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World History II Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was a military division of the Roman army called?

a)

Legion

b)

Republic

c)

Dictator

d)

Phalanx

2.

What were a people who emphasized duty, strength, and discipline called?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Peloponnesian

c)

Spartans

d)

Patricians

3.

What was the war fought between Athens and Sparta called?

a)

Ionian Revolt

b)

Persian War

c)

Punic Wars

d)

Peloponnesian War

4.

A chief magistrate with absolute power, appointed in an emergency was called a...

a)

Senator

b)

Consul

c)

Dictator

d)

Tribune

5.

Aristotle taught who?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Hannibal

d)

Pericles

6.

Who led a force of more than 50,000 soldiers and 60 elephants across the Alps to invade Italy?

a)

Leonidus

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Hannibal

7.

Who were the wealthy, aristocratic landowners who held most of the power in the early republic?

a)

Spartans

b)

Patricians

c)

Peloponnesians

d)

Plebeians

8.

What is a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch called?

a)

Republic

b)

Monarchy

c)

Aristocracy

d)

Oligarchy

9.

The ancient Romans borrowed their mythology from ancient Egypt.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Patricians were wealthy and well born and the Plebeians were the poorer members of society.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The Roman Civil War gave Rome control over the Mediterranean.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Julius Caesar was the first emperor of Rome.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Slaves were not considered citizens of the Roman Republic.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The Romans, in their early history, had an elected Senate. What form of government is this?

a)

Direct democracy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Republic

d)

Patriarchy

15.

Rome is at the center of the Apennine Peninsula in the center of this geographic feature important for trade. What is the name of the body of water that Italy is centrally located on?

a)

The Atlantic Ocean

b)

The Mediterranean Sea

c)

The Ionian Sea

d)

The Sahara Desert

16.

What did the Romans do to conquered peoples to make them a part of the empire?

a)

Forced slavery

b)

Provided protection

c)

Removal from lands

d)

Killed them in war

17.

What group spread Roman culture more than any other did?

a)

Roman legions

b)

Roman senate

c)

Roman explorers

d)

Roman philosophers

18.

Which philosopher was condemned to death for “corrupting the youth of Athens” and “neglecting the city’s gods”?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Mr. Randy

19.

Who wrote The Republic, a book that set forth his vision of a perfectly governed society?

a)

Plato

b)

Pericles

c)

Socrates

d)

Ms. Fisher

20.

What was Greece’s largest island?

a)

Rhodes

b)

Marathon

c)

Crete

d)

Knossos

21.

What sea separates Greece from Asia Minor?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Ionian

c)

Aegean

d)

all of the above

22.

Which is Greece’s easternmost city?

a)

Byzantium

b)

Pella

c)

Troy

d)

Athens

23.

Troy lay near what narrow waterway that separates Europe from Asia Minor?

a)

Sea of Marmara

b)

Aegean Sea

c)

Ionian Sea

d)

Dardanelles

24.

In which form of government did social status play a role?

a)

monarchy

b)

aristocracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

direct democracy

25.

What form of government was practiced in Sparta?

a)

monarchy

b)

aristocracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

direct democracy

26.

Where was monarchy the form of government by 2000 B.C.?

a)

Athens

b)

Mycenae

c)

Sparta

d)

all of the above

27.

Which form of government sometimes had a ruler who claimed divine right?

a)

monarchy

b)

aristocracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

direct democracy