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World History
Unit 2 Study Guide
2014-2015
In 1750BCE, we begin to see a great transition in the World. Different groups of
people create what are known as “Classical Civilizations” Think of these as
“
” and “
” civilizations. The Cities were bigger, buildings were
larger, and government power was in the hands of more people. As a result, we see a
more advanced way of life and the development of Western Civilization.
The Questions to Study for your test:
1) What is a “Classical Civilization”?
a) (Empire, Citizen, Linkages, Culture, the Pattern of
Technological Development, and Western Civilization)
2) Describe the movement of people at the end of the Bronze Age
a) (Migration, Push-Pull Factors, and Indo-European)
3) Describe the geography of Greece and explain how it influenced
the development of Classical Civilization there.
4) Describe a Greek City State.
a) (Polis, citizen, acropolis, agora, chorea, monarchy, aristocracy,
tyranny, oligarchy, and direct democracy)
5) Compare the Greek City States of Athens and Sparta.
6) Analyze the culture of Classical Greek Civilization.
a) (Mythology, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Tragedy, and
Comedy)
7) Identify Alexander the Great and analyze the culture of his
empire.
a) (Hellenistic Culture, The Policy of Fusion, Pythagoras,
Euclid, Archimedes and Hippocrates)
8) How was the Roman Republic founded?
a) (Patricians, Plebeians, Republic, and Legion)
9) Explain the organization of the Roman Republic.
a) (Tribunes, Consuls, Dictator, and the 12 Tables)
10) What factors caused Rome to change from a Republic to an
Empire? 133 BCE to 31BCE
a) (Triumvirate, Julius Caesar, The Ides of March, and Octavian)
11) What were the accomplishments of Julius Caesar as the dictator of Rome?
12) Analyze the Roman Empire during the Pax Romana
a) (Civil Service, Greco-Roman Culture, Ptolemy, and Galen)
13) Explain why Christianity developed in Rome.
a) (Diaspora, and the Edict of Milan)
14) What factors led to the fall of Rome?
World History
Unit 2 Study Guide
2014-2015
15) How did the Roman Empire Fall?
Date and topic
1/21: Defining a
classical civilization,
Greek City States
What is Due
Chapter 5, sections 2 & 3 quiz
What are my assignments?
Do Chapter 5, Section 4
guided reading
1/22: The Classical
Civilization of Greece
Chapter 5, Section 4 quiz
Do chapter 5, section 5 guided
reading
1/23: Alexander the
Great and Hellenistic
Cultures
Chapter 5, Section 5 quiz
Study
1/26: The Roman
Republic
Nothing
Do chapter 6, section 2 and 3
guided reading
1/27: The Roman
Empire
Chapter 6, section 2 and 3 quiz Study
1/28: Christianity and
the Fall of Rome
Study
1/30: Unit 2 Test
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