Unit 4 Ch.13 & 14

Christianity spread throughout the region, which emperor helped this to happen?

• Nero

• Augustus

• Julius Caesar

• Constantine

   Because 25% of the Netherlands is below sea level, __________ were built by the Dutch to hold back the water.

• dikes

• polders

• Leaves

• dams

   The waterway the English Channel is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern ________________________.

• France

• Scotland

• Germany

• Italy

 There are two countries that form most of the Iberian Peninsula. What are the two?

• Spain and Italy

• Spain and Portugal

• Norway and England

• Denmark and Finland

    The Danube River flows through at least 9 countries that are within Eastern Europe.

• True

• False

• Only 7

 Did Galileo's theory with the telescope help prove that

Copernicus's theory planets, including Earth, orbit the sun?

• True

• False

• No only orbits the sun.

The first known democracy was from ________?

• Rome

• Athens

• Cyprus

• Marconi

The ancient Greek city-states had a common enemy, the Persians.

• True

• False

   What was the reason that the capital of the Roman Empire Constantinople was moved from Rome by the Emperor Constantine?

• He preferred Constantinople's climate and food.

• He wanted to live in the city bearing his name.

• He wanted a location on a sea route to China.

• He wanted a site that would be less threatened by barbarian invaders than Rome.

   Which city was one of the earliest centers of the Renaissance?

• Athens

• Sparta

• Rome

• Florence