Greece and Rome

Question 1

The emperor who divided Rome in two – East & West, believing it would be easier to run was,

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Diocletian

Question 2

Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?

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Athens v. Sparta

Question 3

Sparta had what kind of government?

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Oligarchy

Question 4

The writings of Paul and other early Christians are collected in

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The New Testament

Question 5

The highest-ranking official in the early Christian Church was the

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patriarch.

Question 6

What group built an advanced society on the island of Crete?

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Minoans

Question 7

Huge estates bought up by wealthy Roman families

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latifundia

Question 8

Created the lever and pulley for moving large and heavy objects (physics)

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Archimedes

Question 9

What important change did the Roman emperor Constantine make in A.D. 313?

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He granted religious toleration to Christians

Question 10

Who opened the Lyceum- a school?

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Aristotle

Question 11

The main issue that separated the churches of the East and the West was

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the authority of the pope

Question 12

The first emperor of Rome took the title

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Augustus

Question 13

Roman culture and religion were greatly influenced by the

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Greeks and Etruscans

Question 14

Alexander the Great was the king of what Empire?

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Macedonia

Question 15

Wrote tragedies about conflicts between morals and laws. “Antigone”

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Sophocles

Question 16

What were the two earliest cultures in Greece?

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Minoans & Mycenaeans

Question 17

The Punic Wars, Rome gained control of lands around the Mediterranean Sea by defeating

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the Carthaginians

Question 18

Julius Caesar’s enemies assassinated him because

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they feared he planned to make himself king of Rome

Question 19

God of Thunder, Storms

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Zeus

Question 20

Roman words, laws, and __________ still shape the world today.

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architecture

Question 21

God of the Underworld

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Hades

Question 22

Rome’s upper class

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patrician

Question 23

Father of History. Wrote about the Persian Wars. Stressed importance of research

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Herodotus

Question 24

What kind of government did Athens have?

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Direct Democracy

Question 25

Christianity is rooted from what religion?

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Judaism

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