Each exam will consist of:
1. An essay section in which you are called upon to write one essay from a field of three questions based upon lectures and readings. (50 exam points). Please consult the PROSPECTIVE EXAM QUESTIONS FOR EXAM #1.
2. Ten multiple-choice questions each based upon quotations taken from the web readings. (2 points each; 20 exam points). Please consult the SAMPLE WEB-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION SHEET.
3. THREE matching geography sections, consisting of three maps, in which you are called upon to match FIVE numbered place names with five lettered locations on each map. (30 exam points total). Please consult MAP ITEMS FOR EXAM #1
TOPICS FOR THE FIRST EXAM:
1. Early Humanity. Reading Assignment #1
2. Early Societies. Reading Assignment #2
3. Sumeria. Reading Assignment #3
4. From Akkadians to Babylonians. Reading Assignment #4
5. Egypt-Political History. Reading Assignment #5
6. Egypt: Society, Economy & Culture. Reading Assignment #6
7. Egypt, Africa and World Civilization. Reading Assignment #7.
8. Hyksos, Hittites and Hurrians. Reading Assignment #8
MAP QUIZZES IN EXAM ONE:
TOPICS FOR THE SECOND EXAM:
1. The Sea Peoples. Reading Assignment #9
2. Migrations of Peoples and Disruptions of Civilization. Reading Assignment #10
3. Canaanites, Phoenicians and Aramaeans. Reading Assignment #11
4. Hebrews, Ancient Israel and Judaism. Reading Assignment #12.
5. Assyrians, Chaldians and Medes. Reading Assignment #13
6. The Persian Empire. Reading Assignment #14
7. The Indian Parallel. Reading Assignment #15
8. The Chinese Parallel. Reading Assignment #16
MAP QUIZZES IN EXAM TWO:
TOPICS FOR THE THIRD EXAM:
1. Minoans and Myceneans. Reading Assignment #17
2. The Early Development of Greece. Reading Assignment #18
3. The Polis: Athens & Sparta. Reading Assignment #19
4. The Acme and Decline of the Polis: The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. Reading Assignment #20
5. The Rise of Macedonia and Alexander the Great. Reading Assignment #21
6. Hellenic Civilization. Reading Assignment #22
7. Hellenistic Civilization. Reading Assignment #23
8. The Etruscans, Celts and Early Italy. Reading Assignment #24
MAP QUIZZES IN EXAM THREE:
TOPICS FOR THE FOURTH EXAM:
1. Origins and Expansion of Rome. Reading Assignment #25
2. Roman Expansion and the Decline of the Republic. Reading Assignment #26
3. Imperial Rome of the Principate. Reading Assignment #27
4. Roman Culture. Reading Assignment #28
5. The Roman Empire and the Christians. Reading Assignment #29
6. The Crisis of the Late Principate. Reading Assignment #30
7. The Christian Roman Empire and the Era of Migrations. Reading Assignment #31
8. The Heritage of the Ancient World. Reading Assignment #32
MAP QUIZZES IN EXAM FOUR:
Evaluation Criteria for Each Essay Part of the Examinations
1. Pertinance. Does the essay directly address the question? Is there a significant effort to answer the question? (10 points).
2. Analysis. Is the focus of the essay maintained? Are the points or topics clearly conceived, presented and discussed? (10 points).
3. Content. Is the information presented to subtantiate points and topics accurate and clear? Do the facts contribute evidence to the arguments presented? (10 points).
4. Organization. Is the essay composed in a clear and logical manner? Is there an introductory statement, a body of evidence, and a conclusion? (10 points).
5. Mechanics. Are the fundamentals of paragraphing, sentence structure, grammar, spelling, and punctuation followed? (10 points).
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