World I Semester Exam Review

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Pericles

Question 2

Who first conquered all of Greece?

Accepted Answer

Philip II of Macedonia

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Patricians

Question 4

Hippocrates was the Greek father of ____.

Accepted Answer

medicine

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Virgil

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

independent, separate city states

Question 7

Roman aqueducts used which architectural structure?

Accepted Answer

arch

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Athens

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Question 10

Who legalized Christianity in Rome?

Accepted Answer

Constantine

Question 11

Jesus and his family followed this religion.

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 12

Whose empire is this?

Accepted Answer

Alexander the Great's Empire

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 14

A synonym for a representative democracy is ___.

Accepted Answer

a republic

Question 15

What type of column is this?

Accepted Answer

ionic

Question 16

Thucydides is famous for ____.

Accepted Answer

writing history that was objective

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Hellenistic culture

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Rome

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Paul

Question 20

What type of column is this?

Accepted Answer

doric

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

476 A.D.

Question 22

Greece had colonies because __________

Accepted Answer

Greece was overpopulated and had little farmland.

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

Delian League

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

Gaul

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

Plebeians

Question 26

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

Accepted Answer

yes

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

Sparta

Question 28

The Punic Wars were between ____.

Accepted Answer

Rome and Carthage

Question 29

People who were non-citizens in Rome were __

Accepted Answer

women & slaves

Question 30

The roots of Christianity come from this religion.

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 31

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were both ____

Accepted Answer

epic poems

Question 32

Rome is in which modern country?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 33

Who ruled Athens during its Golden Age?

Accepted Answer

Pericles

Question 34

Aristotle is famous for _____

Accepted Answer

philosophy and reason

Question 35

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

Accepted Answer

two Consuls

Question 36

What are the three major types of columns?

Accepted Answer

Doric, Ionic and Corinthian

Question 37

The Greek word -POLIS means ____.

Accepted Answer

city state

Question 38

This Athenian leader extended democracy.

Accepted Answer

Pericles

Question 39

The significance of the Persian wars was that –

Accepted Answer

The wars united Athens and Sparta against Persia.

Question 40

The Roman goddess of love and beauty is __.

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 41

Citizens in Rome were ____.

Accepted Answer

Plebeian and Patrician men

Question 42

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

Accepted Answer

Greece

Question 43

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

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 44

What does the word "civic" mean?

Accepted Answer

relating to life in a town or city

Question 45

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

Accepted Answer

the Alps

Question 46

Why were most Greek settlements located in coastal regions?

Accepted Answer

Mountains covered much of the interior.

Question 47

The Greeks and Romans believed that the gods ___.

Accepted Answer

4. Both answers two and three are correct.

Question 48

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

Accepted Answer

Constantine

Question 49

The Twelve Tables were ____

Accepted Answer

laws on bronze tablets in the Roman Forum.

Question 50

Greece is located next to the __________.

Accepted Answer

Aegean Sea

Question 51

The planet are named after the...

Accepted Answer

Gods and goddesses of Rome

Question 52

What does "economic" mean?

Accepted Answer

relating to money and business

Question 53

What type of column is this?

Accepted Answer

corinthian

Question 54

Which group had the most power in early Rome?

Accepted Answer

Patricians

World I Semester Exam Review

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World I Semester Exam Review

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