World I Semester Exam Review

Question 1

The roots of Christianity come from this religion.

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 2

Hannibal of Carthage crossed this with elephants to attack Rome ___.

Accepted Answer

the Alps

Question 3

The Pantheon was a temple built to honor all of the gods in __________.

Accepted Answer

Rome

Question 4

Jesus founded this religion and St. Paul spread it around the Roman Empire.

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 5

This sea, south of Greece and Rome, touches Turkey, Egypt, and Spain.

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Question 6

+Oligarchy + Strict Rules + Strong Military- These are characteristics of ___

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 7

A synonym for a representative democracy is ___.

Accepted Answer

a republic

Question 8

The Roman goddess of love and beauty is __.

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 9

What type of column is this?

Accepted Answer

doric

Question 10

The Punic Wars were between ____.

Accepted Answer

Rome and Carthage

Question 11

The Parthenon was a temple for the goddess Athena in ______________.

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 12

The planet are named after the...

Accepted Answer

Gods and goddesses of Rome

Question 13

Why were most Greek settlements located in coastal regions?

Accepted Answer

Mountains covered much of the interior.

Question 14

The rich and powerful citizens of the Roman Empire were called _____

Accepted Answer

Patricians

Question 15

Was the land that is now France part of the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

yes

Question 16

Greece is located next to the __________.

Accepted Answer

Aegean Sea

Question 17

The Greek word -POLIS means ____.

Accepted Answer

city state

Question 18

What does the word "civic" mean?

Accepted Answer

relating to life in a town or city

Question 19

This Athenian leader built the Parthenon and rebuilt Athens after Persian Wars

Accepted Answer

Pericles

Question 20

What year do many historians consider to be the fall of Rome?

Accepted Answer

476 A.D.

Question 21

The Roman epic poem, the Aeneid, was written by __

Accepted Answer

Virgil

Question 22

Who first conquered all of Greece?

Accepted Answer

Philip II of Macedonia

Question 23

Aristotle is famous for _____

Accepted Answer

philosophy and reason

Question 24

Which Roman leader contributed most to the fall of Rome in 476 A.D.?

Accepted Answer

Constantine

Question 25

Hippocrates was the Greek father of ____.

Accepted Answer

medicine

Question 26

What type of column is this?

Accepted Answer

corinthian

Question 27

Greece has many mountains. Because of this, Greece developed ____.

Accepted Answer

independent, separate city states

Question 28

People who were non-citizens in Rome were __

Accepted Answer

women & slaves

Question 29

This Athenian leader extended democracy.

Accepted Answer

Pericles

Question 30

What are the three major types of columns?

Accepted Answer

Doric, Ionic and Corinthian

Question 31

What was the name of France when it was part of the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

Gaul

Question 32

The Christian religion was spread around the Roman Empire by ____.

Accepted Answer

Paul

Question 33

Which group had the most power in early Rome?

Accepted Answer

Patricians

Question 34

Roman aqueducts used which architectural structure?

Accepted Answer

arch

Question 35

Citizens in Rome were ____.

Accepted Answer

Plebeian and Patrician men

Question 36

During the Roman Republic period, the elected executive power was/were ___

Accepted Answer

two Consuls

Question 37

The Twelve Tables were ____

Accepted Answer

laws on bronze tablets in the Roman Forum.

Question 38

The "normal" working class people of the Roman Empire were called ______

Accepted Answer

Plebeians

Question 39

What does "economic" mean?

Accepted Answer

relating to money and business

Question 40

Alexander the Great's Empire combined Greek, Persian, Egyptian and Indian culture to form ___.

Accepted Answer

Hellenistic culture

Question 41

Who legalized Christianity in Rome?

Accepted Answer

Constantine

Question 42

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were both ____

Accepted Answer

epic poems

Question 43

Rome is in which modern country?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 44

Whose empire is this?

Accepted Answer

Alexander the Great's Empire

Question 45

Jesus and his family followed this religion.

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 46

The significance of the Persian wars was that –

Accepted Answer

The wars united Athens and Sparta against Persia.

Question 47

Was the land that is now called Spain part of the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 48

After the Persian Wars, the Greek city states formed a military alliances called the ____.

Accepted Answer

Delian League

Question 49

What type of column is this?

Accepted Answer

ionic

Question 50

Thucydides is famous for ____.

Accepted Answer

writing history that was objective

Question 51

Roman gods and goddesses were adopted from beliefs of which civilization?

Accepted Answer

Greece

Question 52

Who ruled Athens during its Golden Age?

Accepted Answer

Pericles

Question 53

The Greeks and Romans believed that the gods ___.

Accepted Answer

4. Both answers two and three are correct.

Question 54

Greece had colonies because __________

Accepted Answer

Greece was overpopulated and had little farmland.

World I Semester Exam Review

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World I Semester Exam Review

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