Geography of Rome

Multiple Choice

Use the information in the list to answer the question.

Events in the Reign of Cyrus the Great

• led a successful revolt against the Medes

• established and expanded the Persian Empire

• defeated the Lydians and Babylonians

What other achievement could be included on this list?

• led a battle against the Greeks and was defeated at Marathon

• allowed exiled Jews to return to Jerusalem and build their temple

• spread Buddhism as the official religion of the lands under his rule

• made a treaty with the Romans to benefit from trade in the Mediterranean

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes a difference in the treatment of girls in ancient Athens and Sparta?

• Athenian girls were taught household duties by their mothers while Spartan girls were trained in sports and fitness.

• Spartan girls were required to serve in the military while Athenian girls were sent to relatives to learn a trade.

• Spartan girls were trained to hunt and fish while Athenian girls were taught to farm.

• Athenian girls were sent to school while Spartan girls were taught at home.

Multiple Choice

Who encouraged Alexander the Great to study philosophy and science?

• Aristotle

• Euripides

• Plato

• Socrates

Multiple Choice

Use the excerpt to answer the question.

. . . [T]he Egyptians could not help comparing the results of the invasions of their country by Cambyses and Alexander. Where the Persian monarch had passed lay destruction and misery, but in the [path taken by] Alexander there followed peace and Greek civilization.

—from The Life and Exploits of Alexander the Great, by Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, 1896

What does this excerpt explain about Alexander the Great?

• how he came to power in his kingdom

• how he adopted Persian technology

• how he broke through city walls

• how he spread Greek culture

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