Part 2

Question 0

What is an example of a republic?

Answer 0

Rome

Question 1

what is a republic?

Answer 1

a form of government in which the power is in the hands of representatives elected by citizens with the right to vote

Question 2

What was the Senate in Rome?

Answer 2

the supreme governing body, originally made up of artistocrats

Question 3

What is a patrician?

Answer 3

a member of a wealthy family, upper class of Rome

Question 4

What is a plebian?

Answer 4

the common merchants, artisans, and farmers of rome (lower class)

Question 5

What were the Twelve Tables?

Answer 5

laws written by plebeians that stated that all people were equal before the law

Question 6

What is a dictator?

Answer 6

a political leader given full control over government and military

Question 7

What was the Pax Romana and why was important?

Answer 7

a period of peace in Rome; it was important because Roman culture thrived and the government was very stable

Question 8

who was the first leader of the Pax Romana?

Answer 8

Agustus

Question 9

What allowed Italy to thrive?

Answer 9

Italy was surrounded by water so trade was good and it was able to thrive

Question 10

What were three societies that lived in Italy before?

Answer 10

Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks

Question 11

How did Rome become a republic?

Answer 11

an etruscan declared himself leader of all of rome and centralized the government

Question 12

Who fought against each other in the Punic Wars?

Answer 12

Rome and Carthage

Question 13

Who won the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Punic Wars?

Answer 13

1-Rome
2-Rome (but after much damage from Carthage)
3-Rome

Question 14

Who was the major general for Carthage in the Punic Wars?

Answer 14

Hannibal

Question 15

What was the biggest result from the Punic Wars?

Answer 15

Rome’s territory expanded to the western Mediterranean

Question 16

Who were the Gracchi Brothers?

Answer 16

2 brothers that helped poverty in rome; civil war broke out after their death

Question 17

Who was Julius Ceasar?

Answer 17

One of the three triumvirates of Rome. Then moved to Rome and became powerful. Came back with his army from Gaul and took over Rome.

Question 18

Who was Octavian?

Answer 18

One of the members of the 2nd triumvirate; Caesar’s adopted son

Question 19

Who was Marc Antony?

Answer 19

Part of the 2nd triumvirate

Question 20

Who was Cleopatra?

Answer 20

Married Marc Antony

Question 21

Who was Constantine?

Answer 21

major military ruler who spread Christianity

Question 22

Who was Deocletian?

Answer 22

Major Roman ruler; split Roman Empire into 2

Question 23

Who was Theodosius?

Answer 23

Ruler of Roman Empire who made Christianity the empire’s official religion

Question 24

What is an example of how the Romans contributed to language?

Answer 24

languages were saved in the roman libraries

Question 25

What is an example of Roman literature?

Answer 25

Virgil by Aeneid

Question 26

What are two examples of Roman architecture?

Answer 26

archways and columns

Question 27

What is an example of how Romans contributed to politics/law?

Answer 27

They created the REPUBLIC

Question 28

What was the Justinian Code?

Answer 28

the roman civil law created during the Byzantine Empire, reunited Rome after being split in two

Question 29

What is Eastern Orthodoxy?

Answer 29

one of the sides of the Catholic Church after the Great Schism

Question 30

What are at least two examples of differences between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy?

Answer 30

Roman Catholic priests cannot get married, but Eastern Orthodox pastors can. Roman Catholicism has a Pope, but Eastern Orthodoxy has a patriarch

Question 31

What Russian leader took the name "czar"?

Answer 31

Ivan III

Question 32

What is/was the Hagia Sophia?

Answer 32

A very elaborate church created under Justinian's rule

Question 33

What were two threats that threatened the Byzantine Empire after Justinian's death?

Answer 33

a plague and invasions

Question 34

How did the Church influence the Byzantine Empire?

Answer 34

missionaries were going to convert Slavs to Christianity

Question 35

Who were the three major rulers in making Russia its own country?

Answer 35

Vladimir, Yaroslav the Wise, and Ivan III

Question 36

Why was Vladimir (ruler in Russia) important?

Answer 36

He was the first leader

Question 37

What did Yaroslav the Wise (ruler in Russia) do that was significant?

Answer 37

He brought Kiev to its glory