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World History Chapters 4&5 Test Review Ancient Greece and Rome Mrs. Patton Identify: Polis: Greek word for city-state Democracy: government in which all citizens participate Homer: Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey Patricians: aristocracy or wealthy people in Rome; they were the ruling class. Plebeians: middle class or poor people in Rome; they could vote but not run for office. Republic: form of democracy where citizens elect people to represent them. Senate: most powerful governing body in Ancient Rome Twelve Tables: Roman law code; applied to everyone in Rome; ours laws are based on it. Pax Romana: Augustus Caesar’s time, when Rome experienced peace, unity, and stability Julius Caesar: led a civil war in Rome, ended the democratic Roman republic, was assassinated by senators. Augustus Caesar: first Roman emperor Christianity: religion that formed in Judea (controlled by Rome) after Christ’s death. Questions: 1. Why did the Greek polis form? Geography (islands, mountains) forced the city-states to develop separately. They were built around a fort to protect the farmers because good farmland was so scarce. 2. What Greek city-state was the most militaristic society ever known? Sparta What Greek city-state was the birthplace of democracy? Athens 3. How could Athens have had a more complete democracy? Only men participated. If women voted and if slavery wouldn’t have been allowed, it would’ve been better. 4. List some of the major accomplishments of Ancient Greece? democracy, architecture, sculpture, Olympics, philosophy, history, math, drama 5. List the 3 major Greek philosophers and what their basic beliefs were. Socrates: smart people should rule and make decisions for everybody Plato: 3 classes of people, smartest rule and make decisions for everybody Aristotle: more democracy, middle class can make decisions 6. What type of religion was present in Ancient Greece? polytheism How do you know? Myths about gods 7. Alexander the Great: Ruler of Greece a. who were his teachers? His father, Phillip II and Aristotle b. what did he conquer? Most of the known world c. what did he do after he conquered? Spread Greek or Hellenistic culture everywhere he conquered 8. How did Hellenistic culture spread? Alexander the Great conquered many places and introduced Greek culture 9. What were the major contributions of Hellenistic culture? Calculation of pi, geometry, brain surgery 10. Explain how the Roman Republic was formed? The aristocracy (rich people) had a revolution, overthrew the Etruscan king, and formed a democracy. How did it work? Representative democracy – people chose people to represent them. 11. What type of religion was Rome originally? polytheistic What new religion took its place? Christianity 12. How did Christianity become the official religion of Rome? 1. Emperor Constantine made it official because Christians outnumbered pagans (polytheistic people) and he didn’t want them to fight 2. He became Christian himself. 3. the Council of Nicaea organized Christian beliefs How did it spread throughout the world? Once it became official, everyone in the Roman Empire had to accept it (that was a lot of people). 13. List some of the major accomplishments of Rome? Representative democracy, law (12 Tables), religion (Christianity), language (Latin) 14. List the major reasons for the decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire. Poor leaders, bad economy, disease, natural disasters, invasions