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WorksheetsGreece and Rome Unit 2 test review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
600 BCE to about 300 BCE Greece was divided into several (again often warring) city-states, called....
Polis
Cities
towns
suburbs
Which of the below forms of government were not present in any of the Greek City states?
Monarchy
Oligarchy
limited Democracy
Dictatorship
Which two greek polis were the most powerful?
Athens & Sparta
Athens & Rome
Athens & Mikonos
Santorini & Sparta
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 ...
Spend most of their life in military service
Spend their life as a monk
Not marry
Spend most of their life in service to the Ephors
Which of the below is not one of the four levels of society in Greece?
Ephors
Spartiates
Perioikoi
Helots
Metics
Which group of people could not vote because they were not citizens?
Metics
Ephors
Perioikoi
Helots
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....
Hellenistic Age
Golden Age
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
The Roman Republic was made up of two basic social classes...
The wealthy patricians and plebeians
Ephors and the Spartiates
Helots & Metics
Monarchy & Oligarchy
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
Chandragupta of India converted the Greeks to Hinduism
The Greeks were defeated by the Persians
The Greeks conquered Egypt and Mesopotamia
King Phillip of Macedonia conquered the Greeks
Why is ancient Greece considered a "classical civilization"? SSWH.C.31 DOK 1
Greek culture influenced modern democracy, architecture, and theater.
The Greeks developed the world's first writing system and monotheistic religion.
Sparta defeated Athens during the Peloponnesian Wars and won control of Greece.
The Greeks borrowed and improved upon many of the ideas of the ancient Romans
Despite their differences, what did all the Greek city-states have in common? SSWH.C.31.a DOK 2
The Greeks favored rule through an oligarchy
The Greeks shared the same polytheistic beliefs and mythology about the gods
The Greeks used the agora in their cities to worship a dedicated, sacred god
The Greeks all used a government based on democracy
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 weak military
High taxation used to support the government.
The barbarian invasions from Northern Africa and South America
The chaos used by the Black Plague.
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 weak military
High taxation to support the government
The barbarian invasions from Northern Africa and South America
The chaos caused by the black plague
“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
The government had to pay for the numerous wars of conquest
The government bought so much gold that their currency lost value
Businesses failed and the government took them over to keep them running, and people “learned to expect something for nothing”
The government had to pay the Visigoths and Vandals so much money to stop invading them.
Which statement represents a characteristic of democracy?
SSWH.C.31.c DOK 1
Citizens are the source of power in government.
Religious leaders control government policy
The government controls the thoughts and actions of people.
The laws of the government are made by influential military
officers
Which description accurately identifies Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle? SSWH.C.31.b DOK 1
Rulers during the Roman Republic
Philosophers of ancient Greece
Military generals who protected Greece from the Persian Empire
Doctors who developed medical improvements in ancient
Greece
One contribution of ancient Roman culture was the development of what? SSWH.C.31.c DOK 1
The printing press
a republican form of government
the process of making silk
the concept of zero
Which group on the map was most responsible for the fall
of the Roman Empire? SSWH.A.8, SSWH.C.31 DOK 1
Germanic Tribes
Mesopotamians
Carpathians and Caucasians
Arabians
Why is ancient Rome considered a
"classical civilization"? SSWH.C.31 DOK 2
Roman culture influenced modern government, legal procedures, and engineering.
Rome took control of the Mediterranean world after winning the Punic Wars.
The Romans invented new ideas, such as the first writing system and written law code.
The Romans developed the world's first polytheistic religion.
Read the following and answer the questions below:
I. _________?__________
the exchange of ideas
* Rome's excellent roads encouraged
* Christianity embraced all people: men and women, rich and poor
* Martyrs were willing to die for their belief in God
none of the above
Which title BEST completes the outline? SSWH.C.31.e, SSWH.B.17.d DOK 3
none of the below
The Beginnings of Judaism and Christianity
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Spread of Polytheism during the Roman Empire
Similarities between Christianity and Buddhism
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
had the right to vote
could hold political offices
could be elected to the Senate
enjoyed some legal rights
