Midterm Review

Question 1

The Egyptian old kingdom

Answer 1

2575-2160 BC

Question 2

The Egyptian new kingdom

Answer 2

1539-1075 BC

Question 3

The Trojan war erupts after a dispute over trade routes from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea

Answer 3

1250 BC

Question 4

The Persian wars

Answer 4

490-479 BC

Question 5

The greek classical period

Answer 5

480-323 BC

Question 6

The fall of Rome

Answer 6

476 AD

Question 7

The Peloponnesian war

Answer 7

431-404 BC

Question 8

The Punic wars

Answer 8

264-146 BC

Question 9

The Han dynasty in China

Answer 9

202 BC-220 AD

Question 10

Considered by many as the greatest historian; wrote about the Peloponnesian war from 431-404 BC

Answer 10

Thucydides

Question 11

The father of history; wrote about the Persian wars

Answer 11

Herodotus

Question 12

The study of past events, particularly human affairs. Historians are people who study this

Answer 12

History

Question 13

The study of human activity in the past. Archaeologists are people who study this

Answer 13

Archaeology

Question 14

2 kinds of archaeologists

Answer 14

Prehistoric so and historical archaeologists

Question 15

The study of humans, past and present. Anthropologists are people who study this

Answer 15

Anthropology

Question 16

A first-hand account of historical events

Answer 16

Primary historical source

Question 17

A source that writes about primary sources

Answer 17

Secondary historical sources

Question 18

Information not under dispute

Answer 18

Fact

Question 19

This describes the how and why of events

Answer 19

Interpretation

Question 20

The word history (historian) comes from

Answer 20

Greek

Question 21

What does the word history, or historia mean

Answer 21

Learning or knowing by inquiry

Question 22

How many separate city-states did the Sumerians have

Answer 22

12

Question 23

When did Hammurabi live?

Answer 23

1810-1750 BC

Question 24

What empire did Hammurabi rule over and where

Answer 24

The Babylonian empire in Mesopotamia

Question 25

What did Hammurabi create and what is it?

Answer 25

He created Hammurabi’s code which is divine right codified

Question 26

What does Hammurabi’s code require?

Answer 26

“An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth” amongst equals and lesser penalty for the privileged, designed to protect the powerless

Question 27

The Sumerians invent writing in Mesopotamia and history begins

Answer 27

3200 B. C.