1. Warm-Up #1 (11/30/15) Final Exam Review! – Beginning of Civilization 1.What do BC/BCE mean? What do AD/CE mean? 2.How did the Neolithic Revolution change life for Prehistoric people? 3.What are the 4 Cradles of Civilization? (hint: river valley civilizations!) 4.What are the 5 characteristics of civilization? (is your brain hurting yet?)

2. Warm-Up #2 (12/1/15) Final Exam Review! – Egypt & Mesopotamia 1.What is the definition of a theocracy? 2.What was the primary difference between Egyptian Pharaohs and Mesopotamian kings? 3.Identify one piece of evidence that Egypt had a hierarchical social structure. Mesopotamia? 4.What modern day countries are associated with Mesopotamia?

3. Warm-Up #3 (12/2/15) Final Exam Review! – India & China 1.The social hierarchy in Ancient India was determined by the _____________ system. 2.What are two similarities between Hinduism and Buddhism? 3.What are two differences between Hinduism and Buddhism? 4.Explain the Mandate of Heaven in ancient China 5.Who is the founder of Buddhism whose first sermon is commonly referred to as The Four Noble Truths

4. Warm-Up #4 (12/3/15) Final Exam Review! – Greece 1.Define democracy as it applied to ancient Athens 2.What are the major values found in Athenian culture? 3.How were Spartan women treated in comparison to Athenian women? 4.What is a political system in which a group of nobles rule called? 5.What was the most lasting achievement of Alexander the Great’s conquests?

5. Warm-Up #5 (12/4/15) Final Exam Review! – Rome 1.In the Roman Republic, what were the nobles called? The commoners? 2.Define republic as found in ancient Rome 3.Explain 3 reasons early Christians were persecuted in the Roman Empire 4.Describe how Julius Caesar came to power in Rome 5.What was the Pax Romana?

6. Warm-Up #6 (12/7/15) Final Exam Review! – Byz/Islam/Russia 1.What was the significance of the location of Constantinople? 2.Describe one influence Theodora had on the rule of her husband Justinian 3.What important contribution did Vladimir I make to Russian culture? (hint: he “shopped around”) 4.What is the most significant similarity between Judaism, Christianity and Islam? 5.How were the Islamic empires able to be economically prosperous?

7. Warm-Up #7 (12/8/15) Final Exam Review! – Middle Ages – True/False 1.The Catholic Church provided stability, unity, and order during the Middle Ages 2.Medieval manors relied on trade for what was needed 3.Feudalism developed as a result for the need for crop production 4.Church sacraments were thought to be important for salvation 5.The primary purpose of the Crusades was to recover Jerusalem from the Muslim Turks