Text Focus

Text focus Questions – Unit 1 His 101 1. Describe Ziggurats (Ch. 1) 2. Identify the “black lands” of Egypt (Ch. 1) 3. How is the modern era different from other previous eras according to the author (Are We Human) 4. Identify the new human species highlighted in this article and how it became extinct? (Are We Human) 5. Why does Babylonian society limit the freedom of women in the Code of Hammurabi (Ch.2) 6. Describe and define the Axial Age. (Ch. 2) 7. How does the author challenge current theory on grain use in the ancient world, albeit with circumstantial evidence (Beer and Early Civilization) 8. Describe how Hesoid’s actions contradicted his views toward wealth and labor (Ch. 3) 9. Know the geographical relationships (east-west-north-south) between Mesopotamia, Persia, Palestine, Greece, Egypt, and Asia Minor 10. Identify the water body that separates the Greek mainland from Asia Minor. Know the geographical relationship between Attica, the Peloponnesians, Asia Minor and Macedonia. 11. Identify the leaders between whom the conflict detailed in the Iliad was contested (Ch. 3) 12. According to the author, where did Minoans originally migrate from? (The Minoans …) 13. Identify the proposed present day benefit of historical DNA analysis according to the doctor interviewed in this article (The Minoans…) 14. Describe the role of women within Spartan society (Ch. 3) 15. Why was the Peloponnesian War considered a hopeless struggle between the 2 combatants ( Ch. 4) 16. Describe the differences between Herodotus and Thucydides in their work (Ch. 4) 17. How did the Greek philosophers Aristotle and Plato view democracy (Ch. 4) 18. Identify the Great Dionysia? (Ch. 4) 19. Identify the polis that defeated Sparta following their victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War (Ch. 4)