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History Test 3
Study guide 1
Question | Answer |
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What name means "that makes fruitful"? | Euphrates |
What early inhabitants of Italy built the first cities? | Etruscans |
Where did Octavian defeat Anthony's fleet? | Actium |
What term was given to non-Jews? | Gentiles |
Which Roman emperor was the first to persecute Christians? | Nero |
Which Roman emperor reigned during Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension? | Tiberius |
Which Roman emperor pushed the boundaries of the empire to their greatest extent? | Trajan |
What are the dates of the Middle Ages? | A.D. 500 to 1500 |
Where was the first Christian church located? | Jerusalem |
Who directly caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire? | Germans |
What French scholar deciphered the Rosetta Stone? | Champollion |
Who invaded Belshazzar's Chaldean Empire? | Medes |
Who was the first pharaoh to unite all of Egypt? | Menes |
What is the most common form of the Greek language? | Koine |
At what mountain pass did the Spartans try to block the Persian advance during the Greco-Persian War? | Thermopylae |