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Europe and Rome Facts

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What ended Greece's golden age, making it vulnerable to invaders?

a)

war between Greece and Rome

b)

war between Athens and Greece

c)

war between Athens and Sparta

d)

war between me and my teacher

2.

During the Middle Ages, the manor system was a relationship between

a)

kings and nobles

b)

nobles and knights

c)

estate owners and nobles

d)

workers and estate owners

3.

Pericles was an Athenian...

a)

king

b)

leader

c)

noble

d)

knight

4.

What is one characteristic of many examples of Greek statues?

a)

lifelike

b)

cartoon like

c)

loony

d)

none of the above

5.

Crusaders were sent by the pope to take over (hint: 2 answers)

a)

Quebec

b)

the Holy Land.

c)

Indiana

d)

Jerusalem

6.

Who conquered Greece in the 330s BC?

a)

Me

b)

My teacher

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Pericles

7.

Whose actions led to the acceptance of Christianity all over the Roman Empire?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Pericles

c)

Octavian

d)

Constantine

8.

Under Octavian, Rome changed from a republic to

a)

free men

b)

democratic

c)

an empire

d)

none of the above

9.

Who held most power in the Athenian democracy?

a)

Octavian

b)

Free men

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Pericles

10.

How were serfs different from free peasants on a medieval manor?

a)

There were not serfs.

b)

Serfs were not allowed to leave the land they worked.

c)

The serfs were not different.

d)

I don't care.

11.

The Magna Carta stated that

a)

free men were rulers.

b)

the law, not the king, was the supreme power in England.

c)

the leader is dead.

d)

Trick question, there was not a Magna Carta.

12.

True or False. The Pax Romana was a time of stability.

a)

False

b)

True

13.

The colonies established by the Greek city-states were

a)

an empire

b)

the Holy Land.

c)

independent of the city-states.

d)

I don't care.

14.

One cause of Rome's decline was

a)

Alexander the Great died.

b)

the invasion of barbarians.

c)

my teacher showed up.

d)

I don't know!

15.

Greece's _______________________ included achievements in politics, architecture, art, science, philosophy, and literature.

a)

king

b)

government

c)

golden age

d)

I don't care

16.

A (an) _______________________ is something designed by Roman engineers to carry water in channels over long distances.

a)

aqueduct

b)

lifelike

c)

teacher

d)

person

17.

The people of Rome created a new type of government called a...

a)

democracy

b)

Burton

c)

republic

d)

city-state

18.

It was a pope who decided to have a _______________________ against the church's enemies in Southwest Asia.

a)

crusade

b)

war

c)

lifelike

d)

leader

19.

The duties of a knight in the _______________________ included providing military service.

a)

crusade

b)

aqueduct

c)

feudal system

d)

an empire