Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome Test Short Answers

Question 1

Who could be a citizen in Athens

Answer 1

All men over 18 who had both parents from families with citizenship

Question 2

What is the period of time called when Athenian philosophy, art, and culture flourished

Answer 2

Golden age

Question 3

How are Ancient Greece gods and goddesses and roman gods and goddesses similar, and how are they different

Answer 3

Similarities:
many roman gods had Greek counterparts

Differences:
they have different names

Question 4

What were philosophers concerned with

Answer 4

Ideas, or abstract ideas instead of concrete things

Question 5

Name three types of government that ruled Ancient Greece

Answer 5

Aristocracy, tyrant, democracy

Question 6

Put Aristotle, Socrates, and plato chronological order (earliest to latest): Aristotle, Socrates, Plato

Answer 6

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

Question 7

What was the greatest architectural achievement in Greece

Answer 7

Parthenon

Question 8

What was the religious center if Athens

Answer 8

Acropolis

Question 9

Be able to identify the three types of columns in Ancient Greece. List each name and its description

Answer 9

Doric- simplest style

Ionic- thinner with a scroll design

Corinthian- most elaborate with leaves

Question 10

What were the outdoor theaters called in Ancient Greece

Answer 10

Amphitheatres

Question 11

Who had more freedoms: women in Athens, or women in Sparta

Answer 11

Women in Sparta

Question 12

What was Athens focus on? What was Spartas focus on?

Answer 12

Athens: culture

Sparta: war

Question 13

Who fought at the battle of marathon

Answer 13

Athens and Persia

Question 14

Who fought conquered Ancient Greece

Answer 14

Macedonians

Question 15

Who was alexander the greats tutor

Answer 15

Aristotle

Question 16

What was the greatest Hellenistic city in the Persians empire

Answer 16

Alexandria

Question 17

Name some of the contributions of Ancient Greece (things like on the poster in class)

Answer 17

Amphitheaters, Greek plays, Parthenon, democracy, art, pottery, architecture, geometry, earth revolves around sun, distance around the earth

Question 18

Who were the first people to rule over Rome

Answer 18

Etruscans

Question 19

What type of government developed first in Rome and lasted 500 years

Answer 19

Republic

Question 20

Who came about as the strong leader who appointed himself dictator for life

Answer 20

Julius Caesar

Question 21

How did Caesar die

Answer 21

Killed by members of the senate

Question 22

Who was the first emperor of Rome

Answer 22

Octavian Augustus

Question 23

Where did chariot races take place

Answer 23

Circus Maximus

Question 24

How were the ruling styles of the Romans and Alexander the Great the same (think about how they treated conquered people)

Answer 24

The both allowed people to keep there own cultures and ways of life

Question 25

What did Justinian do

Answer 25

Created the code of justice

Question 26

What did Hadrian do

Answer 26

Made code of laws

Question 27

What was the greatest architectural achievement in Ancient Rome

Answer 27

Colosseum

Question 28

Explain what aqueducts are

Answer 28

Huge lines of arches that carried water from the countryside to the cities

Question 29

Who conquered the Roman Empire

Answer 29

Germanic tribes-Visigoths and vandals

Question 30

List the reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire

Answer 30

Weak rulers, empire was too big, army was mad of mercenaries, and a serious economic decline