World History Final Exam

What are the Twelve Tablets?

• first laws of Rome, foundation for future laws
• Rome’s first and only laws
• Senate’s rules for applying for a building contract
• Rome’s constitution

200 years of peace in Rome

• Pax Romana
• Puxatawny Phil
• Peace Time
• Civil Wars

These are the reasons Rome fell apart....

• Political unrest

• Invasions by the Germans

• The city-states united into a league against Rome

• economic problems

The Justinian Code is the basis for what in many countries?

• government organization

• religious orders

• legal systems

• taxation

What were 2 key reasons Constantine picked Constantinople as the new capital of Rome?

• It was a crossroads of trade

• It had a widely used road system

• It was already a great defensive position

• It was a model of Rome

Whats the main job of a historian?

• figure out how/why something happened in the past

• teach social studies

• explain historical events in museums

• to publish their findings in college magazines

What to the elements of geography describe?

• what a place is like and why

• how people have changed the world

• where a place is located

• regions and common characteristics

Someone's dairy could be....

• a primary resource

• a secondary resource

• a textbook

• a conclusion

What is a example of evidence?

• a textbook on social studies

• an opinion article in the newspaper

• pots and tools from an ancient civilization

• a personal letter about a vacation

Define bias

• unreasoned emotional judgement

• reasonable written ideas

• first hand accounts of an event

• second hand accounts of an event