Rome & Greece

What geographic features kept the ancient Greeks from being united?

• The deserts kept them isolated.

• The mountains and the seas kept them isolated.

• The lakes kept them isolated.

• The ice and the snow kept them isolated.

Ancient Greece had small independent communities and the beginning of what kind of government?

• House of Representative

• Senate

• Conservatives

• Democracy

1. This is considered Greece's most important legacy to the world.

• Republic

• Astronomy

• Democracy

• Law

Sparta valued

• art, culture and education

• strength, simplicity, and military skills

• religion and worship in one God

• All of the above

Athens valued

• art, science, and education

• strength, simplicity, and military skills

• religion and the worship of one God

• all of the above

Which Greek city-state first developed democracy?

• Sparta

• Troy

• Athens

• Cornith

What does "Pax Romana" mean?

• Peaceful Romans
• Roman Victory
• Roman Peace
• Victorious Romans

What was the Pax Romana?

• A series of aqueducts bring water to Rome

• A phrase meaning, "All roads lead to Rome."

• An illness that spread throughout Rome

• A period of peace during the Roman Empire.

What type of government did Rome have, after they threw out their king?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Republic

The common farmer, artisans, and merchants, who made up the majority of the population and held less of the power in the early republic was called...

• Patrician

• Plebeian