Revision CH: 7-8

Question 1

All non-patrician citizens of Rome

Answer 1

Plebelans

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Republic

Question 3

A ruler from a royal family

Answer 3

Monarch

Question 4

The myth by which ancient Romans explained their origins

Answer 4

Romulus and Remus

Question 5

Explain the myth of Romulus and Remis

Answer 5

When Romulus and Remus were babies they were raised by a wolf because their parents abandoned him. Romulus killed killed his brother Remus and became the founder of Rome

Question 6

Name of the Roman King of the gods (whose symbols was a thunderbolt)

Answer 6

Jupiter

Question 7

A powerful North African naval and trading city from the third century.

Answer 7

Carthage

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 Carthaginian general who rode an elephant into battle against the Romans in the 2nd Punic war

Answer 10

Hannibal

Question 11

True or False - the Romans conquered Britain but never Scotland

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Goods or property taken from a defeated emery after a battle

Answer 12

Loot

Question 13

Members of aristocratic families that founded the Republic of Rome

Answer 13

Patricians

Question 14

Why did Roman see Christianity as a threat?

Answer 14

Because Christians refused to worship the emperor, only their own God

Question 15

What are the four great inventions?

Answer 15

The four greatest invention of Ancient China were the compass, paper, printing and gunpowder.

Question 16

Acupuncture

Answer 16

A medical practice in which long, sharp needles are inserted under the skin as a means of diagnosing, relieving or curing illness

Question 17

What is an aqueduct?

Answer 17

Structure built to carry water long distances

Question 18

What were the modern countries that used to be part of the Roman Empire?

Answer 18

Egypt, France, London, England, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Morocco, Turkey and Belgium.

Question 19

How did the Roman Empire fall?

Answer 19

I think civil wars contributed the most because the Roman generals were more focused on fighting each other instead of their rivals.

Question 20

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

Answer 20

It was the belief that the ruler has been chosen by the gods, they must be able to protect the civilians from, floods, famine, wars or other disasters. If they failed to protect the civilians, they were considered to have lost the Mandate of Heaven.

Question 21

Bureaucrats

Answer 21

Government Officials

Question 22

What was the social structure of ancient China?

Answer 22

At the top are rulers and emperors, following them are the lords, then owning gantries then peasant farmers, followed by merchants and traders and lastly slaves and artisans.

Question 23

Why was China isolated for so long?

Answer 23

Because they had everything they needed to supply their population. This meant they didn’t need to seek trade. They had pintails and flat land to make it easier to build structures.

Question 24

What are some Daosim ideas?

Answer 24

Daosim ideas include: Laozi, the possibility to become immortal and that we should see ourself as part of nature.

Question 25

What was Qin Shihuang’s greatest achievement.

Answer 25

He turned a group of rival states into an empire and created a central system of government that lasted for many centuries.

Question 26

Philosophers

Answer 26

One who studies the fundamental principles and causes of things.

Question 27

What is the Silk Road?

Answer 27

The name of a great trading route which stretched from China to Turkey.