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World History Semester 1 Review Day 2 Greece & Rome 1. Who was the Greek philosopher that was accused of “corrupting the youth of Athens and made people question themselves?” Socrates 2. Which Greek philosopher wrote the book, The Republic that explained the philosopher’s ideal society? Plato 3. What geographical feature made it difficult for the people of ancient Greece to be united under a single government? mountains 4. Were the ancient Greeks polytheistic or monotheistic? polytheistic 5. What is the term that means Greek polis? City-state 6. Who was the Macedonian leader that conquered a huge empire from Greece to India and spread Greek culture? Alexander the Great 7. What type of government did the ancient Romans have with a representative democracy? republic 8. What is a type of government that is ruled by one person (king or queen)? monarchy 9. Which Roman leader moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium and also ended the persecution of Christians? Constantine 10. What Roman leader was assassinated because of the Senate’s belief that he was becoming too powerful? Julius Caesar 11. Which ancient Greek city-state was known as being a powerful military state? Sparta 12. After the fall of Rome the Eastern half of the empire became known as the Byzantine Empire. 13. Who was the Greek philosopher that came up with the basis for the scientific method? Aristotle 14. Ancient Athenians are credited with inventing what type of government? Democracy 15. What was the name for the culture that was created by the mixing of Greek, Indian, Persian, and Egyptian cultures due to the conquest of Alexander? Hellenistic 16. How was the structure of the Roman government similar to the structure of the United States government? Senate & 3 branches of government 17. List and explain four reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire: inflation, invasion, unemployment, disease 18. What was the name of the legal code for Rome? 12 Tables 19. What was the name for the two hundred year period of peace in Rome that allowed Christianity to spread throughout the Mediterranean region? Pax Ramona 20. Who was the Roman leader that originally was an enemy to Christianity but then spread the ideas of Christianity after having a vision of the cross before an important battle? Constantine 21. What were some things that were invented or improved upon by the Romans? Roads, architecture, aqueducts 22. Put the following in chronological order: 2-Roman Republic / 1-Classical Greece /3- Roman Empire. 23. What Greek wrote the famous epics the Iliad and the Odyssey, detailing Greek history? Homer 24. Who were the rich, land-owning part of the Roman social class that held most of the power? Patricians 25. Who was at the highest governmental level of the Roman Republic? Consuls 26. What group assassinated Julius Caesar? The Senate 27. What Roman leader adopted Christianity for himself and for the Roman state? Constantine 28. What individual, originally a hater of the first Christians, became one of Jesus’ greatest disciples after being blinded and then healed after seeing a vision of Jesus on the road to Damascus? Peter