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(Willis) FR1
(Willis) Final Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Greek alphabet was based on the ___________ alphabet. | Phoenician |
| _________ Democracy is the type where the people decide on matters of government. | Direct |
| The naval battle that helped the Greeks win the second Persian War was called _________. | Salamis |
| ______ thought that philosopher-kings should head governments and that both men and women should be given equal education. | Plato |
| ________ reunited Greece and conquered the Persian Empire, freeing the Greek cities in Asia Minor from Persian rule. | Alexander |
| _________ wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. | Homer |
| The _________ Era was one of achievement that produced a great body of science, art, architecture, literature, & philosophy. | Hellenistic |
| _____ was the Greek city-state that focused on government and education. | Athens |
| ________ is considered by many to be the greatest historian of the ancient world because he emphasized accuracy of facts. | Thucydides |
| Many mountains & islands separated the Greeks, dividing them in to independent_____-_____. | City States |
| A type of rule in which all citizens share in the running of the government is called a __________. | Democracy |
| The government of Athens & our own government are similar because they are both democracies that allow voting for all ___________. | citizens |
| Greek culture spread to many parts of the world because of the conquests of _______. | Alexander the Great |
| According to a traditional legend, ____________ & __________ founded the city of Rome. | Romulus and Remus |
| At the Battle of Actium, Octavian defeated _________ & __________. | Antony and Cleopatra |
| __________ helped Byzantine women gain more rights. | Theodora |
| ________ was the Roman Emperor who took power in A.D. 284 & introduced many reforms. | Diocletian |
| As time passed, the _____________ Empire became more Greek than Roman. | Byzantine |
| __________ was the Byzantine Emperor tried to reunite the Roman Empire. | Justinian |
| From the A.D. 500s to the A.D. 1100s, the ______________ Empire was a crossroads of trade. | Byzantine |
| A man made channel used for carrying water long distances is called an ___________. | aqueduct |
| The period of peace and prosperity during the Roman Empire that lasted for nearly two hundred years was called the __________. | Pax Romana |
| Justinian’s plague & the Black Death both reduced the ________. | population |
| After the fall of Rome, the ______ became skilled sailors because they relied on the sea for food & trade. | Vikings |
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