Semester 1 Final Review Flashcards
True or False: The Roman called res publica stands for “that which belongs to the people.”
True
True or False: Phillip II was the first king to unite all of Greece under one ruler.
True
Which city won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Sumerians lacked many building materials so their cities were made of…
Clay and Stone
True or False: Lucy the australopithecus was found in east Asia
False
All of these seas surround Rome expect for?
Red Sea
Which seas do surround Rome?
Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea
True or False: The most important result of Alexander’s conquest was the spreading and mixing of Greek culture with the world.
True
True or False: The Sicilians ruled central Italy until approximately 509 B.C.E
False
True or False: Carthage fought to protect its homeland, Rome fought to expand its empire. In the end Rome won the Punic Wars.
True
True or False: By 133 B.C.E the Roman empire extended from Spain to Asia Minor and Egypt.
True
True or False: Ancient Rome was built between seven different hills by the tiber river.
True
What laws came from God to the Jewish people as instructions and Israel had to follow strictly?
Ten Commandments
True or False: Early Greeks lived as one unified civilization that got along very well.
False
Carthage was led by general ________ in the second war and surprised the Romans causing great destruction in Italy.
Hannibal
He wrote “The Republic” where he talked about his distrust of democracy and ideas for a perfect government?
Plato
What was the new type of philosophy that was created to encourage people to take what life gives calmly and logically?
Stoics
True or False: In Rome, in the event of war the consul could be named king and given supreme power for life.
False
In Ancient Egypt, __________ went to school at 7 to learn how to write in hieroglyphics and hieratic script.
Scribes
After Caesar’s death, Rome fell into civil war, and from this war Julius’ grandnephew _________came to power in Rome.
Octavian
The first Greek civilization was found on which island?
Crete
True or False: The mountains of Italy are more rugged than those of Greece making transportation and communication harder.
False
Who became dictator after killing his rival Pompey, then instituted many reforms in Rome?
Julius Caesar
What event led to the beginning of the new stone age?
Development of Agriculture
What was the “area between the rivers” known as?
Mesopotamia
Egyptians perfected the art of _____________, to preserve bodies for the afterlife.
Mummification
True or False: Julius Caesar established a new calendar called the Julian calendar that was based off of the Egyptian calendar
True
Which of the following people studies the development of ancient civilizations?
Anthropologist
The two Roman ____________ could only serve one term and had to agree on all decisions made with each other.
Consuls
___________ were the commoners in Roman society.
Plebeians
The Romans wrote down their laws on the____________, which were placed in the Roman marketplace for all to see.
12 tables
Which of the following was NOT a reason that early civilizations developed near rivers?
Protection from invasion
The Republic started out with 300 members who made the laws and controlled the government called?
The Senate
During the ________________ people started to farm and domesticate animals.
Neolithic Revolution
Who was the Father of Israel, farmer from Ur who lived approximately 2000 B.C.E?
Abraham
True or False: Sumerians believed that their gods were above the people and did not behave like them.
False
True or False: Epic of Gilgamesh is a well known epic that gives insight on Sumerian culture, religion, government, and daily life.
True
All of these were periods of Ancient Egypt except?
Beginning Kingdom
What is the main peninsula of Greece called?
Peloponnesus
True or False: Hammurabi is most well known for codifying a set of laws for the Babylonian Empire.
True
Egypt relied on the ___________ River to provide water and help with farming
Nile
True or False: Civilizations made artwork of whatever they felt like and it really had no significance to them.
False
True or False: Hammurabi is most well known for codifying a set of laws for the Babylonian Empire
True
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.
True
The Romans wrote down their laws on the _______, which were placed in the Roman marketplace for all to see.
Twelve Tables
True or False: In Rome, in the event of war the consul could be named king and given supreme power for life.
False
True or False: Lucy the australopithecus was found in east Asia.
False
This is the “area between the rivers.”
Mesopotamia
The Greeks called their city-states this.
Polis
______ were the commoners in Roman society.
Plebeians
_______ has influenced many of the other major monotheistic religions of the modern world such as Christianity and Islam.
Judaism
This event led to the beginning of the new stone age.
Development of agriculture
Egyptians perfected the art of ______, to preserve bodies for the afterlife.
Mummification
The Greek city-state won the Peloponnesian War
Sparta
The Republic started out with 300 members who made the laws and controlled the government.
The Senate
He became dictator after killing his rival Pompey, then instituted many reforms in Rome.
Julius Caesar
These people study the development of ancient civilizations
Anthropologists
These laws came from God to the Jewish people as instructions and Israel had to follow strictly.
Ten Commandments
This was a new type of philosophy that was created to encourage people to take what life gives them calmly and logically.
Stoics/Stoicism
Legend has it that Ancient Rome was actually founded by these two brothers.
Romulus and Remus
What is the main peninsula of Greece called?
Peloponnesus
During the _________ people started to farm and domesticate animals.
Neolithic Revolution
In Ancient Egypt, ______ went to school at 7 to learn how to write in hieroglyphics and hieratic script.
Scribes
These two poems told the story of the Trojan war and Mycenaean civilization.
Iliad and Odyssey
The Romans conquered the _______, the civilization that was on the Italian peninsula before them.
Etruscans
_______ is a well known epic that gives insight on Sumerian culture, religion, government, and daily life.
Epic of Gilgamesh
