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World History 1 Benchmark #2
World History 1 Benchmark #2
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1
The majority of the people in the Roman Empire were members of what class?
Plebeian Class
Slave Class
Patrician Class
Serf Class
2
What were Solon & Draco?
Emperors
Priests
Kings
Tyrants
3
Mecca & Medina are located on what peninsula?
Italian
Arabian
Scandinavian
Iberian
4
Alexander the Great's Hellenistic Age referred to the blending of ...
Persian and Greek cultures
Roman and Spanish cultures
Greek and Macedonian cultures
Greek, Asian and eastern cultures
5
What language spread with Islam?
Roman
Hebrew
Cyrillic
Arabic
6
Which of the following cultures created the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Egypt
Sumer
Greece
Rome
7
Which of the following is a government based on rule by a small group of people?
Monarchy
Democracy
Theocracy
Oligarchy
8
The Greek word Polis meant what?
city-state
standing army
aristocracy
written law
9
How did the Law of 12 Tables impact the Roman Empire?
Uniform system of currency.
Set of Codified laws for all citizens.
Granted freedoms to Patricians.
Created equality between social classes.
10
Who is known as the Father of History?
Phidias
Herodotus
Archimedes
Euclid
11
Which city-state formed the Peloponnesian League to fight the Delian League?
Troy
Corinth
Sparta
Athens
12
Doric/Ionian/Corinthian are what?
Military Leaders
Greek Gods
Greek City-States
Greek Columns
13
Which of the following civilizations created the structure in the image?
Greek
Islam
Roman
Egyptian
14
What city was destroyed in the Punic Wars?
Rome
Carthage
Athens
Sparta
15
Who was the leader of Athens during their Golden Age?
Draco
Solon
Pericles
Alexander
16
What does Allah mean in Arabic?
Muhammad
Jesus
Moses
God
17
Alexander the Great's Empire stretched from where to where?
Greece to India
Greece to Macedonia
Greece to Rome
Rome to China
18
Who conquered most of Greece before he was assassinated?
Draco
Phillip II
Solon
Aristotle
19
Algebra was a contribution from which of the following civilizations?
Islamic
Byzantine
Greek
Roman
20
Which of the following cultures created the Aeneid?
Greece
Rome
Islam
Sumer
21
The city of Constantinople was conquered by the____
Ottoman Empire
Mughal Empire
Persian Empire
Egyptian Empire
22
What religion did Christianity originate from?
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
23
What city-state is labeled F on the map?
Sparta
Athens
Troy
Corinth
24
Who was Rome's 1st Emperor
Marcus Aurelius
Julius Caesar
Augustus Caesar
Marc Antony
25
Which of the following was NOT a disagreement between Eastern & Western Christian Churches?
Language in the Liturgy
Practice of Celibacy
Authority of the Pope
Bible as the basis of faith.
26
Slavery in Ag. System, Migration of farmers to cities & Civil War over Caesar: Describes what?
Rise of Persia's Empire
Causes of the Punic Wars
Results of Alexander the Great's Conquests
Decline of the Roman Republic
27
Which city is located on the Italian Peninsula in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea?
Rome
Athens
Carthage
Sparta
28
What 2 empires were too weak to resist Muslim influence?
Ottoman
Byzantine
Persian
Greek
29
What was the role of Paul of Tarsus in spreading Christianity?
Convinced the Emperor to legalize the religion.
Established the 1st Church in Rome.
Became the 1st Christian Emperor.
Traveled the Empire converting people.
30
Athens and Sparta fought together to defeat which of the following Empires?
Macedonian
Egyptian
Persia
Roman
31
What body of water separated the Balkan & Peloponessus from Asia-Minor?
Ionian
Tyrrhenian
Black
Aegean
32
What Greek city-state became the most dominant following the Persian Wars?
Sparta
Corinth
Athens
Troy
33
The Byzantine Empire/ Libraries preserved the culture and knowledge of what civilizations?
Egyptian
Greece
Rome
Spanish
34
Which of the following tells the story of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth?
New Testament
The Quran
The Torah
The Vedas
35
Who re-codified Roman law, re-conquered Roman land, & expanded trade?
Hannibal
Marc Antony
Constantine
Justinian
36
How did geography impact the Ancient Greeks?
Forced them to colonize.
Isolated and different city-states.
Cut them off from the rest of the world.
Constant warfare.
37
Which of the following are Islamic art forms?
Geometric Designs
Religious Portraits
Mosaics
Calligraphy
38
Where did Muslims adapt their numeral system and the concept of zero from?
Greece
Byzantine
India
Rome
39
Which mountain range protected Rome
Alps
Himalayas
Pyrenees
Hindu Kush
40
Charles Martel halted the Muslim Invasion of Europe at the Battle of____
Vienna
Seville
Lepanto
Tours
41
Which city-state controlled the Delian League?
Sparta
Athens
Corinth
Troy
42
Which of the following wars left Greece weak and divided?
100 Years War
Peloponnesian War
Punic War
Persian War
43
What peninsula did Hannibal invade?
Italian
Scandinavian
Balkan
Iberian
44
What civilization influenced the religion, alphabet, and architecture of Russia?
Roman
Scandinavian
Byzantine
German
45
Homer is most remembered for his contributions in which of the following areas?
Literature
Architecture
Mathematics
Science
