CLASSICS
181 MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW MATERIALS 2023
MIDTERM
EXAM WILL OCCUR IN CLASS THURSDAY, OCT. 19
Review Session will occur during class time, Thursday,
Oct. 12 via zoom. (no in class session Thursday, Oct. 12).
Zoom link:
https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95066819190?pwd=eUZyOG1RaUNTMW40YkYvbVVsQ080UT09
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Please Note that you are responsible for all of the
following: Map test, Multiple Choice test based on the assigned lectures and
images; the 2 essays that are posted below.
Powerpoint
lecture notes available here
Map test (10 items)
The Multiple Choice portion of the exam
(30 questions) will be based on the material covered in RAUH AND KRAUS, Short History of the Ancient World,
pp. 53-145 (Egyptian New Kingdom, Chapters 3-6)
Plus the following Image Pages:
Mesopotamia, Persia, Israel, Ancient India, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom, Akhnaton, Canaanite Jar, Bronze Age Aegean,
Mycenae, Grave
Circle A, Ancient
Troy, Mycenaean
Stirrup Jar, Persia, Israel, Ancient India
There
will also be an
essay determined by lot. You are responsible for both essays.
EVEN: ANCIENT CIVILIZATION. Give the SIX criteria for the Rise of Civilization and apply them to ONE of the following cultures: Agamemnon's Mycenae, Darius’ Persian Empire, OR Solomon’s Israel.
ODD: ANCIENT WRITING
TECHNOLOGIES. Describe one of the
following writing technologies and put it in its historical context (where,
when, which ancient language family, what was the writing medium, and discuss
the logic of its character, and general content). WRITE ON ONE ONLY. MYCENAEAN LINEAR B, EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS, or
AKKADIAN CUNEIFORM.