TN Ready prep #2

How did Rome's location on the Mediterranean help it grow?

• access to other armies to make allies

• access to silver mines

• access to closed ports

• access to trade partners

How did the Alps help Rome?

• made trade easier

• made communication easier

• provided protection from invasion

• provided access to gemstones

How did being a peninsula help Rome?

• easy to spread culture

• easy to spread diseases

• easy to purchase illegal goods

• easy for spies to sneak into Rome

How did "polis" impact Greek city-states?

• led to democratic rights

• led to a dictatorship

• led to the end of polytheism

• led to the creation of the colony at Ionia

How did the Mediterranean impact Rome?

• developed a democracy

• developed many settlements

• developed an oligarchy

• isolated them from the US

Why did Rome have extensive trade?

• its location in Asia

• its location near China

• its location in the Mediterranean

• its location in the Americas

Why did trade along the Silk Road increase?

• Jesus Christ made traveling safer

• The Code of Hammurabi made laws clear.

• roads were built in Israel to make trade easy

• many people wanted Chinese silk

How did the Code of Hammurabi help Mesopotamia?

• provided more civil wars

• provided stability

• made the laws unclear

• gave the King more rights than the Emperor

How did the Code of Hammurabi help Mesopotamia?

• made them a democracy

• gave the lower class more rights

• said only citizens could be punished

• made sure punishments fit the crimes

Where is Constantinople?

• modern day Iraq

• modern day Israel

• modern day Turkey

• modern day Russia