Classical Civilizations

What geographic features of Greece encouraged the independence of Greek city-states?

• high mountains and many islands

• limited hill country and arid grasslands

• long coastlines and numerous seas

• wide valleys and active volcanoes

Which statement describes early Greek city-states:

• They each developed their own system of government.
• They each experimented with different forms of monarchy.
• they each identified themselves as Greek.
• They each had their own language and cultural traditions.

What circumstance led to war among city-states from 750 to 550 B.C.?

• competition for trade
• conflicting political systems
• different religious practices
• scarcity of resources

What type of democracy did Athenians have?

• Direct Democracy (All citizens met and voted directly on every issue).
• Representative Democracy (Citizens elected representatives to debate and vote on issues for them).
• Republican Democracy (Citizens had elected officials to represent each state or province (like us!).
• The government had all the power and wrote the laws.

What does this diagram illustrate?

• events that led to corruption in ancient Rome

• effects of the collapse of the Roman Empire

• patterns that develop when a government collects taxes

• causes of the fall of the Roman Empire

The East Roman Empire became known as the _____________.

• Holy Roman Empire

• Persian Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Assyrian Empire

Accomplishments of the Byzantine Empire included which one?

• writing of the Justinian Code

• discovery of gunpowder

• invention of the compass

• domestication of animals

Which one of the following is the reason that the Roman government fell?

• Bad leadership
• Social problems like disease and famine (no food)
• Invading tribes
• All of these are true

According to Document A, what was the most frequent cause of death?

• assassination

• killed in battle

• plague

• suicide

According to Document F, what happened to Rome?

• Germanic soldiers conquered Rome.

• A plague gave Roman citizens immunity to diseases.

• A series of plagues killed about 75% of the population.

• The Roman Empire expanded to Asia.