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Unit 2: Western Classical Civilization Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did Alexander the Great help diffuse Greek culture?

a)

conquering neighboring countries

b)

building schools everywhere

c)

Having his soldiers marry Persian women and naming cities after himself.

2.

What was a result of Greece’s geography?

a)

Foreign armies were unable to successfully invade

b)

City-states developed mostly independent of each other

c)

short coastlines

d)

Greek city-states had to import most of their food

3.

What was a required activity if you were a Spartan man?

a)

Join the military

b)

to take ballet

c)

To play sports

4.

What was a characteristic of a Greek City-State?

a)

each city state was ruled by one king

b)

each city-state had a senate

c)

each city state was control by Leanius

d)

each city-state had its own independent form of government

5.

What type of government is Democracy?

a)

A government is control by a selected few wealthy individuals

b)

A government where citizen directly control and vote on laws

c)

A government where a dictator seized control and power

6.

What type of government is a Oligarchy?

a)

A government that forces the citizens to pay taxes and obey the laws that the king made

b)

A government controlled by a select few, the wealthy

c)

A government controlled by the people

7.

What type of government is a Monarchy?

a)

A government that is controlled by the people

b)

A government that forces the citizens to pay taxes and obey the laws the king made.

c)

a government that is controlled by a select few

8.

What type of government is tyranny?

a)

A government that is controlled by the people

b)

A government that is controlled by a select few the wealthy

c)

A government where a dictator seized power illegally

9.

Why was Cyrus the Great so great?

a)

Because he had Courage

b)

Tolerance of diversity

c)

Intellectual abilities

d)

Religious beliefs

10.

What religion spread throughout the Roman Empire?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Skiskism

c)

Christianity

d)

Legalism

11.

How did Plebeians know what the law was in Rome?

a)

Code of Hammurabi

b)

The Preamble

c)

Cunieform

d)

The Twelve Tables

12.

Why did Rome split up?

a)

To decrease the authority of the Senate

b)

To protect the west from Greek influences

c)

To make control of the Empire more efficient

d)

To separate groups whose conflicts threatened unity

13.

Why was Rome able to control its empire from Italy?

a)

Strong military force

b)

They had a king for each region

c)

They were not able to

14.

Why was Christianity so appealing to the people of Rome?

a)

Christians God were better than Roman Gods

b)

Christians believe they had a savior

c)

Everyone was welcome

15.

How were women treated in Rome?

a)

They had the right to vote

b)

They could become slaves

c)

They could own their own businesses

d)

They could divorce there husbands

16.

Why did Roman authority oppose Christianity?

a)

Jesus did not like the Romans

b)

Christians wanted to be Martyr

c)

Christians refuse to worship Roman Gods

d)

Christians were high class

17.

Why was the Roman system of laws such a milestone in history?

a)

United Greco-Roman and Chinese ideas of justice

b)

Greatly limited the emperor’s powers

c)

They were the first laws to be written down

18.

What was the Pax Romana?

a)

A time of War

b)

When the Gladiators took over Romana

c)

A time of peace and prosperity in Rome

d)

When Romana turn to Pax