Ancient Greece and Rome Review

When traveling across water, Greeks prayed to ? , the Greek god of the sea.

• A Neptune

• B Jupiter

• C Zeus

• D Poseidon

Answer explanation

The Greek name for Neptune is Poseidon; the Roman name is Neptune.

Which best completes the list of concepts associated with Christianity?

• F Crucifixion 

• G Polytheism

• H The Eightfold Path

• J Reincarnation

Constantine affected the course of world

 history when he –

• A named a city after himself

• B legalized Christianity within the Roman Empire

• C reformed the Feudal System

• D defeated the Persians

Early Greek civilizations were isolated from each other mostly because of –

• F their different racial ancestries

• G different rulers

• H mountainous terrain and many islands

• J differing religious beliefs

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were ancient Greek –

• A gods

• B rulers

• C sculptors

• D philosophers

Answer explanation

Philosophy is the study of knowledge and existence.

"I think; therefore, I am." Socrates.

The Hellenistic culture is best described as –

F a blending of the cultures of Greece, the Middle East, and Persia           

• F a blending of the cultures of Greece, the Middle East, and Persia     

• G Classical Greek culture

• H ancient Egyptian culture

• J Classical Roman culture

The Roman Republic could best be described as –

• F) a representative democracy

• G) an oligarchy

• H) a monarchy

• J) a direct democracy

The Greek word polis refers to –

• F written law

• G city-state _

• H aristocracy

• J standing army

Answer explanation

There was an influential movie called Metropolis made in 1927. I was thinking about Superman's Metropolis.

Life in Sparta was different from life in Athens because Sparta had –

• A a militaristic society

• B an artistic society

• C a democratic society

• D an individualistic society

Answer explanation

Homer was –

• F the first to record Babylon’s laws in an organized way

• G a famous Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey 

• H an important Athenian statesman and general

• J the first to codify Athenian laws