Quiz 1

World History Summer 2020

Quiz 1

Test:

Please respond to 5 of the following questions. Do not answer extra questions. If you accidentally answer more than 5 questions, you will need to let me know which five I should grade.

Time:

My intention is that you do not spend more than about 10 minutes on each question… I’m not expecting essays, just whatever you can write in 10 minutes. If you want to take more time, that’s fine, but you do not have to.

Terms:

This quizis open book and open internet. You can also use information from your own or your classmates’ blog posts. Just be sure to cite your source (yourself with your blog link, your classmate with his or her blog link, Strayer, a web source, whatever the source is if you use sources of information while taking the quiz). You can also just answer the questions based on the information you recall. 

Turning It In:

When you are done, please send me your responses by email. My strong preference is that you use a standard format for sending me your answers: Word, PDF or copy/paste into the body of your email. If you prefer to use a file sharing service such as Google docs, etc., please be sure to remove limitations on viewing so I can easily access it.

1) What was the significance of the development of agriculture?

2) Discuss the evidence Strayer provides that Paleolithic societies were more egalitarian than later societies. Is this evidence convincing? Why or why not?

3) What did it mean to be civilized to the Mesopotamians who created the Gilgamesh story? List as many direct-quote words and phrases as you can find in the passage which help answer this question (you should already have this list from your Module 3 homework, and some of you have posted your lists on your blogs). Then analyze at least two of the words or phrases in detail – what do the words or phrases tell us by way of an answer to the question?

4) Buddha, Confucius, Socrates, Jesus and Mohamed were the “Big 5” seminal thinkers of the Classical era. (We will look at Mohamed and Islam in more detail next week.) Choose two of these seminal thinkers and compare/contrast their lives, ideas, roles and long-term influence on humanity.

5) Is it possible to have a human society that is orderly but not oppressive? Cite examples from the Paleolithic, Neolithic or early Classical eras that might make you more confident in your answer.

6) Strayer flips the common term “hunter-gatherer” to the term “gatherer-hunter.” Why do you think he does this? Is this change consistent or inconsistent with the values of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as outlined in the Hallmarks of a Notre Dame de Namur Learning Community? In case you need it, there is an online version of the Hallmarks here:

https://www.ndnu.edu/about/mission-and-strategy/hallmarks-of-a-notre-dame-de-namur-learning-community/

7) Please discuss the accomplishments of the Ancient peoples of the Indus Valley. What was unique about their civilization? Why don’t scholars know more about them?