Test 2 Romans And Chinese

Question 1

All non patricians of Rome

Answer 1

Plebians

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Republic

Question 3

A family of rulers

Answer 3

Monarchy

Question 4

The myth by which ancient Romans explained their origins

Answer 4

Romulus & Remus

Question 5

Explain the myth of Romulus and Remus

Answer 5

Twins who were abandoned by their family and were raised by a wolf. Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome

Question 6

Name the Roman king of the Gods

Answer 6

Jupiter

Question 7

A powerful North African naval trading city

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 second 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 enemy after battle

Answer 12

Loot

Question 13

Members of the aristocrat family that were rich

Answer 13

Patricians

Question 14

Why did Romans see christians as a threat?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Philosophers

Answer 15

one who studies the fundamental principles and causes of things

Question 16

What were the 4 great inventions of China

Answer 16

Compass, paper, printing and gunpowder

Question 17

Acupunture

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Seismograph

Answer 18

An instrument for detecting earthquakes

Question 19

Aqueduct

Answer 19

A structure built to carry water

Question 20

Countries that were apart of the roman empire

Answer 20

Egypt, England, France, hans, Spain, Switzerland, Morocco, Italy, Turkey, Belgium.

Question 21

Reasons for the decline of Rome

Answer 21

I believe that the civil wars in Rome led to its decline, because it meant that people weren’t fighting invaders and other threats, and instead were fighting each other

Question 22

Daoism

Answer 22

The main teaching in ancient Daoist texts is the need to retire from worldly concerns and follow the Dao (‘the way’)

Question 23

Mandate of heaven

Answer 23

The Chinese expression that a ruler had been chosen by the Gods

Question 24

Silk road

Answer 24

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