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Greece and Rome Unit 2 test review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

600 BCE to about 300 BCE Greece was divided into several (again often warring) city-states, called....

a)

Polis

b)

Cities

c)

towns

d)

suburbs

2.

Which of the below forms of government were not present in any of the Greek City states?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

limited Democracy

d)

Dictatorship

3.

Which two greek polis were the most powerful?

a)

Athens & Sparta

b)

Athens & Rome

c)

Athens & Mikonos

d)

Santorini & Sparta

4.

In c. 725 BCE Sparta conquered the neighboring region of Messenia and forced the population into slavery. This population, called Helots revolted in about 650 BCE. This revolt led to a series of reforms that basically turned Sparta into a military state in which all males were expected to ...

a)

Spend most of their life in military service

b)

Spend their life as a monk

c)

Not marry

d)

Spend most of their life in service to the Ephors

5.

Which of the below is not one of the four levels of society in Greece?

a)

Ephors

b)

Spartiates

c)

Perioikoi

d)

Helots

e)

Metics

6.

Which group of people could not vote because they were not citizens?

a)

Metics

b)

Ephors

c)

Perioikoi

d)

Helots

7.

In 334 BCE Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king, led a combined Greek and Macedonian army to conquer the Persians ushering a brief period empire heavily influenced by Greek culture known as....

a)

Hellenistic Age

b)

Golden Age

c)

Neolithic Age

d)

Paleolithic Age

8.

The Roman Republic was made up of two basic social classes...

a)

The wealthy patricians and plebeians

b)

Ephors and the Spartiates

c)

Helots & Metics

d)

Monarchy & Oligarchy

9.

Athens and Sparta became rivals -->Greeks fought the Peloponnesian Wars for 30 years -->


Which of the following best completes this Greek timeline? SSWH.C.31.c, SSWH.B.14 DOK2

a)

Chandragupta of India converted the Greeks to Hinduism

b)

The Greeks were defeated by the Persians

c)

The Greeks conquered Egypt and Mesopotamia

d)

King Phillip of Macedonia conquered the Greeks

10.

Why is ancient Greece considered a "classical civilization"? SSWH.C.31 DOK 1

a)

Greek culture influenced modern democracy, architecture, and theater.

b)

The Greeks developed the world's first writing system and monotheistic religion.

c)

Sparta defeated Athens during the Peloponnesian Wars and won control of Greece.

d)

The Greeks borrowed and improved upon many of the ideas of the ancient Romans

11.

Despite their differences, what did all the Greek city-states have in common? SSWH.C.31.a DOK 2

a)

The Greeks favored rule through an oligarchy

b)

The Greeks shared the same polytheistic beliefs and mythology about the gods

c)

The Greeks used the agora in their cities to worship a dedicated, sacred god

d)

The Greeks all used a government based on democracy

12.

Read the following and answer the questions below:

Use the passage below to answer the question.

… “Part of the money went into…the maintenance of the army and of the vast bureaucracy required by a centralized government…the expense led to strangling taxation…The heart was taken out of enterprising men...tenants fled from their farms and businessmen and workmen from their occupations…Private enterprise was crushed & the state was forced to take over many kinds of businesses to keep the machine running. People learned to expect

something for nothing. The old Roman virtues of self-reliance & initiative were lost in that part of the population on relief (welfare)” (The New Deal in Old Rome by Henry Haskell)


4. Based on the excerpt above, what was to blame for causing the Fall of Rome? SSWH.C.31.f, SSWH.B.17.a DOK 2

a)

A weak military

b)

High taxation used to support the government.

c)

The barbarian invasions from Northern Africa and South America

d)

The chaos used by the Black Plague.

13.

Read the following and answer the questions below:


workmen from their occupations…Private enterprise was crushed & the state was forced to take over many kinds of businesses to keep the machine running. People learned to expect something for nothing. The old Roman virtues of self-reliance & initiative were lost in that part of the population on relief (welfare)” (The New Deal in Old Rome by Henry Haskell)


Based on the excerpt above, what was to blame for causing the Fall of Rome? SSWH.C.31.f, SSWH.B.17.a DOK 2

a)

A weak military

b)

High taxation to support the government

c)

The barbarian invasions from Northern Africa and South America

d)

The chaos caused by the black plague

14.

“Part of the money went into…the maintenance of the army and of the vast bureaucracy required by a centralized government…the expense led to strangling taxation…The heart was taken out of enterprising men...tenants fled from their farms and businessmen and workmen from their occupations…Private enterprise was crushed & the state was forced to take over many kinds of businesses to keep the machine running. People learned to expect

something for nothing. The old Roman virtues of self-reliance & initiative were lost in that part of the population on relief (welfare)” (The New Deal in Old Rome by Henry Haskell)


According to the passage above, why did the Roman government have such large expenses? SSWH.C.31.f, SSWH.B.17a DOK 2

a)

The government had to pay for the numerous wars of conquest

b)

The government bought so much gold that their currency lost value

c)

Businesses failed and the government took them over to keep them running, and people “learned to expect something for nothing”

d)

The government had to pay the Visigoths and Vandals so much money to stop invading them.

15.

Which statement represents a characteristic of democracy?

SSWH.C.31.c DOK 1

a)

Citizens are the source of power in government.

b)

Religious leaders control government policy

c)

The government controls the thoughts and actions of people.

d)

The laws of the government are made by influential military

officers

16.

Which description accurately identifies Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle? SSWH.C.31.b DOK 1

a)

Rulers during the Roman Republic

b)

Philosophers of ancient Greece

c)

Military generals who protected Greece from the Persian Empire

d)

Doctors who developed medical improvements in ancient

Greece

17.

One contribution of ancient Roman culture was the development of what? SSWH.C.31.c DOK 1

a)

The printing press

b)

a republican form of government

c)

the process of making silk

d)

the concept of zero

18.

Which group on the map was most responsible for the fall

of the Roman Empire? SSWH.A.8, SSWH.C.31 DOK 1

a)

Germanic Tribes

b)

Mesopotamians

c)

Carpathians and Caucasians

d)

Arabians

19.

Why is ancient Rome considered a

"classical civilization"? SSWH.C.31 DOK 2

a)

Roman culture influenced modern government, legal procedures, and engineering.

b)

Rome took control of the Mediterranean world after winning the Punic Wars.

c)

The Romans invented new ideas, such as the first writing system and written law code.

d)

The Romans developed the world's first polytheistic religion.

20.

Read the following and answer the questions below:


I. _________?__________


the exchange of ideas

a)

* Rome's excellent roads encouraged

b)

* Christianity embraced all people: men and women, rich and poor

c)

* Martyrs were willing to die for their belief in God

d)

none of the above

21.

Which title BEST completes the outline? SSWH.C.31.e, SSWH.B.17.d DOK 3

a)

none of the below

b)

The Beginnings of Judaism and Christianity

c)

Reasons for the Spread of Christianity

d)

The Spread of Polytheism during the Roman Empire

e)

Similarities between Christianity and Buddhism

22.

Read the following and answer the questions below:

Roman Women

· Roman women could own property

· Roman women could make wills leaving their property to whomever they chose.

· Roman women could divorce their husbands

a)

had the right to vote

b)

could hold political offices

c)

could be elected to the Senate

d)

enjoyed some legal rights