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Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome
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1
Which civilization is located in the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Persia
India
Mesopotamia
Egypt
2
What effect did aqueducts have on Roman cities?
cities were able to support a larger population
cities were only able to support a small population
cities had to be on the coast or near rivers
aqueducts had no effect on Roman cities
3
What were the consequences of the Peloponnesian War?
City-states were weak and disjointed, so they were taken over
Athens won and spread democracy to the west of the Mediterranean
Greece was unified for the rest of their history
Their strong alliances let them defeat the Macedonians
4
What kind of government did Rome have first?
monarchy
republic
dictatorship
oligarchy
5
What effect did Julius Caesar's seizure of power have on the Roman political system?
allowed for control of the state by the Senate
standardized the system by which emperors were chosen
marked the beginning of the transition from republic to empire
secured the rights of commoners against nobles
6
Which city-state is considered to be the world's first direct democracy?
Athens
Thebes
Corinth
Sparta
7
How did the invading Huns contribute to the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
sacking the city of Rome in 410 CE
dividing Rome into East and West
deposing the last Western Roman Emperor
pushing Germanic people into the empire
8
What was the period of peace that lasted from Augustus's reign until AD 180?
Second Triumvirate
civis Romanus
Latifundia
Pax Romana
9
What happened to the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the west?
became the Byzantine Empire
became the Ottoman Empire
Mongols made it part of their empire
it fell as well, ending the Roman Empire
10
Which belief system is considered monotheistic?
Judaism
Confucianism
Hinduism
Buddhism
11
Mesopotamian cities/surrounding areas developed into political units called ______.
city-state
plantation
metropolis
village
12
Early Christianity appealed to which group of people?
elite officials
emperors
military officers
lower and urban classes
13
How were Rome and Athens geographically similar in their origins?
neither had access to water
both built on hilltops near the Mediterranean Sea
good soil for farming so didn't have to trade
both destroyed by volcanoes
14
What is depicted in the picture?
mandate of heaven in China
dynastic cycle of China
Hindu caste system
feudalism in Japan
15
What aspect of Greek culture is not evident in Western society today?
government
philosophy
architecture
religion
16
The Roman Empire completely surrounded which physical feature?
Alps Mountains
Mediterranean Sea
Caspian Sea
Arabian Peninsula
17
What major contribution did Rome give to western European culture?
rejection of the concept of slavery
establishment of agricultural communes
belief that political power should be controlled by the military
government based on laws
18
Which statement best describes the importance of the development of writing?
best means for a civilization to record its history
used to keep track of trade
allowed for entertainment through literature
led to education
19
Why was Alexander called "the Great"?
strengthened the concept of democratic rule
made Macedonia the intellectual center of the Hellenistic world
established peacful relations with Persia
took over the largest empire of the time in a short amount of time
20
What was the development of cuneiform, hieroglyphics, and the Phoenician alphabet important achievements in?
agricultural production
written languages
representative government
religious beliefs
21
Which letter marks Greece on the map?
C
A
D
B
22
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Caracalla
Vespesian
Augustus Ceasar
Julius Ceasar
23
Which event happened first?
Julius Caesar declared dictator for life
Second Triumvirate formed
Augustus becomes emperor
First Triumvirate formed
24
Which statement best describes the culture of Mesopotamia?
unified in all aspects of society
isolated and couldn't trade with other places
varied cultures, but had common writing/gods/views on women
based on hunting and gathering
25
Western Roman Empire was weakened by which of these?
prolonged Peloponnesian War
civil wars by Christian zealots
high cost of defending the empire from invasion
uprisings by Etruscans in the north
26
What period of time in Western Europe begins after the fall of the Roman Empire?
Classical Period
Renaissance
Dark Ages
Crusades
27
Who were the plebeian?
poor citizens not allowed to participate in the government at all
working class citizens that could vote but not hold office
slaves with no rights
aristocrats who lost the right to vote
28
Which letter represents Rome on the map?
A
C
B
D
29
What is the belief that a person's soul will be reborn?
moksha
monotheism
fasting and praying
reincarnation
30
What was the Edict of Milan?
settled the use of religious icons
led to Jesus's crucifixion
outlawed Christianity in the Roman Empire
made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire
31
What type of government did Rome have when citizens elected members to the Senate?
oligarchy
republic
aristocracy
theocracy
32
Which historical time period did the conquests of Alexander the Great create?
Hellenistic Era
Dark Ages
Age of Pericles
Macedonian Age
33
How did Hammurabi's law code impact how justice was administered?
creating less severe penalties for wrong-doers
making the government responsible for justice
building more jails
allowing victims to exact justice
34
Why were early Greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle important?
they united the Greeks against the Persians
led armies to conquer the Persians
described why the gods should be worshipped
used logic and reason to answer questions
35
Hinduism and Buddhism have a common belief in ______.
their deity
many gods
reincarnation
caste system
