World History Benchmark #1 Review

Socrates was known as a great __________?

• general

• teacher

• engineer

• emperor

Plato is known for writing what work?

• The Kingdom

• The Monarchy

• The Roman World

• The Republic

Aristotle is known for what contribution to science?

• Discovering gravity

• Inventing the telescope

• Developing ways of studying many scientific subjects.

• Creating greek fire.

Alexander the Great created a great empire after defeating which empire?

• Rome

• Russia

• Persia

• Greece

The cultural legacy of Alexander's conquest is known as __________?

• Hellenism

• Romanism

• Alexandrianism

• Marxism

Julius Caesar's leadership ended what democratic time in Rome?

• Direct democracy of Rome

• Kingdom of Rome

• Roman Republic

• The Punic Republic

When we learned about Roman contributions, we studied what development named after Julius Caesar? (Hint: Think July)

• Roman numerals

• Stadiums

• Language

• Calendar

Augustus was the first ____________ of Rome

• leader

• president

• emperor

• dictator

The Roman Empire under Augustus conquered many peoples. What new technology helped them expand so quickly?

• Chariots

• Roads

• Airplanes

• Stadiums

What two city-states were the most important in ancient Greece?

• Corinth and Byzantium

• Sparta and Athens

• Corinth and Sparta

• Argos and Mycenae