World History Summer 2013
Quiz 1 Study Guide
If you can write good
6-minute answers to these questions, you will do well on next week’s quiz.
1)
What was the significance of the development of agriculture?
2)
Discuss the evidence that Paleolithic societies were more egalitarian than
later societies. Is this evidence convincing? Why or why not?
3)
What did it mean to be civilized to the Mesopotamians who created the Gilgamesh
story?
4)
How is an empire different from other forms of political organization? Give
examples.
5)
Please list the four eras we have discussed so far, along with their date
ranges. How much can you recall of the four comparative bullet points that go
with each era?
6)
Who were the Big 5 seminal thinkers (+1) of the Classical era? What can you say
about them in five minutes?
7) Is
subjugation inevitable in human societies? Cite examples that might make you
more confident in your answer.
8)
Why does Strayer change the term “hunter-gatherer” to the term “gatherer-hunter”?
Should other scholars who write textbooks on World History adopt this change?
9)
Please discuss the accomplishments of the Ancient peoples of the Indus Valley?
Why don’t scholars know more about them?
