Semester 1 Final Review

Question 1

True or False: The Roman called res publica stands for “that which belongs to the people.”

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or False: Phillip II was the first king to unite all of Greece under one ruler.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which city won the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 3

Sparta

Question 4

Sumerians lacked many building materials so their cities were made of…

Answer 4

Clay and Stone

Question 5

True or False: Lucy the australopithecus was found in east Asia

Answer 5

False

Question 6

All of these seas surround Rome expect for?

Answer 6

Red Sea

Question 7

Which seas do surround Rome?

Answer 7

Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea

Question 8

True or False: The most important result of Alexander’s conquest was the spreading and mixing of Greek culture with the world.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or False: The Sicilians ruled central Italy until approximately 509 B.C.E

Answer 9

False

Question 10

True or False: Carthage fought to protect its homeland, Rome fought to expand its empire. In the end Rome won the Punic Wars.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or False: By 133 B.C.E the Roman empire extended from Spain to Asia Minor and Egypt.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

True or False: Ancient Rome was built between seven different hills by the tiber river.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What laws came from God to the Jewish people as instructions and Israel had to follow strictly?

Answer 13

Ten Commandments

Question 14

True or False: Early Greeks lived as one unified civilization that got along very well.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Carthage was led by general ________ in the second war and surprised the Romans causing great destruction in Italy.

Answer 15

Hannibal

Question 16

He wrote “The Republic” where he talked about his distrust of democracy and ideas for a perfect government?

Answer 16

Plato

Question 17

What was the new type of philosophy that was created to encourage people to take what life gives calmly and logically?

Answer 17

Stoics

Question 18

True or False: In Rome, in the event of war the consul could be named king and given supreme power for life.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

In Ancient Egypt, __________ went to school at 7 to learn how to write in hieroglyphics and hieratic script.

Answer 19

Scribes

Question 20

After Caesar’s death, Rome fell into civil war, and from this war Julius’ grandnephew _________came to power in Rome.

Answer 20

Octavian

Question 21

The first Greek civilization was found on which island?

Answer 21

Crete

Question 22

True or False: The mountains of Italy are more rugged than those of Greece making transportation and communication harder.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Who became dictator after killing his rival Pompey, then instituted many reforms in Rome?

Answer 23

Julius Caesar

Question 24

What event led to the beginning of the new stone age?

Answer 24

Development of Agriculture

Question 25

What was the “area between the rivers” known as?

Answer 25

Mesopotamia

Question 26

Egyptians perfected the art of _____________, to preserve bodies for the afterlife.

Answer 26

Mummification

Question 27

True or False: Julius Caesar established a new calendar called the Julian calendar that was based off of the Egyptian calendar

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Which of the following people studies the development of ancient civilizations?

Answer 28

Anthropologist

Question 29

The two Roman ____________ could only serve one term and had to agree on all decisions made with each other.

Answer 29

Consuls

Question 30

___________ were the commoners in Roman society.

Answer 30

Plebeians

Question 31

The Romans wrote down their laws on the____________, which were placed in the Roman marketplace for all to see.

Answer 31

12 tables

Question 32

Which of the following was NOT a reason that early civilizations developed near rivers?

Answer 32

Protection from invasion

Question 33

The Republic started out with 300 members who made the laws and controlled the government called?

Answer 33

The Senate

Question 34

During the ________________ people started to farm and domesticate animals.

Answer 34

Neolithic Revolution

Question 35

Who was the Father of Israel, farmer from Ur who lived approximately 2000 B.C.E?

Answer 35

Abraham

Question 36

True or False: Sumerians believed that their gods were above the people and did not behave like them.

Answer 36

False

Question 37

True or False: Epic of Gilgamesh is a well known epic that gives insight on Sumerian culture, religion, government, and daily life.

Answer 37

True

Question 38

All of these were periods of Ancient Egypt except?

Answer 38

Beginning Kingdom

Question 39

What is the main peninsula of Greece called?

Answer 39

Peloponnesus

Question 40

True or False: Hammurabi is most well known for codifying a set of laws for the Babylonian Empire.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

Egypt relied on the ___________ River to provide water and help with farming

Answer 41

Nile

Question 42

True or False: Civilizations made artwork of whatever they felt like and it really had no significance to them.

Answer 42

False

Question 43

True or False: Hammurabi is most well known for codifying a set of laws for the Babylonian Empire

Answer 43

True

Question 44

True or False: The most important result of Alexander's conquest was the spreading of Greek and mixing of Greek culture with other parts of the world.

Answer 44

True

Question 45

The Romans wrote down their laws on the _______, which were placed in the Roman marketplace for all to see.

Answer 45

Twelve Tables

Question 46

True or False: In Rome, in the event of war the consul could be named king and given supreme power for life.

Answer 46

False

Question 47

True or False: Lucy the australopithecus was found in east Asia.

Answer 47

False

Question 48

This is the "area between the rivers."

Answer 48

Mesopotamia

Question 49

The Greeks called their city-states this.

Answer 49

Polis

Question 50

______ were the commoners in Roman society.

Answer 50

Plebeians

Question 51

_______ has influenced many of the other major monotheistic religions of the modern world such as Christianity and Islam.

Answer 51

Judaism

Question 52

This event led to the beginning of the new stone age.

Answer 52

Development of agriculture

Question 53

Egyptians perfected the art of ______, to preserve bodies for the afterlife.

Answer 53

Mummification

Question 54

The Greek city-state won the Peloponnesian War

Answer 54

Sparta

Question 55

The Republic started out with 300 members who made the laws and controlled the government.

Answer 55

The Senate

Question 56

He became dictator after killing his rival Pompey, then instituted many reforms in Rome.

Answer 56

Julius Caesar

Question 57

These people study the development of ancient civilizations

Answer 57

Anthropologists

Question 58

These laws came from God to the Jewish people as instructions and Israel had to follow strictly.

Answer 58

Ten Commandments

Question 59

This was a new type of philosophy that was created to encourage people to take what life gives them calmly and logically.

Answer 59

Stoics/Stoicism

Question 60

Legend has it that Ancient Rome was actually founded by these two brothers.

Answer 60

Romulus and Remus

Question 61

What is the main peninsula of Greece called?

Answer 61

Peloponnesus

Question 62

During the _________ people started to farm and domesticate animals.

Answer 62

Neolithic Revolution

Question 63

In Ancient Egypt, ______ went to school at 7 to learn how to write in hieroglyphics and hieratic script.

Answer 63

Scribes

Question 64

These two poems told the story of the Trojan war and Mycenaean civilization.

Answer 64

Iliad and Odyssey

Question 65

The Romans conquered the _______, the civilization that was on the Italian peninsula before them.

Answer 65

Etruscans

Question 66

_______ is a well known epic that gives insight on Sumerian culture, religion, government, and daily life.

Answer 66

Epic of Gilgamesh