1. The textbook stated that the Qin ruler was the first Emperor in China, how did his new power manifest itself?
2. What was the last dynasty of this period?
3. This dynasty compares to what empire in the West during the same time period?
4. What does the Emperor Wu construct to encourage Confucian teachings? Why would a ruler want to encourage such teachings?
5. What was the main extra-territorial threat to the Han dynasty? How did the Han handle this threat?
The Americas and the Islands of the Pacific to 1200CE
1. What was the main difference between the development of agriculture in Mesoamerica and the other Eurasian cultures?
2. What was the main cereal crop for Mesoamerica?
3. What people created the first complex society in Mesoamerica?
4. What are the main remnants of the Adena and Hopewell cultures?
5. What were the first northern Amerindians to develop a complex urban culture? When did this occur?
6. What kind of living structures did the Anasazi build?
7. What were the first Andean societies?
8. When was Australia first colonized by humans?
9. What is the Polynesian Triangle?
6. How have archeologists recreated the migration of Polynesian settlers?
7. What tool did ancients use to colonize Polynesia?
8. What two pieces of evidence do historians use to claim there was some sort of contact between Polynesia and Pre-Columbia America?
9. What happened to first inhabitants of Easter Island and New Zealand?
New Empires in Iran and Greece (2000BCE-661 CE)
1. Who was Herodotus? Why is he important to our class?
2. What dynasty ruled the ancient Persian Empire from 550BCE-330BCE?
3. Who were the main rulers of that dynasty?
4. What administration innovation did the Persians develop to help rule their large empire?
5. What was the religion of the Persians? What was different about it from other Indo-European religions? What was similar with the Vedic religions of India?
6. What innovation is Lydia known for?
7. What did Darius use to justify his accession to the Achaemenid Throne? How was his justification different from other rulers in other cultures we have read about? How is it similar?
8. People from what language group settled Greece?
9. What two texts do we have that helps give us insight into Mycenaean culture?
10. What innovation did the Phoenicians introduce into the Eastern Mediterranean? Why was in an advancement?
11. What is the term Greeks used for their city-states? What modern words in English are derived from this term? (hint: the answer is not in the textbook but you have to use you own wits to figure this one.)
12. What was the first city-state to grant extensive rights to its citizens? Does this surprise you?
13. What city-state first developed democracy? Who was allowed to vote under Solon's reforms?
10. Why would holding property be a requirement for voting? (hint: this is not in the book, but a question to make you think)
11. What was the main kind of Greek soldier? What were these Greek soldiers able to do at the plains of Marathon? What were the casualties of the two sides of the battle?
12. What is the famous battle that pitted 300 Spartans against the entire Persian army of approximately 100,000? Can you think of a battle in American history that is similar to this Greek battle?
13. What was the main naval victory for the Greeks during the second Persian invasion?
14. Who were the three great Athenian tragedy playwrights during the fifth century BCE?