HIEU 201 EXAM 1 SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
COURSE NOTES GRADED A+ 2026.
⫸ Cuneiform. Ans: A form of writing developed by the Sumerians
using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
⫸ Nile River. Ans: The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were
centered around.
⫸ Lower Egypt. Ans: The northern part of ancient Egypt
⫸ Upper Egypt. Ans: the southern part of ancient Egypt
⫸ Pyramid of Giza. Ans: Is the largest man made pyramid in Egypt.
450 ft
⫸ Sea Peoples. Ans: Unknown group of strong warriors who crushed
the Hittites and destroyed cities in southwest Asia, who fought the
Egyptians for 50 years.
⫸ Hortensian Law. Ans: said that all the plebians laws were binding
to the patricians as well, Created the Republic, 287 BC
⫸ Veto. Ans: only power given to tribune of the plebs
, ⫸ the covenant and the law. Ans: established at Mt. Sinai, produces
an earthly Jerusalem which is identified with Hagar the slave
⫸ Code of Hammurabi. Ans: A collection of 282 laws. One of the
first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world.
⫸ Mycenaeans. Ans: first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans;
dominated Greek world 1400 B.C. to 1200 B.C.; sea traders; lived in
separate city-states; invovled in Trojan War against Troy
⫸ School of Athens. Ans: academy of thought that dominated greece
based on platos ideas
⫸ Punic Wars. Ans: A series of three wars between Rome and
Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and
Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean.
⫸ Tribal Assembly. Ans: assembly organized by plebeians that
elected tribunes and made laws for common people
⫸ patricians. Ans: Powerful landowners who controlled Roman
government and society
⫸ Consul. Ans: Under the Roman Republic, one of the two
magistrates holding supreme civil and military authority. Nominated
by the Senate and elected by citizens in the Comitia Centuriata, the
COURSE NOTES GRADED A+ 2026.
⫸ Cuneiform. Ans: A form of writing developed by the Sumerians
using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
⫸ Nile River. Ans: The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were
centered around.
⫸ Lower Egypt. Ans: The northern part of ancient Egypt
⫸ Upper Egypt. Ans: the southern part of ancient Egypt
⫸ Pyramid of Giza. Ans: Is the largest man made pyramid in Egypt.
450 ft
⫸ Sea Peoples. Ans: Unknown group of strong warriors who crushed
the Hittites and destroyed cities in southwest Asia, who fought the
Egyptians for 50 years.
⫸ Hortensian Law. Ans: said that all the plebians laws were binding
to the patricians as well, Created the Republic, 287 BC
⫸ Veto. Ans: only power given to tribune of the plebs
, ⫸ the covenant and the law. Ans: established at Mt. Sinai, produces
an earthly Jerusalem which is identified with Hagar the slave
⫸ Code of Hammurabi. Ans: A collection of 282 laws. One of the
first (but not THE first) examples of written law in the ancient world.
⫸ Mycenaeans. Ans: first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans;
dominated Greek world 1400 B.C. to 1200 B.C.; sea traders; lived in
separate city-states; invovled in Trojan War against Troy
⫸ School of Athens. Ans: academy of thought that dominated greece
based on platos ideas
⫸ Punic Wars. Ans: A series of three wars between Rome and
Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and
Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean.
⫸ Tribal Assembly. Ans: assembly organized by plebeians that
elected tribunes and made laws for common people
⫸ patricians. Ans: Powerful landowners who controlled Roman
government and society
⫸ Consul. Ans: Under the Roman Republic, one of the two
magistrates holding supreme civil and military authority. Nominated
by the Senate and elected by citizens in the Comitia Centuriata, the
