Unit 2 Pre-Test

The center of the Persian empire was located in which modern-day country?

• Iraq

• India

• Greece

• Italy

What similarities can be drawn when comparing the Persian Royal Road to the Silk Road of Asia and Europe?

• Both were a way to speed up travel and spread products and culture across the regions

• Both had advanced roads made of stone and bricks

• Both were seen as a meaningless mode of travel

• Both were destroyed during the rise of the Roman Empire and were never used again

Ancient Greeks formed small city-states that were independent and...

• cooperative with each other.

• often at war with each other

• governed through a functional democracy

• had the most fertile land in all the Mediterranean

The Peloponnesian War was fought between...

• Athens and Sparta

• Greece and Persia

• Athens and Thrace

• Greece and Rome

Alexander the Great would conquer most of the land across Europe and Asia, including...

• Rome and China

• Persia, India, and China

• Persia, Egypt, and India

• Egypt and China

A republic is...

• a government that gives power to the people in order to elect representatives

• a government that lets a small minority rule

• a government with citizens who participate directly in law-making

• a government that lets the military control the people

The major struggles in the early Roman Republic were between which groups of people?

• military and civilians

• citizens of Rome and non-citizens of Rome

• aristocrats and commoners

• senators and military leaders

In the year 46 BCE, this Roman general declared himself dictator for life and effectively brought an end to the Roman Republic.

• Julius Caesar

• Mark Antony

• Octavian

• Nero

As a result of the Pax Romana, the Roman Empire experienced 200 years of...

• hostility in the outer regions

• constant invasion

• religious revival

• peace and economic growth

In 285 CE, the Roman Empire was divided primarily for which of the following reasons?

• To decrease the authority of the senate

• To protect the Western region from Greek influence

• To control the growing empire more efficiently

• To segregate ethnic minorities