World History Midterm

Which geographic features had the greatest impact on the development of Greek culture? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY!

• The surrounding seas.

• The land itself.

• The climate of the area.

In Ancient Greece, one purpose for creating myths was to explain the mysteries of nature.

• True

• False

A Greek city-state (Ancient Greece's basic political unit) was known as this

• a polis

• an acropolis

• a necropolis

• an agora

In some Greek city-states leaders known as __________________ took power with popular support.

• Tyrants

• Satraps

• Shahs

• Oligarchs

Which type of government did early Sparta develop?

• a direct democracy

• a republic

• a Democracy

• a Military State

This Greek leader accomplished many things in his life (hence his name) and was a student of Aristotle.

• Alexander the Great

• Alexander the Wicked

• Hamilton the Elitist

• Conan the Barbarian

The body of legislatures chosen by the elites in the Roman Republic were

• Parliament

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

In the Roman Republic, the patrician class was who?

• the elites

• poor people

• the Mongols

• the plebeians

These were the commoners in the Roman Republic

• senate

• patricians

• Parliament

• plebeians

Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar were which of the following?

• The first triumvirate

• The second triumvirate

• The third triumvirate

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