Foundations Study Sheet

Foundations Study Sheet Key Concepts: Review Strayer packets, homework sheet handouts, journals, EWH readings and Stearns Textbook Introduction: o Worldview, Periodization, “Civilization” o Toynbee, McNeil and Diamond theories Hunter-Gathering: o Egalitarian division of labor o Demography-factors that influence increase and decrease of population, relationship between demography and population o Guns, Germs and Steel Video (Jared Diamond debate) Agricultural Revolution: o Invention of Agriculture o Women’s work (what, why, value, status) o food surplus, specialization of labor o spontaneous separate development- why, when, where o pastoralist vs. hunter gatherer life style o farmer vs. hunter gatherer life style o Early inventions in metal and transportation Spread of bronze, iron, the wheel, stirrups, chariots River Valley Civilization: o Mesopotamia, Indus, Yangtze (Shang and Zhou), Nile  Comparison o Emergence of first cities Axial Age: o What is it, why did it happen, what questions were being asked, results (new theories/philosophies) City and States: city-states, capital cities, commercial cities o Athens, Alexandria, Rome, Pataliputra (Maurya and Gupta) Belief Systems: Polytheism, Hinduism, Judaism, Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism o Compare spread, gender, ethics and morality, social structure o Symbols Classical Societies: o Maurya, Gupta, Han, Rome, Greece, Alexander the Great’s Empire o Influence of Hellenism on art and religion Empire building – what does an empire require o Achievements of the classical empires o Conrad Demarest Model of Empires  Why empires fall o Patriarchy/Social Hierarchies  Slavery  Role of women Chronology of major events/processes: belief systems, progression of societies in the Mediterranean basin as well as those of Northwest (region we often refer to as the Middle East), South and East Asia. Document Analysis: The final section of the test will include several primary documents- you will need to be able to follow the following instructions: Directions: Complete the following questions based on the documents you will be given: 1. Analyze point of view for every document. Write your analysis in 3-4 sentences. (Why does the author say what s/he says in the way that s/he say it?) 2. Based on the question, how would you group these documents? Justify your grouping.