Mid-Term Exam 1/21 & 1/24

The MHSHS History Department will be administering a mid-term exam for all 9th grade history students. This post details the dates, guidelines, study tips and other important information that will allow you to be most successful on the exam.

Please be aware: Make up exams will NOT be afforded to students who are absent on the day of the exam. If you are absent you can expect to receive a ZERO on the exam. Inclement weather is NOT a legitimate excuse unless all NYC Public Schools are closed.

Exam Dates: 

• Friday, January 21, 2011
• 50 Multiple Choice questions
• Pencil Needed 

• Monday, January 24, 2011
• Document Analysis and Mapping/Geography
•  Pen needed

Material covered on the Exam:

1. Introduction to History and the Social Sciences
2. Neolithic Revolution and River Valleys
3. World Belief Systems
4. Golden Ages
5. Classical Civilization
6. Byzantine Empire and Early Russia
7. The Spread and Golden Age of Islam
8. The Middle Ages/Medieval Europe
9. The Crusades

How Should I Study?

I suggest that you review all of the study guides from past exams. You can link to all the study guides by clicking here.

Items to quiz yourself on:

• Vocabulary
• Aims
• Maps/Geography of:
• River Valleys
• Classical Civilizations
• Golden Age Civilizations
• World Belief Systems
• Document Analysis Techniques (SOAPSTone, Annotation, Grouping Technique from Han v Roman DBQ)