Classical Empires - World History Honors -2023

What is an important effect of mountainous geography on the city-states of ancient Greece?

• Mountains created city states that were independent from each other.

• Mountains made them safe from Macedonians

• They learned how to fly over the mountains

Made up of 300 elected Roman officials to make laws and taxes.

• Congress
• House of Representatives
• Senate
• Assembly

What is one way the founders of the U.S. adopted the Roman Republic?

• The separation of powers would avoid power struggles between the braches.

• Separating the branches to help control the civilians.

• Creating branches to allow people more say in government.

• Splitting the lawmaking duties to make it easier for politicians.

Christianity’s spread throughout the Roman Empire was facilitated by —

• laws passed by Julius Caesar during the Pax Romana

• merchants and soldiers who traveled the Silk Road

• a network of roads and common language used in the region

• the cooperation of the Jews living in the Eastern Mediterranean

Currently in America, several wealthy and influential individuals have been taken to court and charged with crimes. Which Roman legal tradition does this exemplify?

• All male citizens have the right to vote

• Equality before the law of all citizens

• Landownership equaled political power

• Right to a trial by jury

Probably the most significant contribution Greece made to Western Civilization would be  

•  The Alphabet  
• Defeating the Persians twice  
• Inventing Democracy    
• The use of City States as the main political unit

The concept of having executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government best reflects the efforts of the Roman Republic to (a)   .

• reduce tension between plebeians an
• separate power among different gove
• maintain effective borders against
• divide power between provincial and

What was the effect of the fall of Rome in the Western Roman Empire?

• Destruction of Rome as a city.

• Return of Rome to greatness.

• The retention of Greek and Roman culture.

• Disappearance of central authority and creation of small kingdoms.

Factors that contributed to the collapse of the Roman Empire and Han China?

• Internal rebellions led by peasant groups eventually resulted in the overthrow of both empires.

• Corruption in the government, social instability and the inability to manage vast borders eventually doomed both empires.

• A failure to standardize coinage along with high tariffs on trade resulted in a disruptive trade system and eventual decline of the two empires.

• Adoption of new religious practices among the elite political leaders created a vacuum of leadership and eventual decay of leadership in the empires.

India's Caste System is an example of (a)   .

• Geography
• Social Structure
• Achievements
• Economics