Review for Midsemester Exam

• Sample Exam Questions
  
  
  • optional take-home question
    
    
• ~ sample midterm exam on-line:
  MA-mid-f2008.doc
  MA-mid-f2008.rtf

• This will be an open-book exam
  
  
  • You may bring and use your texts, dictionary, thesaurus, a writing handbook, class handouts, notes, outlines, drafts, and memos
    
    
  • You may also use references and materials from your other classes, with the caveat, of course, that you properly cite any sources you use
    
    
  • You may bring and use your laptop
    
    
    • the exam will be available in the "General Purpose Course Folder" in your WebDrop folder in both .doc and .rtf formats
      <https://webdrop.d.umn.edu>
    • but you must upload your exam to your WebDrop folder at the end of the exam period
      
    • REM: Be sure to have your batteries charged
      
      
    • Please be prepared to upload the entire exam as one file, if you can, including the optional take-home question if you choose to do that question
      
      
    • NOTE: It does not work simply to type in the .rtf extension on an existing .wps file. You must load the original document and then resave it as a .rtf file type
      • see detailed information on the WebDrop information page
    
    
    

• The exam will cover materials up to and including Day (01) of Week 07: text materials, in-class videos, lectures, and E-mails. That includes Chs. 01 - 05 from Mexico, and Chs. 01 - 03 and Ch. 09 from The Maya
  
  
  • Topics include:
    
    
    • Mesoamerica: The Area and the People
      
      
      • including Rural-Urban Patterns in Central Highland Mexico
        
        
    • Basic Terms and Concepts in American Archaeology
      
      
      • Kirchhoff handout(just know what this is about)
      • stages handout
      • Time Line and Stages (Periods)
        
        
    • The Lithic, or Early Hunters Stage
      
      
      • The Lithic Stage (slides: Lithic.pptx)
        
        
    • The Archaic, or Incipient Agriculturalists, including Tehuacán
      
      
      • The Archaic Stage (slides: Archaic.pptx)
      • Tehuacán handout
        
        
    • The Preclassic Period
      
      
      • Class Slides
        • The Preclassic Stage: Introduction (slides: Preclassic_Intro.pptx)
        • The Preclassic Stage: Early (slides: Preclassic_Early.pptx)
        • The Preclassic Stage: Middle (slides: Preclassic_Middle.pptx)
        • The Preclassic Stage: Late (slides: Preclassic_Late.pptx)
          
          
    • Video and AV materials from class
      
      
    • Major class-related materials that you may have received on E-mail may be included on the exam