I said I would change this but when I looked over the list, I found that it was a pretty good guide to the mid-term and what to study. Sorry for the hassle. Good luck on the mid-term.
Study Guide for First Mid-Term
Please note: Questions on the mid-term will not necessarily be drawn from the following list of questions, names and dates, nor will mid-term questions follow the model of those given here. This list is intended merely as a check list to help you decide whether you have covered the material adequately. If you have thought about these concepts and can identify these people and dates you will have the resources in your mind to be able to grapple with the test questions.
I. Broad concepts:
Who wrote the Bible? When and Why?
What are different ways of viewing this source (the Bible) - historically and otherwise?
How does the "dialogue" between the Israelites and God change over time, as seen through Biblical narrative?
II. Important personalities
Abraham
Moses
Joshua
Saul
Samuel
David
Solomon
Rehaboam
Jeraboam
Hezekiah
Josiah
Jeremiah
Sargon
Sennacherib
Nebuchadnezzar
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Zerubabel
Ezra
Nehemiah
III. Concepts/places
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
Canaan
Haran
Mari
Hyksos
Book of Judges/ Book of Joshua controversy
First Temple -- creation, destruction, repercussions
Division of Israel/Judah -- reasons, repercussions
Religious reforms of Jeraboam, Hezekiah and Josiah -- aspects and aims
Fall of Samaria
Fall of Jerusalem
Exile : Chronicles/Kings similarities/differences/agendas of the writers
Second Temple -- significance
IV. Dates:
1000 BCE David unifies Israel
722 BCE Fall of Northern Kingdom
622 BCE Book of Deutoronomy is "found"
597 BCE Jehoiachin's exile
586 BCE Destruction of the First Temple
ca. 560 BCE Restoration of Jehoiachin
ca. 536 BCE Cyrus's decree allowing return of the Exiles