classical studies review guide - Sheet1

Question 1

Sparta was ruled by what form of government during most of its history?

Answer 1

Oligarchy

Question 2

Education in Sparta consisted mostly of what?

Answer 2

Military training

Question 3

Did Spartans and Athenians both keep slaves?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

A tragedy was what type of Greek play?

Answer 4

Themes of love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods

Question 5

Which Greeks worshiped Zeus?

Answer 5

All of them

Question 6

What was Mt. Olympus supposed to be?

Answer 6

Meeting place of the Twelve Olympian gods

Question 7

What happened at the battle at Salamis?

Answer 7

Persian army invaded Greece but failed

Question 8

What happened at the battle of Thermopylae?

Answer 8

Spartans made their last stand.

Question 9

Describe Greek religion.

Answer 9

Polytheistic

Question 10

This army was defeated by the Athenians at Marathon.

Answer 10

Persian Army

Question 11

What is not required for a citizen of Athens?

Answer 11

Fight in a war

Question 12

What physical skills were important in Sparta?

Answer 12

Athletic Skills

Question 13

Who won the battle of Thermopylae?

Answer 13

Persians

Question 14

In Greece, a prediction or the name of the place where a prediction was told.

Answer 14

Oracle

Question 15

The citizen of which city-state were able to trace their history back to the mythical days of the Trojan war?

Answer 15

Argos

Question 16

Who was Phidippedes and what did he do?

Answer 16

Ran a marathon

Question 17

Whow as the father of democracy?

Answer 17

Cleisthenes

Question 18

In which city was the world’s first theater built?

Answer 18

Athens

Question 19

Where did the first important society in the Greek world develop?

Answer 19

Crete.

Question 20

What caused of the decline of the Minoans civilization?

Answer 20

Earthquake/volcano

Question 21

Who was Homer?

Answer 21

Author of Iliad and the Odyssey

Question 22

How long did the Trojan War last?

Answer 22

10 years

Question 23

Who created the first Democratic Consitution?

Answer 23

Cleisthenes

Question 24

Who were the 3 most famous Greek philosophers?

Answer 24

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

Question 25

What are myths?

Answer 25

(Myths are ancient stories that teach moral lessons and explain who something came to be)

Question 26

Who was the kind and father of the Greek gods?

Answer 26

Zeus

Question 27

Who was Hera?

Answer 27

Greek queen of Gods, Guardian of marriage

Question 28

Who was the goddess of wisdom, war, and civic pride?

Answer 28

Artemis

Question 29

Apollo was the god of \_\_\_\_.

Answer 29

Poetry, Medicine, and Light

Question 30

The Greek sea god’s name is \_\_\_\_.

Answer 30

Poseidon

Question 31

Who was the Greek god of war?

Answer 31

Ares

Question 32

She was born of the sea foam.

Answer 32

Aphrodite

Question 33

Name the lame and ugly Greek blacksmith god.

Answer 33

Hephaestus

Question 34

Name the Roman messenger of the gods.

Answer 34

Hermes

Question 35

Who was the greek goddess of grain and agriculture?

Answer 35

Demeter

Question 36

who was the Greek goddess of wisdom and war; Greek capital is named for her?

Answer 36

Athena

Question 37

Name the Greek archer-god who causes men and woman to fall in love.

Answer 37

Cupid

Question 38

Name the earth god of woods and fields, half man and half goat.

Answer 38

Pan

Question 39

Which brother of Zeus rules the underworld.

Answer 39

Hades

Question 40

Where did the gods and goddesses live?

Answer 40

Mt. Olympus

Question 41

Who were the parents of Zeus?

Answer 41

Cronus and Rhea

Question 42

Name the brother and husband of Hera.

Answer 42

Zeus

Question 43

Which symbols represent Poseidon?

Answer 43

(Trident)

Question 44

What did Hades take from Demeter?

Answer 44

Persephone

Question 45

Who seized Persephone?

Answer 45

Hades

Question 46

Name Hades 3-headed dog's name.

Answer 46

Cerbers

Question 47

Who was Heinrich Schliemann?

Answer 47

Archaeologist that look for Troy

Question 48

What language was spoken by the Macedonians?

Answer 48

Greek

Question 49

How old was Alexander the Great when he bacame a king?

Answer 49

32

Question 50

Rome was located in which province?

Answer 50

Italy

Question 51

Name the two biggest rivers in Italy?

Answer 51

Po and Tiber River

Question 52

What was the farm land like in Rome?

Answer 52

Fertile soil and mild climate

Question 53

Who were the first people in the area known today as Tuscany, north of pole?

Answer 53

Etruscans

Question 54

Name the father of Romulus and Remus according to the myth.

Answer 54

Mars

Question 55

What did Romulus and Remus' great-uncle Amulius do to the twins?

Answer 55

Put in the river

Question 56

Which twin brother became the first king of Rome? Romulus or Remus?

Answer 56

Romulus

Question 57

What year was Rome founded according to the myth?

Answer 57

753 BCE

Question 58

What are the three major periods in Roman History?

Answer 58

Roman origins, Roman Republic, Roman Empire

Question 59

In what year was the Roman Republic founded by Lucius Junius Brutus by overthrowing the Etruscan king?

Answer 59

509 BCE

Question 60

In Rome under the republic, who was the chief executive of the government?

Answer 60

Magistrate

Question 61

How many members were there in the senate of the Roman Republic originally?

Answer 61

300

Question 62

How long did members serve in the Senate of the Roman Republic

Answer 62

For life

Question 63

How many consuls served during any one year?

Answer 63

Two

Question 64

How many wars did Rome and Carthage fight between 264 and 146 BC?

Answer 64

Three

Question 65

What did Rome and Carthage fight for?

Answer 65

More land

Question 66

What are the wars between Rome and Carthage called?

Answer 66

Punic Wars

Question 67

Where was the Carthage located?

Answer 67

North coast of Africa

Question 68

What did Hannibal use to create "shock and awe"?

Answer 68

Elephants

Question 69

Was marriage between Patricians and Plebians originally illegal?

Answer 69

Yes

Question 70

What are the 4 main reasons for Rome's success?

Answer 70

Military Ability, Infrastructure, Strategy, Treatment of conquered people

Question 71

What was the language of the ancient Romans?

Answer 71

Latin

Question 72

What is the difference between an emperor and a dictator?

Answer 72

Emperor is passed down (more balanced), Dictator made all the decisions

Question 73

Who was the first Roman emperor?

Answer 73

Augustus

Question 74

A period of Roman peace that lasted nearly 200 years during the Roman empire was called

Answer 74

Pax Romana

Question 75

The large arena in Rome was known as the

Answer 75

Colosseum or Ampitheater

Question 76

Which emperor supposedly "fiddled while Rome burned"?

Answer 76

Nero

Question 77

Which emperor found Rome a city of birck and left it a city of marble?

Answer 77

Augustus

Question 78

Which emperor is responsible for splitting the Roman Empire?

Answer 78

Diocletian

Question 79

This emperor implemented a common code of law that is still followed today

Answer 79

Justinian

Question 80

Emperor when Jesus Christ was crucified:

Answer 80

Tiberius

Question 81

The Eastern Roman Empire was centered in:

Answer 81

Constantinople