Montgomery College

History 186 Review Sheet for Exam II

Make sure to bring an ink pen and a “blue book” (available at the campus bookstore) with you to class on the day of the exam.  No make-ups will be given without my prior approval.

The exam will consist of:

4 term identifications (Choose 4 out of 8 options, 10 points each)
1 essay (Choose 1 out of 2 options, 60 points)

 For the IDs, identify the term as completely as possible, making sure to discuss what it is, the approximate time frame, and, above all, its significance.

For the essay, make sure to answer the entire question, using as much detail as you can, and referring to primary sources which we have read or discussed in class if possible.

Minoans       Mycenaens      Linear B                Homeric Epics      Trojan War      The Collapse of Mycenaean Civilization      The Greek “Dark Ages”      The Archaic Era      Greek Religion      The Classical Era      Polis      Agora      Sparta      Hoplites      Athens      tyrants      Athenian Democracy      Council of the 500      Persian Wars    Pericles      Athenian Empire      Delian League      Peloponnesian Wars      Greek Religion

Homosexuality in Ancient Greece          Herodotus      Thucydides      Sophocles      Sophists      Socrates      Plato   Aristotle      Stoicism  Epicureanism      Skepticism     

The Hellenistic Age

Macedon      Phillip II      Alexander the Great      Alexandria      Darius      Ptolemies      Seleucids      Antigonids      Hellenization      Library of Alexandria      Antioch      “megalopolises”    

The Roman Republic and Empire

Etruscans      Roman values      Roman military      independent farmers      Punic Wars      Patricians      Plebians      Roman kings      Consuls      Praetors      Censors      Quaestors      Senate      Council of the Plebs      Tribunes      Centuriate Assembly      Latifundia      Equestrians      Populares      boni      Gracchi            Julius Caesar      Pompey      Cicero      Brutus      Cassius      Marc Antony      Octavian      Augustus Caesar      Pax Romana      Romanization      Differences between east and west in Rome      Roman religion     

The Development of Christianity

Hellenization in Judea      Antiochus IV      Judah Maccabee      Hasmoneans      Herod the Great    Jewish Revolt of 67-70 CE      Josephus      Sadducees      Pharisees      Essenes      “Dead Sea Scrolls”       eschatology      John the Baptist      Jesus of Nazareth      “Christ”      The Gospels      Paul      original sin      grace      faith      salvation    New Testament   asceticism      pseudepigraphy       Christian values      apologetics      Rabbinic Judaism      gnostic Christianity   Manicheanism      Mithraism      Cult of Isis      “mystery religions”      Neo-Platonism          

Rome’s Last Centuries

Third Century Crisis      “barracks emperors”      inflation      Diocletian      Foederati      tetrarchy  Great Persecution      Constantine      Edict of Milan      Council of Nicea      Nicean Creed      Donatism  Arianism      Theodosius      Augustine      Confessions      “just war”      Ostrogoths      Visigoths      Vandals      Franks      Theodoric