Greece and Roman History

Question 1

Time period that marked the high point of Greek civilization

Answer 1

400-300 BC

Question 2

2 famous city-states of ancient Greece

Answer 2

Athens and Sparta

Question 3

Great leader from Macedonia that conquered Greece in the 300’s BC and became the ruler of Europe’s first great empire

Answer 3

Alexander the Great

Question 4

Time period that marked Roman civilization

Answer 4

200 BC to 476 AD

Question 5

What is the term for the period of 200 years of peace of the early Roman civilization?

Answer 5

Pax Romana

Question 6

What great religion began during the height of Roman civilization in Palestine?

Answer 6

Christianity

Question 7

What was the main reason of the fall of the Roman Empire?

Answer 7

The invasion of several barbarian tribes from the north

Question 8

As the Roman Empire fell it split into what 2 separate sections? What was the capital city of each?

Answer 8

Western Roman-Rome

Eastern Roman-Constantinople/Byzantine

Question 9

What is the name of the time period beginning with the fall of the Roman Empire and ending with the Reformation?

Answer 9

Middle Ages

Question 10

What sickness caused death of almost a fourth of Europe’s population during the 1300’s?

Answer 10

The Bubonic Plague/ The Black Death

Question 11

How long did the period of the Renaissance last?

Answer 11

200-300 years

Question 12

Where did the Renaissance begin?

Answer 12

Italy

Question 13

What is the Renaissance?

Answer 13

A period of rebirth

Question 14

After what ancient cultures did the people of the Renaissance try to model themselves?

Answer 14

Roman and Greek cultures

Question 15

What invention of the 1440’s helped spread the ideas of the Renaissance throughout Europe? Who was the inventor?

Answer 15

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1445.

Question 16

What was the first book printed on the printing press?

Answer 16

The Bible

Question 17

What held all the power in the Medieval Ages?

Answer 17

The Church

Question 18

Why were the Medieval Ages sometimes called the Dark Ages?

Answer 18

There was not much history or books written about this time.

Question 19

Describe the art during the Medieval Ages

Answer 19

Art had a religious theme with no perspective and not much color. It taught a lesson about The Bible and pointed to holiness.

Question 20

What happened to the church in the Renaissance?

Answer 20

People questioned it’s authority and it started to weaken.

Question 21

What happened to education during the Renaissance?

Answer 21

The invention of the printing press led to more books being made and more education.

Question 22

What was the art like in the Renaissance?

Answer 22

Art was more realistic and had perspective and backgrounds. It was still religious but included more color, nature, and real people.