JOHN C. KINCHELOE Northern
Virginia Community
College
Exam Review Sheet
WC1- Early Western
Civilizations I
There are two exams for this course.The Midterm Exam
deals with material from the first half of the course and the
Final Exam deals with material from the second half.
Each exam will feature a 20 item Map section, a
Chronology section, and 1 essay.
You will be given 2
lists of 10 locations from the following list and
asked to place them on maps of the Western World
(Maps to use for review = Blank
Map
Map
items for midterm exam
Rome
Babylon
Carthage
Aegean Sea
Aral Sea
Athens
Nile River
Alexandria
Knossos
Caspian
Sea
Persepolis
Tyre
Macedon
Pompeii
Black Sea
Euphrates
River
Iberia
Black Sea
Germania
Persian
Gulf
Ur
Gaul
Adriatic
Sea
Bactria
Assur
Rhodes
Judea
Balearic
Sea
Caledonia
Pillars of
Hercules
Syracuse
Mediterranean
Sea
Phoenicia
Delphi
Red Sea
Map items for
final exam
Bosphorous
Loire
River
Wittenberg
Rhone
River
Rhine
River
London
Shetland
Islands
Geneva
Volga
River
Novgorod
Seine
River
Dublin
Sagres
English
Channel
North Sea
Avignon
Baghdad
Vienna
Papal
States
Hanseatic
League
Paris
Danube
River
Byzantium
Levant
Black Sea
Elbe River
Baltic Sea
Po River
Normandy
Byzantium
Venice
Damascus
Cordoba
Castile
Mecca
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II - Chronology: (10%)
--Drawn from
historical events and people covered in
lecture. (Review of
Lecture Notes on the syllabus may be
helpful.)---
-matching =
You will be given a list of people, events,
etc. to be matched to its associated
Culture/Region. (Context)
-timeline = You
will be given a list of events or people to
be put in order of when they happened.(Causation)
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III – Essay: (70%)
You will be
given 1 out of the following list of essays
and asked to answer it as an argumentative
essay.
Final exam will be completed on Canvas -Citations
are not required but documents and
quotes must be clearly attributed, or
credit will not be given.
-700
word maximum word count.
-Spelling and grammar will be
considered.
-You
must incorporate the required number of
primary sources chosen from those
listed/linked in the course schedule.
-Plagiarism
policy applies...this must be a
product of your own efforts.
-Use
of any AI programs to aid with the
writing of this essay is strictly
prohibited and will result in an
Automatic "0" for the exam grade.
-The exam will be released several
days before it is due. You may
take the exam when you want but there
will be a 1:30min. time limit on the
exam. (Canvas will cut your off
once the time limit has been reached.)
Midterm
Exam essay questions: (Dealing
with the first half of the course
material)
1-Maritime trade appears to be the
one consistent across the various cultures
we have studied.What
is the role of economic trade in shaping
western culture in the ancient world? Use at least 1 course
primary sources to discuss the topic.
2-Was
religion in the ancient world a hindrance or a
catalyst for unity and empire building?
Why? Explain with examples. Use at least 2
course primary sources to discuss the topic.
3-Greece
has been referred to as the heart of Western
Civilization, implying that all Western
society stems from the accomplishments of a
handful of city states in the Mediterranean.Do
you agree with this?Why
or why not?Be sure to offer evidence as to the
accomplishments or shortcomings of the Greeks
in your answer.Use at least 2 course primary sources
to discuss the topic.
4-Why did the Roman Empire maintain long term
stability while other city states/empires,
such as those in the Levant, Mesopotamia, and
Greece, dealt with constant transitions of
power? Use at least 2 course primary
sources to discuss the topic.
Final Exam essay questions:
(Dealing with the second half of the
course material)
1-The Christian Church dominated over
our study of the second half of this course.In
what ways did the church itself assert
control throughout the late Roman and
medieval periods?Why? Use at least 2
course primary sources to discuss the topic.
2-Underlying the authority of the clergy and
feudal nobles was
a vast network of trade controlled by the
Norse, Hansa, Venetians, Genoans, and Islamic
traders.What impact did these trade networks
have on the structured feudal Christian
society of Europe?
Use at least 2
course primary sources to discuss the topic.
3- Was economics
or religion a more dominant force in the
years between 0-1500 AD? Use
at least 2 course primary sources to
discuss the topic. 4-Why did conflict as opposed to
cooperation prevail between Islamic and
Christian worlds?Address
the political, social, and economic
interaction throughout the medieval period?
Use at least 2
course primary sources to discuss the
topic.