Ancient Rome and China

Question 1

All non-patrician citizens of Rome are called

Answer 1

Plebians

Question 2

A system of government in which the head of the state is not a monarch is called…

Answer 2

A Republic

Question 3

A monarch is

Answer 3

A ruler who is from a royal family

Question 4

The myth by which ancient Romans explained their origins is…

Answer 4

Romulus and Remus who were brought up by a wolf

Question 5

Explain the myth of Romulos and Remus

Answer 5

Two twin boys were brought up by a wolf after their parents abondoned in the site of Rome. Romulus killed Remus and became the founder of Rome

Question 6

Name the Roman king of the gods. (whose symbol was a thunderbolt)

Answer 6

Jupiter

Question 7

A powerful North African naval and trading city from the third centure

Answer 7

Carthage. Romes number 1 threat

Question 8

The name of the plain in Italy where the Romans originated.

Answer 8

Latium

Question 9

The name of the people that lived to the North of Latium, who controlled Rome before the Romans rebelled

Answer 9

Etruscans

Question 10

the name of the Carthiginian general who rode an elephant into battle agaisnt the Romans in the 2nd Punic War

Answer 10

Hannibal

Question 11

True or False - The Romans conquered Britain but not Scotalnd

Answer 11

True because the British warned the Scottish

Question 12

Goods or property taken from a defeated enemy after a battle

Answer 12

Loot

Question 13

The Etruscan land is above Latium. T or F

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Members of aristocratic families from the Republic of Rome

Answer 14

Petricians

Question 15

Why did Romans see Christianity as a threat

Answer 15

Because Christiansnrefused to worshipthe emperor, only their own God.

Question 16

What is a philosopher?

Answer 16

Someone who studies the fundamental principles and causes of things that happen

Question 17

What is a bureaucrat?

Answer 17

A government official

Question 18

What is a philosopher?

Answer 18

Someone who atudies the fundamental principles and causes of things

Question 19

Why was China isolated for so long?

Answer 19

Becuase they had everything they needed to supply their population. This meant that they didnt need to seek trade. They had pintails and flat land to build structures

Question 20

What are some Daoist ideas?

Answer 20

Laozi, possibility to become immortal and seeing humans as part of nature.

Question 21

What was Qin Shihuang’s biggest achievement?

Answer 21

He turned a group of rival states into an empire and created a central system of government

Question 22

What were the four great inventions of china? TEST

Answer 22

Compass, paper, printing, gunpowder

Question 23

Acupuncture

Answer 23

A medical procedure in which lomg, sharp needlesare inserted under the skin as a means of diagnosis, relieving or curing illness.

Question 24

What was the social structure of China

Answer 24

Rulers and emperors.
Lords
Land owning Gentries
Peasant Farmers
Merchants and Traders
Slaves and Artisans

Question 25

What is an aqueduct?

Answer 25

A waterway to direct water to towns

Question 26

Modern Countries that used to be part of the Roman empire

Answer 26

England, Egypt, France, Half of Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Israel, Syria, Morroco, Belgium, Turkey.

Question 27

Why did the Roman Empire fall?

Answer 27

1

Question 28

What is the mandate of Heaven?

Answer 28

The belief that a rler had been chosen by the Gods

Question 29

What is the Silk Road?

Answer 29

The name of a great trading route, strecthing from China to Turkey