HTAWA ANCIENT HISTORY REVISION UNIT 3 1. Expand

Transcript:HTAWA ANCIENT HISTORY REVISION UNIT 3 1. Expand:
HTAWA ANCIENT HISTORY REVISION UNIT 3 1. Expand your vocabulary (buy/use an online Thesaurus) 2. Don’t do the exam in order, you can start with ANY section or either of the two essays. 3. During reading time, think carefully about the questions and work out which ones will need to be planned thoroughly, and may therefore take longer. Allocate enough time to each question. WRITE THE TIME YOU WILL NEED TO ALLOCATE TO EACH QUESTION DOWN ON YOUR PAPER GENERAL IDEAS/SUGGESTIONS STRUCTURE: 6 marks: CHOICE of 5 questions, Answer 4 in 40 minutes (10 MINUTES and 6 MARKS EACH) NEVER WRITE NOTHING TIPS FOR SUCCESS: 1.KNOW YOUR SYLLABUS Questions are drawn directly from key syllabus points – places, events, people, things FIND 2 key points on the syllabus (do this with someone else and share the workload). Brainstorm what you know about it. 2 minutes. For the exam you must be able to do this for ALL of these points. Try turning it into a quiz (or a Quizlet?) – split the syllabus into sections with a friend or study group, prepare questions and answers for your section, quiz, and swap answers. 2. Use an introductory sentence for your answers – have a concluding sentence. Especially important because these are 6 mark questions, and structure will improve your overall response SHORT ANSWER SECTION Important ‘doing’ words: Describe (briefly) Outline (and…) Identify (and…) Discuss briefly Compare Assess Examine EXAMPLE ANSWERS EGYPT: Question - Identify and explain two ways in which the Cult of Amun increased in power during Dynasty 18. Two interlinked ways in which the Cult of Amun increased in power in the 18th Dynasty was due to building programs and the military successes of the New Kingdom pharaohs. As Barry Kemp asserts in Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation, in the 18th Dynasty “people in general lived in the shadows of giant stone constructions”. Cult temples, dedicated primarily to Amun, were mediums through which pharaohs could display their pious devotion to Amun thus underwriting the power of the god. By dedicating temples to the god Amun, such as the monumental Temple of Amun - Re at Karnak, the pharaohs were offering this god the power and wealth of the Egyptian Empire that had been gained through military successes. As a result the Cult was legitimised and strengthened and it increased in power as each successive pharaoh built monuments to