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world history
world history greece and rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| which greece speaking people dominated the aegean world from about 1400 b.c to 1200 b.c and probably started the trojan war ? | Mycenaeans |
| What was an early form of government in the greek city-state in which a hereditary ruler exercised central power ? | Monarchy |
| some spartan women had the responsibility of running the family's estate because...? | frequent warfare kept spartan men away from home |
| what was an effect of the Greek victory in the persian warsm? | Greeks became more convinced of their own unqueness. |
| What was the result of the Peloponnesim War? | it ended the Athenian domination of the Greek world. |
| what helped Alexander the great to conquer the Persian empire? | Perisa was no longer the great power it once had been. |
| The Mycenaean people were primarly what? | Sea trader |
| In a greek city-state the acropolis was what? | the location of temples dedicated to different gods and goddesses. |
| Athens differed from Sparta in that it...? | placed emphasis on the individual. |
| In his republic PLATO describes what? | an ideal state ruled by a philosopher-king |
| What was a form of government in the Greek city-state where power was in the hands of small, wealthy elite that came from the middle class? | oligarchy |
| Alexander the Great extended his empire as far east as where? | India |
| In the early roman republic, members of the landholding upper class were called what ? | Patricians |
| In punic wars, Rome gained control of lands around the mediterranean sea by defeating who? | The Carthaginians |
| which of the following statements is true about jesus of Nazareth? | His teachings were rooted in Jewish tradition. |
| To try to restore order to the empire Roman emperor Diocletian did what? | divided the empire into two parts. |
| Large numbers of Germanic people crossed into the lands of the Roman empire in the late 300s to escape what. | Invading Huns |
| which of the following statements about Roman society is true? | the father had absolute power in the family. |
| Who was the great Carthaginian general who nearly defeated the romans and the second punic war? | Hannibal |
| Julius Caesar's enemies assassinated him because of what? | They feared he planned to make himself king of rome. |
| Roman emperor Augustus ordered a census of the Roman empire...? | so there would be records of all who should be taxed. |
| a system of law that developed under the Roman republic and republic and applied to citizens was called...? | Civil law |
| who made the greatest contribution toward setting Christianity on the road to becoming a world religion? | Paul |
| what important change did the Roman emperor Condtantine make in A.D 313? | He granted religious toleration to christians |
| What contributed to the economic weakening of the late Romam empire? | Heavy taxes helped to push the middle classesinto poverty. |
| punic war 1 | :3 wars from 264-146 :rome & Carthage fought :romans were interested in sicily, under carthage conrtol :1st war 264-241 BC :In 241 carthage signed a peace treaty |
| punic war 2 | :218-201 BC :leader was hannibal :took army of men & elephants through the alps :hannibal wanted more soldiers, didnt happen :romans cut off supplies /crossing over to africa & counter attack :gained control of the Western mediterranean |
| punic war 3 | :149-146 BC :romans crossed sea to north africa besieged Phoenician the city of carthage :Carthage empire surrendered/ romans wernt contet :lst two yrs romans were unorganized/carthage uphold walls :2 yrs later Scipio Aemilianus organized Roman troops |
| alexander the great | :356-323BC king of macedon :334bc invaded persian ruled asian minor began campigns :about 2 invade india ,force 2 turn back by troops in 326 BC :legacy inclu. cultural diff 20 cities that bore his name,new Hellenistic civilization. |
| Julius caesar | :100-44 BC. : He was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished :huge role in the gradual change of the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire : extended Rome’s territory to the English Channel to the Rhine :conducted the first invasion of Britain |
| rise of christianity | :killed christians b4 king constanipole :message spread by paul :313 ad chritianity was legal |
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