WH Final Review (sem. 2)

History is the study of human events since the invention of what?

• Writing

• Agriculture

• Language

• Cities

A civilization is a group of humans who have writing, agriculture, cities, and what?

• Government

• Electricity

• Military

• Aviation

The first civilizations were located in the Fertile Crescent area of what?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• India

• China

Athens developed a form of government known as what, where all free males could vote on issues?

• Democracy

• Authoritarianism

• Monarchy

• Feudalism

Sparta was a polis that valued the military and war above all else. True or False?

• True

• False

The Greeks, including 300 Spartans, held back the Persians at the Battle of what in 480 BC?

• Thermopylae

• Marathon

• Salamis

• Plataea

Rome was founded by this wolf-raised twin after killing his twin brother.

• Romulus

• Remus

• Julius Caesar

• Jupiter

The Pax Romana lasted from 27 BC to 180 AD and was a long period of peace within the Roman Empire. True or False?

• True

• False

The Romans' language, was the basis for modern Italian, Spanish, and French.

• Latin

• German

• Egyptian

• Greek

The main political structure of the Middle Ages, which involved vassals and lords, was called what?

• Feudalism

• Monarchy

• Communism

• Democracy