pharoah

Question 15

Battle of Quadesh

Answer 15

1285 Ramses I won over the Hittites at Quadesh, but the Hittites still controlled the area, so the outcome was less favorable for Ramses II

Question 16

Hittite capital

Answer 16

Hattusas

Question 17

Who are the Pheonicians?

Answer 17

pioneered trade-routes across the Mediterranean. they invented the alphabet and made purple dye.

Question 18

Carthage

Answer 18

founded by Pheonicians

Question 19

1st kings of Isreal

Answer 19

Solomon Saul David

Question 20

The Northern kingdom of Israel was destroyed by

Answer 20

Assyria

Question 21

What are the 2 kingdoms that form after Israel splits?

Answer 21

Juda and Israel

Question 22

1st Punic War

Answer 22

264-241 Carthage must pay $$ and Rome gets Sicily, Carthage, and Sardinia

Question 23

2nd Punic War

Answer 23

218-201 Started with fighting over Hispania. In the end, Rome takes all Carthage except N

Question 24

3rd Punic War

Answer 24

149-146 Carthage is destroyed, ending the Punic wars and the last oppression to Rome

Question 25

Battle of Cannae

Answer 25

216 Rome losses badly

Question 26

battle of Zama

Answer 26

202 Rome captures Carthage and ends the war, burning the city

Question 27

Fabian strategy

Answer 27

Invented by Fabius Maximus during the Punic Wars where they harass the enemies from afar

Question 28

Why did Rome's republic start and when?

Answer 28

the king's son did the rape of Lucratia and the republic was proclaimed 509 BC

Question 29

Peloponnesian war

Answer 29

431-404 It started with Arthedamian war, which ended when Kleon was defeated and Brasidas was killed. The Peace of Nikias lasted for 2 years after. The Final phase was the Ionian war which ended Athenian fleet, which was captured at Aegospotami. Athens agreed to peace, surrendered their fleet, and tore down the walls. (?)

Question 30

League happenings

Answer 30

Hellenic league became Delian and Peloponnesian league

Question 31

Herodotus

Answer 31

Greek historian that recorded persian wars

Question 32

Thucydides

Answer 32

historian that recorded Peloponnesian war

Question 33

solon

Answer 33

wrote reforms and law codes for Athens

Question 34

Lycurgus

Answer 34

Spartan Lawgiver

Question 35

Colonization

Answer 35

6th-8th century BC

Question 36

Marathon

Answer 36

490 BC Athens and Plataea vs. Persia Persia won

Question 37

Battle of Thermopylae

Answer 37

480 BC Sparta won against Persia

Question 38

Salamis Battle

Answer 38

480 BC naval battle Greek city-states vs. Persia (ruled by Xerxes) Greece won and started the 2nd Greco-Persian war

Question 39

Alexander's father

Answer 39

Phillip, king of Massedonia

Question 40

Following ATG's death is what

Answer 40

the Diadochi wars with Ptolemy, Seleucus, Antipater, and Peridiccas

Question 41

selucid dynasty

Answer 41

312-64

Question 42

Antigonid dynasty

Answer 42

306-168

Question 43

Ptolomaic

Answer 43

305-30

Question 44

first Roman kings

Answer 44

Romulus, Numa Pompillias, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Martius, Lucias Tarquinias, Severus Tarquinius, and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

Question 45

1st Triumvirate

Answer 45

Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey. Crassus pays Caesar's bills and Caesar gives Crassus and Pompey what they want. The Triumvirate is renewed 56 BC. Crassus is killed fighting 3 years later. Caesar wanna be consul but Senate likes Pompey, so Caesar crosses Rubicon and the senate and Pompey flee. The Egyptians later kill Pompey and the 1st Triumvirate is finished.

Question 46

2nd Triumvirate

Answer 46

Marc Antony, Lepodis, and Octavian. We never really got lectured on them...

Question 47

Social war

Answer 47

91-81 BC Over when the Italian pepes wanna have Roman citizen ship but senate says no. Italy pepes get it in the end.

Question 48

Gracchi Bros

Answer 48

Tiberius (168-133) tries to run for tribune 2 times in a row but dies in the riot he makes Gaius (154-121) subsidizes grain and changes military requirements, but asks to be killed in the riot he makes because he runs for tribune a 3rd time in a row

Question 49

Marius

Answer 49

(157-86 BC) was in Jugerthine was and becomes consul 107 and 105. He likes reforming stuff and becomes consul 6x total. also in Social and Mithridatic war.

Question 50

Oligarchy

Answer 50

rule of the few

Question 51

plutocracy

Answer 51

rule of the rich

Question 52

democracy

Answer 52

rule of the people

Question 53

aristocracy

Answer 53

rule of the best

Question 54

ATG

Answer 54

336 - 323

Question 55

Gangamela battle

Answer 55

331 ATG defeats the Achaemenid empire

Question 56

Chaeronea battle

Answer 56

338 Greeks lost their independence due to phillip II

Question 57

Cursus Honorum

Answer 57

The courses of honor u gain from military tribune to consul

Question 58

Hittite Capital

Answer 58

Hattusas