Classical Civilizations

A time era when much of the known world was connected by Greek culture and language.

• Hellenistic

• Ancient

• Roman

• Persian

Which empire expanded from the Nile River to the Indus River Valley?

• Egyptian

• Babylonian

• Persian

• Greek

Who showed kindness by allowing the people he conquered to keep their customs and religions?

• Alexander

• Hamarabi

• Pharoah

• Cyrus

Who stayed within their walled city during the Peloponnesian War because Pericles knew they were not strong enough to defeat the enemy army, but he thought the walls could keep them out?

• Spartans

• Athenians

• Macedonians

• Persians

Which emporer impacted Christianity around the fall of the Roman Empire by granting the church large agricultural tracts to support the expansion of Christianity?

• Julius Caesar

• Octavian

• Constantine

• Hadrian

Which classical civilization developed a new social organization called the caste system?

• Greek

• Rome

• China

• India

Who did not have a complex government in Classical India?

• Aryans

• Egyptians

• Akadians

• Babylonians

According to legend who ran through town shouting "Eureka" because he had experienced a breatkthrough in his studies while he was taking a bath?

• Homer

• Virgil

• Archimedes

• Ptolomy

All citizens in which ancient city-state had the right to attend the Assembly, where they could meet in open discussion and cast votes? This situation is an example of direct democracy.

• Sparta

• Babylon

• Alexandria

• Athens

Important long-term contributions of which ancient civilizations are primarily found in the area(s) of government and law?

• Indian and Chinese

• Greek and Roman

• Egyptian and Macedonian

• Persian and Aryan