U10 L2 Greeks, Romans, And Other Ancient Cultures

Question 1

What is a triumvirate?

Answer 1

ruling body of 3 members

Question 2

Greek civilization had its origin where?

Answer 2

Crete

Question 3

Which Greek poet wrote about the Trojan war, and in which works?

Answer 3

Homer, Iliad, Odyssey

Question 4

When were the Mycenaeans attacked and conquered?

Answer 4

12 cent bef Christ

Question 5

Did Greece have poor soil?

Answer 5

yes

Question 6

What was the chief of Greek states, and had the first democratic practices of govt?

Answer 6

Athens

Question 7

In Athens, a council of how many were representatives of the people?

Answer 7

500

Question 8

What attacked Athens?

Answer 8

Persia

Question 9

Athens reached its peak under who?

Answer 9

Pericles

Question 10

Why was Democracy in Athens never complete?

Answer 10

only native-born males participate

Question 11

Who was involved in the Peloponnesian War, who was defeated?

Answer 11

Athens and Sparta, Athens

Question 12

Who was the son of Philip of Macedonia, and spread Greek Empire/culture to the Middle East?

Answer 12

Alexander the Great

Question 13

What was the culture that Alexander the Great spread called?

Answer 13

Hellenistic

Question 14

What was the worst mistake of Alexander the Great?

Answer 14

provide successor

Question 15

Alexander swept as far as where, and was he successful in uniting the area?

Answer 15

India, no

Question 16

Rome began with the defeat of who?

Answer 16

Etruscans

Question 17

What are the lower class in Rome called?

Answer 17

plebians

Question 18

To make the conquered feel like romans, what did Rome grant them?

Answer 18

Roman citizenship

Question 19

What was the war Rome had with Phoenicia, over what city?

Answer 19

Punic Wars, Carthage

Question 20

Carthage was a colony of who?

Answer 20

Phoenicia

Question 21

How many wars were fought in the Punic Wars? What did Rome do to Carthage?

Answer 21

three, sell people slavery

Question 22

Who were the Gracchi brothers? What did they fail to do?

Answer 22

• senate and up class member

- help poor

Question 23

Who were the 3 people who tried to form a triumvirate to rule Rome?

Answer 23

• Caesar
• Pompey
• Crassus

Question 24

When was Caesar killed?

Answer 24

44 BC, Ides of March

Question 25

Who was Caesar’s nephew and heir?

Answer 25

Octavian

Question 26

A battle between Octavian and Antony resulted in whose defeat, and when?

Answer 26

Antony, Cleopatra suicide, 31 BC

Question 27

What was the title that Octavian was given?

Answer 27

Augustus

Question 28

What was the period that Augustus began?

Answer 28

Pax Romana (Roman Peace)

Question 29

During whose reign was Christ born, and where?

Answer 29

Augustus, Bethlehem

Question 30

Which two rulers tried to solve the govt problems Rome was facing after Augustus’ death?

Answer 30

Diocletian and Constantine

Question 31

Diocletian divided Rome in to what, and Constantine reunited them and moved the capital to where?

Answer 31

• East, West

- Constantinople

Question 32

Western Rome was overrun by who in AD 476? What was the Germanic emperor that took the throne?

Answer 32

Ostrogoths, Odoacer

Question 33

Eastern Rome was succumbed to who?

Answer 33

Ottoman Turks

Question 34

All ancient civilizations, except Hebrews, were what type of religion?

Answer 34

Polytheistic

Question 35

Confucius and Buddha were founders of religion in which part of the world?

Answer 35

Far East

Question 36

Egypt only had one ruler was considered ()

Answer 36

divine

Question 37

Only which civilization made an effort to educate women?

Answer 37

Babylon

Question 38

What civilization encouraged education more than other ancient societies?

Answer 38

China

Question 39

What is the source of many languages spoken today?

Answer 39

Latin