Semester Exam Study Guide:

First Semester Exam Study Guide (Thursday, Jan. 17th)

Be able to answer questions about the following:

1.       What is Prehistory?

2.       Characteristics of Neolithic and Paleolithic time periods

3.       Purpose of Hammurabi’s Code

4.       What is a steele?

5.       Important information about these rivers: Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile

6.       Importance of flooding in Nile River Valley

7.       Ancient Egyptian

·         writing

·         gods/goddesses

·         embalming

·         pyramids

·         Major bodies of water & European Countries

·        Minoans

·         Mycenaeans

8.       Development of cities in Ancient Egypt & Ancient Greece