SOL Review Greece & Rome

One characteristic of the Pax Romana was widespread --

• cultural decline
• economic prosperity
• political conflict
• social equality

Ancient Athens was responsible for developing which concept in government?

• Civil service
• Elected legislatures
• Direct democracy
• Written laws

What were the two most important city-states of Greece?

• Athens / Sparta
• Athens / Rome
• Sparta / Persia
• Persia / Greece

What culture is a blend of Greek, Persian, and Egyptian (Middle-Eastern) cultures?

• Greek
• Roman
• Hellenistic
• Ancient

Rome became the dominant force in the

Mediterranean after its victory in the Punic Wars

over

• Spain.

• Great Britain.

• Gaul.

• Carthage.

Pythagoras and Euclid were Greek

• Historians

• Playwrights

• Mathematicians

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were all

• Greek Historians

• Greek Philosophers

• Greek Playwrights

Greece's geography contributed most directly to

• the development of polytheistic religion

• the development of independent city-states instead of a unified state

• the Peloponnesian War

• the Persian Wars

Which is the correct order of the stages of governement in ancient Athens?

• Monarchy, Aristocracy, Tyranny, Democracy

• Monarchy, Tyranny, Democracy, Aristocracy

• Tyranny, Democracy, Aristocracy, Monarchy

• Myceanaeans, Draco, Solon, Pericles

What is this?

• Aqueduct

• Colosseum

• Parthenon

• Columns