Global History Final (Working Copy/Unfinished))

Purposes and Kinds of Roman Roads

Roman women could own property.

Historians follow rules to help them analyze primary sources. Some of the rules they use are:

In which region would an archaeologist be most likely to find evidence of Roman Roads?

• South Asia

• Western Europe

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Mongolia

Which condition characterized Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?

• Weak centralized authority and interference from outsiders

• Renewed interest in artistic pursuits such as painting and sculpture

• Democratic rule and a coordinated economic policy

• Increased construction of roads, bridges, and other public works

The historical development depicted in this map is an effect of

• The use of primary sources

• Judaism

• The Neolithic Revolution

• The Golden Age of Greece

Which innovation most contributed to the development of the civilizations depicted in the map?

• Paper

• Irrigation

• The compass

• Gunpowder

Which geographic feature served as a barrier to political unity and encouraged the rise of independent city-states in ancient Greece?

• broad plains

• navigable rivers

• mountain ranges

• numerous ports

Olympic games, the poems of Homer, and Hellenistic culture are associated with which ancient civilization?

• Egyptian

• Greek

• Roman

• Phoenician

Which generalization about the Roman Empire can be made based on the information shown in this chart?

• Rome traded only within the empire

• Expansion of the empire provided access to varied trade goods

• Olive oil was the most important of the Roman trade goods

• Conquered areas were required to build structures with marble from Greece