The Greeks & the Romans

The Greeks were all separated by mountains and islands, but shared the same ____ as their religion

• tribal tales

• mythology

• Bible

• priests

The Greeks were NOT unified as one nation, instead had a number of _____ that governed themselves and even fought each other.

• city-states

• empires

• trade centers

• nations

One of the great contributions we get from the Greeks is ____ which is a gov't ruled by the people.

• oligarchy

• tyranny

• democracy

• monarchy

In a DIRECT DEMOCRACY, the people ___

• vote for representatives to make the decisions

• vote on all government decisions

• vote only for laws that directly affect them

• vote on some laws, but the gov't controls the rest

The Macedonians controlled Greece and then took over much of the known world. They were lead by ___

• Aristotle

• King Phillip

• Alexander the Great

• Attila the Hun

The Greek philosophers used ___ & ___ to answer life's hard questions, basing their answers on evidence and patterns. (choose 2)

• reason

• superstition

• omens

• logic

The Romans began as a ____ where representatives are elected to make gov't decisions & make laws.

• democracy

• republic

• monarchy

• tribal cohort

Why was the Roman Republic was formed where power was shared by different branches of the gov't.

• too much power in the hands of one is dangerous

• making a complicated gov't system shows intelligence

• fear of an invasion

• keeping the power separated keeps political enemies from taking over

What was important about the Romans having the Twelve Tables, their written their laws, publicly displayed in Rome?

• to show off how powerful the gov't was

• to set an example for us to follow

• public, written law keeps the gov't from ruling unfairly

• written law can never be changed

Julius Caesar had seized power as a ____, which lead to his murder and then a Civil war.

• dictator

• emperor

• king

• pharaoh