Final Exam Review
Description of the Exam
- The exam will consist of different kinds of questions:
- Identification and Impact—I’ll have a few terms and individuals and ask you to discuss what they mean/who they were and their impact or importance.
- You’ll choose terms you’re most comfortable writing about from a selection (so if I ask for 5, there might be 10 to choose from).
- All of the terms will come from this sheet.
- Remember, the definition itself will only be half of this question—you must also be able to discuss in detail why it’s important.
- Essays—I will ask you to write two essays having to do with overall themes of the course.
- You will need to provide an argument supported by three solid examples on a topic related to a major theme of the course.
- Your examples and evidence can come from the textbooks, the weekly primary source readings, class discussion, and the research you did for your written assignments.
- There will be some kind of extra credit. The essays will count for most of the grade on the exam (around 60%).
Approach to Preparing
- Make a list of the most important milestone events in the periods we’ve discussed.
- CAUSES—Make sure you can identify the most important factors that helped cause these events—including long-term factors (“the environment”) and short-term factors (“the spark”)
- LEGACIES—Make sure you can identify the legacies of the milestone event. How did it change the culture, society, etc.? What impact did it have on future milestones and events?
Using this review sheet
- For each of the questions below, see whether you have a strong idea how to answer, an okay idea how to answer, or a weak sense of how to answer. Review from the books and your notes at least the “weak” ones.
- Approach the questions below as a means of gauging topic to spend more time with in review, and as a guide to how you’ll express and illustrate what’s really important—the larger themes of the course.
- Take note of the terms below and review ones you’re unfamiliar with.
- Note that there is seldom one and only one answer to the kind of questions on this review sheet.
- WHY almost always means “For what reasons…?”
- HOW almost always means “In what ways…?”
Preparation for the essays
- Try to come up with possible essay questions and map out in advance examples and interpretations that might pertain.
- List the key topics that might relate to important periods of change, such as wars or reforms that changed everything.
- Discussion groups can be helpful in comparing others’ interpretations of topics and ideas with your own.
- In the essays you should be able to talk about, and use as examples, relevant primary source documents and assigned articles.
- Concerning dates: I’m not going to ask you for exact dates but you should know the period in which a people are important or an event occurs, and which events occur before or after which other events. You’re best off if you know centuries.
Concepts and terminology
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Pantheons and divine worlds
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Myths and legends
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Rulers and gods
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Religious life
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Sharing and transmission
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Afterlife
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Rituals and divination
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Priests and prophets
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